The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-01-31
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON, January 80.

/ . SENA PIP 0naer6y 70 ffeFs5 IL a sf,-S- =
olution on the expe9iei8cy Of changing
/ the northern boundary of Colorado
from the 4lstto 42d parallel = a'7'''
The bill in addition to the act re-
gaAtIqgl dhe Atenhre ofg civlinOfhce
PsttaYassqRH, i of Ne Na2A Z Z Hahmp}ssfhife Tam 1 ire
moved 9to amend by substituting an
et9ifelS new w1bili, idiep peasing with spe !
clatagents heretofore appointed un-
| defacts of 1892, 1888 and 1861
p Sumner movedJto amend, by desire
ofSecretary Seward, 10y excepting per-
sons employed BY the State Depart
meut IN foreign affairs, provided they
were paid from the departments con-
| tingent fund. 49,
After a debate, In course of which
Howard said that these agents of the
State Department had been very
numerous and very misehieveus. fur
ther consideration was postponed,
Patterson giving notice thathe would
press vote tomorrow. & @frsD -
A resolution, relative to the Inter-
national Maratime Exposition at
Havfe, was debated Swithout aetfong
s The Reconstruction bill was .taken
up on mo ton of Hendricks a ,-a
Cragln. made a speech in its favor.
-HOUSE.-Scofeld, in rising to
qqestIpRsefs privilege, offered a Feso-
fution reclting that the Washington
Eteiizg ErPreSs, of yesterday, con-
taiped a. statement that at a priYate
gathering Of gentlemen of. ,botR poiit-
ical parties. one Judge ofthe Supreme
Court spoke freely of the Reconstruc-
tion necessities ofUongfesssand declared
in the most positive terms. that ali
those laws were unconstitutional, and
that the court would be sure to pro-
nouneel them so; that, some of his
friends near him suggested that it
was exceedingly indiscreet to.speak so
positively. when he at once repeated
his viewsAiR a more emphatic man
ner also reeitiug thatEseverah causes
under such reconstruction measures
were pending In the Supreme Court,
and directing the Judiciary Commit
tee TO inquire into, the truth of the
declarations contained In the newspa-
per article, and report whether the
facts constitute such a misdemeanOr
in Office as requires this House to pre-
semitic the Senate articles of fmpeach-
ment against such j ustice efIthe Su-
prerne Court. with power to. examine
Witnesses and report at any time
{ The SPEAK er = asked whether there
was any objection to the Introducnon, /
of'the aresof tuition. s3v5 E1izH7taat .fspG
- PrnliiiB rose and asked whether the
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Scho-
fel63. assumed the responsibility Of
stating the facts recited to be tEuA.,
Schofeid said of course he didlnot,
but hoped to 3 find out the truth or
falsehOodso of thenallegationaw .1o.iia
The Speaker ahnouncesf that the
resoiutien n was before the House.
g johnson said he had reason to.eb- !
ject,e but he was willing to let the !
resolution be offered, if it designated
the Judge referred to. l,.s s.s .fs397 ,Is.9
Eldridge.asked whether the resolu-
ton was before the House. ~ I" = 4
The Speaker replied that it was.
----lsldridge said he. haa, risen -foF-the !
purpose ofobjecting to the resolution,
bat had supposed the gentleman from
New York (Pruin) to be making OBJ
jeetion. After the answer to that
gentleman's inquiry, he did made thesI
objection.
The Speaker remarked that, ac-
c0rding to the gentleman's statement.
he had not objected.in time.
After considerable debate, Blaine /
remarked that light paragraph was
publised in this mornings Baltimore
Gazette. giving the name of the Judge
as Stephen i. Field.
johnson said If this were blow
at Judge Field he wanted his name
inserted In the resolution.
(0nHol1 vrOr4l1
allow the gentleman from California
to move to amend the resolution by
inserting the name of Judge Field.
[ Laughter. Jtflt
johnson declined to avail himself
of the opportunity. eua
Highly declared he had been famil-
lar with Judge Field during all the
years of the rebellion, and that there
was no man truer to the Union, and
meretin favor Of the suppression of
rebellion than Judge Field.
Baker said that such grand charge
should have better foundation than
mere newspaper article, and that,
therefore. he would vote against the
resolution.
After some remarks by Phelps and
EIdridge, Scofield moved the previous
question, which was seconded.
Robinson moved to lay the resolu-
ton on the table, which was mega
tived, and the resolution was then
adopted.
The House resumed the considera-
ton of the bill reported from the
Committee on Foreign Affairs con-
cerning the rights of American citi-
zens IN foreign States
Speeches we're made in criticism Of