Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-02-21
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s 4 WASHINGTON, February 10.
The great feature of Congress, to-day, has
been the reception of the Presidents mes
sage, in the Senate, vetoing the bill to en-
large the powers of the Freedmen's Bureau.
This morning an extraordinary Cabinet
session was convened, at 10 o'clock, which
remained In session till nearly o'clock
AT this meeting, the President read his
message in full, and after its adjournment,
Immediately sent the important document
to the Capitol. .l.- I '7a
When the private secretary of the Presi-
dent appeared in the Senate, and message
from the Executive was announced, there
was general scene of excitement on the
floor and 10 the galleries, notwithstanding
the fact that Senator Yates was addressing
the Senate. Several Senators glanced at
the message as soon as the seal was broken,
and the news of the veto spread rapidly all
over the Capitol into the innumerable of
fees, the Supreme Court room, the House
of Representatives, and among the crowds
in the halls and corridors. There was
general exodus of the members from the
House to the Senate, to hear the reading of
the message.
speech, Mr.. Trumbull, the author of the
Freedmens Bureau bill, jumped up and
asked that the message be read. The most
profound silence followed during the read
ing, but the echo of the Clerks voice had
hardly ceased before perfect storm of ap-
plause burst furiously from the crowded
galleries above, which subsidized under the
vehemence of the Presidents gavel, and
an order was Immediately issued to the
Sergeant-at-Arms to clear the galleries, TOR
this demonstration had been the second Of
fense during the afternoon.
Senator Sherman, just before the order
was executed, appealed to the Chair to
overlook the indiscretion of the galleries,
whereupon Senator Trumbull asked Mr..
Sherman il he did not know that the of
tense had been overlooked once before, to-
day. He earnestly desired that decorum
should be preserved in the American Sem
ate. The respect due the Senate, he said,
had been violated too often, and the public
business could not be proceeded with if
these demonstrations were to be permitted
to continue.
The Chair said, rather sternly, that his
order would be carried out, unless the Sem
ate should decide to revoke it.
The galleries were then cleared of every
body but the reporters, and the doors were
closed.
The Senate then proceeded to the import
ant business before it. The President pro
tempOre then said that the question was
Should the Senate adhere to its vote passing
the bill, Notwithstanding the veto Of the
President? Ni ''- 'A''
Mr.. Lane, of Kansas, moved to postpone
the further consideration Of the bin until
tomorrow, and supported HIS motion by
declaring that all differences could be re-
conciled. A majority of the Senators, he
said, belonged to the party which elected
the President, and it should be their object
not to separate from him. He demanded
the yeas and nays, and his motion was lost
by vote of 20 against II.
The vote developed the presence offorty-
six Senators, only four being absent-Sena-
tors Holland, Norton, Johnston and Nc
DOugal being the absentees. The vote was
looked upon by some as test, but three
Senators who voted for adjournment are
known to be opposed to the veto.
There was great deal OF Informal count
ing on the floor and in the reporters gall
lery, but in no way could the two-thirds
vote, necessary to pass the bill over the
veto, be obtained. This being manifest,
Mr.. Lane, of Kansas, asked if the friends of
the bill intended to press it to the vote to-
night? He hoped an opportunity would
be given to Senators to read and digest the
message. He then moved to adjourn, but
that was lost. 1t began to look then as if
there would be night session.
Senator Lane took the floor, and appealed
to the Senate not to exercise so much haste.
There were Senators absent, he said, who
desired to say something on the message,
and he considered it to be his duty to delay
action by every means in his power consist
ant ttVifh fla r1tla nT tha ta Ta fhaF
moved that it be postponed again, and call
ed the yeas and nays. The motion was lost
by an increased majority. The crowd on
the Senate floor, at this time, was very large,
great many members being present. 1
Garret Davis obtained the floor and was
about to speak, when he gave way to Sem
atOr Sherman, who said that although he
had voted not to adjourn, he thought it was
but fair that the Senators not present should
be heard. He also believed it utterly i'm
possible to come to vote tonight, and he
saw no use in wearing themselves out phys
ically when no good could be accomplish
ed. This advice was well received, and the
Senate adjourned with hardly any Opposi-
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There is vast amount of caucusing to-
night on the probable vote tomorrow, but
the most bitter enemies Of the President do
not think that they can obtain thirds
vote in the Senate. sy,as.. sNn.H suj
One of the most adroit attempts to so
twist the Presidents language into proc
lamation issued by him last spring, as to
make it an Endorsement of his views now,
was attempted in the House, to-day, and
succeeded. The resolutions were drawn
up by Mr.. BroomalL OF Pennsylvania, butas
Michigan was called upon to-day for reso-
lutions, Mr.. Longyear, of that State, offer
ed them. The first resolution is as tol-
lows: ......... I.I,r ..r., -.,,6
"Resolped, That, In the language of the
proclamation of the President, of May 20,
1866, Che rebellion which was waged by q
portion of the people OF the United States
against the properly constituted authori-
ties of the Government thereof, in. the most
violent and revolving form, but whose or
ganized and armed forces have now been
almost entirely overcome, has in its revo-
lutionary progress deprived the people of
the States, in which 1t was organized, ,of all
civil government" &c! c!anyIsls0d iFnigGs
With the exception of the words, '(of the
States in which It was organized y the res
olution is a verbatim extract from the proc
lamation to which It refers. y ,Hi9l9s1 ~!
All the Democrats, with Raymond of New
York; Smith and Randall, of Kentucky;
Hubbard, of West Virginia; Hale, of New
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