Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-01-17
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va snixoToN, IAN. l6.-SESATE.--X |
Gu inner .om lie COMMITTEES on Foreign Re- !
lat on. reported re o!u,ion similar 70 that \
reported IN The II use or Monday, relative !
to the cco,ie trade, VIII h passed unani-
mously.
Mr.. Fessonden announced that lac woold /.
call up the tariff bill next Monday, ~ ex
c.ed to keep il before thsSesstc until dis +,
posed Of.
A bill to regn'ste the tenure Of office was
called up by yr. sumner.
The a.nealmen. was discussed at seme |
length by Howe. Sumner. Fessendsn and
Mr.. Cowan said the whole number Of tes |
movals by the President vas 446, Of witch |
a67 he'd been sent to the Ssasss. None tad
bean renewed Who had reifainsd from il.
proper aud disrcspcctful language againss |
he President in the last campaign.
Mr.. Sumnse could not think Of singh
pronincut officer Of the Government on hie
slste that had not been removed for political
4 deoses without acsioa.
The hill TO admit Nebraska was amended
By he House. Taken up.
Mr.. Waoe moved ooocusrencs therein.
Mr.. Edmunds hoped that the Senate
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right 20 impose universal suffrage, or
whether il must be left 10 The people - q
territory for decision. There vas no mid.
die ground.
Nj. johnson agreed with Mr.. Edmunds.
Mr.. Hendrisks vas opposed 70 OIL the
conditions mentioned, but # any were 10 b
imposed they should be left to the people Of
. State 10 comply with.
The question Was further discussed by
Meesss. Henderson, Morrill, and Others when
the morning hour expired, and the regular
order of business, the bill 10 regulate tenure
or Office was called for.
On motion Of Mr.. Wade. regular order
was suspended By vote Of - to II.
Mr.. Hendricks offered - substitute for
| House amendment what vas known - the
brown amendment.
Disagreed 10 BY IS TO 81.
The House amendment waa then concur.
red 10 by vote Of 90 TO ~.
The nays were:
Buckalsw, Cowan, discs, Doolittls, Ed.
munds, Foster, Hseris, hesdsieks, J0hn-
son, Nesmisb. Norton. Patterson. Riddle anti
Saulsbury.
Bill TO admit Colombo was lakss up.
The House Amend0snt Was csncurred
in. The bill eess 70 the President.
Mr.. morrill,, from committSe on the Die
trict Of Columbia, reported bin projecting.
the right oC uariied Womens IN the Oistsics
substituting new bill changing 70 sUms
extent the provisions Of the original meas
uge.
HOUSE, Nj. Spaulding asked leave to 10.
tsoduce bill that the Committee On Judic.
larry report 10 the House in whiting, respect
! ing the ncceasily Of obtaining any further
sanction u che Constitutional emsndment
,han thvre>fonslhs Of tlc States selually
Represented in Congress.
NJ. Finck objected.
On motion Of Mr.. Allen, the Secretary q
the Treasury Was directed 10 furnish IT,
House inior,nation in reference 10 the U. g
bonds, &C., % vequieed by the set Of ApsN
18th, 1862. viz: The oaioaat Of exchanges
made Of money borrowed under Il; Of whom
and on what terms the amount and charac.
Ter Of indshe. dness retired under Il, w.ih .
detailed sssssment Of expense Of making
Aucli loans and exchange
Mr.. Julian, on leave, introduced bill 10
extend the provisions Of thcSact Of August
4th. 1864, granting The right 81 way 60 all
rail and plank roads, fr live years. Re-
f.rr>d.
The House considered Mr.. Stevens bill
for INSTRUMENTATION Of the rebel States.
Mr., Paul spoke At length in opposition
thereto. lie denounced the present State
Governments as pira,ical governmental
which ~ this time had rested on the souls
Of Andrew johnson n1d his Northern and
Southern fatch,cs, but would hencefcrti
rest on the soul OF the rash young gentle
man from Pennsylvania. Mr.. Stevens. Il
would really seem that he, Mr.. Stevens, hal
for some tlmc longer fcf the Presidents
btcad and butter.
III. bingham opposed tho measure be
cause he rscOenizt d the power of the people
% establish guarantees and safeguards. Il
the people depended on the incorporation
into the Constitution Of the great amend
mcnt proposed by the Reconstruction Com-
u,ittee, that did not prevent further Consti
tutionsf legislation; hut this bill neither
stood with the Constitutional amendment
nor the duty Of Congress to give protection
to citizens VI tie United States within the
disorganiRed States. Let the future safety
oil the republic rest on isseprrlable guarae-
tees embodied in the Constitution and moi
upon sspealabls legislation OF the insurgenl
States. So he would have the lately rsbel>
kous States 60 on end perform acts for the
Ratification Of the Constitutional amendment
even though they were not regularly orr
gauizcd States, and the ratification Of actl
subsequently, Ivy Congrsss, would legalixe
them. As ~ the Supreme Court, ito pow
ers were very limited; its appellate powers
rested upon the will OF Congress and could
readily be taken away This bill was very
offensive to him Il at,cmp ted to restrict
the right Of petition, which the Constitution
expressly for babe.
II looked as IL drawn by crowned des
pot. Ii declared that oil per sons who were
in rebellion. and had once taken the oath "a
the Constitution Of the United States, were
no longer citizens VI the United States, and
could not become 50, except through forms
Of naturalization. lie submitted that Con
gress had no color Of authority f1r declar-
ing frat, that . million Of people Of thia
couatry we're no longer citixsns and ses,
end. that they could take no steps for or
gaulzing state governments, until Congress
passed an enabling act permitting them SC
- do In answer 70 . question what sunedy
he would himself propose, Ne said he wished
the measure referred to . joint committee
on recor struction.
Mr.. Bingham also objected 10 other pro
visions Of The bill. one Of which declared
that no person should bs deprived Of his
right to vote because Of conviction aud cen
tencs for any crime other than treason OF
insurrecti0n.
Mr.. Bingham also opposed Ashlsy's bill
- . departure from the constitutional
amendment. 81
On motion Of Mr.. Washburne, OF Illinois.
the appropriation f3r steambpas inspectors,
ETC., was increased 10 $4,000. The appso.
priasion Of $4,000, for facilitating tsls>
esaphic communicated oetween the Attain
sic and Psesiic, vas struck out
Ga motion Of Mr.. FssnsWUrth, she CON-
rnittee reee and reported he biE s4's
Tbs House went into cotnmittes "a the
whole On the legislative appropriation bill,
aad attss seme time spent tAereoe. a.
journsd.
NEW YORK.
Nav loRG, Jan. l6.--A Washington dis>
patch says Il 10 understood that The plan