The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-01-23
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| .Washburne, Ills. moved an amend
ment that no further allowance be
made for the year ending March 3,
1868, than already made. arr Ia bti,..
This gave rise to considerable dis
cussion. in the course of which. in
reply to the suggestion Of Maynard.
that all members should be allowed
to draw what other stationery they
needed. sg.a;6o f,as.,. yo5 .s;
been tried and had tobe changed. be-
cause some members procured, under
the name ofasta ationery, pantalO0ns
and shirts and shaving soap enough
to last them Tor years. Laughter. /
Some members had run up account
for stationery to nearly 81, 900. Fn.
Z The discussion was also extended
to the question of mileage. ,ovg.s. .,,
BroomwefI, of Illinois, charged
that Western members charged nile
age by way Of Chicago and New. York.
and Anderson. who il Chairman Of
the Committee ON mileage, contra
Edicted that assertion by statement
that no Western member had bean
allowed mileage by himself or by the
Speaker, BY way of CHICAGO and New
York; that the Chicago mem Der
fJudd1 charged mileage by diEs,st
route to Washington, and that miIel
age of other membefs was collected
on that basis by himself and the
Speaker.
Washburne's amendment to the
amendment was rejected, aud the
Senate amendment cOncurred ia. All
the Senate amendments were con.
CURED In without question except the
last, which, by way CT q new section.
repeals all laws permitting the
transfer Of appropriations from one
branch of business 10 a Department.
to another branch. 1t was non CON.
Cured in, but the bill goes back to
the Senate for its action on that
amendment ltgf85 fa aa3faiTatNs p
Wilson, of Iowa, from the Judi
eiary Committee, reported back the
bill to aid the Improvement Of the
Des Moines and Rock Island RAPIDS.
on the Mississippi River.Q II permits
officers in charge OF the work to take
the right of way over the adjacent
lands, and use any earth, quarry, tIc,
necessary for the prosecution OF The
WOrka after an explanation by Viii.
SON. the bill passed. slde debas7 bga rufa
- Williams, of Pennsylvauis, from
the same Committee, reported back
the bill providing for holding Cir
cult Court IN Erie, "PeBnsvlwnia.f I
Pa sod Tosla S aaEHfE -FFof WIz ~
h Shanks, from the Committed aoa
Indian Affairs, ,repoItedia biL authOFr1
he q . La IL ~
cause the lands of the Miami Indian
Reservation, ia Indiana, to be patent
ed The bill passed.o 60 oi1sq sdi j
q Garfield, from the COMMITTEES ON
Military Affairs, reported back the
bill authorizing the sale of the unoc-
eupied military site eat Waterford,
PA. q dPassedaiti1G.iCesq eds hna .YIi
Washburna of Ind,. from the same \
Committee, reported back the Senateh
amendment TO House bill in relation
to additional bounties Pending Dis 2.
.cussion the morniug hour ex pired and
the bill went over till TOMORROW 5iil
i. Several resolutions of iAquiry of apo
unimportant character were adopted.
i1 Van Wyek, from the Comnittee on
Retrehchment,l lprese nted a report fnb
the ease of3the Gettysburg Asylum
scheme, closing with, resolution
directing the. Commissioned of Inter-
nal Revenue TO revoke his permission
exempting il from fthe gpayuient of a.
special tax aud license, the srevoeh- =
tien TO take effect from July LAST Or
aeTsa Dc ,aa t9 Rf R2 RrlqPtesd qPtesd and postponed to
. The Speaker presented the estf-
mates for the deficieucies IN fha,l6 9
diaa department. Refereed ITO zthe
Committee on Appropriation .-fgtr
Also, reoolution of the delegates
to the Mississippi Constitutional UOa-
vention, asking the removal Of the
disabilities from II. w, Flourney
three oTher persons. Referred to the
Committee on Reuonstruptfon. aW sa
Also the memorialOf the Committee
Of the Common Councl of Washing,
ton City on behalf Of persons out Of
employment, and praying for the i'm
proveInent of the city in places re-
ported Dy Gena Micklef in charge of
the public buildings and grounds,
Referred to Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds. " f4N
Kerr offered a resolution reciting
that many rof the decisions of the
United, States Supreme Court possess
no intrinsic value to the profession or
to the country. and instructing the
judiciary Committee to inquire into
the expedieney ofc empowering the
Court to direct that such decisions |
not be be.reported. Adopted. i.-li- So
Blaine introduced a bill relative to /
taxing shares in national banks. Re 4
ferred to Committee on Banking and +
Currency. 20 a2iaA 1lt
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