Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-02-13
CONGRESSIONAL, >
WAsHINGroN, February IL.
SENATE

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| SENATE.
4 Mr.. SHERMAN introduced the folIowin I
bill, declaring the State OF Alabama restor.
ed to the right of Representations in Con-
! gress:
| WHEREAS, The people of the State of
1-Alabama have, in strict compliance with
4 the 5th section Or the act of March 2, 1867,
] entitled an act to provide for the more etfi-
cient government of the rebel States, framed
] a constitution for their government. in con-
! formity with the Constitution of the United
/ States, framed by a-convention OF delegates
elected in compliance with said act; and
WHEREAS, said Constitution has been
| ratified by majority OF. the qualified per-
}sons voting on the question of ratifica tion,
and that said Constitution contains all the
guarantees required by said act; there
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| Be it enacted and declared By the Senate and
House of Representatives. ofther United States
] of America, DC, That the State of Alabama
is entitled to representation in Congress,
and;Senators and Representatives shall be
admitted thereof, on taking the oath pre-
stribed by law. -
Referred to the committee on Judiciary.
| Mr.. WILLIAMS, from the committee on
Finance, reported the joint resolution de-
claring the meaning of the law relative to
the settlement of accounts and defining the
jurisdiction of accounting officers. and
bill. .hia- % -iaaa 'i' sai si-a
Mr.. YATES, from the committee on Ter
ritories, reported a bill to admit Colorado
as a State, and gave notice that he would
1 call it up at an early day. -aiia4. 5-ii ~
h. By permission of Mr.. DAVIS, who had
the floor on the supplementary, bill, Mr.:
\ JOHNSON moved to take up the case of
Mr. Thomas of Maryla e (
Mr.. SUMNER opposed the motion, say
| ting he had intended to address the Senate
on the subject, and had not expected the
resolution would be called up during the
debate on reconstruction.
- Mr.. SHERMAN suggested theresolution
1e disposed OF and the Senate go into Ex-
.cutive session. a 'i' Z tss4 !
Mr.. JOHNSON'S motion was adopted.
"a By his consent, MIR. MORRILL,. OF Me-,
Z allied up the resolution for inquiry into
he forcible ejectment of an cmplOye of the
senate from the cars of the Alexandria and
Georgetown railroad. ~
In the course of the debate, Mr.. CON-
NESS urged the immediate consideration
Of the question Of rights of American cti-
zens abroad, and complained of the delay
+, of the committee on Foreign Relations 10
acting on his reolution, offered last month,
to " hich
Mr.. SUMNER replied that the subject
| was receiving careful and constant atten-
tlon, both by the committee and State De-
parCmenG, ana that their action would be
soon made known, and would, he believed,
be satisfactory to the Senate and entire
country. ~
After lively debate. the motion to refer
TO the Judiciary committee was lost. and
the resolution passed.
The bill for the PRONUNCIATION of the laws
OF the United States was taken up, amended
and passed.
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HOUSE OF REfh fhESfsNTATiVES.
Mr.. WILSON. of Iowa, introduced bill
| for the surrender of persons convicted of
certain crimes. Referred to the Judiciary
committee. 1t enacts that no person who
may have been duly convicted and ad-
Judged guilty of murder, piracy, as
tsassination, arson, robbery, or forgery, and
where conviction has not been reversed,
shall be allowed to enter or remain in the
United States, and-it authorizes the Presi-
dent, upon the production of satisfactory
proof that the person so convicted of either
of such crimes had entered or is about to
enter the United States, to cause him to be
tsent back to the country from whence he
came, or in which he may have been con-
victed. The bill has been drafted by the
Secretary Of State.
MIR. HUMPHREY introduced bill to
amend the act of 1916. extending the juris-
diction of United States District Courts to
/ certain cases on lakes. Referred to Judlc-
iary committee. - e5a=. H.ii
The bill reported from the committee on
Foreign Affairs concerning the rights oi
American citizens in foreign States came
up as the business of the morning hour,
and desultory discussion arose as to the
lquestion of closing the debate and dispos-
ing of the various amendments that had
been already suggested. = aai .
Mr.. BANKS declared himself unalterably
lopposed to incorporating on the statutes OF
the United States the oppressive English
principle that the Legislature can confer or
withhold the power Of expatriation. That
was the doctrine of Lord PalmerstOn, dis
jpatched to Mr.. Bancroft. in 1919. HT.'zf
1 At length Mr.. BANKS, having allowed
the amendments of Messrs. Butler, Spauld-
ing and Bower to be offered, moved the pre-
vious question, the effect of which would
be to cut off further amendments.
the previous question.