New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-18
WASHINGTON.


CIn,IIzGT1ON OF BOUNT1BS-PERsoNAL
.,,ez.ru TO 1Bs TRIBUNE
WASHINGTON, Thursday, Jan. IT, 1867.
.dabate in the Senate to-day was lively and
,.a.0s.;no and closed with a scene more animated
I, Hs character than any witnessed in that chamber
Nc the opening Of the present session. Several
.rooches had been made on the bill to regulate the
,sDnre of office The pending question had been lost
sobt Of and instead Of the tenure of office the
prssidents conduct in appointing and removing men
d;fserent parts of the country, and the character
Mnartieular appointees, was the subject OF discus
Ion Mr. Hendricks had undertakent the championship
ar President and made AN effective speech for his
A. ~ tho Honse when Mr. Sumnerrose TO close the
snhote lie had not proceeded very far, when he was
nonod IN order by Mr.. McDOugal who protested
,oinst the following sentence as not allowable IN
sebote in the Senate: There was no such duty on
.ny fathers There was no such duty on our recent
predecessors in this chamber because there was no
President who had become the enemy of his country"
eDougal was called upon 10 reduce the Objection
able words to writing and after pause of several mo-
ments he wrote something on slip of paper andsent
hbya page to Mr. Sumner who at first declined toook
.,it saving properly that as Mr. McDOugall had
raised the point il was for him 10 establish it, Nc
DONEGAL was standing at some distance from Sumner
and appealed to him across the chamber to state
Whether what he had written was correct. twas IN
these words: 1--WE never had President before who
was am enemy TO his country" Mr. Sumner read the
alp and handing it to the page, said: No, Sir, that
is not correct You must quote my words as reported
Hy the shorthand writer" There another lull in
ihe proceedings caused by waiting on The Globe re-
porter to get Mr. Summers exact words. Nh. Seward
Entered the chamber and took seat by the SIDE of
Mr. Sumner. from whom he learned the
status of the case and what had occurred
Az 20 ~ we
ing presently, but meantime McDougall's point had
been decided by Mr. Anthony, who in the chair,
20 be not well taken The decision had been appealed
from, and the appeal had been withdrawn Mr.
Ooollttle then proposed that Mr. Sumner shOnd re-
same the floor, and repeat from the manuscript Of
She reporter the words to which exception had been
taken. This was agreed to by Mr. Sumner and nc
reed what have already quoted. As he uttered the
last word Of the sentence, DOolttle jumped up and
Seised the question Of order, which the Chain Mr..
Anthony Immediately decided as in the previous
ease, not well taken. A scene of confusion followed
which u would not be easy to describe Half
kozen Senators were on the floor at once.
Mr. Edmunds thought Mr. Summers language ex-
Oeeded The proper limits of debate, but he wanted
che question of order postponed till tomorrow. This
could not be done, as an appeal had been taken by
Mr.. DoOittle from the decision Of the chair and it
must be disposed of before proceeding further Mr.,
Lane Of Indiana obtained the recognition OF the
chair, aud moved TO lay Dooltte's appeal on the
table. Another Senator raised the point that that
motion was not in order, and one point of
order after another was raised until there four
sppealsl from the decision Of the chair heaped
one on top Of the other, and al pending at
che same time. IL is difficult TO tell how the
intricate parliamentary web would have been with
drawn but the one raised by DoOlittlo was finally
decided by the Yeas and Nays in favor of Mr. Sumner
and the Chair and the Senate then adjourned with
cut action on the bill so long under discussion. II is
tolerably certain, however that vote Will be reached
tomorrow and that the bill win be passed IN the
1oTm indicated in these dispatches few days since
The only feature of the proceedings in the House
to-day was the continued consideration Of Mr.. Ste
yens's Enabling bill. Mr. Baker Of Illinois addressed
abe House in opposition to the measure, basing his
argument principally on the ground that it tended
20 o complete consolidation of the Government,
nv the obliteratiOn of State authority. He placed
bis faith in the ratification Of the Amendment,
(which be predicted in o twelvemontb, and de-
Eired for the present the recOmmitment Of the
bill to the Joint Committee Reconstruction. Mr..
Drinnel Of Iowa followed in favor Of immediate
action on the question of Reconstruction, and
IN opposing its reference urged the perfection of the bill
Is soon as possible Mr. Stevens desired to close de-
bate this week but said he should allow the bin to
BE open to amendment before demanding the pre-
Nious question The Speaker said at the rate speeches
were being made, two per day, it would take two
weeks to exhaust the list Of members desiring to
speak. The House accepted the Senates amendments
20 its own bin for purchasinga site IN the City Hall
Park for new City Post Office for NewYOTk, which
sends it to the President for his signature The pur
chase is TO be effected when the Attorney General
sertifies TO the title
The Ways and Means Committee had long SEES
sion to-day, in which they discussed the Tax and
Gold bills. On the latter measure the Committee arc
very much divided. They have not yet been able
30 agree 20 the preliminaries of that measure. The
Colpmttee all agree that the gold ought TO be sold
esopen market, but the manner of selling and the
amount TO be sold OF bid for each week has not yet
been decided; neither has IL been determined as TO
che amount which shall be kept in the Treasury.
These two points will probably be disposed of in a
Day or two. The Committee have decided that be-
fore they do anything with the Tax bill they will
confer with Secretary McCulloch and Commissioner
Wells in regard TO the propriety Of making the re-
auctions asked for. The Secretary and Commissioner
viii probably have an audience with the Committee
tomorrow.
Mr. Orion Vice-P President of the Telegraph Com
pany, was before the Senate Finance Committee to-
Gay, explaining the appropriation Of $4,000 which
tho Government owe their Company Oh the overland
subsidy. He told them that the Company either de-
sired tho amount agreed to in the contract or else 10
released from the contract that they might receive
pay from the Government as from individuals; that
under the existing state Of affairs they were debaIred
from either.
The Southern Republican Association, now in ses-
son IN this city, recently appointed committee of
hYe headed by Col Moss Of Misso,tri and Senator