New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-11

TIE ELECrORAL IoUNsON-THE HOUSE, THE
bIL silly PER CENT MEASURE PAsSED-hL-
,'rr,oy OF ARMY EXPENSES
DCCIio" WASHINGTON, Friday, July 10, 1863.
,,,,rnds's bill excluding the electoral VOTES Oh
H contbern States as have not been reOrganlZou'
su'n lien mo in the Senate immediately after the
was Nho,,r and was the occasion of lively and
;nteresting debate Mr. Edmunds Drleny eAiiiiieu
maasitv Of the bill. and showed it to be per
tno - occordance with the Constitution. He
~goa % fine similar bill which was passed in 1864
S ",,oted from Reverdy Johnson, Irumbull, and
CIT Davis in support of the bill of 1864. Galru
49, Davis. not at all abashed by the expose by Mr.
Idn,nds of his course in 1864, declared that Con-
ros0 had no power to pass such bill, and threat
I'll that if Grant was elected by the votes of the
contbern States the Democracy would not submit to
- Mr. Nye drew picture of the scene presented IN
the New-York Convention, where Forrest and Wade
Hamilton were hOnOTed members. Seymour whose
health was precarous, was TO be showed aside Ike
moor Lincoln, and Blair was to step INTO his Shoes
and carry ont the revolutionary programme lndl-
lated in his late letter. 1t was very nice plan If
il could only be carried out. Davis again took the
aoor and made an attack on Gen. Grant which no
Republican Senator deemed worthy of reply. Gov.
Morton desired TO call the attention of the
country to the Blair letter. which was in
reality the Democratic platform, and which
meant nothing more than another rebellion. The
Senate at o'clock took areceSs until a o'clock,
Shen the debate was renewed. The amendments
Saered by MeSSrs COnkling and Drake were both re-
iected. Mr. Trumbull then took the floor, rivaling
Garrett Davis in denunciatiOn of the bill, and Mr.
Edmunds congratulated him on his having received
4 complimentary notice from The National InteUi-
sseer for his former speech in opposition to it. Mr.
or -oH 10 md ri
from the provisions Of the bill Mr.. WEIGH, one of
the Senators from Florida remarked that there was
no trace of the johnson Government left in that
State Mr. Shermans amendment was rejected as
we're also several others. Finally a substitute
offered by Mr.. Thayer was adopted, which may be
found in your regular report, and the bill was then
passed-Yeas IS Nays ), Mr.. Henderson voting in the
negative with the Democrats, and Mr.. Trumbull
lodging.
The Presidents friends say in reference to the bill
of Senator Edmunds, providing for the count of the
vote in the Electoral College, that he will not I'M
necessarily delay action it when it shall be laid
before him. He intends to veto it, of course; but
the veto viii be sent in as soon as possible that
adjournment may not be unnecessarily DELAYED.
Senator Sherman is very anxious to obtain con-
sideraion of his funding bill during the present ses
sion of Congress- and will make another effort TO cal
it up next week lt is the general impression among
Senators and Representatives that it will give rise TO
considerable discussion and that the desire to adj
journ will defeat it and many similar projects.
Mr. Reverdy Johnson informed the Senate to-day
that he had officially rendered the Governor of
Maryland his resignation United States Senator.
Mr. Johnson has received his instructions from the
State Department. and it is understood that he has
been directed to take strong ground in the matter Of
the payment of the Alabama claims. The Ways and
Means Committee will not be able to report the
hnate amendments to the Tax bill before Monday,
o that adjournment is hardly possible next week.
Mr.. Latin from NewYOrk, has been suddenly
called away by the illness of his father ut Pittsteld.
He was not in the House, to-day, when the vote on
the % per cent bin was taken
In the House to-day, the principal topics of inter
est discussed and acted upon the proposition TO
give the increased compensation commonly called
the Twenty per cent bill, TO Government employees,
the Bill for the relief of certain naval contractors;
and in the Evening Session the bill from the Mill
t&y Committee for the reduction and Organi-
EatOn Of the army. The twenty per cent meas
ure which was offered as an amendment 10 the
civil appropriation bill by Mr.. Stevens was, without
debate lost by the following vote: