New-York tribune., 1867-02-20
WASHINGTON.

TRIuNTH oP THAD. STEVENS IN THE UoUsE-TrB MILL
TARY RECONSTRUCTION BILL SENT BtCK TO THE
SENATE. AND 4 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ASKED
THB SENATE INSISTS on IT'S AMENDMENrS-TiB
Bill, RETURNED TO TlIE HOUSE--FLIBUslERlNG-
TIIR LOAN BILL VIRTUALLY DEBATED CONGRESS
PRINTER TO BIZ ELECTED-THB PILOT LAWs-Ihb
MILITIA BILL
~ rELEekATH
wAsHISGToS, Tuesday Feb 10, 1867.
In the Senate to-day nearly the whole OF the s's-
son was taken UP in a discussion OF the Military
Reconstruction bill the House sent 1t back ana
asked for q Conference Committee An Interesting
and at times exceedingly spicy debate sprung up
When the bill first from the House the hepup
Gcans in their hurry TO dispose of it and have the
hill 90 to the President in time to get 1t back 10 Con
tress in case of q veto in order TO be able to pass IT
over the veto. all declined to make speeches on the
sulicct but gave all their time to the Democrats,
who smoke for a day and night Consequently to-
dav he Republican Senators LET loose their tongues
and put forth their views. Sumner and Fessenden
were the only Senators who favored Conference
Committee During the debate Wade and Howard
accused Fessenden Of being guilty of uifhng and
ouibbling with the question. Fessenden replied to
these charges in a scathing manner This croSS-tire
between Fessenden, Wade, and Howard was kept up
for quite while, they seeming TO have forgotten
how precious time was Cowan, Buckalew, Doottle
and Sautbury all made speeches helping TO Kill
time. At . o'clock vote taken and without
all of the yeas and nays, a Conference COMMITTEE
was refused and the Senate insisted on its amend
nents So the bill goes back TO the House for dis
posa,l. The Senate, after the vote was taken adj
Ourned
Tie Senate at its evening session considered and
passed a number of bills from the Military Commit
tee among the rest increasing the pay of army
officers 81, per cent from the first of July last for
two years.
Immediately after the reading Of the Journal in the
House this morning, the Military Reconstruction bill
az IT passed the Senate taken mp, the motion be-
inc that the House do concur in the Senate amend
ments. Long before the House began its session
most of the members were present on the floor and
were busiIy engaged in consulting one another to
the merits of the bill and the probability of its pas
sage Mr. Blaine whose amendment the Senate AT
tachcd to the original Ill., and which is objection
able to the Stevens party, was on the floor of the
House bright and early, actively at work canyaSsing
each State DELEGATION, to find how the members
would vote the question. Until the vote was
L ken. the fate of the bin was doubtful that
one would risk a conjecture II was evident however,
that the Stevens party had gained in numbers since
last eyening 4 number of leading Senators were on
the floor, planning and advising Zach party had It's
slate arranged and all were anxious to dispose OF the
matter lmineuEtN. At il ~ the Diil WAS ldhtH up
Mr.. Eldridge moved to lay il on the table This
created astonishment, it was understood the
Democrats had pledged themselves to make no de
Law, but allow % vote. Blaine rushed over TO Il
bridge and expostuated with him, and in few sec
onds he withdrew his motion. There 10 further
DELAY and the yeas and nays were taken and the
Senate amendments rejected by vote OF %
yeas to % nays. While the vote was being taken,
the utmost interest was manifested by all present
Before the clerk had proceeded half way down the
roll the G,te of the bill was manifest. The only
Democrats who voted in the affirmative were
Mossrs TAYLOR of Tennessee, and Rousseau
Of Kentucky. There were number Of
Democrats, who had promised to vote for
a concurrence, who failed 10 do 50, finding Their
votes could not alter the result The following Dem
Ocras, Cooper and Taylor Uenu.), Bergen o. ~,
Goodyear -. ~ Hubbcll tN. y and Nelson Taylor
IN. Yj Phelps Md, Rousseau ,kyl and Hogan
Mo- before . vote was taken all pledged themselves
that in case the vote was very close. they would
either vote fur the amendments absent themselves
in older 10 pass the bill But the Stevens Radicals
Were too strong. and these compromising Democrats
with two exceptions all voted with their party.
Maynard tRep., TENN, Hart tRep, y. " Cullom
Rep. III, Goodyear dem, \. W Cooper Dem,
Teuu). Hogan Den., MOI, Hubbell Dem., y. ",
Newell rep. n. j., Taylor tDern., Tcun.), Taylor
Dem. y. ~. and FarQuhar rep, lnd) when their
names were first called. refused TO vote, but when
the result was announced, they recorded their votes
The absentees were Conkling uiep., n, ", Culver
rep, Pa.l Dixon rep, Il. H., Eckley Rep Ohio,
Garfield rep. Ohio, Hale tRcp, y. ", Hubbard
Rep Iowal Jcnckes rep, r. j., MaI,ton lRep,
N. H.. McClurg rep, MOI Morrill, tRcp, VT. Ran
dali Rrp.. XVI, Washbume lRcp. ILL.,, Washburne
rep. Ind.). Glossbrenuer Dem, Pal Jones Dem,
~ ", Noell Dem, Mo-, Strouse Dem, Pa, and
Winfield Dem. Y. ". immediately upon the re-
cult being announced MI Stevenss motion foI
Committee Of Conference was adopted, and the
House went on with its regular business. Blaine,
Bingham, DclanO, and many other leading mem
beys interested in the passage Of the BILL left the
House and went to the Senate TO look afte the sue
cess Of the bill in that body
The House met again at $50 this evening The
first hOur was spent III Committee Of the Whole
the Army Appropriation bill. The Military Recon
strction bill was then taken mp, it having been sent
back by the Senate. The Democrats tried hard TO
keep the bill from being taken up, but were over
ruled by the rules OF the House. Mr. Wilson offered
An amendment to the effect that all persons disan
chised by the provisions of the Constitutional Amend
nent shall not be allowed to take part in the cleo
iions for delegates 10 form the State COnsti-
tutiOns or take any part i'll recognizing
the State Governments. This amendment
would undoubtedly have been adopted, and
the bin passed, but the Democrats Immediately
commenced nlibusteIing in order to Kill the
bin. Motions to adjourn over for one two,
and three days, and TO take a recess, or to ad-
lOun till such an hour, were made and the Yeas
and Nays called on each. At about 10. o'clock, the
Democrats seeing that they had matters all their
own way, and number OF Republicans were leaving
the hall. offered to compromise and if the House