The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-12-26
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= .Essssas Coo9rUosional.
'sssu \ ~ aenate, On the 10th, number
eftalh were Introduced among them
u !, {9iS by Mr.. Van Wrinkle for m equal
of the National Bank capt.
tal among the States according to popu.
,oe latjen. Mr.. Edmunds introduced bill,
ii sp90Siding that the National Banks in
.astoe several States and Territories, and
III, .'l ~ Ssockholden therein, shalt be sub
, ~ ~ 10 State, Territorial and municipal
It's 1sxation. Mr.. Wilson introduced bill,
eis which was passed to It's second reading,
n teoviding that the officers Of the veter-
r. An Reserve Corps and Of the volunteer
81 lSetvies, now on duty in the Freedman's
l Bureau ~ Assistant Commissioners,
agenta cts, may be retained by the
nh Oommissioner Of the Freedmen's Bureau
Of said Buerau, with the same
70 soompensation, and said officers so re-
q q Afned shall have the same authority rs
u that conferred upon officers Of the
Bureau by oil the acts now in force. At
! o'clock the bill to repeal the cotton tax
came up. and was debated during the
remainder Of the session. There il more
opposition to the repeal than was ex-
pected. tsxs
In the House, the leading features of
the proceedings were as follows: Mr..
Hooper introduce a bill enacting that
= one year from passage it shall be unlaw-
fu1 for any person. association or corpor-
atson 70 issue, pay, or in any manner
put In circulation. any note, check or
sscsh-r evidence of debt designed or calcu-
lated to circulate as money, except such
q may be authorized by net of Congress
. Mr.. Benjamin, of Missouri, Offered
resolution reciting that, as the President
lad, in defiance of the popular will re-
Commended the repeal of the Recon-
ssstruction laws, he proposed, first, that
HE House of Representatives will never
consent 10 take one retrogade step from
Its advanced position in protecting all
and promoting the cause Of equal rights;
second, resolving that the success of the
Reconstruction acts so far gives no reas-
ON 70 doubt that under their provisions
the restoration Of the rebel States will
"a successfully carried out and accom-
nished, and they will be established on
A1oyal basis; and that, in the judgment
of the House, there Is no necessity for
the repeal of these laws. These were
tNxsa without debate, by a strictly
narty vote, Mr.. Butler attempted, but
failed, to suspend the rules to enable
s.x Int J,Af no
Judgment Of the House is that the prin-
cipal OF the debt ought to be paid in ex-
Alt accordance with the law, where it is
stipulated either for gold or paper. The
vote to suspend the rules Oh this was %
to So. The House wound up by further
considering the first Appropriation bill
1t the session, and, after spirited de-
bate, voted down by six majority an
amendment giving the clerks in the
departments % per cent. increase on
their pay The bill, US it was originally
ropnrtod, was thon passed.
In the Senate, on the 18th, four hours
wcrc spcntin discussing the bill to repeal
the cotton tax, bat no action was taken
on 1t.
In the House, on the 18th, bill to
cnfranchise deserters WAS discussed, but
not voted on. The House then took up
Thad. Stevens supplemental Recon-
structiou bill, and passed 1t. The third
section, increasing Congressional repre-
sentation in the South, is stricked out,
and the bill, as passed, provides that a
majority of those voting on the question
shall call convention, and that Con-
grssssaen shall be voted for when the
people vote OH ratifying the new Con
st1xNtion. The Presidents special Mess
age to Congress, complimenting General
Hancock, was laid before the House in
the afternoon, and that portion suggest
ing that Congress make some public re-
ootnition of his course at New Orleans
WAS received with great laughter The
Message was laid OIL the table and order
ed to be printed. The Deficiency APP
preparation bill, introduced in the House
Oh the 18th, appropriates for reconstruc-
ton in the First Military District $780,
100; in the Second District. Sll0, 900; in
tho Third District, S97 900; in the
Fourth District, sl5ooo0, and in the
Fifth District, s250,0oo. Total, sG57,oo
For the Quartermaster's Department
for the year ending June 80, 1868, Slo,-
100000 There are other minor items
amounting to $1,000 making the whole
amount of the bill Sl2, e67 900.
Both houses of Congress adjourned on
Friday, until January It'll.
Letter From Gen. Grant to the Pres
ident
The following is the letter from Gen.
Grant to the President upon the removal
OF Sec. Stanton and Gen. Sheridan,
whictthe President persisted in refus-
ing publication. 1t is stated that Sena-
tor Wade declares the sentiments of this
letter sufficient guarantee of Grants