Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-02-16
OVERLAND DISPATCHES
Wnshinzton IutolIiseuce.

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OVERLAND DISPATCHES
Washington Intelligence.
WASHINGTON, Feb. l3.-There are four
Reconstruction bills before the House,
namely: The bill from the Reconstruc-
ton Committee to establish military
governments in all the rebel States; Mr..
Kasson's bill, providing substantially
for the same kind of government,
through means Of additions to the Ar
ticles of War;, but not before it is neces-
sary; Banks bill to appoint three Com
missioners to organize civil governments
on the basis of intelligent suffrage; the
bill reported by the New Orleans Riot
Committee, establishing o provisional
government for Louisiana, with uniyer-
sal suffrage. The debate in the House
develops four classes of opinion relative
to the status of the South: That it is in
a state of war cessant; that it is in a
state Of siege; that it is conquered ter
ritory; that it is composed Of States, or
ganized but not admitted to representa-
ton. The establishment Of military law
is thought to be inconsistent with the
latter opinion. The House refused, by
IS majority, to second the previous
question on Stevens Military Recon-
struction bill. There is a disposition
to load it down with amendments, and
thus secure its defeat.
Washington special dispatches say
Mr.. Stevens and others concluded thai
the shortest road out Of political chaos
was to pass Mr.. Eliot's bill, but Mr..
Stevens now has hopes Of his own bill,
dividing the South into five military
districts. 1t is believed Mr.. Eliot's bill
will promptly pass the Senate and after.
wards both Houses by the necessary
two-thirds. The bill names Louisiana,
but by an amendment is made to apply
to ali the Southern States. Messrs.
Bingham, of Ohio, Blow, Of Missouri,
Hubbell, of Ohio, Latham, Of West Vir-
ginia, are the only Republicans who
voted against Eliot's bill.
Congressional Proceedings.
CHICAGO, Feb. l3.-The Senate was
to hold an evening session, but no quo
rum was obtained.
The House, at the evening session,
considered Mr.. Stevens Reconstruction
bill. Messrs. Kelley, of Pennsylvania,
Maynard, of Tennessee, Allison, oflowa,
Blaine, Of Maine, Garfield, of Ohio, and
Noell, of Missouri, debated it, but no
action was taken.
WASHINGTON, Feb. l3.-The contest
in the House on Mr.. Stevens Military
Reconstruction bill was one Of the Sc
verest of the session. Mr.. Boutwell,
Of Massachusetts,, closed the debate,
maintaining the necessity and propriety
of passing the bill. He saidif it should
happen that the Supreme Court should
declare, as it possibly might, that the
States lately in rebellion were States in
the Union, entitled to all the privileges
Of States, and should base its delara-
ton on any Act Of Congress, then those
States were restored, so far as the judi
ciary could restore them, and nothing
would remain to Congress and the peo-
pie except to accept that conclusion as
binding, or else to enter into an indie
scribable and dangerous controversy
with the judiciary. If, however, this
bill became a law and was put in opera
ton, the Supreme Court would have no
capacity to see in those ten States any
civil Government. Therefore, for judi
cial purposes, it could see no State,
and Congress would keep in its own
hands the political reorganization OF
those States. In reply to a question by
| CIl-.l-n ~ IUsanAnpip hn ootd IL wal
competent for Congress to declare that
the lately rebellious States should be
governed by military law. o.
At 2 o'clock Mr.. Stevens moved the
previous question, which the House, by
u vote of 81 to 70, refused to second.
The debate proceeded.
Mr.. Bingham Of Ohio, while approx
ing the general purpose, said Congress
could make a Government for any State.
Mr.. Blaine of Maine, moved to amend
by providing that when any State rati-
fed the constitutional amendment and
established impartial suffrage, and its
Constitution had been approved by Con-
gress, then such State should be enti-
tied to representation. Mr.. Blaine fur
ther moved to refer the bill to the Judi
ciary Committee with instructions to
report Immediately.
Mr.. Stevens appealed against any
amendment. He said that this was not
q reconstruction measure, but simply a
| police bill. His speech was most i'm
pressive. He spoke for half IN hour,
while the members crowded around him.
The vote was then taken on Mr.. Blaine's
motion to refer, and it was defeated
ayes, 65; noes, 90.
The Blaine amendment was rejected
ayes, 76, noes s6. The bill then pass
ed-ayes, 100, noes, IS. The Republic
cans voting ''no" were Mr.. Baker of H.
inois, Mr.. Banks Of Massachusetts,, Mr..
Davis of New York, Mr.. Dodge of New
York, Mr.. Kelso of Missouri, Mr.. Kuy-
kendall Of Illinois, Mr.. Raymond of New
York, Mr.. Stillwell Of Indiana and Mr..
Francis Thomas of Maryland. The fight
was to a great extent against Mr.. Thad-
deus Stevens as leader, and Stevens
won.
WASHINGTON, Feb. l4.-In the Senate,
Mr.. Wade, from the Committee on Terri
tories, reported a bill to regulate the
selection Of grand and petit jurors in
Utah.
Mr.. CONFESS introduced a bill author
izing the Postmaster General to invite
proposals for steamship mail service,
monthly trips, from San Francisco to
Honolulu. No bids exceeding $lo0, 900
IN he considered,
A motion 10 take up the Louisiana bill
was ~negatived-l7 to %.
The Clerk of the House announced its
refusal to recede from its amendments
to the tenure of Office bill, and a COM
mittee of conference was appointed.
In the House, on motion of Mr..
Schenck, the Senate bill to regulate the
tenure of certain civil officers was taken
from the Speakers table. The Senate
had refused to concur in the House
amendment making the bill apply to
Cabinet officers. The House insisted
on its amendment, and a conference
committee was asked from the Senate.
The joint resolution in reference to
ocean mail service between San Fran
cisco and Portland, Oregon, passed.
The bill reported January 18th from
the select committee on war debts Of
loya1 States IN %reimhurse States tina