Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-04-19

II Committee.
k Mr.. CoNKLING should like to know
n with what view it was to be referred to the
o Committee on Reconstruction. Was it with
It view to reconstruct railroad?
s Mr.. ROSS suggested it was with q view
o OF never getting report on it.
Q The amendment was rejected, and the
d resolution was referred to the Committee on
!. the Pacific Railroad.
j The House resumed the consideration of
D the bill to reorganiza and establish the army
of the United States. The fifth section
being under discussion, Mr. Garfield moved
an amendment striking out the clause, "for
omeerlng the veteran reserve corps and
colored troops, and providing in lieu of it
. that officers of the former shall be appoint
. ed from any officers or soldiers of VOlun-
teers or regulars who may have been wound
ed while serving in the army, or have been
! disabled by disease contracted in the SER
vice; and officers of the latter from those
who have served as officers of colored regi-
ments" He spoke in support of his amend
ment.
Mr.. SCHENCK opposed the amendment,
which he thought was calculated to derange
the whole bill and render its committal ne
cessary.
After long discussion the amendment
was rejected. Yeas 50, nays 81.
Mr.. CONKLING moved to amend by ad-
ding to the 9th section the following pros
vision:
provided that all officers of the existing
veteran reserve corps, excepting those now
actually detailed for duty in the Freedmen's
, Bureau, or otherwise actually employed,
shall on the passage of this act be mustered
out ofthe service, and put upon the same
footing with other disabled officers, not now
in the service"
Mr.. STEVENS did not see anv necessity
/ the amendment hot TI,4a
officers were to be appointed for Veteran
Reserve Corps should be retained because |
If mustered out they would then be entitled |
to three months pay.
Mr.. C0NKLING spoke in support of his |
amendment
Mr.. SCHENCK opposed the amendment
as improper and unnecessary. The discre- |
Executive, and there he wished to leave it.
The amendment was agreed to- Yeas
50, nays "A.
SENATE.
The act to amend the act relating to the
habeas corpus and regulating judicial pro-
ceedings was made to read "Be it enacted
| by the Senate and House of Representa-
| tives of the United States, in Congress as
sembled, that any search, seizure, arrest or
| imprisonment made, or tresspass or wrongs
| done, or any act done or omitted to be done
during said rebellion by any officer or
person under and by virtue of any order
written or verbal, general or special, issued
by the President or Secretary of War, or by
any military officer of the United States
holding command of department, district
or place within which such seizure, search,
arrest or imprisonment was made, done or
committed, or acts were so done or omitted
to be done either by the person or officer to
| whom the order was addressed or by any
I. Al,
shall be held and are hereby declared to
come within the purview of the act to
which this is amendatory, and within the
nnrvieH of the 4th, 5th and 9th sections of
said act OF the I'D OF Maren, 1868, for all
the purposes of defence, transfer, appeal,
error or limitation provided therein.
Mr.. EDMUNDS offered as an amendment
to insert in the clause of the first section
the following words: Or so far as it operates
as defense for any act done or committed |
in any State represented in Congress during
the rebellion, and in which, at the time Of
such act or omission, martial law was not
in force. He was opposed, he said to draw ;
ing the shield of an expost facto law over
officers who transcended their power in re-
gions where there was no occasion for it.
He was not in favor of shielding man, who {
while recruiting company in the North
had stolen or committed some other breach |
of law. He saw no necessitp for it. He
thought bill of indemnity rather than de- {
fence would best accomplish the purpose.
MCGOWAN endorsed the amendment of | s
Mr. Edmunds and the views expressed by
him. He was very well aware Of the diff c
Guilty of protecting officers in conscientious I
discharge of their duty, and at the same I
time of protecting eitizens,,from the tyranny
of malicious officers. sThe difficulty was
how to draw the bill and accomplish both I
purposes, protecting the officer and doing '
justice to the citizen. He believed those e
most intent in the protection of the govern /
ment were the loyal people of the United I
States. S
NJ. CLARK hoped the amendment of Mr.. L
Edmunds would not be adopted. There a
were three thousand such suits pending in f
one State, which had never seeded d
against loyal men and Union officers for S
acts done in putting down the rebellion. e
Mr.. C0NNESS said the rebels were being e
pardoned every day. Amnesty was being
granted to rebels every day for the highest q
Of crimes, and why not extend an amnesty il
to men who had committed these trespas [
ess in the discharge of loyal duties. z
Mr.. EDMUNDS resumed the floor in de- Fl
fense of his amendment. t.
Mr.. HOWARD spoke against the amend u
ment as calculated to do wrong to Union c
officers by exposing them to political and e
personal prejudice of civil juries. Pending t
"
went into executive session.
Mr.. GRIMES, from the Committee on a
Naval Affairs, reported bill passed by the r
House to provide for the better organiza- y
tion, with an amendment in the 1st section t
relative to assistant and passed assistant b
paymasters. q
Mr.. WILSON presented several petitions
of army officers for increased pay, which e
were referred to the Committee on Military b
Affairs. n
Mr.. SHERMAN introduced resolution t
calling on the President to communicate Il
the proceedings of the Military Board re- o
Gently assembled at St. Louis in relation to u
brevet appointments in the regular army, o
which was adopted. tt
Mr.. D00LITTLE called up joint resolu- Il
ton appropriating S126,0S5 for fulfilling GER b
tain treaties with the Indian tribes on the a
Upper Missouri and the Upper Platte rivers tt
to be expended by the Commissioner of In h
dian Affairs, under the direction of the Sec Il
retary of the Interior. A discussion on the p
Indian policy of the Government ensued. t
The resolution was finally passed. I
A motion was made to reconsider the vote tC
by which the Senate refused to admit Colo it
rado, but afterwards gave way to the regu- tt
lar business with the understanding that rt
the Colorado question would be called up d
tomorrow. a.
The unfinished business of yesterday, IL
which was the bill for the relief of certain d
naval contractors, was taken up. Q
The pending question was the amend p
ment Of Mr.. Nye to the amendment Of Mr.. IL
Grimes, viz: to strike out II per cent. and it
insert Is per cent, SO as to make the bill b.
read, That the contractors named shall be II
entitled to receive the sum awarded by the b
Board of Inquiry, provided the same shall Of
in no case exceed Is per cent. of the origi- N
nal contract price" The bill, after q few &c
remarks from Mr.. johnson, was postponed ii
until tomorrow. al
Mr. WILSON called up resolution of ii
thanks to General Hancock, which was ia
passed. e.
Mr.. WILSON called up the House resolu- II
ton appointing managers for the National c.
Asylum for Disabled Soldiers. It appoints "
nine managers, to be divided into three ed
classes, three to serve six years, three for tn
four years, and three for two years. The th
was passed. "
Mr.. SHERMAN called up the Postofhce W
bill. al
Mr.. HENDERSON, of Missouri, offered IL
an amendment providing that in all Of
cases in which persons have been appointed th
as Assistant Postmasters, either during the "
recess or session of the Senate, and whose pC
have been submitted, and re- bC
;aotad or not cnueented hafora the adioI1rn- | Ill