Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-07-23
VOL. XX--NO. III.
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sion, which was participated in BY gres
many members. a
Mr.. ALLISON called for the execution o
the order Of the House.
The SPEAKER called Mr.. Rousseau to
the bar Of the House.
Mr.. ROUSSEAU took a position in thG
open space in front Of the Speakers chair
when he was addressed by the SPEAKER
Is follows:
Gen. Rousseau, the House of Reprssen-
tatiVes has declared you guilty Of viola
medltated peesonal assault upon member
for words spoken in debate. This con,
domination they have placed on their jour
nal, and have ordered that yOR-be publicly
reprimaDded by me, at the bar Of ths
House. No words Of mine can add to the
force Of this order, in obedience to which
now prvHounce upon you its .rsprimand."
MF. ROUSSEAU bowed, aud retired. !.
Mr.. CONKLING then offered the follow
ing resolution, as a question Of privilege.
ReS0lued, the Senste cnncurring that the
President Of the Senate and the Speaker oi
the House, on the - day of -, at Il
o'clock noon, adjourn their respective
Houses until Tuesday, the I'd day Of 0etO-
Der, 1866, and that on that day, unless it be
then otherwise ordered by the two Houses,
they further adjourn their respective houses
until the lst day of December, 1866.
The House refused to lay the resolution
on the table by vote of 43 to 65. ~ u
AThe concurrent resolution was then agreed
to by 50 yeas TO 81 nays. s. --t
Mr.. ROGERS rose to question Of priVi-
lege. He stated that he was a member
of the Judiciary COMMITTEES to which had
been referred enquiry as to the completely OF
JEFF. Davis in the assassination Of President
Lincoln and had been refused access TO the
testimony and papers before the Committee
and that he was therefore deprived of all
opportunity to form such Judgment in the
matter as would enable him to ioin in the
report of the Committee
Mr.. BOUTWELL, explained that notwith-
standing the efforts OF the Committee 70
keep the testimony and papers secret until
q report should be made, some important
portions of them had been communicated to
be published by the New York Herald.
That publication had led the Committee to
exercise closer care over the papers They
had been conferred to him (BoutwelI) as a
subcommittee, and yesterday he had in
strueted the Clerk Of the Committee to pei
NIT Rogers to see the papers, but he learned
that he (Rogers) had employed phono-
graphic reporter to take the extracts from
them, and he (BoutwelD had taken posses
sion of the papers. He added that the re-
porter engaged by Rogers was man VINO.
had been engaged in editing a rebel paper
in Memphis, Tennessee
Mr.. ROGERS protested he knew nothing
of that, and asked the House to let him en-
ploy a reporter either at his own expense
or the expense Of the House, the reporter to
be sworn to secrecy.
The SPEAKER ruled that when papers
are in the hands of subcommittee to pre-
pare a report. no other member of the com
mittee has any right to them until the re-
port has been presented to the Committee.
Mr.. FINCK said he would advise the
member from New Jersey 10 resign as a
member OF that COMMITTEES.
Mr.. ROGERS said all he wanted was for
the country to know the facts.
Mr.. SCHENCK introduced bill to au-
thorize the Secretary of War to furnish
transportation 10 discharged soldiers to
whom artificial limbs are furnished by the
government. Read three times and passed.
Mr.. KETGHAM, on leave, introduced a
joint resolution requesting the Secretary of
War to transfer from the War Department
to the Executive of the several States for
safe keeping rebel flags captured by volun-
teer regiments during the late war, sending
to each state the colors captured by the
regiments of such state. Read three times
and passed.
The House proceeded to the business on
the Speakers table, and diaPosed of it as
follows
The Senate amendment to the House
TO the Senate bill for bridging
the Mississippi River. The Senate amend
ment, which provided for a bridge over that
river at st. Louis, was concurred in
TheSenate amendment to the House bill
granting the right of way to ditch and canal
owners over public lands in the States of
California, Oregon and Nevada
Pending action on the bill the House adj
journed.
SENATE.
Mr.. NESMITH, from the Military Com
mittee, reported Joint resolution for the
relief of the LIST Michigan cavalry. Ordered
to be printed. .
Mr.. GUTHRIE called up a Joint resolu-
tiOn extending for five years, TO the Ala
bama and Florida Railroad, the time for the
payment Of the duties on the railroad iron
for re-laying the track of said road. The
resolution was passed.
Mr.. VAN WINKLE, from the Committee
of Conference on the disagreeing amend
ments to the bill increasing the pensions of
widows and orphans, made a report. 1t does
not alter the provisions Of tho Senats's
1t secures to the widow of a
deceased soldier, though she has married
again, her pension up to the date of her
subseqnentmarriage It provides that ar
rears Of pension, in default of succession by
any Of the relatives mentioned in the sew
eral pension acts, shall go to the Executor
or Administrator. The report was agreed
10.
Mr.. TRUMBULL said that the Committee
on Judiciary, to whom was referred the
House resolution declaring Tennessee again
entitled to representation in Congress, have
me to report It back, with an
If it meets the views of the
Senate, as it is matter that ought to be act
ed upon, / shall move that the Senate pro-
ceed to its consideration at the present
time.
Mr.. McDoUGAL-"Lst it be read for
Mr.. .TRUMBULL-" It isoa all the desks,
printed" a.f -
Mr.. McDOUGAL-"L Let the amend
ment be read"
The CHAIR ordefed the reading Of the
resolution and amendment
A long debate followed, in the course OF
which various propositions were offered and
Finally the following preamble
and resolutions were adopted:
The preamble adopted is that which
Mr.. Trumbull reported from the Judiciary
Committee of the Senate and the resolu-
ton that was adopted in the House, with
the exception of the words: "Duly elected
and qualified, and upon their taking the
path of Office required by existing laws
WHEREAs, in the year 1861 the govern
ment of the State of Tennessee was seized
upon and taken possession Of by persons in
hostility 10 the United States, and the in
habitants of said State IN pursuance Of an
act of Congress were declared to be in a
state. of insurrection against the United
States, and
WHEKEAs, Said State government can
only be restored to its former political rela-
lions in the Union by the consent of the
power Of the United States,
said State did on the 22d of February, 1865,
by q large popular vote, adopt and ratify a
constitution and government, republican in
form and not inconsistent with the COnsti-
luton and laws of the United States,
whereby slavery was abolished and the
ordinances and laws Of secession and the
lebts contracted undsZ the same were de-
dared void and
WHEREAs, The State COVER mt has
-atifed. the amendment to the Constitution
If tho United States abolishing slavery,
md also the amendment proposed by the
Thirty ninth Congress; and
WHEREAS, The body Of the people of Ten
lessee have by a proper spirit of obedience
Ihown to the satisfaction Of the Congress of
he U nited States a return of said State TO
iue allegiance to the Government and laws
,f the United States; therefore, be it
ResolUcd5y the Senate and House Of Repre-
eatatirs of the United States Of AMsTiea IN
Congress assembled, That the State of Ten
lessee is hereby restored to her former
1roper practical relation to the Union, and
$ again entitled to be represented by Sen