The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-01-17

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make it the special order for the mex
meeting, and it was then laid aside
/ Howard made motion TO 90 inc
/ executive session, but
Sherman was anxious to have .
vote on the bill for the repeal Of ihs
cotton tax.
Morrill, of Vermont, spoke n 2p-
/ position to the motion OF Sherman Fa
recede from the Senate amendme4e
eonfning the repeal to one year.
L Conkling made few remarks tp
the same purport ~
Cameron renewed the motion 20
an executive session, which YVES cars
ried.
The Senate held an executive SOS
sion until about FIVE o'clock, When s.
adjourned till Monday.
u0USE.-Arnell offered q res0iu.
ton instructiDg the Library ComHli1
tee to inquire into the subject Of ib4
ternational copyright. and the best
modes for the encouragement and ad-
vancement of cheap literature aud
the protection Of authors. which was
adopted 4 tot
Beaman, from the Committee on
Appropriations, reported that the
estimates for additional appropriations
for the Agricultural Department were
to pay unsettled claims contracted
without authority of law 0a his>mor.
ton the matter was refernsd to the
Committee on Claims, and the report
tabled. fa#
The House resumed in the MORN
ing hour the consideration Of the bill
extending the time for the completion
of the Dubuque and Sioux City Rail-
road, in Iowa.
Hubbard, of Ind, advocated the
bill. fe ahri ffA
Washburne, Of Ill.,, opposed it For
the reason that the grant o! 500, 900
acres of land was to go to the Illinois
| Central Railroad. which was now in
the hands of British bondholders,
and great oppressive foreign corr
poration off of franchises of the Du,
buque and Sioux City Railroad which
had been transferred to the Illinois
Central. For his part he was dctc- :
mined that when the demon of out
ragged CONSTITUENCIES come stalking
into this hall, to be able to say,
Shake not thy CORY locks at me,
thou cans't say | did it." Laughter
Wilson, of Iowa, said he was pre-
pareds to advocate any stupendous
scheme of public plunder, and yet
he was in favor of the bill. He de-
MED that it was to enure to the ben
eft of the Illinois Central Railroad,
but to the Sioux City Railroad. It
did not take land from the public
| domain, for this land was already
| granted, but it was simply to ex-
/ tend the time within which the road
was to be completed. ae
/ After remarks by Price, Julian
and Hopkins, ip favor of the bill, a
motion by Washburne to table twas
defeated, and the bill passed.
The Speaker presented several
Executive COMMUNICATIONS, two of
them from the Secretary Of War.
! On motion of Garfield, the latter
were ordered to be printed, so that
the Secretary of War might be thus
recognized.
On motion of Schenck, the SEN
ate's amendments to the Anti-COn-
traction bill were referred to the
| Committee of Ways and Means,
Schenck remarking that the commit
tee would report them back to-mOr-
row afternoon.
The House proceeded t6 the con
sideration ofthe bill reported from
the Committee on Reconstruction.
Speeches were made in favor of the
bill by Eliot, Lough and Payne, and
in opposition tOit by Kerr.
Randall introduced bilr to regu-
late the deposit of public funds. pro
Viding that public funds shall not be
deposited in any National Bank 10
Gated in any city where there is "a
! Treasurer or any Assistant TREASURE
of the United States Referred to
4 Committee on Banking.
Pile introduced bill providing ftr
the sale Of the Arsenal grounds at ST.
Louis, and Liberty to Missouri Re
ferred to Committee on Military.
FarnsWorth asked leave for a res0-
luton to direct the Post Office Com
missioner to inquire into the expedi-
ency OF providing for the adoption Of
the postal telegraph system; also, as
to the expediency of repeating alto
gether the franking privilege.
Mungeon objected, and the resolu-
ion was not received.
Recess till seven for a general de-
bate; speeches limited to half an
hour.
EVENING SESSION.
The consideration of the Recon-
struetion Bill was resumed.
| Dawes spoke briefly relative to the
decision of the Supreme Court in the
Rhode Island case, adding that he
had always thought there was very