The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-11
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I - -t - = 80 ~ % ~
ESENATEzzz- wAsHrNeroN. June b.
! ! ughe Chair submitted a communicative
l trCm tn Secretarr 4tts bh G Fnfefter, Solos
trrg the opin on 64E General a5he an q.
lone OF the II dian CommissioHePSgt e q sfira
4 mediate action should be taken j rly the
Y "A q atee r.rf yShs Si1Gx and EssFada Indzaas
aRS S s sesase5ag gese M SRf 1ss sGs sss M
9ss 65edss Sessins 81 shs RF1y Be-
tween the States and Territories vast .
I Kansas, except when sent from the psabli IL
I eaifon on ce. was passed after some debate.
/ wilson introduced bill for the Organi.
/ zation, government, and payment Of the
I army, and for tie reform of military af-
/ Morrill,, of Maine. from the Com Tlittee
/, OF ofEonfefenee on the Navy appropriation
Z Bill, made q re port recon- Inendfne the
I coRcurrence9 IN the provision tina pcfVff
engineers and store keepers OF the several
navy yards be appointed BY the p .esident-
4 0Lr4Ae 9enatet ana l1aL master mechanics
ne sppolai ed 1y htfeds. rqIh civil life, and
ineiitss IA 4ef5Srt was neussea IN. 80.
Al the expiration % the morning hour,
by special order, the bill &c ad uitI NofCd
Cabol1pa, GSo1Iths 2arolina, GeOrgia,.and
AiaoaT1a 70 representation in Congress.
was taken up. -al4
The question was on the ameadrn emit gof
sherman to strike out the additional fun
ldasn entail eDnd1tIOns imposed onsG sorg1a
OF Strl king nom her Constitution tn sl9rO-
Visions pfeven dug Ihe enforcement OF
contra cts made prior to June. 1865. 70 Z :
.S,llAffAs a2qfF Y t3fYQf s9is tl4s amend
Howard and Conklug followed, arguing
that thik q atlse of the Geo 9Ih ConStfrn-
tion = une0nstitutional and void 9nEWE
S.lllianls Iaoyed q amend the thiFd secr
ton By fnsertfLg the foif5wfng: sand
stll srea % he oA ttlcsfs ef each STATE, duly
elected- and qlaITHed under the COns1itu-
ton, shall he inaugurated without delay
ont nT0nihirad hnE1frky
Office under tae United states, or y9E any
= sate, ,by lsselIon thiEai oflgshe gproPo ed
Ajs "A 1eemsdges iStol Z { anE Office in etthere
of sa d states"
"a EqmQnds and;sothers opposed ne latter
clause OF bhe aLnendment, sonAhe ground
that Il tOfestalls the l4tn amend ment TO
reprs sentstion. CongfesS cannot dictate
able debate Edmunds askeu for a dIeisiouE
ot the question on the amend fient, and
thequestIon taken on the firSt part. Agreed
-ofs4 clause was a2reet to- by nearly the
same vOte-.6 to Is. =, 3 =
Drake moved 10 aE1snds by Tikins ont
the provision f.rbiddtng any fukure
slocidSenentO Otthe elective franchise. aud
inseftinIs Soft,e,SPondIlng provls5'ons , Of
cOnferssn le comInittee having already. set-
ted uron1tlIe iatter. twas tfSsirabie that
The amendment was agreed ito wi hogJ
B ) / fhs sabsttt qi e pf the JhpiclsTF COMMIT
tee was thel adopted, as aflePdeds and
lh question being opthe bIila kmended,
Irnmnltl mayed 70 sit1ke out 5ths word
nAfter DEBATE; Conkiihg nloyed 10 ada
the following: and the. State of. 4 ALBANIA
shall be admitted to represent alton only
upon this further fundatn@ptaI condition.
that section 70 OF the first artic e of the
Constitution Of aid State, except so much
thereof as makes Bayigable 4 public high
way, shall be nulland void; &nd that Gne
General Assembly. of said State IhN solemn
act. shall decla re the consent Of the state
to ne BE- Ml9reg3ing 4 qadamenaal a Condition,
Yeas : BaysTd, Buckslew, Oonkling,
dTicks, Hove Mccrefy. MolGan. Morrill,. %
OF Vermont, 'PattersOnN of Tennessee
Sau, sbury, Trpmbull, v, ckers Yates -l8
bett Srasin q. Drake FeFrs Hsfiin Mcrri Nc nil
OF Maine Motion, Nye, Pomeroy, Ramset
nso EGss; sh@esaR, @an Se@@v sm2sT TaXef v
JontIISgs afdshdmeat was rejected by
l6 to 23.- uf bJgH-
Williams moved to add at the end of his
amendment in regard to the inauguration
Of officers, Che words g Unless relieved
rom. disability BY, said amendments'
observed that himself. .Ya' IS
and several other Senators desired 70
jpuFn. Rejseted-l9 to q. The quest on
was on the passage of the bill. dcq
= Yates declined to speak to- night {.3f4 er
/ In the face OF, desire for an ihlme-
diate vote, an endeavoFEwas made TO come
to an agreement 10 take the vote xo.moF-
row., out q jority efused. ....-,..
Sumper took the door shorty before
O'Clock. reading from manuscript, but
very few Senators remaining In theIr seats
Buckalew made ha an hours speech
against the bill. snH 1Lt ti' I"
Morrill,, of Vermont, replied to Summer.
/ At II 80, the Sc nate hpFoceeded to. vote,
and the Dali ps Ssed :; yeas 81 nays, D. viz. !:
Bayard. BuckaIew, McCreery, Patterson. OF
Tenn eSsee, and WIekers0 salisbury was
paired with Wiley. Davis with Morton.
and Hendricks with Van WfnkIe.' Nor
ton was absent from illness.
Adjourned. vua