The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-25

ofthe Probate Courts, legalizing tn,
public acts ofthe second and thirC
sessions Of the legislative assembly
until approved or disapproved by the
next session, fixing the salaries of ter.
rltoriaf officers, and repeating the act
| placing Dakotah and Montana in one
surveying district.
I Van Winkle, from the Committee
on Finance, reported a Joint resolu-
ton, suspending the collection ofthe
direct tax in West Virginia, with the
| House amendments, and another
amendment, authorizing the Secreta-
ry of the Treasury 20 charge the
State with an amount proportionate
TO the value of real estate which her
counties bore to the whole State of
Virginia in 1851.
! Fessenden, from the Finance Com
mittee, reported the Appropriation
Bill with a few amendments. viz for
temporary Clerks in the Treasury
500, 900; Bureau of Sta
0tistics, $4,000; afoIa facilitating tele
graphic Communication between the
Atlantic ,iahd Pacific, $4,000. The
increase compensation to House
CLERKS is stricken out, E
n Wade introduced a bill to provide
for the allotment by the Chief JUS
tice of members of the Supreme
Court among Circuits, and the ap-
pointment of Marshal at salary of
3.500
The tariff bill was brought up.
Grimes delivered speech in oppo-
sitlon thereto, claiming that two or
three large manufacturing interests of
the country are dissatisfied with their
enormous profits of the last six years,
and are determined at whatever cost
to put more money in their pockets.
To this end they have persuaded
some, and coerced other manufacture
ing interests to unite in the demand
for protection to American labor, but
what some other people with more
truth call it robbery of American
labor and agriculture. ea3
Grimes then proceeded to examine
and condemn the details of bill
which he called bill to decrease the
revenue and destroy the commerce of
the country and injure agricultural
lists. 1t pretended to protect Ed
monds' amendment, to put books,
maps, and charts imported for use of
public colleges, libraries, literary So
cieties, &C., upon the free list. Adopt
ed. 30 H59fmR<9 shf sili e9ghN II -
Several other amendments were Of
fered, including one by Wade, to in
crease the duty on linseed or fax
seed, to twenty cents per bushel, and
on hnseed oil to thirty cents per
gallon. Adopted. oiy..l.I H4'7o p
The disagreement of the House on
the Senate amendment to the bill re-
lative to the appointment of pension
agents, was announced.
The Senate insisted and agreed to
the Conference Committee.
Adjourned.
HOUsE-Kasson, from the Commit
tee on Appropriations, reported the
Indian appropriation bill, and it was
made the special business for Tuesday
next.
Schofeld introduced bill for the
holding of the U. S. Circuit Court in
Erie, Pennsylvania, which was refer
red to the Judiciary Committee.
Schenck gave notice that he would
on tomorrow or Saturday, report a
bounty bill, and ask it put on passage.
3 Perham, from the Committee on
Invalid Pensions, reported bill on
the pension surviving soldiers of the
war of 1872. Ordered printed.
~ Bidwell, from the Committee on
Agriculture, reported the joint reso-
luton to extend the provisions of the
Agricultural College Act to Tennes-
see.
Donnelly moved, as an amendment,
that the land granted should be held
by the State of Tennessee, subject to
the condition that no person should
be employed as professor or teacher
in such college who ever held a mill
tary or civil Office under the Confed-
crate Government, or under the rebel
State government of Tennessee.
Adopted.
The previous question was secon-
ded, and after an animated discussion,
in which some hard words were used
by members on both sides,
jerks made a point of order that
this discussion was not in order, hav
ing no reference to the subject.
The Speaker sustained the point of
order, aud the personal alteration
stopped.
The Joint Resolution passed with
out division, with Donnelly's amend
ment. Vote, 116 to 35.
The House proceeded to the con-
sideration of Stevens Reconstruction
Bill.
Raymond addressed the House
against the bill.
Shellabarger made speech in sup
port of it.
calling up the Reconstruction Bill
to morrow, and in view of conflicting
opinions on the Republican side, he
moved to lay it on the table.