Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-01-22
CONGRESSIONAL

u without opposition, however, went in
!. executive session, by vote of % to 10
u passing the resolution accompanyil
8 Mr.. Towards report against sustainil
= the President in ~suspending Secreta
u Stanton,-35 to g
~ Before the adjournment, a resolutic
~ was passed directing the Secretary
II the Senate to notify the Presiden
Gen. Grant and Mr.. Stanton, of the a
ton taken in the matter.
o HoUsE.-A large number of bills wei
o introduced, among the more importar
one to continue the Freedman's 81
u reau.
Mr.. Wilson, under q suspension
the rules, tyess ll3, nays 81, a part
7 vote reported from the Committee o
the Judiciary, the Senate bill maxim
2 five judges a quorum of the Suprem
Court, with an amendment proVidin
that no act of Congress shall be 6eclar
ed unconstitutional, except by the con
, currence of two-thirds of the Court.
A FIVE hours debate followed on thi
bill, in which the Democrats activel
participated. The bill was passed by
strict party vote, and goes back to th,
Senate for concurrence.
Mr.. Bingham offered a resolution tina.
the rules be suspended and the Com
mittee on reconst ruction be authorize
to report Immediately and also that
the House will tomorrow proceed tc
the consideration of the report and al
the close of the debate on Wednesday,
which was agreed to.
, Tba hill oddifiooaIaHI ,nplarpka--
10 the act to provide for the more eff
cient government of the rebel States,
passed March ID, 1867, and the act
supplementary thereto was read twice
and recommitted.
SENATE.-Jan. l4th, Quite q number
of bills, resolutions andmemorisls were
presented and referred to the appro-
pirate committees, among them a bill
to reduce the number of Major Gener-
ais. The Authorization bill came up
and was discussed at great length, but
no vote was reached, when the Senate
adjourned.
HoUsE.-SeVeral bills and resolutions
were offered and referred to the appro-
pirate committees-among them one
for the relief Of cities, counties and
townships from direct tax consequent
upon the debt incurred by the pay
ment of bounties in the late war.
Mr.. -Eggleston offered q resolution
instructing thee Committee of Ways and
Means to inquire into the expediency
of selling to the highest bidder the ex
elusive right of manufacturing spirits
in the United States for the term of
ten or more years, such privilege TO be
sold at not less than $4,000, 900 per
annum. Adopted.
The morning hour having expired,
the House resumed the consideration
of tho bill reported yesterday from the
Committee on Reconstruction, when
Mr.. Brooks, on behalf of himself and
Mr.. Beck, PRESENTED a minority report,
to the effect that the bill was unconsti-
tutional, revolutionary, incendiary, etc.
Some debate followed, and after the
Introduction of a few unimportant res
olutions and bills, which were referred,
the House adjourned.
SENATE-Jan. I5th.@Some few reso-
lutions, bills and petitions were pre-
sented and referred to Committees,
when Mr.. Sumner, from the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations, reported a
joint resolution for the payment of
sos, 900 of damages for the seizure of q
Spanish steamer by General Sherman
at Port Royal, which was adopted.
The bill 10 prevent a further con-
traction Of the currency, was taken up,
and after debate was passed in Com
mittee. The amendment of the Gem
mittee was then agreed 10 and the
bill passed by the following vote -
Yeas SO. Nays 4. Adjourned.
HoUsE-Mr. Julian from the Com
mittee on Public Lands, reported a
bill making ii the duty of the Secreta.
ry of the interior, whenever the pub
lie lands in any district shall be near
ly or quite disposed of, to close the To-
cal land Office in that district, and
transfer the record to the General
Land Office. Passed.
A bill amendatory of the Homestead
law of May 20, 1862, allowing appli-
cants for communication, when prevent
ed from personal attendance at the
District Land Office, to make affidavit
and proofs before the Clerk of the
County Court, which, after debate, was
passed.
The House then resumed the con-
sideration of the reconstruction bill,
when Mr.. Fernando Wood addressed
the House in opposition to the bill,
wandering from the subject, denoun-
cling everything that had been done in
any and all measures By the Republi-
cans, when he vas called to order by
Mr.. Bingham. Mr.. W. became indig-
nant, using a species Of language equal
to his reputation. A resolution was in
troduced by Mr.. Dawes, that Wood be
censured, which was carried, and the
Speaker proceeded to censure him, in
accordance with the resolution, in Lam
guage quite severe. This was followed
by debate, many of the members TAX
ing part, personalities being more or
less INDUCED in, which occupied the
remainder of the day, when the
House sdjourded.
SENATE-Jan. l6th.-The bill for the
exemption Of Cotton from tax came up,
the House having non-concurred in the
Senate amendments. Ir. Sherman,
from the Committee on Finance, NOV
ed that the Senate recede and substi-
tute that Cotton imported from for
eign countries, On and after July lst.,
1868, shall be exempted from duty"
which wes laid aside for a time. Sew
eral resolutions were presented and re-
ferred to the proper Committees, when
the morning hour expired. The
House thon went into executive ses-
sion until S o'clock, when they ad-
journed until Monday.
HoUsE-0ne or two resolutions were
offered and referred to the appropri-
ate Committees, when on motion of
Mr.. Schenck, the Senate amendments
to the Authorization bill were re-
ferred to the Committee on Ways and
Means.
Mr.. Schenck remarked that the
Committee would report them back to-
morrow afternoon.
The House proceeded to consider
the bill reported from the Committee
on Reconstruction.
Speeches were made in favor of the
bill by Messrs. Elliott, Loughridge and
Payne, and in opposition to the bill.
a lengthy and spirited debate fol-
lowed, principally between Mr.. Bing-
ham and Mr.. Eldridge, in which both
gentlemen displayed considerable wit
and perseverance.
The House took a recess, and the
evening session was devoted to the
consideration of the reconstruction bill,
when it adjourned.
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