The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-18

#tary of the treasury pFf"ii9 "iiSeV nc
4 already possesses, and every section
& restrictive of his power; and that
J uobodyfrom the Treasury, either dl-
II trectiy or Indirectly, or from Jay
fCooke and Co, had ever alluded 10
/ the subject In his presence. he
7 9(Sherman) had never done ANYTHING
to promote the interest Of Jay Cooke,
1 though q personal friend.
/ Sherman replied to the other
| charges, and concluded by saying
i =" No fears or imputatiOns OF this
! Kind shall prevent me from pursuing
4 the even tenor ofay way, which IS to
! compel a reduction OF the burdens of
I the public debt which rests upon the
! peopie.'
| Wilson reported the House bill for
the reduetiens Of the military to a
/ peace e. tablishmeut, from the Com
mit3ee on Military Affairs, without
/ amendment.
Howard presented a lengthy report
| from the Joint Committee on Ord
/ nance, with the testimony ia ken be-
fore the Commityee, which was or
dered printed.
A new Conference Committee was
appointed on the bill to supply tenn
porary vacancies In the executive
department.
Conness moved to take up the bill
relative to the rights of American
citizens abroad, which was agreed to,
when Morrill,; Of Maine, suggested
the advisability Of laying it aside in
formally In order to dispose of the
Deficiency Appropriation Bill, which,
he Stated, was the last one OF that
nature for action. The suggestion
was acceded to and the bill read.
The question was then taken
en- the amendments made by the
committee. The amendment striking
out the appropriation of eight thou
sand dollars for casual repairs to the
Patent Office was agreed to. Other
amendments were agreed to: Striking
out the appropriation for serYeys OF
| the Osage Indian Reservation (S2,-
| 8,051), and of the Omaha and
/ Winnebago Reservation (S336 ,262); /;
striking out the appropriation for a
bridge at Rock Island, Illinois. and
inserting an appropriation of Sl5, ,OOO
for printing the proceedings of the
Senate il the Daily Globe, also, one
offered by Eesseuden,. approprlatlng
S10,0C0for Continuing the grading and
filling up the Capitol grounds.
Shortly alter 2 o'clock
Trumbull Interrupted the proceed
ings by presenting documents from
the Louisiana Legislature, ratitylng
the fourteenth COnstitn tIOnal Amend
ment; and also, the credentials of
Hon. -Wm. =. kellogg, Senator elect
| Ton the long term, and John Harris,
| Senator elect for the short term.
/ Messrs. Kellogg and Harris were
| then presented to the President pro
tenn, who administered the oath.
4 Committee of Conference was
ordered on the Indian Ap preparation
Bill. consisting OF Howe, Henderson,
and Morrill,, Of Maine.
The consideration Of the Defci ency
| Bill was resumed. The third section,
forbidding any contracts for public
building or improvements from bind
| ing the Government TO pay more than
! the sum appropriated for the purpose,
1 or the employment Of any persons
/ without prior appropriation to pay
I them, and puniahing any Government
4 officers violating these provisions for
/ misdemeanor. An appropriation of
4 $500 600 was made to provide for the
| detection of cOunterteiters.
4 Chandler, from the Committee on
! Commerce, moved to insert an appro-
| priatiOn of one million dollars for the
/ preservation, repair, and completion
of certain public works on rivers and
harbors heretofore commenced, to be
expended under the direction of the
Secretary Of War. After some dis
cussion, the debate was ordered to be
| IL
nays 6S, the committee rising inform
ally
In reply to question from Conness,
Chandler said this appropriation is
to take the place of River and Har-
Dor bills, which he deferred to next
session.
Morrill-We pronounced the de-
termination Of the Committee on
Commerce to lay the River and
Harbor bill over uRtil next ses-
sion a wise one, IN view Of the
state of the finances of the country
He suggested striking out the words
hereafter commenced" and leaving
the clause Of the points for the ex
penditures to the Secretary of War.
Several Western Senators opposed
the amendment ard advocated the
L
bill, the discussion continuing until
4 40 o'clock, when Conkling made |
report from the Committee on Con
ference on the disagreements. be
, tween the two Houses on the bill ia
, ! supply vacancies in the Executive
DEPARTMENTS. which was adopted.
The Senate held 4 short executiv,
session, and took a recess until Z 80
EVENING SESSION.
| The House bill to pay Henry 81
| Mare $4,000 for his services in pro
: curing the arrest Of Surratt, wa
passed.
Sumner called up the bill MAXIM
. an appropriation for the purchase O
Alaska, which at the instance Of tn
Committee on Foreign Relations, wa
amended by striking out the section
: giving the assent of Congress to tn
stipulations Of the treaty, and tn
preamble claiming the Joint power o
the House with the President an,
Senate, to contract treaties. Passed
The following bills passed: Author
lizing the sale OF the arsenal prepert
and grounds at st. Louis and Liberty
Missouri, and donating certain por
tions thereof amended by a provision
for a monument to the late Nathanie
# Lyon; bill to aid in the improve
n ment of Rock Island and the De
Moines Rapids, in the Mississipr
# Rivers; a. bill exempting certai
e United States vessels, trading to Can
d ada, from tonnage fees.
e Harlan called up the bill in regart
to the Right of Married Women il
n the District Of Columbia.
: A discussion seemed imminent. I
10 was suffered tJ go over.
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