Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-01


- Committee on Ways and Means.
The resolution offered by Mr.. JULIAN
u IN January last, calling for the speedy tria
Of JEFF. Davis on the charge made agains
him and his execution if found guilty, wa!
I taken up.
a Mr.. JULIAN addressed the House il
support of the resolution, when it was ra-
ferred to the Judiciary COMMITTEES.
'' The Committee on Public Expenditures
were instructed to inquire into the alleged
frauds in the enforcement of the Revenue
laws at Boston and New York and author
ized to sit during the recess Of Congress at
the most convenient place.
The Secretary of State was requested to
furnish list of the claims of citizens OF
the United States now pending in our Lega-
, tion, or at COrracos against the Venezuelan
Government, and state what measures are
required for speedy settlement.
The River and Harbor bill was then con-
sidered.
Mr.. ELLIOT spoke in its favor, and
moved the previous question. The bill
passed.
Mr.. ROSS asked Mr.. Elliot to admit an
amendment appropriating 5000, coo for the
Improvement Of the Illinois river.
Mr.. ELLIOT declined, saying that gen
tlemen all round him were pressing for
anne ndments. There was not an eppro-
I
not rest upon careful estimates made at the
War Department and upon recommenda-
| tons from there; there was not one point
concerning which petitions had not come
from the people, and which had not been
| most carefully examined. He believed
that IN every instance the people had de-
sired the action Of Congress and the COM
mittee had obtained from the Department
such estimates as enabled them to deter
mine with accuracy what was wanted. 1t
| would not do, he said, to open the bill to |
amendments which would be loose.
Mr.. BLAINE submitted q letter from |
Provost Marshal General Fry and made a /
personal explanation, Yindicating himself 4
Of the charge Of having made an untruth- 1
ful statement touching the difficulties be
tween Conkling and Fry.
Mr.. STEVENS, from the Reconstruction
Committee submitted a report published in
reply to a question. He said this report did
not supercede the one concerning Tennes-
see, submitted few days since; tho latter
could be called up at any time. The report. |
by two-thirds vote, was made the special
order for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day of next week. Mr., S. said q short
written report would soon be presented.
Mr.. STEVENS, from the Committee on
Appropriations, reported a bill making
appropriations for the use of the Bureau Of
Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
for the year commencing January l, 1866,
which was read twice and referred to the
Committee of the Whole on the state of the
Union, and made the special order for to-
morrow.
The bill makes the following appropria-
tions:
Salaries of Assistant and Sub-Assistant
Commissioners 81, 500; salaries of clerks
SS2, 500; stationery and printing S63,000;
quarters and fuel Sl5.900 clothing for dis
tribution Sl,15O,OOO; commissary stores
S4,lO6,750; medical department S5OO,OOO;
transportation 1,9SO,0OO; school superin-
tendents S21, ,0O0 sites for school houses |
and asylums S3,OO0,GOO; telegraphing $Iaa
600. Total Sll.5s4OOO.
Mr.. SL0CUM offered a substitute for the
bill introduced by him Dec. ID, and re-
ferred to Committee of the Whole on the
state of the Union, to double the pensions {
of those who were made peasionary by cas- t
ualites Of the late war, to pay damage |
done to loyal men by the rebel government Z
and rebel raiders, and to enforce the con
iscation of the property of the enemy,
which was ordered to be printed.
The substitute forieits to the United States 6
all the public lands belonging to the eleven I
States that formed the government of the .
so called Confederate States of America; /
directs the President to cause the seizure C
Of such property belonging to the bellige- L
rent enemy as is deemed forfeited BY the {
act of the 18th Of July, 1862, to hold and
appropriate the same as an enemy's proper r
ty and to proceed to the condemnation of /
that already seized. 1t also provides that C
the President shall appoint two commits t
siOns or more, TO consist of three persons,
each to adjudicate and condemn such | +
property which shall then become vested ]
in the United States. The lands thus con- ]
isestcd shall be distributed to the slaves a
liberated by the operations of the war and J
he amendment to the Constitution, at the | b
rate of forty acres to each adult male per- d
son and TO each widow who is the head of Il
'amily, not to be held by them in fee sim Q
pie but to be mailenable for ten years, after d
which time the absolute title Of the lands b
shall be conveyed them. The rest of the b
,Onfscated property is to be applied to the v
ollowing purposes; giving 500 for the u
,rectiOn of a building on each homestead; v
,20, geo, 600 to be invested in United States d
and the interest added to the ! n
pension of pensioners; 500, 900 to go | ia
owards equalizing the bounties of soldiers, | Il
md 81, 100000 to go towards defraying the c.
lt mage to loyal citizens by the civil and | D
military operations of the government late S,
y called the Confederate States of Amer in
ca No person and property is to be seized to
VnO5e WQOl6 estate on the 4Jn OF 1afc0,
sos, was not worth more than $4,000 un- -,
sss he had voluntarily become an officer or ~
mployee in the military or eivilservic of :,
he so called Confederate States. In en- E.
lrcing all confscatiens the value of SO, 900 =,
q real or personal property is to be left to N
elinquents. AZ
Mr. STEVENS offered aresoluting citing q
be fact that the President had made no ~
nswer to the inquiry Of the House as to 45
lumber of pardnn5 and the amount of pro- %
erty restored to rebel owners. Objected to- -
Mr. HITCHCOCK introduced a bill to W.
onstruct a wagsn-road from Nebraska to ,r
lontana. Referred. =,
Mr.. ASHLEY offered resolution refer -
ing to the branch mint at Carson City. a
eferred az
Mr.. BLOW introduced bill to extend ., -
le wharf at St. Louis. Referred. 70
Mr.. C0NKLING presented the petition N
{ sixty-fiYe Massachusetts, women, asking -
o amendment of the Constitution prohibit b97
lg the States from disfranchising citizens aI
D the ground of sex. Referred. n
Mr.. HULBURT offered resolution ap- oI
ointing select committee with power to oF
ok into the statement made by Mr.. -
onkling concerning Provost Marshal Cen on
raj Fry.
onkling's pay.
Mr.. BLAINE read from the digest to tb
low that he could not receive pay as q sv
ongressman and Judge Advocate too. if
The resolution, after two votes, was h.
iopted. frr
Adjourned. ri
SENATE. VIC
Mr.. FEssENDEN reported from the Re sti
instruction Committee the joint resolution tn
nd bills already published. Co