Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-06-19
xLth Co9gress--ssoOnd Session.
wAsHrseroN, june Is.
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WAsHINGroN, june Is.
SENATE.
Mr.. WILSON, from the committee on
Military Affairs, reported, with an amend
ment, the hill to establish rules and articles
for the government of the armies of the
United States.
Mr.. TRUMBULL called up the bill sup
Elementary to the act to allow the United
States to prosecute appeals and writs of
error without giving security, which
passed.
Mr.. TRUMBULL also called up the bill
relative to the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States. 1t devolves upon the senior As,
.sociate Justice the Office of Chief Justice
IN case OF inability Of the latter, until such
Inability be removed. The bill passed.
Mr.. CHANDLER, chairman of the COM
mittee on Commerce, called up the follow
ing bills which passed:
A bill to amend the act to prevent and
punish frauds on revenue and for other
purposes, approved March lst, 1868.
A bill to extend collection districts of
the State of Michigan.
The bill repeating section five of an act
concerning the registry and recording of
ships or vessels, approved Dec. 31st, 1862,
was passed.
Mr.. HOWE called up from the committee
on Indian Affairs, bill to appropriate
and to carry out the rules made thereby,
v hich passed.
A bill for the relief of certain exporters
OF distilled spirits was called up by Mr..
MORGAN and rejected. 1t relieved rum
and alcohol contracted for prior to the act
of January IL. 1868. aia
Mr.. CATTELL from the committee on
Finance reported back the bill recently
published to provide for further issue of
temporary loan certificates for the purpose
of redeeming and retiring the remainder
of outstanding compound interest notes,
with verbal amendment.
The Senate then went into executive
session and soon after adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr.. BINGHAM called up the motion to
reconsider the vote by which joint reso-
luton was passed, giving twenty per cent
additional compensation to civil employees
of the Government at Washington. -
Mr.. WASHBURN of Indiana moved to
The House refused, and then the vote pas
sing, the resolution was reconsidered and
the resolution was tabled.
Mr.. CLARK of Kansas, from the COM
mittee on Indian affairs, made q report on
the subject of a treaty recently made with
the Great and Little Usage Indians for q
cession to Leavenworth, Lawrence and
acres of land in southern Kansas, at about
bineteen cents an acre. The report, after
reciting facts, concluded that the treaty is
in violation of the rights of settlers and
justice to the Indians, and recommended
the adoption of the following resolutions:
Resolued, AS the sense of this House. that
the treaty concluded on the 18th of May,
1868, with the Great and Little Usage tribes
of Indians, both in its express terms and
stipulations, and in the means used to pro-
Cure its acceptance by the Indians is an
outrage on theirrights; that in transferring
to single railroad corporation eight mil
lions of acres OF land, it not only disre-
CARDS the rights and interests of other rail-
road corporations in the State of Kansas,
and builds up trightful land monopoly
IL defiance OF Justice, the rights of settlers
and of the people of the United States, but
it assumes the authority repeatedly denied
by this House, to dispose of. those lands by
treaty otherwise than by absolute cession
to the United States, and for purposes for
which Congress alone is competent to pro-
vide.
Resolced, That this House does hereby
solemnly and earnestly protest against the
ratification of said pretended treaty by the
Senate, and will feel bound to refuse any
appropriations in its behalf or recognize
Its validity in any form.
RESOLVED, That copy of the foregoing
resolutions be transmitted to the Senate of
the United States.
Mr.. CLARK addressed the House in JUS
tification of the report and resolutions.
Mr.. SCOFIELD, member of the COM
mittee on Indian Affairs, took ground
that, treaty-making power did not give to
the President and Senate the right to al
ienate any part of the National domain to
which the Indian lands belong. It re-
quired the action of Congress to do so.
Mr.. JULIAN denounced the treaty and
the Commissioners who made it, N. 6.
Taylor, Thomas Murphy, A. g. Boone and
Major Snow, agents of the Osages. He
said instead of its being an Indian COM
mission, il was thieving commission
Every act in its transactions branded the
parties to it as thieves, and he (Julian)
branded them in the name of honest peo-
pie everywhere as thieves appointed by the
President, and who were doing their work
with a skill and workmanship that tran
scends anything in his experience.
This Commission must not be confounded
with the Indian Peace Commission which
had gone out in noble errand, a Commis-
siOner appointed to negotiate this swindle,
swindle he understood that was shaped
up in Washington City year ago. These
pretended Commissioners had lent them
selves to thieving railroad corporators for
the purpose OF cheating Indians out of
their rights, and cheating the United States
and honest settlers of those lands. He de-
nounced it as an act which makes the or
dinary inmates OF penitentiaries decent and
respectable men, If not Christians, in COM
parison with these Commissioners. He de-
nounced and branded them, and invoked
the action of the House in the name of de-
cency and common Justice to adopt the
resolution.
Mr.. SHANKS also denounced the treaty.
q q nj inn hat cfor, xr,,e T.
fanny all the proceedings OF the accursed
administration. -
Mr.. SHELLABARGER argued against
the ability of the treaty-making power to
ALLEVIATE a part of the National domain.
Mr.. CARY declared himself in favor of
the resolution.
Mr.. CLARK, of Kansas, by the instruc-
tions of the committee on Indian Affairs
modified the second resolution SO as to
substitute the following for it:
Resoloed, As the sense of this House, that
the object, terms, conditions and stipula-
tions of the aforesaid pretended treaty are
not within treaty making power, nor are
they authorized either by the Constitution
or laws OF the United States, and therefore
this House does hereby solemnly condemn
the same, and does also earnestly but re-
spectfully express the hope and expecta-
tion that the Senate will not ralify the said
pretended treaty. \
The resolution was agreed to without a
division. aza-
Mr.. COOK, from the committee on Elec-
tions, made report on the Missouri con-
tested election case of Hogan against Pile,
with a resolution that Pile, the sitting
member, was duly elected. a. sas III
Mr.. CHANDLER presented minority
report. The reports were ordered to be
printed for future action.
The House proceeded at half past 2 to the
business of the morning hour. faI
Mr.. BOUTWELL, reported bill to pro-
vide for appeal from the Court of Claims,
and essentially limiting the Jurisdiction of
that court.