Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-03-17
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.


provides that no vacancies shall be filled
until the number of Associate Justices is
reduced to six; providing for saving eX-
-penses in the legislative department; re-
funding the amount paid by private sub
scrptiOn towards the improvement of the
District Court at Parkrrsburgh; author
izing the holding OF District Courts at
Evansville and New Albany; authorizing
the erection of Marine Hospital at Cairo
Bills were also introduced providing that
officers of the army, including those of the
Veteran Reserve Corps, shall be entitled to
be retired under the same condition as Of
ficers wounded in the regular army; to
promote American commerce by .enactiDg
tonnage duty, to be collected on vessels
from foreign ports; allowing drawback
on ship builders materials, and repeating
the first section of the act of July ID, 1852,
for collection of the revenue upon north
ern, northeastern and northwestern from
tiers.
Mr.. GARFIELD presented the petition
of one hundred and nine German citizens
of Cleveland, asking that the Constitution
| be so amended as to abolish the office of
| President of the United States. Referred
| to Judiciary committee.
| Mr.. ROSS offered preamble and sixteen
resolutions, reciting that the Fortieth Con-
gress shall be charged with disloyalty to
| the Government and with purpose 10 sub
vert and destroy the Presidential
principles and just balances ON
which > it rests, and declaring
that the Constitution is the supreme, para
mount mo, law of the land that Congress will
faithfully abide by and strenuously main
tain the essential and fundamental princi-
! Piles of free government; that Congress
] will oppose all efforts to deprive the people
| of the rights of habeas corpus and trial by
jury; that it will oppose encroachment, of
one department OF Government on anoth-
er; that free speech, free press, and free
] ballot are essential to liberty and
\ cannot be surrendered; that Con-
| gress is opposed, to large stand
ing army; that speculation and frauds
on the treasury should be stopped; that
each State shall regulate suffrage within
! its own limits; that no Government bonds
shall be issued not subject to the same rate
| of taxation as other property; that natiOn-
al bank notes shall be Withdrawn and legal
/ tender notes substituted.
The House refused to second the previ-
Gus question, which was moved bv Mr..
Ross, who moved to lay the resolutions on
the table and called for the yeas and nays,
| remarking that he did SO in order that the
members might put themselves ON the
1 record. s1i ~.
| The House refused to table the resolu-
tious, and, on motion of Mr.. ASHLEY, OF
Ohio, they were referred to the Judiciary
committee.
MIR. INGERSOL offered a resolution
providing that for the purpose of reliev-
ug the business of the country from the
depressed condition TO which it had been
4. brought by retiring legal tender notes from
| the volume of currency by the Secretary
of the Treasury, an amount OF legal tender
notes equal to the amount heretofore
retired shall be issued and restored to the
currency. and that the amount of legal
tender notes so restored shall be used only
1 in purching for cancellation of any of the
gold interest bearing bonds. He moved
Che previous question be refused and the
| resolution referred to the committee on
Ways and Means. s, s.a
MIR. INGERSOL hoped the previous ques-
| ton would be seconded and the House vote
yes or no on the question. asa .7s 80 II,
The previous question was not seconded
Then on motion of Blame, the resolution
was referred to the committee on Ways
and Means. 9te