The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-15

the Chair cannot restrain him.
Hale declined to appeal from the
decision of the Speaker; asked as a
personal favor that the appeal be
taken, and Washburne, Of Indiana,
complied with the request The APP
peal was tabled. Vote, 101 to s.
Loan continued his speech to con-
clusion. Fa ia!
Hale challenged Loan to specify the
first particle of proof of his charges,
and insisted that it was due to this
body and nation that he should do so
before taking his seat. ,9 1J.5.4
loan declined to do so.
The morning hour tere expired,
and the bill went over. till to- morrow.
On motion of Washburne, of Hi
nois. the Secretary of War was asked
for the reports of Gen. Wright and
subordinates, on the condition of af-
fairs in Texas; and the Attorney
General for papers in the case of A.
B. Moore, indicted by the local courts
at Vicksburg, with his opinion there
on.
, On motion of Price the Secretary
of War was ordered to furnish a
statement of the number of small
arms furnished by the Springfield
mandatory, and the number furn-
ished from other places In and out OF
the United States, with cost.
Wilson, of Iowa, asked leave to Of
fer a resolution against any greater
curtailment of the national circula-
ton than 100000 per month dur
ing 1867, and that for the compound
interest notes, authorized to be with
drawn in excess of that amount, legal
tender notes, without interest, ought
to be substituted. The House refused
to suspend the rules-yeas, "a; nays,
81. So the resolution was not re-
ceiyed.' Hgf
Hooper moved the suspension of
the rules to allow the introduction of
a resolution that it is not expedient
to increase the amount of national
bonds and notes for circulation be-
yond-the. $500, 000,000 authorized by
law. The House refused to suspend
the rulesMyeas, 81; nays, SO; not two
thirds. ,s SIS =. .,3fs = ~ ..iasi ia....
/ Cook, from the Judiciary Commit
tee, reported on joint resolution sus
pending the oath Section of the Act
of Oath February, 1864, which author
ICES payment to the loyal owners of
colored volunteers. 1t was passed by
a vote of 107 against 35. a"ftaAA
The House refused to suspend the
rules to allow Collum to offer a resolu-'
ton instructing the Ways and Means
Committee to report bill for the re-
peal of all laws giving to the Secretary
of the Treasury authority to withdraw
any legal tender currency from circu-
lation, except compound interest
notes, which shall be funded in U. 5.
bonds as they mature. 4
Banks offered the following resolu-
ton: That, it is the duty of the Gov
eminent to give effect to the moral
sentiment of the nation. through all
its agencies, for the purpose of pre-
venting the further introduction of
Coolies into this hemisphere or the
adjacent islands. Adopted unani-
mously. FL
A communication from the Secre-
tary of the Treasury enclosing the re-
port of the Commissioner of Inter
nal Revenue relative to collections in
O1C O1Ob1ICb vi 1kIluOl0 PlO-
scented and referred.
A message was received from the
President transmitting reports from
the Secretaries Of State and War,
giving an account of the occupation
of Matamoras by United States
troops in November; also another
message giving information in the
possession of the Secretary of State,
in reference to the revolution in Can
dia.
The bill for the admission of Ne
braska came up, and the question of
impartial suffrage was debated at
length. ~ a.tt
4 The House seconded the previous
question by a vote of 60 to 67, but
without coming to a vote on the bill
adjourned lg ie,4
Gov. Burnside announced that he
had collected nearly all the State mil
itary claims against the general gov
ernment. srt5-o I9.
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