Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-02-07

SENATE.

SENATE.
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Referred to the committee on Foreign reia.
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Resolutions were received from the colora
10 Legislature, praying admission as state
Referred tothe committee on Territories.
Mr. Trunbull from the judiciary committee,
reported adversely on the bill 10 abolish the
District Court for Eastern Texas.
Mr. Upton introduced bin 10 grant public
lands for the construction of railroad from
brownsville 70 intcrsect the union Pacihc
Road.
Referred 10 Land committee.
On motion Of Mr. Grimes the Senate took up
the bill for the sale Of iron clads. He said
the Naval Committee proposed to amend the
bill by providing for the retention Of the Dies
tator, Kalamazoo and Passic, leaving 13 TO BE-
sold. The amendment VAS adopted, and after
some amendments in detail, the bill vas pass
ed.
! Mr. Morrill,, Of Me-, frem the committee ot
conference, made report on the bill 10 supply
the deficiencies in the expenses Of the recon
struction acts. Adopted.
| Mr Williams introduced bill creating
National Bureau Of Insurance.
At the expiration Of the morning hour the
supplementary reconstruction bill came up.
| Mr. Pomeroy replied at length to Doolittie
| against the latier's amendment and defended
the constitutional amendments, closing with
| cheerful resume Of the conditions Of affairs in
the South, and of the ten States, of which he
believed all would be represented here in
November.
Mr. Buckalew spoke in opposition to the bill.
He held that between the full registration
of the black vote and the partial disfra nel,ise-
ment of the whites. negro supremacy was the
inevitable result. lie estimated the number
of whites to be disfranchised BY the passage
of the bill, at 5000. He declared that in>
stead OF guaranteeing republican form Of
government. the reconstruction laws subyert-
ed all. 1t Was An insult to common sense to
call them republican forms Of government
they were really military dictorship-.
At the conclusion of Mr. Buckalew's re-
marks, Mr. Cragin took the floor, and the
Senate adjourned.
/ WAsn1sGroS, Jan. 30.
SENATE.
! Mr. Drake introduced n bill for holding the
terms of the United States District Court for
the Western District Of Missouri.at St. Louis.
! Mr. Harlan introduced a bill to grant aid to
construct the Idaho, Montana s Puget Sound
Railroad and Telegraph Line.
Mr. Pomeroy offered resolution inqairins
into the cxpedency Of ranging the northern
boundary Of Colorado from the lst to The 4sd
parallel. f4F
The bin additional 10 the actrcgu.ating the
tenure of civil officers, was taken up.
Mr. Pa erson moved to amend by substitute
ing entirely new bill and dispensing with
the special agents heretofore applied under
the acts of 1892, 1893 and 1876.
! Mr. Sumner moved 10 amend BY excmpting
person. eal ploved by he State department in
foreign affairs provided they are paid from
the departments contingent fund. w
MIR Patterson gave notice that Ire wouid
press the vote TO- morrow. e. - -
IS The reconstrnction bill wnsta' en- ursannd
Messrs Hendricks and cragin'made speeches
insi.s favor. lsSl s ss
Iei Adjournoea. Ga. s-ataJ -e
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b. Mr. Marshall; rising to arersonal question:
called attention 10 q personal card pahhshed
by Gen Burbrdee. in the Washington tHrSs-
icle, in reference to a speech made by Mr.
Marshall. .-a F*ssa
The card designates Mr. Marshall rs reck-
less and viBdicative man. E fasa5 rts -
Mr. Marshall spoke at some length in vim
aicasion Of himself and in denanc citation of Gen
aB;s scurrilous card, as he, Marshall ,aesignat-
ed il. ss #s2 sesa aesH -~ "
Mr. sschofield offered resolstioa sscit.ng
that the Washington BseuingiP iPress ofyesser-
day conta ined . sts,emcnt that ~ q I,r1vatc
g.thering Of gentieanen n of bo,l. political par
ties one Of she Judges Of the Snprtnss Court
ispeke very freely Of she Reconstruction meas
ures Of Congress aud declared in most pos:-
tatienaL aud that the court would be sure TO
pronounce tilem % that some Of his friends
suggested it vas exceedingly indissrces 70
speak 80 positively, when he repeated bis
views in a more emphasize manner Aiso re-
citing that several eases undor such recon-