The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-23


Eany citizen, was. accepted by Sumner
and agreed to. "a a0HJa .YB2Ee
HOUsE............. ASH rNoros. July q.
F. w. Kellogg was sworn in and
took seat asa member from Ala
| bama.
A bill relieving Simeon Carley. a
member elect from South Carolina ;
also, Michael Hahn, of Louisiana,
and John Millidge. Of Georgia, from
legal and political disabilities, was
passed. '-ie.. aeass - f5lta of
A resolution was adopted allowing
the investigating committee, who are
to look into the charges against Judge
Busted, to sit dpribg the recess OF
/ Congress.
Broskss obtained leave of absence
till September nth. - ~
BroOmall asked leave to introduce
concurrent resolution relative to a
jected - 3 = y = g
Stevens, of Pennsylvania, remarked
that two or three weeks hence, would
be time enough for that.
Sypher introduced a joint resolution
to aid IN the repair of the levees of
the Mississippi River, and to provi lie
for the payment of citizens of Eouisi-
ana for rquarbervmaster' s stores furnish
ed to the United States.
i~&Mr Stevens rose 70 make personal
iexplanatien irelative to a report3in the
Globe of some remarks made by MIR.
Garfield and others yesterday. He
gave an emphatic denial to the state
men6 that he said the 8 20's were pay
able In coin. The report, he found,
was taken from the report Of Secretary
McCullOch, and.was total peryersIon
of the truth. The words attributed to
him were from ,his, speech on legal
tenders, but he cautioned the public
against putting faith in the fabricazz
tions of demagogues. and they would
find every word he had uttered with
regard to himself was true to the
letter. al
The Missouri contested election
tease. was taken up-the committee
having reported resolution that
Pile, the sitting member, is entitled
to the seat, with a minority resolution
offered by Kerr, Ia faVOr of Hogan.
The consideration was interrupted by
going to the business Of the.Speaker3s s
table, and disposipg thereof, as fol-
lows: The Senate amendment TO the
Postal Law bili-non-c 10,
and committee of conference asked.
Senate bill IN reference TO the navy
and marine corps which was Teterred
to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
The Senate's amendment to the
House bill relating to pensions, were
non-eoncurred in, and referred to the
Gorornsr+oa On COnfn~apca ear
4 The Senate amendments to the
Alaska bill was. non -coneurred in,
and aunCommittee on Conference
asked.
The Senate amendments to the
House bin providing for the sale of
the arsenal grounds at st. Louis and
Liberty, Mo, were cOncurred in.
The Senate amendments TO the
House bill for the relief Of the Choc-
taw and Chiekasaw INDIANS, were con q
CURED in.
The Senate amendment to the Post
route bill was cOucurred in.
. The Senate bill regulating the pre-
sentation of bills to the President and
the return of the same, was referred
to the Judiciary Committee.
The Senate bill to incorporate the
| It4llpudl. LILY OOAhPAAAJ
the United States was then zi1tre-
dueed. A good deal of objection was
made to the bill, Wood declaring that
he would give five millions OF dollars
for this grant, and thatgit was the
biggist scheme before Congress. The
bill passed, yeas 90, nays 80. vfog.e.
To the Senate bill to confirm the
titles to certain lands in Nebraska,
Coffee offered an amendment, which
was agreed to, and the bill passed.
The Senate bill to create an addi-
tional land list inzMinnesota, passed.
The Senate bill to provide for the
further issue of temporary loan Ger
tificates was referred to the Commit.
tee of Ways andv Means. a.
The Senate bill to extend the time
for the construction of the Southern
Pacific Railroad In California, passed.
The;Senate bill to provide q. tempo
rary government for the Territory OF
Wyoming was passed by 106 to 90.
Sehenck moved tlst the evening
session continue on to the disposal OF
the business on the Speakers table.
Negatived.g hsE aarFsassg
IL WAS ordered that the House pro-
ceed to the business ongthe Speakers
table.
At the conclusion of the Mis-
sourl and Utah contested election
eases, the House adjourned. t
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