The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-05-12
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Washington Matters.

WAsHNGfoN, May 1l.I
The indications are unnistakabe thai
the joint resolution, which passed tn,
House yesterday, will be modified IN tn,
Senate, by striking out the third section EN-.
tirely, or substituting for it provision de-
claring, certain classes of the prominent
rebels forever ineligible TO Office under the
| National Government. The subject will
come up In the Senate on Monday, and rs
nearly every Senator Is desir0us of speak
Ing, and there being no limitation to debate
except by general consent, vote Is moi
likely to be reached before the close of the
week.
The Senate has exhausted its resources in
Buncombe speeches upon the power of the
President to remove and appoint officers
and this afternoon a vote was taken on the
amendment of Mr.. Trumbull, restricting
the Executive, which resulted In sixteen
for, and twenty-three against, the PROPOSE
| ton. so the measure failed--the extreme
Radicals voting In the affirmative, and the
temperate and judicious Republicans and
the Democrats voting In the negative.
Senator Howard made very plausible,
though sophistical, argument against the
Presidents policy, and In answer to Senator
Doolittle's speech of yesterday.
Mr.. Howard undertook to show that Mr.
Jomson's policy was directly in opposition
to that of MIR. bincoln, and the first charge
against President johnson was that he ap-
pointed Provisional Governors in the South
ern States the Senator forgetting to recol-
lect that Mr.. Lincoln led Off in that ques-
tionable power, ifquestionable It be- by the
appointment of Mr.. johnson himself as
Provisional Governor of tennessee.
The speech of Mr.. Howard was an inge-
NOUS argument upon false premises. which
might be eXcused.in an advocate whose
clients cause was desperate, but, as an eff
fort in the Senate Chamber, 1t was far be-
low the standard of Mr.. Howard himself.
who Is really one of the ablest men in Con-
gress.
Senator Cowau followed in one of the
most complete and powerful of the series
of speeches on the subject. and fully dis
posed Of the points made by the Senator
from Michigan.
Col. James L. Collend, formerly of Ohio,
has been appointed Receiver of Public
Moneys and United States Depository, at
Santa Fe. Uice John Greiner, late of Column
bus, Ohio.
The President has appointed Colonel
Walker b. Scates Collector of Customs for
Chicago, TO fill the vacancy occasioned by
General Oscar J.. Mawn Collector of Inter-
nal Revenue for the First District of Him
ois, Uice Schneider removed.
The Senate Special Committee who have
been examining into the clerical force in
the Interior Department, have determined
to report bill providing for reduction in
the number of clerks, and an increase of
salary for the remaining clerks.
There was general disappointment this
afternoon among the quid nuncs on account
of the non-arrival in the Senate of the
Presidents expected veto of the Colorado
Dill. There was really nothing to warrant
the expectation that the veto would come
to-day. All is mere speculation on the
subject: but it is generally conceded that
MIR. johnson will return the bill with his
objections to Its becoming law. The ten
not expire until next Thursday.
10 get up the new fve-cent piece, which
Is soon to be issued, 1t will cost about $780,
GOO. There will be. when the coinage is
complete, $3,5O0,00O In this money In cir
culation, that being the amount of postal
currency, three and five cents, that the
coin is intended to supersede.