Evening star., 1867-02-18
CONGREssIONAL.

SINArR-Saturday arernoon- .r...
mr Dootittle. revie wing the Louisiana bill
said its title should be amended 90 - 10 rea0
eanize hell in the State Of Lsuisiana. TAp-
plause in the galleries, mingled with hisseei
Mr. Saulsbury then occupied the tine du-
and in the evening up 70 cas- O'Clock, in OF,
position 70 the bill, and was followed BY Mr.
DAVIS.
The question was then taken on the amend.
Dent OF Mr.. Henderson, which was the Louisi-
ana bill in the nature OF q substitute.
Il was disagreed to.
vote was then taken on the Blaine amend
nent as amended, and IL was disagreed to with
out a call of the yeas and nays.
MT Sherman then offered q substitute for the
entIre proposition.
bill and the substitute Of Mr.. Sherman, char
acterizine the latter as q rehash Of the military
bill and the Blaine amendment.
Several amendments were offered and re-
Mr.. Saulsbury rose to what he might call
question of privilege. He submitted that this
bath morning, and he moved to ad iourn.
The motion was disagreed to.
Several other amendments were offered and
rejected.
After debate the question was taken on
adopting Mr.. Sherman's proposition as a sub
sutute for the bill. 1t was adopted-yeas, 32:
nays, 3-Messrs Buckalew, Davis, and Sauls-
At five q. m, Mr.. McDougall moved TO amend
by providing that the act shall not en- franchise
persons made citizens by the civil rights bill
9ntl they shall have been five years citizens
Mr. Norton moved to strike out the preamble
Disagreed to.
Mr.. Doolittle moved an additional section.
that ne sentence of death under this act shall
be carried into execution withsut the approval
OF the President. Adopted-yeas, 81; nays i6
Mr.. McDougalI, at SIS, took the floor and
made speech in opposition to the bill, and al
6l5 a. m the bill as introduced by Mr.. Sher-
man, and, amended by adding what is con-
tanned IN Mr. Doolittle's amendment just
quoted, was passed-yeas, 20; nays, 10.
On motion Of Mr.. Sherman, the title Of the
bill was so amended as to read. "An act for the
more efficient government OF the rebel States"
instead OF IAN act for the more efficient gov
eminent OF the late insurrectionary States"
1.-THE bill will be found elsewhere in eur
The Senate then "a. 80 on Sunday mornins)
adjourned.
HoUsK-Saturday afternoon
Mr.. Eggleston, from the Committee on Com
merce, reported the river and harbor appro.
priation bill. The aggregate amount appro-
priated In the bill is over g. 4.sOO,OO
Several members appealed to Mr.. Eggiestou
to let them offer amendments. but he declined,
and the bill was passed under the previous
question, and without division.
Mr.. Boutwell, called up motion to reconsider
the vote by which House bill to amend the
President Of the United States, in case Of yacan-
ciee IN the ONCE both Of President, and Vice.
President, approved March I, 1872, was, on
January %, recommitted to the J Judiciary Com
mlttee.
The motion was agreed to, and the bill came
before the House for action.
Several propositions to amend the bill in
come merely verbal points were made and acted
on.
Mr.. Bidwell asked Mr.. Boutwell, vhether
the President who mignt be elected TO flI va
cancy under the bill should hold his once tor
four years or only for the unexpired term
Mr.. Boutwell, replied that the bill did not
provide for the election Of a President, but left
1t TO Congress TO decide whether there should
be an election. If not. the person holding the
ofhce would continue through the term.
The bill was passed without a division,
1t provides that in case OF removal death,
and Vice President Of ths United States the
President of the Senate pro tempore, and in case
there shall be no President OF the Senate, then
the Speaker Of the House OF Representative,
for the time being, and in case there shall be
no Speaker OF the House OF Representatives
then the Chief Justice OF the Supreme Court
OF the United States, and in case there shall be
no Chief Justice, then the justice Of the Su-
preme Court OF the United States who shall
have been longest commissioned shall Act as
President Of the United States until the disa.
elected and qualified.
Sections and provide the manner and Z
the times Of election In cases Of vacancies, for
calling Congress together, &c, &c.
The Speaker announced as the select com.
mittee on the resolution offered by Mr. Went
worth Saturday morning, Messrs Wentworth
Ward OF N. Y, and Glossbreuner.
The evening session was devoted to debate
on the Presidents annual message.