New-York tribune., 1867-02-18
WASHINGTON.


YlII TO BE REPORTED TO THE HOUSE IopAl-Ih"
SONAL
" WASHINGTON. Feb. II, 1867
~, C,4o did yerv little in it's afternoon session
ON Saturday. Most of the members seemed iang'"
after the long siege commencing AT ~ 'io,N
Iav and continuing until this morning SIN more
s;sco,rs on,, s the prospect before them OF Ses-
,;or extending itself INTO Sunday. The detIm'h"-
,;o b.s beeu EXPRESSED by the friends OF CohIieS-
;onal reconstruction to pass some bill heloie MOI
5av and 10 that end they may have to S' ont u'o
night and part of tomorrow. Most of the aI''lno""
session was occupied by Mr. Dcohtte III spteci', III
which he repeated his time-hon0red declna'"n ''"'
he hadn't left the Union party but the Onoh parry
had left him. how funny IL was that people Won"
oersecute their savior and all that sort nj fhihg MI
canlsbury then took the floor, and when the dllh'r
,ecess was ordered he was quoting from The Writings
of the fathers to show that white man Is l"O "
black man. nor black man a white man.
The night session of the Senate was not marked ny
spv striking feature of debate or parliamentary
scenery 1t commenced with the butt end oil Il sleecl
from Mr. Salisbury begun during the afternoon ana
yas followed by a few remarks from Mr. GaIIct
Davis lasting three hours. At about midnight there
were evident manifestations of wearineSs ana those
who smoke after that hour had few listeners on lhe
floor or in the galleries Notwithstanding tins. MI
Cowan ushered in the Sabbath with two hours oi lace
tiops rhetoric. lie was followed by his colleague
NIr Ruckalew, in solemn sud'h dh"
Mr. Buckalew in his turn was Nnc','o'"
bv Mr.. McDougal, who discoursed IamhIl'sy 10
what had by tins time become a snoring aS>emnIaI'
The proposition discussed by the Senate IS what was
a1eed upon by the Republicans, after long con-
sultatou. on Saturday evening, with an additional
section Of two lines providing that no sentence Z"
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moved by the President. 1t was adopted
at about 5 q. m. 1t G3O a. M when the
vote on the bill was taken The committee Of Sena-
tors 10 which was referred the bill as II came from
The House consisted of McssTs. FeSsenden. Sumner,
Tiumbun Sherman, Howard, Harris, and Frellng-
huysen. The BILL as reported by tins commit
tee and passed by the Senate, Is the House
biu with the Blaine amendment and the following
amendments by the Committee. In section second
the President instead Of Gen. Grant, rs vested with
the power of assigning commanders to military Hs-
trcts In section fourth, the clause prohibiting the
issuing Of writs of habeas corpus by United States
Courts is stricken out. provision IL added that no
death penalty shan be carried into effect except with
approval OF the President. The Blaine Amendment
reouired the Southern States to form State Constl-
tutions. which must be approved by Congress, and
tbe Legislatures chosen under said constitutions must
adout the Constitutional Amendment. BY the original
Blaine amendment, the Constitutional amendment,
was required 10 be adopted before the new STATE Con-
stitutions were made and approved by Congress.
The bill as passed was agreed upon IN caucus 81
Republican Senators by vote OF % to H. IL Is NeIy
Joubtful II the bill as amended. can pass the House.
Stevens who viii have charge of II, Will call II up m
the House the first thing tomorrow and oppose the
adoption of the Senate amendment. Boutwell, and
other Radical Republicans also state they will oppose
these amendments. At the same time, there are
number of Radicals like Shelabarger Wilson OF
Iowa, and Allison, who will vote for the bill as 1T
passed the Senate. il is thought the Democrats VIII
hold the balance of power, and by uniting with the
Stevens men, viii defeat the measure in IFS present
shane This they VIII do 70 delay and kill the bill.
If they find however that the Conservative Repub-
cans can muster enough strength from the Stevens
Radical ranks to pass the bill, then they viii COM
inence fibbusteTlUg, and continue until Wednesday
morning. when Johnson can pocket the bill, and
there viii be no chance to pass it veto. The
Conservative Republicans hoped 10 have enough
Democrats with them to prevent any tllibustering,
but this evening il appears they have lost that hope
The matter Of the greatest interest in the House
Saturday was the presentation by Mr. Wentworth,
as question Of privilege, of preamble and Tesolu-
tion regarding the recent alleged negotiations for
compromise between the President and Congress
To the dctrimcnt Of the dignity Of the House and
embarrassing and pTeJndgiDg the action Of the Judi
cary Committee On the question of Impeachment
the preamble states that members Of the House have
been holding private meetings, with a view TO a cor
Iupt arrangement with the President. aud pledCng
themselves 10 oppose the report of the Judiciary Com
mittee 50 far as il may relate adversely TO the Prsi
dent and the resolution directs that the subject be
referred 10 the judiciary Committee for full inyesti
cation and IerOYt The proposition created
gIeat laughter on the floor Of the House.
many members believing II To have been
little fun aimed 40 Raymond Banks, DclaUo, Bmc-
ham and Others bat after IL understood that the
subject was seriously proposed and intended To bc
riously carried ont the feelings Of the House were
about equally divided between intense anger AT the
proposition on the one side, and admiration for the
ingenious manner IN which II had been introduced
on the other MT.WentwOrth allowed 10 interruption
or debate but moved the previous question at once
but Mr. Wilson Of Iowa having stated that the large
amount Of business already before the Judiciary
CODInittee would prevent action the proposition.
be was permitted 70 move an amendment that the
subject he referred 10 a select committee Of three
Mr. McRuer moved an amendment that a committee
Uf one be selected and decision OF the House was
ordered amid much laughter. The Yeas and Nays
were then called, and the amendment was lost 10y
only five votes, which produced more meniment, and
Mr. Wentworth was congratulated 10y his friends on
his escape from being a member of the Committee
Of One" MI Wilson's amendment was then carried
and the following gentlemen were subsequently
chosen on the Committee Messrs. Wentworth.
Ward New-Yorkl and GlossbreDner The balance
of the afternoon was occupied with private bills
Mr. Eggleston from the Committee on Commerce.
reported the River and Harbor Appropriation bill,
the figure of which is $4SOOOOO Among the private
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