The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-01-23
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Sennte.


WASHINGTON, January % The Chair laid before
the senate u response tIom the Secretary OF the
treasury to a resolution OF December g. asking tor
Information about Government advertising in the
papers OF this District, which was ordered to be
printed.
Petitions and memorials were introduced nv
Messrs. Wade, Howe, Besenden, Edmunds and
others, and were appropriately referred. Among
tbun, one from a 6anh at st. AIbans Vermont
asking to be reimbursed for money taken during the
ST. Adams Rebel raid.
Dir. Morrill, Me }, from the Committee on the Dis.
trict OF oumbta, reported the oil to incorporate
the Washington County dorse Railway Companv
with certain House amendments in which concnr
renee was reeommended Zoe amendments were
cOpcurred in, and the bill goes back to the House
Tor agreement In certain verbal amendments of the
senate.
MIR. Henderson offered q resolution which was
adopted lnstructing the Military COMMITTEES TO m
quire it, under present legislation the two reg.
ments OF Missouri mounted militia mustered lnfo
the service, are entitled to bounty, and If not to
INQUIRE into the eXpedlency of so amending the
bounty law that they shall be so entitled.
House of Representatives..
Continued from our Third Edition
Mr.. Rogers IN. J.) followed on the same side O f
Il question, conending that the bill was an er most
Tocto law bIll of attalnder, ana a deprivation of
cit zens OF the right OF trial jury In his perora.
ton ne declared that whenever lhe Supreme Court
is stricken down, then liberty no longer in the
country Will dwell. but It will fee, and des-
potiSm will be invited lodging itself in the
arms Of the legislative power innicung its ty.
lannical acs with vigOr upon the other arms
OF the Government, and breaking down that svm-
mery of form and that beauty OF Operations when
our fathers who had been covered with glory in the
revolution, laid down as fundamental principles
what were guarantees and safeguards of the nights
and liberties OF their descendants who were to come
alter them.
Mr. NIblack (Ind.) followed on the same side. He
declared it unjust to the Federal Courts to intimate
THAI they lntenoed TO DO an thing not conssten n
Win the strctest rules OF proprety. The bill was
intended 10 strike at the independence OF the
Courts, and at the paTdonIng power of the Govern.
ment. II MIR. stevens theory that the men who
fought against the United States were not traitors
y WOuld IN ap.
comphsh the very object for which il was designed
MT Bower (Pal declared that he was opposed TO
this bill because IT sought to override by legislation
the solemn DECISION of the highest tribunal of the
country; because it singled out one profession Tor
punishment, while members OF all professions were
liable 10 the same penalties and because II made no
distinction between men who Yolun arlly engaged
IN the Rebellion and men who under the force of
circumstances identified themselves with II,
At this point, when the Clerk indicated that it was
within one minute OF noon, Mr.. Boyer yielded 20
MIR. Boutwell,, who moved that the House do now
adlonrni and the motion was agreed to-
Immediately aIter the adjournment, the Speaker
called the House to order, announcing that the
House would now, IN conformity with the agree
ment OF esterday, proceed TO vote on the passage
OF the bill.
All debating motions, including that the bill on
the table, being withdrawn,
MI. BOYER, by unanimous consent, continued his
argument against the bill 1t had been reserved for
this Congress to exhibit contempt for that tribunal
which had hitherto by this nation been considered
the source OF justice, purity, and law.
MT. Boutwell, closed the debate. He said wish
to state more particularly than has yet been done
the constitutional and logical arguments bv winch
tins bill is supported Among the enumerated power
OF Congress IS the power TO maze all laws which
snail De necessary ana proper for carrying into
ton the toIegOwing laws, and all other powers
vested by Tins Constitution In the Government OF
the United States, or IN any department or efhcer
thereof.
Authority is also given by the Constitution to
Congress in those words; but Congress may by law
Y-st the appointment OF such inferior officers as lL
may deem proper in the President alone in the
courts OF law, OF in the heads OF departments.