The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-09

To carry into erect Certain treaty stipp-
sASt1aEs " ftndh Q Chocta W Indians. 1ss9 J
9Fanft tnZ pensions and homestead to the
orphan children Of Brig Gen. Chris. Car
l0TD authorize the Secretary of the Treas
at Tole ede, and furnish I sse y site for Gus
tom house and Post Once there. Il aa7sgT
6 Fee S9atEod oal II FPSag sass flst sflg AggAt
pleted, the busi ness la order was the; com
stdefatoni of the ereselntionf. offered last
fen nf movsS e isy o tks ns saSIe elsa aa SS
b aResoIyedy That In theEjudg gnent of the
House G the be- 99Sfs aed 9theF tiss II
exempt by law frorauState and man tci pal
taxation, ought to be faxed for national
bp8SsS ia ae0nFb psa sssd S 2 Sgf sa@s
States for local PURPOSES IN sHchrnapner
as may substan tally equalize taxation; ;
the tax to be deducted from coupons as
they become due; aud that the Coxn nIttee
of Ways aud Means be INSTRUCTED to Tep9rt
q BIT for;tbe purpose aboye speoInedt ha-
9iBlatne noYedgto refer the resoHtiQpdQ
EioieTnah, safd Ia VrJfI Id defeat f,eo5
ject Of the resolutions he eallee for 7he
yeas and nays, and the yote result ed Yeas
to,the ,66d 4ait5ee g " avs ana Means; a6d
l6WashbuFne Of BUtiana offered q j Int
e'fH sfggse IL saTie1 "a gs e aSS IL a sne c
sefvIcEatfN w assaIn go0ng A nlntion bSs See-
ley toitabie ID was reject ed-746 against ~ n
Pendt. z the vote on seconding the pre-
3fohs qnest tlon 7 % 3 morAlng hour Tex
pirkd, and me Restitution went over tai
The Spgsker presented the c5rresp6idI
enee reftaive 70 the visit Of the Chinese
Embassy eto the HoAse, and, on motiPn,
appointed Schrnck, Banks, and WaEd s
Commit ee to receive the EN- nbassad6fs Is2
- On notion of sBrookss the senate wass inr
iFne Confereflee rebort on the AKA IA Is
Bill came up. and the House, reflsedb TO
table II = 81 TO- lO2-- and tttWas adoptsd
,nfflteg spea s ker said he hta BEEN tequesszd
70 apresent'a communications rrom q. W
Butler objected. but subsequ sntiy tofferea
a. resolution that any communication
from " oollev or his counsel be pia ed o.
the bands Of the. Speaker, and be sent to
tI9ation Tor examination iasT2 Is -fg
3 Brooks made II point of order that TIE
Commtttee. had not been in session FOE
Some days, and there was no quorumiof II
in the city therefore the Committee cou d
not have authorized the resolution.
The Speaker oyerFuled the point, ana
the iHouse,l 81 to 80, voted To receive the
ss5 aofm9n hIia made a point Of ordertifatia4
the reso ution referred to a. com m un1ca-
ton the ter should be read. .g4,af
The Speaker overrufed this, and after
some debate. ufider the operation OF the
previous question, was a iopt I'd by "a TO 81.
Eldridge moved toSuspend the rules for
the purpose of Introducing g paper from
Mr.. Woolleyy which &hould be reaf, and
that having purged himself OF coHtsm pit,
he be discharged. This the House refused
by a vote Of 3S TO 20. fH aftrm4nwa@
Shel1abarger presented a resolution IN At
WoolIey be ordered to the bar OF the
House and allowad- to purge himself OF
contempt, which was agreed TO.
Schenck moved that he House go into
Com mittee of the Whole on tue Tax Bill.
Eliot appealedto Scherick to allow him
to ask the House to make the River and
"a ibor tpproRriation BIZ 2 special order
II schentik decIin I'd to consent TO anything
being made special order untl after ne
Tax BIiiiis disposed Of, and suggHsted tc
Eliot to ask that it be m ide the special
ord II after that time. tttt tAH t&Aft9@iA
Eliot said; = l will do no such thing, and
I give the gentleman notice that we vii
\ send his Tax Bill to his Committee before
r TneersoIr- TSaa which is notan order.ncn
| from the Secretars OF War with a report
iron. Gen. Hancock in reference. to Coy
| ernment aid for the Gnlon racine ran
y Biuaiih6ffi. of View York, from the Com.
mfttee on the Niagara ship Sanai, FePoEt
ba canal aronnd the Falls of Niagara Re
| ferred to The Committee OF the Whole or
! the state Ofthe Union. EG749HEf.t
|, The House then, at 3 20, went into Com
y inf4ttset of the Whole, and proceeded to tbs
| consideration of the Tax Bill. In quarter
! of an hour afterwards Eldridge moved lia
! tie Committee rise, as the witness was o.
| the bar of the House.. The COMMITTEES ae
cordinglg rose, and the Serge, MT AZ. A. rm
4 presented the witness. CIV. Woolley.l
! / The speaker, undressing the witness
read, to him the resolution adopted by tn
House TO day, and asked him whether ~
/ was ready to make such statement a
fwou d purge hlm Of contempt OF the au
! thority OF the Houseg .#.,..,,.-t
/ presenting 2. pa per from his pocket, $ thi
AfseT AT fes9 cSr r9siderabie debate as 70 questfon
a -. Ia
requiring Woolley to state whether b.
! was now willing TO go before the Com
irnittee of Managers of tue Hou e aht
/ make answers to- the questions, for IN e re
! fusai to answer which he had been order
/ ed-iutO custody and II so ne snali nav
1 such privilege as soon as the COMMITTEE
can be convened and that he in the mean
time remain in custody, and in case th
| witness declines he shall be reco mmitbet
4 for a continuance of contempt, and 50 re
main until he Is ready 70 ma 30 sHcpl cpl an
-fBr6oats made a point of order that ffou
Of toe nePpeEs ,2t the Sosn On a5f5eS e,s .Tf r r
A tn & resoiution would detaIB the witness IL
further nprisonrnenti in the dungeoPs
House bad authorfzed the Comm igtee {
d5fnvestigats by3sub-comnIftteea 9nbu /
i -Tbe fesolutIon was adpgted Ry rs to, 31
hess, safd: {" Mr.. Woolley,f i amin stracte
lhy3 the House Of ePresentattyesdt9 nl1 9
pound 70 XoH LRe gRe5s $40 tlop are & 9S = ne.
4
land make aa1swersto the questiops forItn
BrefqssI tG answer which you are HoFFio Y II
= . NS89lIey, the witness-As my client pa
testified in reference to those qnestlon
ana as take 1T to be the order OF u
House ( rat shah answ them, VIII
Il So. .fr..h r...a A - ~ .
4 will be executed, that the witness aPPea
l. before the Committee as s0pn as II viii
I Convenient :of the Comm ttee; that IN In
!, meantime he snail remain in the eustod
! of he Sergea bt-at-AFLns. = sL .s.sLs =.
= The proceedings. Ia regard to ~ oolle
haEfng thus tern4t ated, the House ag al
u went Hutoya ConnBlitte the tax bill
and. 1mmediatsly thereafter took reee
till 7:o