Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-11-28
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being only nine absentees, Hendricks
being one of them.
hr. Sumner presented the petition Of 80
colored men, who allege that they have
been discharged from employment in the
District for voting the Republican ticket,
and ask relief in Government work. The
subject was referred to the District Com
mlttee. Mr.. Sumner then introduced a
bill, copy of the one pocketed by the
President last Winter, 10 amend the city
charters Of Washington and Georgetown
by allowing colored men to hold office in
those cities. Garrett Davis objected, and
it went over. Mr.. Edmunds introduced
ONT resolution declaring the faith of the
Government pledged to the redemption of
tho national debt in coin. He said he
wished it 20 lie upon the table for the pres
ent, but should call it up at an early day.
and hoped it would pass the Senate with
entire unanimity. The session lasted but
half an hour, and the adjournment was un
til Monday.
In the House, says the Washington cor
respondent of the New York Triune, as
the hour touched noon, the floor looked
like ballroom just before the dance be-
girs. All sorts of people were crowding
all sorts of people. Tne galleries were
crowded to excess, the ladies being array
ed in the deep gorgeousness ofthe Fall
tinis- green, and purple. and Bismarck
brown. The Diplomatic gallery had fair
representation. The appearance of Mr.
Stevens excited great interest. The old
man, sallow and haggard, Slowly moved
down the aisle anal the hum of sympa-
thetic voices. The venerable commoner
is said to be in better health than at any
time during the Summer. Gen. Butler was
the center of al eager company Of Yves
tern members, while Mr.. Washbnrne, the
Father Of the House, but as fresh and
young, and bright, as though he were a
younger son, was enthusiastically welconl-
ed from his foreign trip. Banks, Bingham,
Garfield, Allison, Shellabarger, Kelley.
Schenck, and Wilson, were all warmly
greeted, and were objects of great atten-
ton from the galleries. On the Democrat
ic side Mr.. Morrisey was an object of great
interest, as well as Judge Woodward, and
Mr.. Brooks, bursting with speech. The
prayer over Judge Woodward and Gen.
Gary were sworn in, after which the Ten
nessee members were called up to be sworn
in Mr.. Eldridge objected, when Mr.. Brooks
took the floor and began an assault upon
the loyalty of the individual members of
the delegation. Senator Patterson, the
Presidents son-in-la law, was busy
in the vicinity of the Speaker, apparently
engineering the assault, which is Under
stood TO have been done in accordance
with the wish Of Mr.. johnson. The de-
bate on the Tennessee matter took a wide
range, and consumed most of the session.
The whole Tennessee delegation, with the
exception of Butler, was finally sworn in.
Mr.. Dawes got rather the better of Mr.
Brooks, and compelled him TO vote mo"
on his own resolution, The discussion of
the Tennessee matter was very tiresome,
and drove many of the spectators from the
galleries Mr.. Kelsey got in his bills In re-
lation to impeachment. They will come
up for action on Monday. Mr.. Robinson
of Brooklyn got in resolution to call
Minister Adams to account for not protec-
ting American Fenians in England, 1t
was sent to the Foreign Committee. At
about o'clock the House adjourned
Speaker Colfax will not announce the
Committees before Monday, and perhaps
not till the beginning of the December ses-
sion. On Monday, impeachment will be
brought up the first thing
The bill introduced by Mr.. mgersoll of
Illinois to-day and referred to the Commit
tee OF Ways and Means, proposes to repeal
the existing law which authorizes tie Sec
rotary Of the Treasury to retire from clrcu-
lat;on United States notes to an amount
not exceeding Si,OO0,OOO per month, and
also prohibits any further retiring or re-
duction of the currency by the Secretary
of the Treasury.
Efforts are again being made to press the
passage of some bill for the alleged pur-
pose of equalizing soldiers bounties, and it
is not unlikely that such a measure will,
for the third time, pass the House, but
there is no probability of its becoming a
law.
The House Committee on Frauds in the
Pay Department will hold session to-
morrow, notwithstanding the absence of
Mr.. Scofield, who goes home on account of
sickness in his family. A large number of
witnesses have been subpoenaed, and he
Committee will remain in session several
days.
The Judiciary Committee he'd another
session to-day, for the purpose of examin-
ing Lafayette c. Baker, the Government
detective" In the course of the cross-ex-
animation he was asked if he had any cor
rections to make in his testimony relative
to the Booth diary, to which he replied
no." that,t is now in precisely the same
condition as when be gave it TO the late
Secretary of War.
Representative Blaine Of Maine to-day re-
newed his resolution of inquiry in regard
to the repeal of the cotton tax, and tht
House at once adopted the resolution. i
will be remembered that at the last session
Mr.. Blaine procured vote in Committed
) OF the Whole repeating the tax, but thu
, House afierward rejected his amendmen
: to the'pending bill, and retained the tax
1t is generally believed that the tax vii
D now be repealed.
t A caucus of the Republican member
was to have been held this evening, but OF
consultation it was postponed to som