Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-31
VOL. XX--NO. l27.

for every five years continuous and faithful
services.
Mr.. BLAINE exposed the inequality 0
abolishing the Communication of nations
showing the cost of living at Fort Bridge
| where the government had contracted fol
EOod at $50 per cord, for corn at $12 I
bushel, and for -four at SIS a barrel, ane
where he said Brigadier- General could
not support two horses and two servants OIL
his pay Of IS 800. Officers on the Utah ex-
pedition could not have lived on double
their pay if they had not been allowed
ccmmutation Of rations.
Mr.. FARQUARH enauired whether the
difficulty could not be o6Viated by allowinQ
rations in kind at distant posts.
Mr.. GARFIELD admitted that that would Z
make great difference but there was no
such provision in the bill.
Mr. THAYER proposed q bill.
He held it to be manifest that
IN this country covering such vast extent
| OF territory, expenses of living must differ
widely in different portions Of the country.
and ineqality had been always remedied
hore and in other countries BY making the
government the purchaser of necessarys of
life, and furnishing them to officers and men
as part Of their pay. The abolition of that
system would work the grossest inequality
and common sense and common Justice
were against the proposed change.
The SPEAKER interruptedMr. THAYER
TO present messages from the President
and the Senate in reference to the death Of
Lieut.. Ger eral Scott, when Mr.. SCHENCK
expressed the hope that no other business
would be done by the House to-day, ex
cept to concur in the resolution Of the SEN
ate directing two Committees on Military
Affairs to report what method should be
adopted by Congress 10 manifest its appre-
citation OF high character, tried patriotism
and distinguished public services of Lieut.
General Scott. Tne resolution was con-
cured IN and then on motion of Mr.
SHENCK the House, out of respect TO the
memory of General Scott, adjourned.
--... SENATE.
Mr.. GRIMES reported adversely on the
petitions for an increase of the pay of naval
officers.
Mr.. SPRAGUE called up the Joint
ton for the payment of certain Kentucky
Home Guards, called into the United States
service torepel rebel invasion under John
Morgan in 1852. Passed.
Mr.. ANTHONY asked that the Senate
insist on its amendments to the West Point
Academy and call for Committee ef Con
ference. - =
Tho amendment disagreed to by the
House Is provision that in making Domi-
nations for admission to West Point mem
6ers Of Congress shall name five persons,
from whom selections shall be made upon
the result of competitive examination.
The Committee Of Conference was or
dered.
Mr.. WILSON offered a concurrent reso-
luton that the Military Committees of the
Two Houses constitute joint committee, to
take into consideration the message of the
resident announcing General Scott's
death, and report what steps should be
AIKEN by Congress TO express its apprecia-
ion of the character and public services of
The late Lieutenant General.
A discussion followed on Mr.. Howard's
to the Reconstruction Report.
Mr.. DOOLITTLE moved to amend by in
'axed."
Mr.. C0WAN wanted the word acftizeu "
ietned, and thought it belonged to the |
states TO say who were citizens.
Mr.. JOHNSON said the Senate was not /
o be informed that very serious questions
lad arisen and they had given rise to much |
Embarrassment as to who are citizens of the |
United States, and what are the rights be- |
onging TO them as such. The object of |
nr. towards amendment was to settle |
nat question He thought, therefore, the |
committee to whom the subject was re- |
erred, and by whom the report had been |
made, had acted very wisely in defining |
What citizenship was. He knew of no |
better way of accomplishing that than |
he one adopted by the committee. |
There was no definition in the Constitution |
IS 1t now stands, as to what constitutes a |
;itizen Of the United States That was an |
pen question in that instrument. The |
'ourts had decided that any man who is a
llzen OF State becomes ipSs fncto a citi- |
en- OF the United States, but there was no /
proposition at all as to how citizenship can
xist except through the medium Of the
citizenship of State. All that the cousti-
utional amendment provided was that all |
PERSONS born in the United States and not
ubject to any foreign power shall be con-
idered citizens OF the United States, and /
hat would seem TO be not only a wise but a
Ieeesssry provision. There should be a
of what citizenship is.
Mr.. johnson then passed to the amend
neDt Of Mr.. Doolittle and expressed him
elf IN favor Of it. He hoped the friends Of
be joint resolution would adopt it.
Mr.. HOWARD said that the great objec-
ion to Mr.. Doolittle's amendment was that
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7ho paid taxes. He believed, with Mr..
rum bull, that the Indian tribes were for
igners- They were treated as such and SO
egarded by the Constitution, which confer
ed the power to treat not only with foreign
ations but with Indian tribes.
Mr.. DOOLITTLE said the words proposed |
4 his amendment were in the civil rights
Ill, in provision similar 10 that which
-as now proposed as constitutional amend
rent The civil rights bill undertook to do
be same thing which is now proposed here,
] declaring who shall be citizens The
ommittee Of Fifteen fearing this declsra-
on by Congress was without validity, un-
sss a constitutional amendment should be
rought forward to enforce it, thought
roper to report this amendment
Mr.. FESSENDEN-I desire to say that
1 all the Senator says on this subject in
with the Committee of Fifteen,
Q is drawing upon his Imagination. There
not one of correctness in all he SAYS.
Mr.. D0OLITTLE said he would take
sue with Mr.. Fessenden on the point as
uestion Of fact
Mr. GRIMES sold that Mr.. DoolittIe's
barge was not only an imputation upon
le Committee Of Fifteen but an imputation
pom every Senator who voted for the Civil
ights bill. 1t was an imputation tn
ley had voted for bill which they be-
eyed unconstitutional.
Mr. DO0LITTLE said he meant no such
nputstion. he meant to say there were
oubts as to the constitutionality of the
iyil Rights bill.
Mr.. FESSENDEN said no such doubt in
gard to the Civil Rights bill twas ever
Ipressed in the Committee Of Fifteen. |
uring all the discussion in the Committee
10 subject was not mentioned.
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