Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-19
FORTnETm CONGRESS-.

FORTlETm CONGRESs.
Tie act making appropriations to supply
deficiencies in the appropriations for the
execution and reconstruction of the laws In
the Third District for the fiscal year ending
June 80. 1868, was passed.
Mr.. Drake moved IS privileged ques-
ton, to reconsider the vote by which the
| Senate refused 10 concur in the resolution
| for adjournment until the 25ih. After dis
| Gus sion the House was requested TO return
il To the Senate.
MIR. Harlan rose to an explanation. An
extract was read from the Washington cor
respondence of the Baltimore Sun. giving
the substance Of dispatch from Mr.. Harlan
10 Bishop Simpson, saying "BrotherWilley
is lost" tLaughter.) Also reply from
Mr.. Simpson, saying: "Brother Wiley Is a
christian and cannot banter with his soul.
Pray with Brother Wiley" In justice to
that Senator and himself he said there was
| not word of truth in il.
The concurrent resolution having been
returned by the House. Mr.. Trumbull ia
vored postponing it and call up the bill for
| the admission OF Arkansas.
Mr.. Dixon thought it unadvsable 10 az
ford an opportunity Tor raising the question
i VI hiA0ueub oCuubOlS b0vIbk 1ieos W vOsC
on impeachment.
Mr. Fessenden said 1t was not conceiva-
| ble that the Senator would be 80 lost 10
shame a. 10 permit those gentlemen to vote
| on impeachment in case they were now ad-
| mitted, and advocated taking up the bill.
II that were not done he thought other
| business should be done, and was In any
event opposed TO adjournment.
The senate finally refused to take up the
| Arkansas bill 10 to "a, and agreed to ad-
ourn from this evening until the 25th inst.
by 90 TO 10.
HousE.-A number of bills were present.
| cd for reference.
| Bills introduced for reterence-Constfu-
| ing the act for the collection Of abandoned
property, and to prevent frauds in the in
surractionafy districts; proposing an amend
mont to the Constitution of the United
States making foreigners who have been
residents of the country fourteen years, eli
gible to the Presidency; for the construc.
tion of government telegraph under the
direction Of the Post Office Department, be
tween Washington and New York, and ap-
pfopriating $75O00 therefor, to amend the
acts granting land TO Wisconsin and Iowa
| in aid of railroads; also granting lands In
aid of railroad from the Mieeissippi river
| to Yankton on the Missouri river; TO amend
the Constitution of the United States by
declaring vacant the Offices Of all the Judges
Of the Supreme, Circuit and District Courts
| Of the United States who hold Office eight
years, the successor to the first named to be
elected by a joint convention of Congress,
who shall prescribe the mode Of election or
appointing the Judges Of the inferior
Courts; to amend the Homestead laws by
providing that parties who procure can.
collation. Of abandoned homestead entries
shall have the 1rst right to enter the land;
the joint resolution OF the Missouri Legie-
lature In favor OF grant Of land for the
improvement Of the Osage river; . memo
rial from the Iowa Legislature that Post
masters be made agents for the distribution
Of revenue stamps.
NJ Banks, from the Committee on For
eign Affairs, reported . bill making au ap-
preparation Of t7,9CO.0OO to carry out the
treaty for the purchase Of Aliasks.
Mr.. WaAhburne, Of wisconsin, presented
minority report, sigrsd BY himself aud
Mr.. Morgan, declaring the cOuntry alluded
that 1t 10 inexpedient to appropriate money
for its purchase.
The bill and report were ordered printed.
Mr.. Banks gave notice that he would not
ask an action before the second week In
June.
Mr.. lngeTeoll made brief personal ex.
PLANTATION relative to . certain paragraph In
the Warrington correspondence of the New
York Tribune and Herald, to the effect that
he (lngersoll) followed Messrs. Trumbull
and Fowler on the impeachment question.
He said proposition was made in the Iii.
nois delegation to send letter to M. Trum-
bull, with q view to influencing his vote for
conviction. or to his Withholding il If he
M rne l.
solD and three others objected, deemipg
such action improper. He had voted for
Impeachment and had never seen any reas-
ons to change his views, and did not know
what Mr.. Trumbulrs views were. for he
never had had q consultation with him.
He had not adopted Mr.. Trumbull's
opinion, nor those OF any othcrSenator; and
% far ~ outside pressure was concerned he
knew nothing about it. There was abso.
lutely nothing in the storiee.
Mr.. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, offered
resolution requesting the. Senate to send
theHouse an Official copy Of the last two days
proceedings of the Court of Impeachment.
An excited debate sprung up, in the course
Of which Stevens said he had no sccuation
10 make against Senators; but that there
had been somewhere deep damnation NO
one can doubt, and he wanted On opportu-
10 &c who was guilty and who WAS not
Mr.. Ross--I AK The gentleman whether
Senators would have been justified in per.
jusing themselves to eec0rc the conviction
Of he Presidenil
M. Ssevene-W Well, cir. don't think Il
would have huft than much.
Mr. Woodward. abiding 70 the remark Of
Mr.. eesvens, said Tie desire seemed 10 b.
70 iufluence Senators how 70 vote, and he
characterized the effort as disgraccful and
indecent.
Mr. Schentk said the word indecent came
with = bad grace from a gentleman who had
said Congress was OF 50 ir~gmeniary ma
turc that II could not prapeily prefer arti
cles Of Impeachment
Mr.. Woodward asked leave to reply, and
was refused.
The resolution was adopted.
The House went into Committee OF the
Whole on the Indian Appropriation Bill
Mr.. Eggles.on offered . resolution pre-
! viding for u select committee 10 investigate
the circumstances connected with recent
letter OF the Missouri representation to Sen
asor Henderson. and whether il WAS writ.
ten to tmpropefly influence HE decision.
~ Eeeleston said be introduced The
resolution q the request Of ~ Mlssoupi
delegation. and deeifsd NOT to Is appolnted