The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-01-15
TELEGR a PHI
xxxIxth Congressional Session.
WASHINGTON, Jan. IA.

Bill for increase of pay of army OH
GERS, for reconstruction on the basis
of equal rights, against the eurtall-
ment of currency, &c; also a memo
rial of the Minnesota Legislature for
appropriation for improvement OF the
Mississippi River, So @.5f .
A bill was passed to set aside the
net proceeds of Internal Revenue In
the Territories in 1867 and 1868, for
the erectionCof penitentlaries. ..5gi4
Lane call up the bill to change the
mode of appointing Pension Agents,
providing they hereafter be appointed
by the President, with the advice and
consent of the Senate. ~ lo oe,
Summers amendment, requiring that
all officers and agents of the Govern
ment whose salaries or fees exceeds
one thousand dollars must be confirm
ed by the Senate, was opposed by
Lane, who said he would prefer it as
an independent proposition. Reject
ed-yeas, II; nays, 81.
The morning hour expired and the
unfinished business of Friday, the
bill to regulate the tenure of office,
came up.
Hendricks amendment TO strike
out the provision, mo vacancies filled
except with the advice and consent of
the Senate, or the duties of such
offices shall be exercised without sal
aries, fees or other emoluments by
such other officer as may by law exer-
else such powers" Debated by Hen
bricks, Cowan, Williams and Free
linghuyser. - 80 ti ,s3
Sherman said the bill contemplated
nothing unconstitutional or revolu-
tionary. Of the two thousand re-
movals made by the President since
last summer, not one hundred had
been reported to the Senate. IF he
believed the President would try to
harmonic with the Senate and send
in other names afteElhs appointments
he would be willing to let, him ELI,
vacancies during recess, but the Pres
dent had manifested no such Adispo-
sition. ~ s"- q" no.
At Bncklow's suggestion Hen
bricks withdrew his amendment for
the present, to let the debate proceed
on the general merits of the bill ~.
Howe moved to strike out the words
expiration of term of service brother
cause from the first clause of the
third section, which reads as follows:
That he,President shall have power
to fill all vacancies which may hap
pen during the recess of the Senate
by reason of death, resignation, ex-
piration of term of Office, or other
lawful cause, which shall expire at
the end of the next session thereafter.
men6mnnf aorno1 m
Williams spoke generally in favor
of the bill.
Executive session adjourned
HoUsE.-Bills and resolutions were
introduced that the present course for
written or printed discharges be given
all volunteer commissioned officers
who have been honorably discharged
from the army or navy; declaring
forfeiture of certain privileges of citi-
zenship for acts of rebellion against
the United States, and providing for
the restoration of these privileges in
certain cases; for the payment of
bounty to representatives of soldiers
killed or died in the military service
of the United States, and whose term
was less than one year; to re-establish
civil governments in the States lately
in rebellion excepting Tennessee. All
referred. 7e
Mr.. Loans resolution, offered last
Monday, looking to the impeachment
of the President, came up, and Kelso
having withdrawn his motion for the
previous question, Loan read speech
arraigning the President for acts of
his administration, and suggesting
that he was privy to the assassination
of President Lincoln. 49, gt.sfs
Hale rose to a question of order,
and said he understood the gentleman
to charge the President of the United
States with completely in the assassin
alton of President Lincoln, and asked
if such language was in order. 4
A page of Loans manuscript was
sent to the Clerks desk, and read as
follows:
The crime meaning the assassina-
ton of President Lincoln was com
mitted; the way was made clear for
the succession; the assassIn's bullet,
welded and directed by rebel hands,
and paid for by rebel gold, made An
drew johnson President of the
United States. The price which he
was to pay for the promotion was
treachery to the republic, and fidelity
to the party of treason and rebellion.
Hale claimed that in another SEN
tence the same general effect had
been pronounced by Loan
Loan denied that he had proceeded
further than the sentence read, and
asked Hale to state what he supposed
had been read. Hale replied that
that was the very thing that he de-
sired to read. Loan said he was not
under any. obligations to furnish any
more of the manuscript than he had
read. The Speaker remarked that
the speech, being read from manu-