The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-22


HOUSE. ........-..... w VAsHINGToE. July 81.
Wilson, Chairman of the Judiciary
Committee. to whom was referred the
claims of Representatives from the
late rebel States, that they be allowed
full pay from the commencement of
Congress, reported a resolution that
their pay shall commence from the
date of their respective. elections.
Adopted. ,,i,.aa t.-.~ -.
d, Dawes, from the Committee on
Elections, reported the credentials of
the Alabama Representatives as corr
rect, and moved that the test oath be
administered to them. agas .
e After some discussion by Brooks
and Dawes. the previous question
was seconded and the report adopt
ed-134 to 36-and the oath was adj
ministered to Chas. w. Bekiey. Ben
jamin w. Norris. Chas. W. Pierce,
j. B. Coils and, Thos, Houghey, who
bama. - hi2 o aa
A conference on the bill to sup
ply vacancies in the Executive De-
partment was agreed to. haa s.
A concurrent resolution was receiy-
ed from the Senate, declaring the
ratification, by three -fourths of the
States of the Union, of the Four
teenth Amendment, and declaring it
States, which was adopted, under the
operation of the previous question
126 against %, During the proceed
ings, dispatch, from Gov. Bullock,
announcing the ratification of the
amendment by the Georgia Legisla-
ture, by 81 majority on joint ballot,
was received. .r--.r-,-. -.-,--..
The House resumed the considera-
ton of the Funding Bill
Boutwell, advocated his substitute
at length. r<..rA~. F-
Schenek opposed the substitution,
and Pike favored the Senate bill.
A colloquy occurred between the
latter and Eldridge, during which the
former said he was in favor of laying
the ) 20s in greenbacks, though not
of issuing a batch of greenbacks for
that purpose, while Eldridge was for
Withdrawing the National Bank cur
rency, and supplying its place with
eenbacks, and paying the debt with
them.
Eldridge resumed the foor and
concluded his speech.
EVENING SESSION.
The considerable of the Funding
bill was resumed. Marshall opposed
| it.
\ Washburne, of Illinois, made re-
port from the Committee on Confer
enee on the Deficiency bill. Stating
that it contained million and half
for rivers and harbors,, the bill being
three and half millions. Agreed to.
The consideration Of the Funding
bill was resumed. After speeches by
i Lawrence, Benton ], and. Schenck,
Holmes moved to table the bill, Whieh
was rejected, 80 to 100. s@sAs4saa E8
The House proceeded to vote on
the amendments reported from the
/ Committee of the Whole. The first
amendment, fixing the lowest deRoms
ination of bonds at fiftysdollars, was
agread to WITHOUT division.
The, second amendment, striking
out the provision for twenty, thirty
and forty year bonds TAT various rates
of interest. and substituting for it an
issue of bonds at 3 65-100 per cent
interest, was agreed to by II TO 81.
The third amendment providing
that the income from the bonds shall
never be liable, to taxatlons was
adopted-85 to 63. s
Amendments four to nine, being
merely verbal. were agreed to.
The tenth amendment striking out
that section of the Senate bill legal,
izing Committee on Contracts was
agreed to-S7 against 4S. 4
The eleventh and twelfth amend.
ments, being merely verbal, were
!, agreed to.
The thirteenth amendment and a
new section we're offered in Commit
teC by Randall, requiring sales, &c.
| Of public bonds to be made by a6eer
tising for proposals. and was agreed t.
without division. y III Fg- -
The fourteenth amendment to thu
Fnew section offered in the committee b,
Logan requiring tax on the income
6 of banks to be collected by the Treas
urer. was agreed to-90 to 20s ~
The fifteenth amendment to tn,
! new section, with similar origin, ter
: minating the authority of thu
Secretary of the Treasury to issu,
.dTbonds, &C., under the existing laws
:; was agreed to without division. -