The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-26
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS Z
Resto ration of seuthern states to
Union -
Presidents Veto and Prompt Action
~ or Both Houses. IS ~
QURRULOUS DA VIS'8 ,EULUGIUA
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The senate met at 2o'clock.
II After some .4ui p9EtRnt basin ess, hay er
offered a resolution directing the secretary
OF War to inform the Senate what amount
OF Government supplies belonging o blesi
OuaItermaster and COmmlSSary DepafU-
ments was lost on the NJ rssooFt River be-
low Omaha, in transit, by the sinking or
other ipjurs, Of steamers during 1900, l56f
and 1863 Adopted. s. y
Edmu as called up the bill providing for
the rempyal OF certa n causes from the
State Courts to the United States Courts.
The question was on the substituts1by the
Judiciary Committee e a..srasl
Davis asked. f0rsthe bill to be laid over
until the Senators can e1arnineit.
Edmunds explained taat Il simply aids
the Un1teu states. Officers orJNiaTsh Is TO
remove, causes IN "nien 4 Insy - ttgE g sue. seisI
Courts. = t' aiei ~ = genre 2 - i"
on motion of Morrilip OF Maine. the bill
VII The is'sL LesiSiative Approprfat5oh biil was
taken up. The question was fon the
amendments OffeEeai sbV sherman, ir9m
the Committee on. .F1naneess sappropT hating
Secretary of the n peasrTry may classify the
'sis1tG FprtheF d bate, on this point ensued,
during wFffeh the Presidents veto was re-
/ ceived from tlleo House, and the omnibus
bill passed eysF II by X9ts u q Il p ois,, T. z
on the President, ranking him as one of
the nobiest leharaoters Of the age
Il &The pslderation Of the Legislative apr.
propriation bill was resumed, and the
| arnendrfi ent ad dAsiea as. q, nay IA.
/ fisherman offered nm amendment from
| the Committee on Finance, providing Tor
/ the continuance of the Globe contract for
7 publishing the debates in Congress from
the attn of0Iarch next and for Inquiry by
etc, OF other methods OF doing the same
/ which, after discussion. was adopted ,-4r
/ aTbe,amendments regulating the puo1-
cation of official ADVERTISING in, The D1s-l
ltrict of Colum bia, intended to put stop 70
7 certain recent abuses of the law, were ss-
ported by sherman, sngi4 tiy amended oY
/ Edmondst and agreed 70. 81 bs-a
sherman onered another amendment
fixing the salaries Of the Comptro Ter OF
lfthe Treasury aud the Commissioners OF
i Customs at $500 each; the Solicitor, Au-
! ditors, Reg lster, and Snpervlsing Arciu-
crease OF abont $500 each f,ar rarr t
stewart gave notice Of an amendmsn
ssfssfe eseTieraI Land once. @fs
ls9sherman Offered an amendment in
ors2siEg he pay Of t1s 1a nigth5to Ni'teh mn
I ttj q ether pamendmenrs were adopted in
II eraasing the Larry OF the A sistant Treas-
ury at Charles on to S4.OOO, and ais that
of the Nava Judge Advocate 10 s3,0t0. 09
Adjourned. f4 b Ha1i -ef
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HOUSE E.........I....lN w AsHINGToN, June -. "
E THE Senate amendment dividing Lt5-
nois tnte two judicial Districts WAS con
schencK made an appeal to the mem.
bers, especially to Republican mem bers
Loiane IN regular attendan!eSeo d3Flng tRs
The House then went INTO COmmlitee on
p tbebax BIN. s.5 -zoE. .sGda
| Prices Amendments offered last eVeoln4 ?
was adopted by 6S 70 50.
ScheucK moved verbal amendment
the effect Of which would be to anuut the
@ vote lust taken, but the amendment was
{ butler moved to strike out section nifty
one, regulating the warehouse system. HI
complained bitterly OF the West striki nl
down The shipping interests of the East
AID also one OF the largest items of expor
! OF trade. i#@ffet Aei At0u.r ~ z
' Judd replied that the West only desires
(. export to be regulated in such q mtnpe
that Il should not be the means. OF defraud
; | ing the Government OF its revenue. ~ 4
l After further discussion by Schenck, Lo
{ gan. Farnsworth and Allison, the motor
Boutwell, moved a substitute for the SIS
d section, a provision allowing draw back
a OF 50 cents a gallon on imported aleoho
I'll Moornead moved to reduce the draw
n back from 90 to SOC. Agreed to-62 TO y.
Boutweflss substitute was then agreed tc
On motion OF Schenck, sections % and
e were stricken out.
. No amendments were made TO section
i which simply provides Tor the wlthdrit~s
h OF spirits from the warehouse.
d sections 50 TO 81 inclusive were sticke
\ out. - pr aa f.-
II Section 50 having been read, which pro
l. vides that all distilled spirits n any bond
% ed warehouse shall, within loo days aft'
~ the paSsa e of the act, b Withdrawn frOl
q such yarehou 2, and taxes paid on tE
le same. Sehenck sta ed that he would, At II
proper time, NOV am amendment, requi
~ inc whisky in bond to a SneClal tax
- 6'Neiu moved to strike out section {
~ and made an argument to prove how u
{. lust it was to persons VINO had honest
n invested IN the whisky in BONDED house
a. to require them TO pay a tax within /
err me Committee arose At 2:S0, and Il
"A Speaker presented the following to Il
- House OF kteprese natives:
cy I'm returning TO the House of Represc q
sol atives, IN which A originated, a oil ent
: tied an act to admit the states of Nor
Ia Carolina, South Carolina, LOUISIANA al
Is ! Florida to representation in CongresS,
- dc not deem 1t necessary TO state at leng
70 The reasons which conStraln me to wit
o. held my IPproval. 1 will not, therefol
II undertake at this time to reopen I
discussion upon the grave constitution
he questions involved in the act OF March
IL 1871 and the acts sa appIementary there
o. in pursuance OF w5lch}it Is c. aimed 4 I
an preamble of this bill that these Stat
rk have formed and adopted Constitutions
nm state Governments; nor viii / repeat I
IN obiecttoBs contained in my MESA
", of the 10th instant, -returntpg without l
nal Signature the bill to admit TO represen
: 49, ttSfl tIip state OF Arkansas, and which &
ap- equally. appAcable to the pending me
ure. Like the bill recently passed IN ref
enee to Arkansas, this bill supercedes
plain and simple mode prescribed by
GonStit tufiou for the admission to seats
wu the respective Houses OF SENATORS
nd Representatives from the several sta
luu 1t assumes authority over six states OF
rec Union wh. .ch has never been Qe egarec
ck Congress nor is warranted by previous
constitutional legislation upon the subj
tLfI 1 of restoration IT imposes cO0QlIlt