The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-01-21
senate.

Inc Railroad bill.
The yeas and nays were taken. and the Sc
nate refused TO postpone the regular order
yeas, 10; nays q; as follows =, -. A..
rill, Sherman, Sprague Stewart, Wade, wilson
"'tS ~ AysoMessrs. I Anthony, Brown Dixon, Doo-
little Fessenden, Foster, Frelinghuysen, Grimes,
Harris Henderson, Hendricks, Howard, Howe,
Johnson, KirkwoQ}Sd, Lane, Lane, Morgan Norton
The Railroad bill went over till Monday, and
the Bankrupt bill was taken up a ana reaa l M az
the Judiciary Committee, making sixty printed
pages. -, ,.,.,,,,. ,o,, ,ood ,,,o ouestio,, was
,1non agreeing to the amendments of the Senate
Judiciary Committee The first amendment
was to strike out circuit courts ana insert SUI
preme courts in the third secuoh, SO t's 10 iiaho
a. the duty of the former, instead OF the laJLer
to appoint registers IN DahhtuPCcSf thpo flSinf
nomination and recommendaIi0n OF lIe ,. CniS.
Justice Of the Supreme Court Inc ainenuiheuV
Tbe2 next amendment was TO strike out the
words "upon the nomination and recommenda.
tion Of the Chief Justice OF the supreme Cou5C
fthe United states" After debate, the amend
ment was not agreed to-yeas, ii; nays, IT, -
The next amendment was to strike out the
fOllowingtfrom the third section;-"ln cases oil
JisegrrSment between thejudges of said court as
TO such appointments, or in case OF vacancy III
The Offices of district judge, the presiding judge
oFfhe CiTcnit Court shall determi ne tn number
ofnppointments to be made, and make such
pptintments." Agreed to.
Tending the consideration OF the next alnehu-
ment, the Senate adjourned at L. NJ,
House of Representatives.
Bills were reported from the Com%mlttoe nm sOy ta on
relief of Rufus J.. I. Spaululhg pay ialtsteL
United States navy, passed; House Dill DlIl LOT Ile I
restoration of Lieutenant Joseph Tude, TO MS
grade in the active service of the navy, passed;
House bill for the restoration OF LieutenanI
Commander S. i. Breese, United States navy,
to the active list from the retired list, passed;
Senate joint resolution for the reliel OF PauI =
Dartment for building and furnishing the steam
screw sloop-of-war Idaho.
Pending its consideration, the morning hour
cd oYo1t no n q
next private bill day. .
The Speaker presented executive commun1-
cations as follows From the Secretary OF war,
transmitting a list of contracts made by the
officers of the engineer department for the year
1866; also, transmitting report by Jne CnieI
engineers relative to the ship channel in the
PatapscO river, which was referred to the Com
mittee on Commerce; also, transmitting reports
of tours Of inspection made by Generals Rush
ing and IIazen in reference to California,
On motion of Mr.. HALL, the Senate bill regu-
latlng the tenure of certain civil ofnces, was
Mr.. PAINE, on leave, introduced bill to
amend the act of June 3, 1866, granting lands TO
Michigan and Wisconsin, for military road
from Fort Wilkins, Pembina county, Michigan,
to Fort Howard, Green Bay, Wisconsin. Re
ferred to the Committee on Public Lands,
Mr.. MOORHEAD (Pa) on leave, introduced
bill relating to trade marks. Referred TO the
Committee on Patents.
on motion of Mir. BANKS, the Senate bill for
the relief of George W Fish Consul at NingapO,
was taken from the Committee on Claims and
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
On motion Of Mr.. BIDWELl, tHe ColnnllIGee
into the propriety and justice of paying
bounty to the California troops enlisted for
three years or during the war, but discharged
by reason of the termination of the war.
On motion of Mr.. RICE (Mass) the Joint Com
mittee on the Library was instructed TO inquire
into the eXpediency Of purchasing Pages PIC
ture of Admiral Farragut, now III the CaplIol
Rotunda.
The House then proceeded to the consdera-
tion of Mr.. Stevens reconstruction Dill,
Mr.. SPALDING (Ohio) stated that he haC
expressed the opinion that if the Constitutional
Amendment were rejected by the dlsloyal
States, it would become the duty OF CONGRESS 10
intervene, and so to legislate as 10 reconstruct
those rebelious communities on the votes OF
the loyal citizens Of those states, without re-
gard to class or color But II the plii under con
sideration were to become law, 1t seemed to
him that it was detective in this important par
tcular, that IL did not afford any protection TO
that loyal class of inhabitants in the exercise
of their functions as freemen. He proposed TO
have them armed with power for their prOtec-
tion, and to that end he desired to otter an aQ-
ditional section to the bin, as follows:-
And be ii further enacted, That from and after
the passage this act and until the said States in
rebellion shall be admitted to representation IN
Congress as aforesaid, the provisions OF JhS VIII
mia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Texas, Alabama, louisiana, Mlssls-
Sippi and Arkansas, and said districts OF coun-
try are hereby placed under martial law for and
during the whole term aforesaid.
MIR KooNTz GaJ addressed the House in sup
port of the bill, particularly advocating the dis
franchisement of Rebels and the enIranchlse-
Mr.. ScoFIELD pa said that strong as the
RepuDllC was, IL COuIu not alIOIu 10 leave lue
people of the South in chronic state OF dis
content-to let that section of the country be TO
the United States what Ireland was to England
and Poland to Russia. He gave credit to both
parties for a desire to reconstruct the Union
but they proceeded to that end by diherenl
roads. The Democratic party, however seemed
TO have come to the conclusion that the Repub-
lican policy in the Constitutional Amendment
abollshing slavery, and in the Civil Rights bill
was right, At least no one seemed TO have any
disposition TO take the back track, If the Con
federate States were brought into the Union, II
wCull
take the place in politics that the slavery ques
ton had occupied. The Republican party
however, proposed to bury that 81 lost cause
Amendment That amendment was adopted
by Congress by a vote Of four to one, auC
twenty-three out Of the twenty-siX States ap
proved it, and elected Legislatures pledged
10 carry il out. only three States had giYel
negative ansWer-DelaWare, three countie.
large; Maryland deceived by her own Cover
nor, and kentucky,whlch never during the wal
rose above assembling neutrality, What
then, stood in the way? Not the Preside
of the United States, because neither the Con,
stitution nor the laws committed the question
in any way to him. Not the Democratic party
for it was virtually dead. A perhdious Secrs
tary, one old man charged by law with deClGu
ing the adoption Of the constitutional Amend
ment, who sought to preserve the debris of tn
Confederacy; he stands in the way; he is plot
ting now theory of estoppel; he takes the posi-
Ilon mat The Will of these tWenty-three States
nay, thaI the Will Of the twenty-slX States. if j
Lau peeh unanimous, must 60 Tor nothing, un
less TWO OF Jhree millions of whites, in the lat
Confederate States. sanction it. How does h
expect 20 enloIce lhaI doctrine? Does he eXpeC
10 get the sanction Of the people? No sir. III
has tried that and failed. viii Executive mn
tronage do? That has failed also: but the Score
lary proposed 70 associate with himself on
other old man who happens to hold the baIanc
of power Oh a bench of judges charged with tb
decision OF questions OF law. This old diploma
tist i'm the Department of State lis preparin