The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-12-08
Repub!!can Caucus in washinrtop.

Republican Caucus in Washington.
The cqucus Of the Republican ms,ob.v.
tie House held az t,e Capital On the 5,,'
insl, was nnuguaiiy llsgs. nearly one hN'
dred members were pceseat.
The following measures reported from - 4,
Select Committee we're agreed upon
F,rst. To pms: I.li regujai.uy the oyr.,
'zatiVn Of the House. directing he C,ari -
place no hames on lhe rolls i,onn The S,a,s,
not represented III he ptece1;dg Concre,o<
or declared entitled ~ represet!tatton AZ
providing thaS no electoral vote, sLaI, -
conn'el from any State not represeuteJ =,
the time .n Congress ~
Second, 10 pass bill remedying ,he d,.
feet IN tho law whni DiGy prevent am.
State couyassing iEr yoiers for elec,or. -
rrc.iGaHt aud Vice President
Tnird. TO pass . Inv changing the ,imo
OF ,"e meeting Of Congress. with q view ~
assembling On the lt.i OF March
Foucih. 10 raise spsgial committee fr
the 'iSld 'n'estiga;in. ii The New Orleans
r'''' 10" oVnib"r q i7es Destroyed ,he bro
peri ,burncd. ana 10 saa. extent Govsro
mcn' ohc'a,s We're included therein tho
com't.i"c q lave power TO send for mar,
sous aud papers, Il. lie accompanied by tho
SERGEANT -hi-arms, aud 10 report appi o ,riale
legislation.
i'Itt 10 order select committee TO in
Vcsiigaie tie proceeding uLder the laws for
col!aotlnn OF diisci taxes in theretel Statas
anu ,he seizure ani aa,e of Abandoned and
coafscated !auls ana g...er proper,y.
SIXTH. Committee % Pensions 10 in
l1''c whether rensious!s ia the disloynr
states. struck t:on. the pension rolls, have
been restored in Y'o.AI., ~ Of law.
Seventh \ special committee to invest.
gate the fact couueciei viii 'h4 release Of
he murderers Of tie utoa :9Nfier in Son,S
CH'oilna, recen,!y set =, Iioe.tj bythe Della.
ware judge.
Asssolu,ioa passed. onanjuously thattsc
memDe"s OF the Caucus binit thom selves TO
sustain 'nese propositions as party NEE,
sUrcs
Ashley. Of Ohio. s,iI lie noticed n,es,n,
g"Atleman who nai dlown the address Of
tAc Philadelphia Convention, and asked if
he was member 9s the Union parry aud
mad any right there.
Chairman Mon!.,, Of vermont, replied,
a!nid laughter,
While the,lanl! holds out to burn, -
ins yiiest sinneg MAJ return"
Raymond, on being asked whether he did
not perticirate in the Philaie,pha C6nven.
tion, replied that he had, but not in any
spirit Of hostility to the Uuion party; tha. |.
'he catered the Convention TO strengthen
that party, thinklng j; should be more COZ.
serva.iSe than il was: 6ut, when he found +
X likely 10 leaa 10 the defeat o. the Union
parry, he abandoned it. aud had ever
since done his bes.ro maintain and supportN
The Union party, lie also said he approved
the measures reported here this evening.
scoteid moved that ihe gentlemen be- al
lowe TO remain IN the caucus or not, at his
option, and jugs snr himself whether hon
was member Of, the Union party ornot
Laurence, Of Ohio, asked Raymond whq- A
thor he adhered 10 the doctrine of the phila-
dclphia address, @and particularly to thoH
clause that rebel States could not rauty the
constitutional OmeuilncUt without dishonoG.E
Raymond was understood 10 deny ihersS
was any such clanse in it. lie adhered teh
that address according to his own consistency
ton Of it, but moi accordingt TO the CONSTRUCT
ton someti mes put on il by Others. X
stevens could not see how Raymon
could pretend TO connection with the Un 20 II
party after his membership in the PhiladcVi
phia Convention, and his authorship of thu
address put forth by that body.
Darling aud Hale. of New York, audsGarN
hcid, of Ohio, favored Raymond's remain ~
: the eau Gus, Rand Morriss, of Ohio, an
COOK, OF i",aois, wei,o against it,.
Raymond male further expo nations with
regard TO the Philaalelshia add ess, whe
'he caucus adopted S,oiell's resolution bH
'y'six asaiust twenty-five.