The New York herald., 1868-06-21
NEW YORK HERALD SUNDAY, JUNE q, lsea-rRlPLE SHEET
81; strict party vote, the Speaker voting in the

81: strict party vote, the Speaker voting in the
The SPEAKER announced that two.thirds having
on reconsideration, voted In the Affirmative the BIZ!
mad then passed the House ana would be trans
mitted, with the objections OF the President 10 he
THE CovINGroN AND OHIO RAILROAD
Mr.. PoLsLEY introduced bin relating to The Gov
ington and Ohio Railroad and its establishment a
post road. Referred to the Committee on Roads and
Canals.
The House resumed the consideration OF the Ken
tucky contested election case, and
Mr.. Cook continued the argument In support OF the
that direction that John D. Young had given ala to
rebels and was consequently disquaned from taxing
the oath. he also argued that many woes wn,cn aSa
had been given for Young were those OF former reoe
soldiers, who had no right to vote.
Mr.; JONES, ldem;l OF Ky. inquired OF MT COOK iI
lature had passed law In 1865 restoring to their
civil rights all who had participated In the reoeioni
Mr.. COOK said he was not aware OF the iact I ou,
that even II II were 80 the Kentucky Legislature had
no right TO declare that the whole Confederate army
which was largely composed OF Kentuckans should
vote In the election Of members OF Congress-
Mr.. JONES remarked that that might be the gentle.
mans opinion but the constitution gave to the states
Inc right 70 regulate suffrage, and no law OF congress
mad yet been passed in contravention or II.
Mr.. COOK denied the proposition that men who had
been engaged in armed hostility to the government
had the right to vote for members OF the House, and
claimed that the same right which authorized the
government to send troops into Kentucky to subdue
armed rebellion existed to prevent the destruction OF
the government by the selection OF dsloyal persons
| 1t was not competent for the Legislature OF Ken
lucky to make voters Of men who We're not people
enemies they were not people OF the State OF Ken
M BKck. tdem.) Of Ky., called the attention Of
Mr. Cook to the act OF the 10Th OF December 1885, re-
pealing previous law OF Kentucky which deprived
rebels OF al political rights and restoring all such
Mr.. Cook suggested that that repeal applied to q
law different from that indicated by Mr.. Beck. He
c0ntended, IN conclusion that II the votes cast for
Mr.. Young by rebel soldiers and at precincts where
| the judges OF elections were rebels were excluded
the majority for the contestant would be forty-one
| Mr.. KERR, dem Of Ind, q member Of the Com
mtee OF Elections, opposed the resolution and re-
pied to the argument OF Mr.. Cook. He claimed that
the testimony taken by the committee last fall In
Kentucky was contradiction OF all allegations OF dis
into giving aid and countenance to the enemy were
participated in by the strongest Union men OF the
place and were often done for the protection OF his
THE wHIsKEY AND TOBACCO TAX.
At quarter past three O'Clock Mr.. Kerr Yielded
Committee Of Ways and Means bill to change and
more efectually secure the collection OF interna!
on ank s Of II ne
had right to proceed with the bill to the exclusion
OF all other business, but he would not ask to go on
with 1t now; he wished only to have 1t printed and
to give notice that he would call 1t up on Monday az
two O'Clock.
previous question on the Kentucky contested elec-
ton case this evening.
Mr; BANKS gave notice that as soon as tne TAXI Tax b
should be disposed OF he would ask the House to
consider the subject Of the treaty for the purchase OF
Russian America.
The KENTUCKY ELECTION CASE AGAIN
Mr.. KERR resumed the noor and continued his
argument against the report OF the Committee on
Elections In the Kentucky contested election case
He argued that each State had the right to regulate
Its own electoral laws to enfranchse or to dlsran
chlse as it deemed ft; that Congress had not at
tempted to interfere with the right OF Kentucky in
that respect, and that therefore the laws of Ken
tucky entirely governed the subject. That being so
the 625 votes proposed to be excluded were, If they
those Of men who had been In the rebel army,
Z could not properly be excluded Besides, as his
| friend from Kentucky Mr.. (Adams had suggested,
Congress had not, in all its reconstruction measures,
| undertaken to say that the men who had served IN
the ranks OF the rebel army should be deprived OF
their right Of suffrage; on the contrary, Congress
Mr.. GOLLADY, ldem.) OF KY, next addressed the
House in opposition to the report OF the com
! mittee.
AT i've O'Clock Mr.. Cook moved the previous ques
| tOn.
Mr.. MUNGEN, dem, OF Ohio, moved to adjourn
Mr.. TRIMBLE (dem) OF KY, desired to address the
| House
Mr. WOOD (dem.) OF n. Y, offered to let the debate
go on, with the understanding that the previous
question should be seconded.
Mr.. JONES did not understand what necessity there
was for pressing this matter.
Mr.. Cook assigned as reason that on Monday tht
Tax bill would exclude all other business.
Mr.. JONES said that the members from Kentucky
desired to be heard on this subject
Mr.. MULLINS, rep.) OF Tenn, added, "And so does
| Tennessee"
Mr. GARFIELD, (rep) OF Ohio, suggested that the
| House meet at eleven O'Clock on Monday.
| Mr. SPALDING trep.) OF Ohio objected.
Mr.. PRUYN, (dem.l OF N. y, suggested that the
House should meet at six O'Clock in the morning and
| sit till eleven.
Several objections were made.
| MIR. GARFIELD moved that the House take recess
| till eleven O'Clock on Monday, SO that there might
be another hour for debate on the election case.
| The motion was agreed to, and the House. al Owe
minutes past five O'Clock, took recess I'll eleven
| O'Clock on Monday.