The Portland daily press., 1866-05-16
Uensure of Representative Ohanler.
INTERESTING DETAILS.

Ihe ordinary proceedings of Monday were
varied in the House by the passage of a reso-
luton OF censure. Mr.. John w. Chapler of
New York city was the member subjected to
this severe but in this case well-merited re-
buke. He brought it upon himself by moving
IN the morning hour a couple of resolutions.
one OF -Fhich denounced the Freedmen's Bu-
reau as unnecessary and unconstitutional, and
directed the repeal of all acts and parts of acts
creating and continuing it in existence: and
the other was as follows:
ResoLoed, That the Independent. patriotic and
conservative course Of the President OF the Unite
States, In seeking protect by the veto power ihe
rShts OF the people OF this Union against the wcIed
chievous men, meets with the approval Of the House
and deserves the cordial support Of all loyal cti,
Zens. ~
Before the resolutions could be fully read.
objections to their introduction were made by
several gentlemen on ;the Union side Of the
House, General Schenck, in particular. de-
nounc:ng them as unfit to appear on the Jour
nal. The point of order against their intro
duction was, however, Overruled, and Mr..
Chanler demanded their passage. Before this
vote could be taken, the question on their re-
ception was raised and they were voted ont
by vote of 10 to 80, Rogers and other demo-
Gratis votingiwith the republicans against re-
ceiving them. There was much confusion
during the proceedings, and as soon as the
vote was declared, General Schenck brought
forward resolution censuring Nh. Chaner
for an insulting reflection upon the majority of
the House, by the introduction of his PROPOSE
ton, the words to which exception was taken
being The wicked and revolutionary acts of
a fewmalignant and mischievous men," etc.
He demanded the previous question on tho
passage OF the resolution, and drove his point
home with swift energy. The call was sus-
tanned by vote of so to 81.
General Schenck then proposed to give Mr..
Chanler an opportunity to be heard in his
own defence, but Eldridge objected A hur-
ried consultation took place among the mem
bers ON that side, which resulted in the with
drawal OF the objection, after Which the New
York gentleman made an excited and rambling
speech Of half an hours length. He assumed
defiant manner at the outset, and was inso-
lent IN the extreme. Mr.. Dawas and Judge
Spalding each asked him several questions.
calculated to give him an easy opportunity to
explain away the Objectionable character Of his
resolution, but he refused all oyertures. and
persisted in giving it the worst possible con-
structlon, his speech, as whole, being much
worse than the resolves.
The matter standing in this light, and no
apology being rendered, the resolution of cen
sure was put to a vote and carried through by
70 to 30. The affirmative vote was entirely
from the Union side of the House; the mega
tive vote embraced six Unionists and twenty
four Democrats, the former being Darling, Da-
Wis, Ward and Van Horn of New York, Hub
bell of Ohio, and Washburne of Indiana
Four New York members voted for the GEN.
sure, viz: Hart, Holmes, Hubbard and Van
.Aernam.
MIR. Chanler represents one of the worst dis
tricts in New Hork city. He Is gentleman
OF exceedingly moderate abilities and has been
notorious from the beginning of the session
for his extravagant and Incorporate language.
He is relative by marriage Of Mr.. Astor, and
is reputed wealthy. -Boston Ado. Special
Dispatches.