The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-02-20
CONVERSATIONAL.

| w ASHINGTON, reDruary lS.-OENATE.-
A bill providing for the safety of passen
gers on steam propelled vessels was passed
The action of the House on Sherman!
bill was reported.
Mr.. Williams moved that the Senate in
sist on its amendment.
Mr.. Corners objected. He thought II
too important to be submitted to com
mittee of conference. The difference be-
tween the two Houses was Fundamental
one, and committee of conference could
throw no further light. The present result
in the House arose from bad faith on the
part of the friends of the measure. He
was in favor of laying it on the table and
taking up the Louisiana bill, and applying
it to all the southern States.
MeSsrs. Sumner and Pomeroy advocated
the appointment Of conference commit
tee.
Mr.. Howard said there should be no
compromise or trafficking in such an import
ant matter.
Mr.. Sherman held that the Senate could
not reconcile the House without abandon
ing the principles of the bill. The opposi-
ton came from the extremes of both sides
-one holding that the States were now
entitled to representation, and the other
that the bill was too liberal in its provi-
sions.
Mr.. Hendricks did not think the Presi-
dent would shrink from action if the bill
reached him.
Mr.. Pomeroy repeated his belief that
the bill would not become law this ses-
sion either by conference or otherwise.
Mr.. Lane opposed the appointment of a
committee. The differences were ele-
mental and fundamental, and he was un-
willing to abandon the Senate's position.
Mr.. Wade thought the matter too grave
to entrust to committee at this stage Of
the session, and preferred beginning the
matter over again. Abiding to Mr.. Fes.
sender, he said his course in being silent
here, and then going to the House and
trying to defeat the bill, might be honor.
able, but he, the Speaker, did not like it
The discussion proceeded at grea,
length, and was very personal in its cha.
racter, showing an utter want of harmony
The Senate finally insisted on its amend
ment, and refused to appoint committee
Of conference.
HoUsE.-The galleries Of the House to-
day were crowded with spectators.
Mr.. Banks introduced a resolution al
lowing national vessels to carry contribu
tions of clothing and provisions to the
destitute of the South.
Mr.. Spalding objected to the resolution
lest debate should follow.
Sherman's bill was taken up. A motor
to lay the whole matter on the table wa
lost.
Mr.. Stokes attempted to read tele
gram he had received from Tennessee, bu
was cried down.
A vote was then taken on the motion t.
concur, and resulted-ayes, 70 !; noes, 90
A motion for committee of conference
was agreed to without division.
Messrs. Stevens, Shellabarger, and Blain,
were appointed on the committee.
The report of the committee on tn,
tenure office bill was adopted. 1t in
cludes Cabinet officers among those whom
the President cannot remove. The bill wa
passed-l13 to 40.
The Indian appropriation bill was passed
The death of Samuel Downing, the las
of the revolutionary soldiers, was an
nounced.
The militia bill, giving a standing arm,
of two regiments to each district, came up
The Democrats fllibustered through tn
hour assigned for its consideration, and !
goes over.
The House then went into committee o.
the military appropriation bill. 1t give
the Freedmen's Bureau for various items
SO, 3s6, 800. The second section makes thu
headquarters of the General Of the arm
at Washington, and orders that the Genera
shall not be suspended, nor relieved, no
ordered elsewhere without the approval Q
the Senate; and any person issuing order
to the contrary to this act shall be guilt
of misdemeanor, and shall be punishabl
by Imprisonment for not less than two no
more than twenty years.