The national Republican., 1866-07-17
CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS.
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On motion q Ne kdesnds. ths biil spercpsia-
ting $40 900 fbs The ssrot>o 81 Usssd s,saes De.
rio: hospital q Tel'ls.A Sspss. wss tahss sP
Nj. suunsr offered resolution mailing the
clerks Of The standing committees Of the ssnats
psr1nssnk. ~ ths ssas eoupsnsstissss paid %
,hs. pespsasst els,ks Rsfsrrsd v the csn~ittss
On motion Of Sr. Clark. II vas resolved that an
evening session Of The Senate be bed tomorrow,
rassisy.) for The purpose Of sonsidssg bills from
the Committss on Claims - - -
On motion of Mr. Stewart. the biii to s-ect the
Territory II Montana into surveying dist,iot vas
taken up, amsndsd and passed.
oa nation Of Mr. Crs-wsii, the joint resolution
to provide for tho coaft ng Of the s~s relating "a
the cussoms ~ss tshen Up and amsndsd. s1r -
Mr.. Spragus moved TO rsfsr the resolution to the
Finance Comuittee, With Instructions to report 1t
the uext sss.ion; which vas disagreed 70. III
The Joint resoiution vas then passed.
The uodAi-hed business Of Saturday. hsing the
Northsrs Pseiae railroad bill, ~as thss tshen up.
Mr. Wiison, from the Comm,ttes oa Military Ar
fair. rspertsa the joint rssclutioo .usadA.ory Of
bounties 10 oolored soldiers and the psnriour bua
tes and Allowances 10 their heirr, !" approved June
10, 1855. Il 10 reported with an amendment aa,el
ing not the ehmracsr hot its adminissssioo In the
mole efsollso,ins such claim. fiN tg,, gtl 49,
Mr., spmnsry rspor Cd, from the selsct committee
on coinage and weights and measures, the following
bills without amendment: ,.-.., ID n
To author rs the use in post Offices Of weights Of
the dsnonination of grams. ~ use
To. sa,horiss the use Of the metric systen Of
wsights and measures. .H arH IIi ll0t'- tr
To susbls the Secretary Of the Treasury to fur
nish to eaeh State one set of the standard weights
and measures OF the metric system. II. I'D d.
To authorize the President to appoint special
commissioner to facilitate tho adoption OF an uni
form coinage bstwsen t.s Unitsd States and for
sign countries. T.Hli p. Hl tlfHr H-g .fl
Mr.. Anthony introduced . bill to regulate the
civil service Of the United States and promote the
efficiency thereof; which was referred to the Ju-
dietary Committee 1t is the House bill intro.
duoed BY NJ. Jsnckes, and provides for oompsti.
tive examination and other safeguards. pa - u
The bill autharising the eonstruotion Of bridge
over the Mississippi A. YQuineey, illinois, vas 70.
ceived from the House, with an amendment, au-
thorising the construction Of bridge at Prsrie Du
chisn, ksrkut. Winoas, and Dubuque. -.
After soms discussion between Msssrs Henderson
and Trumbull. the bill vas referred to the Commit
tee on Post OfRees and Post Roads
The con'idsrsiion Of the Northern PapiAc bill
was then procseded with. i.a g.., ~.
Mr. Howard addressed the Senate 10 reply to the
arguments Of Mr.. Sherman against the bill "a
Mr.. Sherman advocated = postponsment of the
bill uhtil the December session. ..t NJ
The disou.sion was further continued BY Msssrs.
McDougall, Morgan. and others. w H.'ana.
Mr. Saulsbury would like to know Whist part OF
antee the payment Of the interest on the stock Of
private corporation. .'''
At 3 Is p. m. q messsgs was received from the
House anuounoins the passage by that body, by .
two.thirds vote over the Prssident's veto, Of the
Frsedmen's Bareau bill 4....... ..... sal ..r..
Mr. Wilson moved that the Senate proceed to the
consideration Of the bill as returned BY tho Prssi
dent with his objections .. "'-.
Mr. johnson asked # II was the intention to dis.
poss Of the bill to-day. . E
Mr. Wilson replied in the shhrmativs. .a. OF.
Mr.. johnson said he saw no reason for that.
1here no more reason for Opposing Of this st
once, than Of other veto messages which had been
lying ou the tabir for months lie would move 70
postpone It until to-morrow. "''"
Ths motion OF Mr. Wilson to take mp vas agreed
to. whsn The messsgs was read with the vote Of the
House OF Representatives. on the bill returned.
When the reading was concluded. tbs. chair sn-
nounced that the question vas: Shall the bill pass
notwithstanding the objections OF the President
Mr. johnson m"vsd TO portpone the fur her con.
sidsrstion Of the bill until to-,norrov, upon which
he demanded the yeas and nays lH-T'H.
The motion wa di-sRreed to, as foliows:
Yeas-Messrs. Buekslew, Davis, Do.lttie, Pcs.
ter, Guthrie, Hendricks, John .on, McDougall, Ne
smith: Norton, Riddle, saulsbary and Van Win
kle-l3 i O.. IVY
Nays-Msssrs Anthony, Brown Chandler,
CLARK. Cr.gin, crs.wsIi. 'Rdmunds, Fss.snd-n,
Grimes. Harris, Hsbdur-on. Ho yard, Howe Kirk.
wood, Lane, Morgan, Morriii. Nys,l boiapd,- Pomr-
roy, Ram,ey, Sherman, Sp'aFne, Stewart, sumpsr,
Trulnbu l. Wade, Williams, Wilson and fatss-30
Mr.. Hendricks said he did not suppose that any.
thing he might say would have any effect on the
minds OF Senators, but he wished to express his
entire approval Of the message. The bureau w~s
q most mi'cheyous Institution as now conducted,
and to prove that 1t was what Senators thought,
he would read from the anti slavery paper Of Boston
4 communication signed by Jas. Rsdpath
Mr X then read from the article In question
that the bureau was an ally Of the rebels in some
OF the Siatss that IL vas no protection to negroes
and that the best course would be to sbolish 1t.
Mr. II. said be referred to this communicati
from one OF the most prominent apti.sIavery men
of the country to prove that the reports or Gems
Steadman and Fullerton were true, and that Il was
an engD Of oppression and corruption. These
agents became interested In plantations. and the
result vas that the negro was restored TO ssysry
but without the master having any respo ,sbiIity.
notwithstanding the statement Of Ten. Grant
and Gems. Fullerton and s e~dman and Mr.. Red.
path, they asked TO pass this bill the OBJ.
Jeotons OF the President 1t had dons evil on ugh
aud lttle enough good for them to bs willing 10
Ab ndon II, Hs thought the country would sustain
the President In his veto. H.Igru ,r., ,... .
Tho question was taken, after some further do.
bate, resulting as follows: E
Ysss-Msssrs Anthony. Brown, Chandler, CLARK,
Counsss. Cragin. Creswsli, Eimunds,f Fe.senden,
kirkland, Lane, Morgan, Morrill,. Nys, Poland,
Pomoroy, Ramsey, Sherman, sprasus, Stewart.
Sumner, Trumbull, Wade. Wiley, Williams, VIII.
son, and Yates--3s.
Nay.-Ms.srs. Buekalew, Davis, Dooi,ttI.. auth.
re, Hendricks. johnson, McDnugaIl, Hesmith
Morton, Riddle, ssutbury, and vad Wintle--l2
The Chair announced that the bill having 70
osved two thirds vote Of both Houses the Presi-
dents objections notwithstanding, It was now .
law.
The Iudisn Appropriation bill was then taken ur,
end the request Of the House for = committee Vf
conference agreed to. To HabnI i.f "T ."t
The Senate then. at $50 p. m, adjourned.
HOrsE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Under the call Of States for bills and joint reso.
lutions the following were introduced, read twice,
| and referred TO the Committee on Public Lands
By Mr. Ferry, Of Michigan; Bill smsndatory Of
| the presumption and homestead laws
By Mr.. Donnslly. Of Minnesota Bill making
grant Of lands TO the State OF Mnnssots to aid 10
Iha cnnsirnriinn Of n branch railrnad from The M