The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-06-16
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HOUSE.
Immediately after the reading Of the jour
nal Mr.. Spaulding offered the following pre-
amble and resolution, and moved the previou
question.
] WHEREAS, 1t is alledged in the publec pres
that Hon. Lowell A. Rousseau, Q member o
this House from the State of Kentucky. did
on the evening of Thursday, the 14th inst.
commit an assault upon the person of Hon
j. B. Grinnell, member of this House from
the State Of Iowa, because of words spokel
in this House by the latter; and
WHEREAS, Said assault was breach Of thu
peace of this House and of the member as
saulted, therefore,
Resolred, That select committee Of fv,
be appointed by the Speaker to investigat,
| the subject and report the facts, with sucl
! resolutions thereon, as in their judgement ma,
be proper and Necessary for the vindicatiol
Of the privileges Of the House, and the pro-
lection of its members, and that said commit
tee have power to send for persons and pa
! pers, and to examine witnesses on oath.
! The previous question was seconded and
the resolution adopted.
| Mr.. Blaine, from the committee on Militar,
Affairs, reported back the Senate resolution
to provide for the payment Of bounty to Ger
tain Indiana regiments, which was read three
! times and passed.
| A resolution directing the settlement Of thu
accounts of W. H. Harwatch, of the 39,f
Ohio volunteers, was adopted.
Mr.. Henderson introduced bill granting
lands to aid in the construction Of railroad
and telegraph line from the Columbia river te
Salt Lake City, which was read twice and re
ferred to the committee on the Pacific rail
road.
The Senate bill to regulate the appointment
OF paymasters of the navy was passed.
The bill to sell lands for the city Of Leav
enworth Kansas. for public park, and &c
authorize the construction Of q horse railroad
through to fort Leavenworth, was passed.
NJ. Bingham begged leave to offer a concur
rent resolution requesting the President to
transmit, forthwith, to the electors of the
several States copies of the articles OF the
amendment proposed by Congress TO the State
Legislatures to amend the Constitution Of the
United States, passed June 18th. 1866, 10 the
end that the States may proceed to act on the
said articles of amendment.
Mr.. Leblond objected to the introduction
OF the concurrent resolution. and argued that
1t should not be adopted until the resolution
proposing the amendment was submitted to
and signed by the Executive.
The Speaker made a lengthy discussion,
fortified BY citations to the effect the resolu-
ton proposing amendments to the Constitu-
ton should not be submitted TO the President.
Objections were made to the concurrent
resolution and the objections were sustained.
Mr.. Bingham gave notice that he would
introduce the concurrent resolution again on
Monday next
A number of private bills were then report.
ed from committees and disposed Of
A bill 10 amend the ninth section Of the act
Of June S0th, 1864. to increase the pay Of
United States soldiers so as To authorize the
payment to officers and soldiers for private
horses for the term Of thirty days after the
passage of the act. Passed.
SENATE
Mr.. Kirkwood. from the committee on Con-
ference, on the dsagreeing votes of the joint
resolution relative to the disposal Of public
lands in the Southern States made report
which was concurred in and passed. The
resolution restricts the amount Of land to be
entered by one person to eighty acres for two
years, after which 100 acres may be entered
until January next. All who have taken
part in the rebellion are excluded from the
privileges Of the bill. After that this re-
striction is removed.
Mr.. Sherman rose to personal explanation.
He found in the New York Tribune an article
IN which he was alluded 20 as the organ of
the Treasury Department. This was unjust
to him. Two important bills emana,ing from
the Treasury Department has been introduced
in the Senate this Winter. He had opposed
one Of them and advocated the other, and he
did not want the Secretary Of the Treasury to
be held responsible for his Sherman 81 er.
rors, and he tSherman) dda': wish to be
held responsible for the errors of any body
but himself.
Mr.. Van Winkle introduced resolution to
permit the Paymaster General TO pay the
citizens of Berkey and jefferson, Western
Virginia, for Quartermasters' stores furnished
to the army, which was passed.
A resolution to present 10000 copies of
the report of the Board of Visitors to the
Naval Academy for 1868, was reported from
the committee on Printing, by Mr.. Anthony
and passed.