Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-04-25

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Mr.. Doolitte (interrupting)-If If the Senator wi
allow me-, Mr.. President, | will state that twent
years ago advocated negro suffrage, and voted f.
It. In the State of Wisconsin, ever since have bee
IN r. have advocated negro suifage. and voted 70
u thiS very tall that the Senator speaks of but MI
PresIdent, let mo tell the Senator there is anothe
tnng which advocate, that is the right of State t.
uecine upon the question ofsurage for itself as on
OF the reserved rights of the States, and tell tha
senator lMr Nye) that if he and the men who ac
with hlm attempt to force negro suffrage upon th
people Of any State by Federal interference tbei
party will 90 down under the heel of pubIic oninion
Mr. stewart asked If the peUpeOf the States WOulC
not accept an amendment to the Constitution con,
Mr.. Doolittle (emphaticaIIy)--No sir out of Nev
England there are not three States that will agree tC
Mr. Nyo said the Senator misrerrescntcd tbo ,,oo
pie of Wisconsin; he had gotten up here in his sen
end read the resolutions of the Legislature of tha
State and then voted against his instructions.
Mr. DOOttle denied that he misrepresented hi
State, and said the Republican Convention last fal
had taken precisely the same ground advocated b.
Mr.. Nye.-The Senator forgets the world moves; i
is very long time since last fall. However, l wa
not speang of the reserved rights Of the States. bu
was endeavoring to defend this poor Colorado
The Senator from Massachusetts had spoken O
grasshoppgrs lntesting Colorado why he (Mr NJ haC
dencethat theland rich if grasshOppers aboundeC
there.
The Senator said it was whispered that two NOR,
votes were wanted. BE (AIr Nye) did not listen tC
whispers; but he wanted not two more votes bu
twenty,tWo more if they were loyal, but did mo-
here Do you TO Mr. Sumner)
Mr.. Sumner. No, l do not
, Mr: Nye, you are all right then. As to the States
that the Senator from Kentucky Mr. Guthrie) pleads
for when their judgment rises superior to their pre-
JudIceS when they cease to do evil and learn to dc
well. then VI will be time enough to admit them.
MT. Nye then drew glow ing picture of the future
wealth of the States to be carried out and thf
grand future before the country when States stretch
over the whole continent. and this Government would
not be perfect until from the mountain tops of Ne
yada and Montana to the easternmOst frontiers
State line touched State line. He saw evidence OF
new States from other quarters. When this Fenian
excitement blows away, see the Canadian provinces
endeaToringt0 come In. Sir, the St. Lawrence is not
broad enough to separate republican from monarchi-
He hoped Colorado would be admitted. and he
would tell the Senator from Massachusetts that this
word white would not harm him, Cooking at Mr.
Sumner, who replied by shaking his head)
Mr.. McDougall said he should not vote for arecon-
Pending discussion, on motion of Mr.. Henderson,
the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
TELEGRAPH TO CUBA.
MIR. Eliot of Mass, asked but failed, to obtain
leave to report from the Committee on Commerce
Senate bill to incorporate the U. S. and Cuban Tee
graph Comp any.
NIAGARA SHIP CANAL.
The House thereupon resumed, according to pre-.
vious order. the bill reported on Thursday last by MT
Van Horn OF N. Y, from the Committee on roads
around the falls of Niagara
Mr.. Hubbard. of N. \ E. addressed the House hall
an hour in support of the military and commercial
necessity which existed for the construction of such
a work.
James NJ. Humphrey. of N. Y, was opposed to
this work, believing it to be n scheme of private
parties to get six or eight millions of dollars from
the Federal Government. He also opposed il on the
ground that the Constitution gave no power to the
Federal Government to inaugurate n scheme of in
terMal improvements, and quoted from the messages
OF Presidents Madison and Jackson to sustain his
position in this regard
The morning hour. having expired the bill went
over.
Tbe.House then proceeded to tho business on the
Speakers table, and took up Senate amendment to
House bill relating to hu6eas corpus
MIR. wilson, OF Iowa, moved to non-eoncur 10 the
Senate amendments to the bill, and ask committee
of conference which was agreed to.
largo number of Senate bills were received and
appropriately referred to committees.
On motion OF Mr.. Ashley, of Ohio, THURSDAY OF
next week set apart for the consideration of bills
from the Committee on Territories.
MEXICAN AFFAIRS.
Mr.. Latln of New York, offered q resolution fol
the printing OF rs many copies of the correspondence
and and the Presidents message, on the condition o
affairs in Mexico as are printed of the general dipo
matte correspondence; which was referred to the
Committee on Printing.
The morning hour having expired
The House resumed as the unfinished business O.
Yesterday the bill to reorganize and establish the
army of the United States. The pending question
was the motion of Mr. Niblack of Indiana, to post.
DOne it until December next.
Mr.. iblack, of Ind said that in consultation with
the members he was satisfied that now was not the
time to make the motion, and he therefore withdrew
it. The House then continued the consideration Of
the BILL The following sections were in effect agreed
to as follows:
Section 10. The Subsistence Department shall con-
slst as follows: One commissary general, with the
rank and pay of brgadier general two assistant com
missary generals with the rank and pay of colonel:
OF cavalry; two commSSiaTes with the rank and nav
OF Iieutenant eolones Of cavalry; eight with rank
and pay OF majors, and sixteen with rank and pay OF
captains No change to be made in the present com
mlssary general but to change the title of that officer
to cOmmissary general
ySeG:0n-2l related to the organization of the Pro-
MIR. Conklng, OF New IUrh, Iyvn NV, 49,
moved to strike out the section He looked upon the
present Provost-Marshals Bureau most inefficient
during the war; and so far as it applied to the West
ern District of New York, full of fraud, crime and
corruption. This General Fry hedeclarod, protected
the most infamous abuses and had done the greatest
possible amount of harm to the public service Gen
eral Fry could only be defended from the charge of
official corruption. except by the admission of in
credible incQmpetency. lie cited the of of
the district st-Marshal-Generals of New York
who had committed, and been convicted of crime,
and through whom Fry had ground down and bur
dened the people. Although this man had dsgorged
good many thousands he had just spent ST. 900 for
private residence in Philadelphia. He went into
the army poor, and came out rich
Mr.. Conkling sent to the Clerks desk tho following
letter. to show that there was need Of the contn
uance of this Bureau. 1t was read:
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 10, 1865.
Hon. j. W. Nesmith, U; 5. Senator;
Dear Sir:-Yours Of the 18th, stating that it had
been lntimated that had recommended the contin-
uanoe of the Provost Marshal Generals Department
and the transfer of the recruiting service to it. is
received.
Some months since a paper was referred to me,
showing the great number of desertions from the
army, and asking for suggestions to put stop to
them. To that paper suggested number of changes
in orders governing the recruiting service and re-
commended that the whole matter be put in charge
of the Provost Marshal General, who could devote
more time and attention to it than the Adjutant
General with all his other duties, could. an 0D-
posed, hoWever to multiptyinG bureaus and think
there is necessity for Provost Marshal General
In fact If had to Orp9nIyp tbp yppnl1
not have as many bureaus as We now have. In my
opinion, the country would be just WELL and much
duties were added to the Engineers Bureau, and
the quarermasters, subsistence and pay departments
were merged into one. | would not recommend a
change now, however, but would not make any in
crease OF bureaus very truly 9 yours, c.a,I
Mr. Blaine, of Maine, said the gentleman from
New York had paraded his private quarrels with
General Fry before this House-dificultes which had
been adjudicated by the Secretary of war-and this
the cause of that gentlemans irritation against
the Provost Marshal's Department. He would leave
it to that gentleman to say whether General Fry had
not come out best. He (Mr. Blaine) sent letter to
the Clerks desk written by Gen. Grant in Decent Der
last, speaking highly of Gen. Fry.
Mr.. Conkling, of New York, rose and said that the
statement of the gentleman from Maine was false
he knew what he was saying and he reiterated that
Mr. Blaine. of Maine demanded that the GENTLE
man should point out what he had said as being fase
and made the point of order that the gentleman
SHOULD specify what he denounced as false.
The Speaker (r. Dawes in the chair said that the
Char did not sustain the point of order.
Mr.. Blaine then made another point of order, that
the gentleman from New York was not in order in
denouncing members statement as false.
The Speaker sustains the point of order as last
taken.
Mr.. Conkling, of New York, was allowed to pro-
ceed. Hesald he was responsible here and elsewhere
for what he had said and argued that the letter writ
ten by General Grant in December made no defence
Of the retention Of the Provost Marshal's Bureau.
Mr.. Blaine of Maine, said he should not notice the
cheap ,swagger of the gentleman from New York
about being responsible here and elsewhere. We all
know what 1t meant-at least did when our friends
from the seeded States were here-it then meant
duel.
The vote was then taken. and the 2Oth section was
stricken OUT and substitute was adopted providing
that the Provost Marshals Bureau shall not be con-
tinued beyond six months from date.
The House then proceeded to consider the section
q relating to the Pay Department.
Pending vote, Mr.. Wentworth, of Illinois, said
that at the evening session he should move to have
the rule enforced, and the lobbyists kept off the floor
The House then took recess at 430 P. NJ. till 730
P. NJ.
EVENING SESSION.
The House met at 71% o'clock, and without trans
acting any business OF Importance at 1920 adjourned.
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FATAL MIsTAKE.-COrporal Marant 12Sth Regi-
ment !. 5. c. T., was shot in the head and killed at
the Jail Sunday morning by one of the sentnels of
the regiment on duty in the yard. The deceased
was turn key at the jail and at the time of the oc
had his head out of the window of an apart
from which prisoner had made his no ~ n