Litchfield enquirer., 1868-01-23
CONGRESS-.

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15.-Tn the Senate the bill to prevent further contraction of the currency being the special order. Mir Sprague addressed the House at length in favor of the bill. The debate was contin- ued by Mir. Sherman and others, after which the bill was passed.
 In the House the Reconstruction bill which proposes to invest Gen. Grant with the powers hitherto exercised by the Pre-. ident under the Reconstruction laws was debated. MT. Wood having the floor pro ceeded to denounce the bill declaring it tO
 be Ca measure the most infamous of the
 many infamous acts of this infamous Con gress." MT. Bingham raised the ptilt ci
 order regarding these expressions and the speaker was ordered to censure MT. Wood.
 which he did. Mir. Farnsworth replied. and
 during the course of his remarks. ai!uding to Gen. Hancock, said his acts in New Or
 leans had commended him to tho disloval
 in that district, and ''equally to their rcb- el bretheren on this floor Mir. Munger I took exception to the words quoted, and the speaker decided them out or order and MT. Farnsworth withdrew the words lon this foor.''
 THURSDAY, Jan. I6.-In the Senate the } bill repeating the cotton tax was debated. The House after the transaction of unim
 portant business proceeded to the considera tion of the bill reported from the commit ] tee on Reconstruction, Messrs Eliot Loughridge, Paine, Kerr, Boutwell,, and Dawes participating in the discussion. At the evening session the debate on the Re construction bill was resumed, an animated discussion springing up between Messrs. Bingham and Eldridge
 FRIDAY. Jan. l7.-There was no session of the Senate that body having adjourned from Thursday until Monday. In the House the consideration of the Reconstruction bill was resumed MT. Bout we'll having the floor. He yielded DOT tion of his time to MT. Garfield who spoke in favor of the measure. He was followed by MT. Brooks in opposition and general debate ensued. It was agreed that the bill should be further debated to-day, and q vote taken on Monday morning.
 SATURDAY, Jan. 18.--Senate not in ses- sion.
 In the House MT. Ross retracted person al remarks against MT. Farnsworth, made in heat of debate In Committee of the Whole, MT. Baker made a speech Oppos- ing the ratification by Congress of the Rus ian-American Treaty. Mir. Woodward ad dressed the Committee on the subject of the finances, declaring in favor of the re peal of the Legal-Tender act of 1862, and denouncing repudiation.
 MONDAY, Jan. 20.-In the Senate the res olution to permit Philip F. Thomas, of Ma ryland, to take his seat as Senator, was dis cussed, the debate taking a wide range, in which the Reconstruction plans of Con gress and the President were entrusted
 In the House the Reconstruction bill was taken up for further debate, when Mir. Pruyn addressedthe House in opposition to it and was replied to by MT. Schofield and others. After two hours debate MT. Bing ham moved the previous question, which was seconded. Mr. Butler spoke at con- siderable length. MT. Bingham replied, but the House adjourned without coming to vote.
 TUESDAY, Jan. 21.-In the Senate, amend ments to to the Term of Office Act, the House bill ito provide meters for distille- ries, and Senator Thomas case, were dis cussed, but no votes taken.
 In the House, the Reconstruction bill was passed by vote of 123 to 45, and conference report on currency contraction, in which the Senate substantially recede from their amendment, was passed.