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ground Of insufficient population.
In che Senate, Mr.. Fessenden gave
notice that he would on next Monday
call up the Constitutional Amendment
proposition proposed by the Recon
struction Committee as passed by the
House, and press it TO an early vote.
Mr. Trumbull reported a bill for
Holding tue United States Courts in
Richmond instead OF Norfolk, which
passed.
Mr.. Sherman reported the bill here.
tofore introduced by him for the con-
solidation of the National debt, and
reducing the rate of interest of the
same and the expense of issuing bonds,
shall not exceed certain per cent.
In the House, Wilson obtained an
order for printing substitute for the
enabling act reported by the Recon
struction Committee. The material
difference being any State establish
ing an equal and just system of suf-
frage may have its representatives adj
mitted before the final act of other
States on the Constitutional Amend-
ment. 1t is understood that the en-
abling act, or the act excluding cer-
tain classes or persons from holding
Office, will not be pressed to a vote in
the House until the Senate has acted
upon the amendment.
The House also passed bill to
amend tho organic acts of the Terri.
tories of Montana, Washington, Idaho,
Arizona, Utah and New Mexico. The
bill prohibits legislative assemblies
from passing special acts comforting
separate powers, but authorizes thom
to pass general laws for the purpose.
1t declares null and void all special
charters heretofore granted by those
Legislatures. The sixth section pro>
vides that no person appointed by the
President to Office in any Territory,
shall receive compensation unless he
shall have entered upon the discharge
of his official duties within the Terri.
tory, and no officer ehall be paid for
the time he may absent himself from
the Territory without authority from
the President. Itprobibits legislative
assemblies from granting divorces,
but leaves that authority with the
Courts of the United States in those
Territories. The 9th Section provides
that within tho Territories aforesaid,
there shall be no denial of the elective
franchise to citigsns of the United
States because ofrace or color, and all
persons shall be equal before the law.
The 10 Section gives the Territorial
Secretary the same pay as the Govern.
or while performing duties as Govern.
or. The House refused to strike out
Section 9, by vote OF yeas 86, nays
SO, and the bill passed as above, by
yeas SO. nays 43. -
The House also passed the Post Of
fee Appropriation bill with the Senate
amendments, one of which provides
that oil the Government advertising
in Washington be given to the daily
papers having the largest circulation
and no other.
The Colorado veto message was re.
ceived in the Senate at 8 clock, but
not read before adjournment r
Washington, May l6.--It is UNDER
stood that the vote in the Senate fin.
ance committee on Shermnas consoli'
datlon bill was laid over by a vote of 4
against 81, and is heartily approved
of by all of those who voted in the
Affirmative; the general feeling among
the members of the ways and means
committee respecting it is of hostile
character, and several leading mem