The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-18
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,xxIxth Congressional Session.
WASHINGTON, Jan. II.

UnIonlSts for the reOrganIza-
ion of the government of that
tate, and one from Society
or the relief of the poor in ,Cincin-
ati, complaining that great distress
xists among the widows and orphans
f soldiers, consequent upon the de-
ay experienced in collecting bounties
nd back pay.
Ramsey, from the Post Office Com
nittee, reported the House bill, fix
ng the compensation of post Office
nd route agents at not less than 5000
ior more than $1,000 annually. 1t
Tas parsed.
.1 On motion, Chandler, by vote of
o against Is, took up the Niagara
falls Ship Canal Bill of last session.
EGmonds moved to strike out the
ection that provided that the act
hall not take effect unless the Legis-
ature of New York gives its assent
rithin two years. The bill was then
made the special order for tomorrow.
The House bill to amend the act
authorizing the Baltimore and Ohio
(. r. to construct Railroad from a
oint between Lennoville and Monoc-
cy junction, Maryland, into the
district of Columbia, by provision
hat its extension into the District
hall be on such line and to such a
lace as may be authorized by Con-
ress, aud no others, passed
Morrell reported a bill to prevent
Illegal voting in the District of CO.
umbia, and for other purposes, with
mendments. The amendments pro-
ide for the appointment, by the Su-
RENE Court of the District, of five
judges or elections for the City of
Washington and three for the City of
Georgetown, whose duty it shall be
iennially, and prior to each election,
prepare list of the names of per-
ons qualified to vote in said cities.
Lane called up the bill to regulate
he appointment of Pension Agents.
Fessenden said he objected to this
ind of legislation. It contained an
mendment vacating all offices filled
ince the first of October Acc.
Pending the consideration OF the
gill the morning hour expired and the
( Negular order-which was the bill to
egulate the tenure of ofice-was ia
en- up. 81 trf .d5azo5. s
McDongal spoke against the bill.
~ Wileyireplied to Cowan's remarks
f yesterday, stating that the Presi-
ent had appointed those in Western
Virginia who abused him the worst.
)ne man named Long had been ap-
ointed postmaster at Wheeling He
gas editor of the Wheeling Reg
,ter, and Wiley read an extract from
he paper named, dated March. 18th,
S4th and 18th, 1865, in which the
resident is denounced as drunkard,
n idiot, &c. lsafl
johnson asked when that appoint
lent had been made, and if it had
cen confirmed.
Wiley said the appointment was
aade in August, and had not been
onfrmed.
Cowan said it was impossible, where
o many appointments were to be
.nade, to avoid an occasional mistake.
Hendricks replied to the former re-
aarks of Sumner, defending the Pres
dent for removing men from office
Tho are opposed to his policy, and
,lacing in Office men who are in sym
,athy with him. He said In nine
asses out of ten where the President
lad removed anybody, he had APP
,ointed in his place man who had
oted the Lincoln and johnson ticket
n 1864. Abiding to alleged remarks
hat he would kick certain men out
f Office, he expressed a doubt as to
whether the President used it, though
le had not taken upon himself the
ask Of reading all the speeches
made by the President on his way to
chicago and back 81 g ~.
CONFESS reviewed the political DIFF
erence between the President and
congress, saying the responsibility
vas not with Congress. The Presi-
lent, he said, would not have re-
tricted himself to 4, 600 removals, had
lot the Senate stood in the way.
Doolittle favored a tenure Of Office
Turing good behavior The power of
emOval, whether placed in Senate or
Executive jurisdiction, was liable to
lbuse.
AS to the Philadelphia Convention
and the gentlemen who participated
q it, he claimed for himself and those
Who acted with him, most patriotic
motives He would not speak at length
IN the topic now, but at some future
lime he expected to prove that the
policy of the Administration was the
policy of Mr.. Lincoln, and from
which the Republican party had de-
parted
Howe said, that inasmuch as his
colleague had spent a good deal of
lime in attempting to demonstrate
that problem already tried, and about
swo-t thirds of the people had failed to
see, he did not think it would pay
him to demonstrate it any more
Doolittle said he could demonstrate
from his colleagues speech to be
otherwise, on the question of admit
ting Arkansas to representation.