Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-01-22
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w.sHixoTn., jan. 81 -SRNArR.--Mr.
Patterson. q. n II from Commisuc on Re-
". nchueni. rep rted o bill to amend the
Tenure Of Office act, and gave notes that
be would call II up at an early day.
Mr. Corness li.fed Q resolution. that,
! Vherfqs Ii was stated that American cit,-
| z..t,s had been deprived of liberty upon eus-
pic.an II consuirirg 10 aid In the commits
/ sian 81 acts al hostility against the pesce OF
tbe Be.tish ooycri lnent ard, tcitereas, ,hr
firs, duty Of d state il 10 protect It's CIT Re 10
arains, hostile acts by foreign pasions,
| therefore, i,
Essolrcd, That the President be directed
| 10 cause an Investigation, aud II such per
sors are found guilty OF no such overt act,
then TO demand their immediate release and
IL rnecessasy, 10 fcall out such land and
| naval tore s as may be necessary TO enforce
ch,demspd. Laid on the table Mi
Copness rave notice that he wouic cali IL
| up az an early day.
Mir Thayer offered q resolution request
inc The Prcsident TO inform the oena'e
whether James A. SeddoD. lately parnoneas
by the President, was Secretary o. -
the Confederncy any portion % .n s..sa'
when Henry Wirz was keeper o. a. $50.
| vile prison, and practneu ,s;..s
| inc in the death Of many Union soioiefs
80 a1S how many Union soldiers died there
,r,,,,, starvation ut that time. Adopted
Mr. Wilson called up the bill to facilitate
the payment Of bounties to soldiers under
net OF 1866, which after some discussion was
postponed until tomorrow
MIR Stewart call up the bill 10 remove
disabilities under the reconstruction act oi
Coy Patton OF Alabama. Alter debate, II
was postponed.
Mr. Anderson introduced bill to fund
the pubic debt aud amend the banking law
which was referred TO Committee on ri
nance. Adjourned.
House. -Mr Butler offered resolution
! inslruc ing the COMMITTEE en- Ways and
| Means, to devise some measure ly which
distilled spirits of American manufacture
may be exported under law.
! The House proceeded TO regular ORDER oil
business being the motion o. Mr Batter TO
reconsider the vote ordering the main ques
ton on the bill reported from committee on
reconstruction The questioa was taken by
yeas and nsys. and Resulted. yeas, 81. nays,
81. so the vote was reconsidered, and fdr
Butler offered his amendment giving the
appointment of State officers 10 const'tu
,iopal conventions, and then moved the pre-
yiou, question.
Mr.. kidr,dpe moved 10 lay the bill and
pending am. NIL euts on the table. Neg l.
| lived
The amendmdment offered by Nj. Bling
ham yesterday WAS agreed 10 without div
sion
MIR. Butler explained his amendment ant
M-ssis Kelley and Stevens advocated 1t.
Mr.. Buffers Amendment was rejected
yeas So. nays li2
The bill then passed. 1913 to 81
Mr. Elliott, from the Committee oil
Freedmen's Affairs, offered q j'int resolu
ton authorizing the Secretary of the Treas
ury to issue for the relief Of all classes o
destitute in the South, such dessicated 20
tatoes and such dessicaicd mixed vegetable
as have accumulated durinG the War, an
| not now needed for the use OF the army
| Passed
Mr. Farnswor,h also reported n bill au
|, thorlziug The Southern Minnesota RailrOa
Company 10 build and operate u bridc
across the Mississippi river, between j.
Crosse and a point opposite in Minnesoi;
, such bridge 10 be a post road
MIR. Washburnc, OF Illinois, said be wou
ike 10 offer an amendment TO repesl III
clause legalizing the Clinton bridge. as b
desired TO show the Influence brought I
bear on the House last Congress by thei
g Chairman Of the Pos, Office Commute,
n MIR Alley, OF Massachusetts,.
Mr.s Farnswosih declined 10 allow th
O amendment To he offered.
The bill then passed
The Speaker presented memorial fro1
:, tie Dakotah Legislature, for a grant c
= lands to aid in The construction oil raj
road from Sioux City. Iowa, to the mont
u OF the Cheyenne rive Dakotah.
Referred.
Mr.. L,wasnce presented bill TO pro
vide for the appointment OF Marshal ~
the District OF Columbia. Laid on the ia
bic
MIR Schenck, from Conference Commute
on the bin to suspend further contraction
OF the currency, reported that the commi;
i. tee had agreed to recommend that the Sen
ate rectde from its amendment AMI acre
To the House bill, with the folowin
: amendment. But nothing herein confaIne
shall prevent the cancellation and destruc
ton Of United States notes and the rtp,acin
et The same with notes Of the same char
acter and amount. Report agreed 10.
! Mr. LOGAN, from Conference Commute
On tire cotton tax bill, reported that tn
committee had not been able TO agree.
The House then ordered another Confer
| ence Committee, and Messrs. Schemes
Mo- eht ad and Beck were appointed
MIR. Butler, from Committee ON ApprC
pris,isns, reported back the Senate amend
ents TO the deficiency bill. Pending its cor
slcration, the House adjourned