Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-20
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HOUsE.-Fhe House resumed the consid
eration-0f the bill for the Military Govern
ment of the Southern States. Mr.. Bout
we'll (Rad.( of Massachusetts, argued il
the previous question. Mr.. Bingham (Rad.) }
of Ohio, apr called to the House not to sec
Ond the demand The House then refused
by avOte of "a yeas to 79 nays, to seconC
the previous questions and the debate wa!
continued. Mr.. Bingham addressed thl
House in favor of his own amendment t(
the bill. Mr.. Blaine (Rad }, of Maine, moved
to. recommit the bill to the Judiciary com
mittee, with instructions to add to it. his
(Blaine's). amendment, and on his motion
called the previous question; which wa;
ordered by q vote of 64 yeas to 81 nays
Mr.. Spalding (Rad. J. of Ohio, then moved
in order TO have test vote, to lay the bill
on the table. The vote on MIR. Standings
motion resulted I'M 80 yeas and 115 nays, a
strict party vote. The main. question was
then ordered bY,s. vote of S6 yeas to rs nays
The motion Of Mr.. Blaine was the first @
be voted on. Mr.. Stevens, being emitted O
the floor, made a lengthy speech, detailing
his personal grievances, and declaring the
conduct of the House in the matter of his
original Reconstruction bill, to have been
uncfvil. unjust and Indecent. He appealed
to the House to pass the present bill with
out amendments. Blaine's motion to refer
was voted dOwn-yeas SO, nays 95 and the
bill, as modified by Mr.. Stevens, was pass
ed-yeas los. nays So. Thus was passed
Through the House one of the most infa-
Imous and unjustifiable measures that ever
disSraced a legislative body. An evening
session was held, at which the bill to amend
the present Internal Revenue law was dis
Icnssed, and then acted upon by sections nn-
til adjournment. .a5 -ag41 ,--l's.. (. /
>, saez THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IA. a = "a ID
SENATE-The House having refused to
recede from its amendment to the bill to
control the President in his appointments
to and removals from Office, a committee of
conference was appointed. The amend
meT6 on which the House insisted, was that
to include the.members of the Cabinet with
other officials subject to appointment and
removal by the President. The Eliot Lou,
isiana bill was read second, time. Mr..
Sumner gave notice of three amendments
he intended to offer. The bill was post
pOned until the next day, that it with the
proposed ,apendmepts might be printed-a
thing Ehe House refused. The bill to issue
notes to take up the compound interest
notes, was passed. A bill authorizing the
construction of tunnel under the Missis-
sippi at St. Louis, was passed.
-HOUsE,-An attempt failed to pass bill
to reimburse the loyal States for war ex-
penses (appropriating fffty-five dollars for
provided for the issue of five per cent. bonds,
not negotiable for twenty years, to the
amount of one hundred and fifteen millions
of dollars. 1t was sent to the Ways and
Means. committee. The bill to provide for
the establishment and organization of the
National Guards iu each State, was report
ed and amended. The Tax bill was con-
sidered in committee of the Whole. Mr..
Ward, of Kentucky, proposed to amend by
reducing the tax on distillers from five
hundred to one hundred dollars, which gave
rise to considerable discussion. A motion
to increase the special whisky license tax
to one Thousand dollars was rejected, and
it was finally agreed that the tax should
remain at one hundred dollars, as in the
present law, The clause of the bill forbid
ding gas companies to add the revenue tax
to the price charged for gas to consumers,
after the 30th of April, 1867, was stricken
ont. Without concluding the House adj
journed. e-
80 saE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY Is. - IFI
SENATE.-Remonstranc from French
Canadians resident in the United States,
against the annexation of the Canadian
provinces to the United States, were pre-
sented. The Military committee reported
with amendments the bill to provide for
the payment ofquartermasters' stores, &C.,
furnished by loyal persons to the United
States army during the rebellion. Ohio
and Indiana are included in the amend
ment. The House Military bin for govern
ing the South was taken up. Reverdy
johnson moved the Blaine amendment.
There was much debate until half-past 4 in
the afternoon, when che Senate took a re-
cess. On reassembling in the evening, Mr.
Wilson, of Massachusetts,. introduced a re-
construction bill. Mr.. Hendricks, of In
diana, spoke against the Military govern
ment5bill as a military usurpation and an
insidious and cowardly attack upon iber-
ty.s Amendments were proposed, and the
bill debated until half-past o'clock in the
morning, when the Senate adjourned.
HoUSE.-The Bounty bill was taken up.
In,the course of an explanation of the pro-
visions of the bill, Mr. Sehenek stated that
the estimate Of the committee of the
amount of money required was between
se1eHty-f f1e and eighty millions of dollars.
The War. DEPARTMENTS estimate was eighty
millions. After an amendment to include
some Missouri and Maryland volunteers
and slaves, the bill was passed-yeas 95,
nays 81. The amendment of the Senate to
the Bankrupt bill was taken up. Mr.. Ste
vens moved to lay them on the table-yeas
63, nays 65. The amendments were then.
nOn-cOncurred in. The Internal Revenue
bill was further considered.
hss .e7a SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16. 5tl5
-sSENATE.-Senate met at noon. Mr.. Nor
rill Rad }, OF, Maine, from the committee
Yersely on petition for the enfranchise-
ment of the unnaturalized citizens of
Washington and the District of Columbia
The Military Reconstruction bill was taken
up. Mr.. Doolittle made speech vindicat-
ing his course in reply to the request OF the
Wisconsin, Legislature to resign his seat
He concluded by condemnation of the
Military bill, and closed by saying:
''Atter the hundreds of peaceful propo-
sitions which have been introduced and
abandoned, the majority now propose to
reconstruct with the swvrd-a power which
should not be entrusted to an angel from
heaven"
MessrS. Salisbury. Davis of Kentucky,
and Cowan opposed the bill. Mr.. Sherman
proposed a new amendments which had
been agreed upon by caucus of Senators,
embracing the Military bill as it passed the
House, with the so-called Blaine amend
ment added. The debate was continued
all night. a3 -, = - s,L'1" - 7a -
HOUSE,. Wentworth, of Illinois tRad.) 5,
submitted, as question of privilege, in
volving, as he said, the honor, purity and
independence of the House, a long preamble
and resolution recitiDg-.b ID ,4.s...s
THAT it has been for some time rumored,
and has at last been asserted in public
newspapers, that certain members of the
House have been holding private meetings
with q view to corrupt bargain, pledging
themselves to act adversely to the report Of
the judiciary committee on the question
of impeachment, if unfavorable7 to the
President, and, also, to act adversely to
certain other measures pending before the
House, to which they had hitherto been
favorable. provide that the President do
certain things to which he has hitherto
declared himself hostile. and refrain from
doing certain other things which he has