Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-12-09
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FORraErm CONGREss.

WARRINGTON, Dec. 6.-SRNAHg.-Tho
President presented tho following commu-
| nica,isns from the Court oGClairnD, relative
10 judges thereof from Secretary of the
Interior, In regard TO the destituie condition
Of the Indians On Upper Missouri, and ur
gent need Of imne late relief From The
Commissio, ers, patents, with accounts.
| receipts and expenditures. were received,
AL CT which were laid on the table.
Mr.. Pomersy introduced : ,,nt rssolu
ton ex.sndin. operations oftns Freedmsn.'
Buresu, for a limited pefied, in certain
States. Ordered printed.
Mr.. Summer offered n resolution calling
on the President for any information pre-
scented by the State Department concerning
the recent transaction on the la Plata Of
tec.inE the re- atoms Of tho United States
s'th Paraguay, Argentine Republic aud
BAIL.
Adopted.
Mr.. X ,hinson introduced bill to remove
| the disabilities Of Nell, the recently chosen
/ Chief Justice OF tho Supreme Court.
Mr.. Sumner moved that the bill be cen.
.idercd by unanimous cons.n', but Mr..
Edwards object Cd aud it WAS laid over.
Mr.. Drake @ led up the resolution Offer
cd by him last July. to amend . rule sub
lnittsd. 10 require that an Indian treaty be
considered in open session in the Senate.
After some discussion IT was laid over.
Loui.iana Senators introduced . bill fer
the Ieiet Of certain persons engaged in the
a.s rebellion Ordered printed.
Also joint resolution relating to the
Cenrt q Claims. Same order.
The senate then adjourned
Hot Il The bill fixing the tariff on
copper VA passed., ,cis loI. nays 81 IL
provides Tor duties on imported copper, 10
axe cfcct o. the passage Of the bill, =. ~.
lows: Ga sll copper ore. three cents FOR
each poand Of iiue copper therein; on eli
recular copper and all block or coarse COPS
per, 4 cents for each pound CT fine copper
On all oil coppar, 4 cents per pound; copper
IN any and ali other forms, s cents per
pound.
The Speaker presented the following
'ommunications: The annual report Of the
Secretary Of the Treasury for 1868; state
nsnt OF the judgments rendered by the
Court Of Claims during the pact year
.taiemert Of the contract made by the Sur.
econ General for the surpert and treatment
II Transient psupsrs in Washington, in &C.
;ordsncs with the act Of July 90, 1865
,tatemsot Of the receipts and sxpsndit urss
II the Patent Ofice for the past year .
ettsr from the Commissioner Of lndias Ar
airs in regard to the condition Of the In
dams Of Dacotsh memorial from the G,or.
gle Legislature relative to reconstruction
matters, snd the annual rspor, Of the Comp
.olisr Of the Currency, oil Of which were
appropriately referred
csti,u inclssiag . resolution oi the Leg,sls
,urs of Ofsgsn, with . request that they be
pressnud to the House.
Mr. Weshburns. Of Illinois, asked that
they BE- read.
The Speaker directed the Clerk to read
the endorsement on the paper.
The endorsement Vas ss follows:
"Rssslutiens ofths Legislative Assembly
Il Oregon. instructing their Senators 10
Congress to resign, they having voted for
measures plainly unrenstitutionsl, which
nave evsfthrown civil liberty end free Cow
erumse', and consiensd ciliaens Of eleven
states 70 odious and despo,ic dictatorship"
NJ. Wsshhurne moved that the pspsr b
returned to its source.
Mr.. williams, Of Oregon, seconded the
aetien.
M. Wood wanted the PAPER read
The Speaker said be had presented the.
matter, because Il had eome Eom the State
Legislature, and ordered the clerk to read
the paper in full. The resolution declares
that the Oregon Senators, wiliatns and
Corbe,t, have nisreprsssnted the people Of
Oregon in voting Tor the reconstruction
measures. for the tenure Of cffics act effect
ing the Supreme Court and for the i'm
parchment Of the President, and calling on
those to resign, in order that persons NAV
be chosen 10 their place who vii, attentive
" and honestly represent the SAFE OF
Oregon.
Mr.. wsshburne, Of ILL.,, offered rssolu
ito, to return the papsr to the presiding
officer Of the Oregon Legislature ~
being scandslous, iupertinsn, end isdsco
rous.
Mr.. Wood rose to speak. but wss called
70 orisr cy the Speaker, vbo stated that
the previous question had been moved, dis
sussien Was not in order.
The main question WAS srdered-yeas
l27 nays 81. The resolution Vas adsps.
ID without dscussicn.
Mr.. Butler, Of Mass. introduced . bill
% repeal the tenure Of sllics aet, Of Asrch
~, 1857. Referred 70 the Judiciary Com
0ittee.
NJ. Ingsrsoll asked leave to introduce .
IN supplementary to the National Bank
Act, but questions arising on the bill, Mr..
lngsrsoll Withdrew it for the present.
Clark, OF Kansas, from the Committee On
Indisn Affairs, reported . Joint resolution,
for the sale Of certain stocks held ia tru,,
for the Choc'av and Chiekssaw Indians.
Ordered printed !; reeonmitisi.
Mr.. Garfield, from the Committee on
Ind an Affairs. reported bill to restore the
Bureau q Indian Affairs - the Wsr De-
par,msnt, from January let, 1869, and
msvsd the previous question - its pas
sag-.
Mr.. Wisdom hoped thst bill Of such
importance would aot be passed und.s the
previous question.
NJ. 0ardsld said q ths pssvisus qusetioo
vas oesDnded, b 80 entitled q IN hear =
Close. aaa h. veuld distribute thse tioe
ses9e teop dselsiag = 1issaes The Ill
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