The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-01
CONGRESS E0sAL PROCEEDINGS

sEHAEE-=s..---..--..wA " AsHEEsroD. May o.
A number Of petitions were pres nted
: "a A debate stsi arose on the probo on q the
committee to prin 1000 instead OF Is go
copies of the Ross- Brown report, which
was finally adopted, and aIesoIutlon for
that purpose passed.
Morri ! intro uced bill TO amend the
act concerning the registry If vessels, and
II extend the warehousing system by. .es-
tablfshing bonded Warehodss which was
referred to the Committee on@Conlm erce-
A joint resolution, to extend the time
for the 3m pIetiona of the Northern Pa
cifie Railroad, was amended and pa sed.t
The Senate held a sherU executive ses-
sion, alter which the Arkansas ball was
taken up.
Wilson spoke in its favor, opposing any
amendments 0 the House b Il. -s
FrelingBuysen called attention to the
fact that the House bill requires Of Arkan-
sas to never place restriction upon suf-
1rage, thus forbidding ner ever estabIisn-
ing an educatiOna Al Qualification. or chang
ing laws Il r. gard to female suffrage. He
dissented 70 such a-tEeoryi also opposed
winch have ratified the l4th amendment
can't secede therefrom, and that said
amendment was already adopted.
The quest on being on Edmonds amend
naent 10 recOnIrnit the bill TO the Judiciary
Committee. with instructions requiring
ArSan kas TO nrst adopt the l4th amend
ment-
Williams opposed this IS an admission
thatthe l4thlaInep dnlept was not adopted.
iaEly he clause exemptlng q certain
amount Of properts from execution, aud
DISTINGUISHING certain persons.
Buckaiew closed by saying that he be-
Eeyed such fr suds had been committed
tDat a proper return would show that the
people Of ARKANSAS had rejected the Con-
Harlan, Thayer and Pomer0y. defended
Mr., Brown, charged BY B1eSslew or nav
vice for i'm mora conduct. Ihayer said. be
was dismissed without hearing, and had
been reinstated aiter al Investigation by
the War Department and was subsequent
~ breveted to 3 Brigadier GeneralshIp.
DoOIIttle denied that the citizens OF New
Jersey Ohio. Michigan, &c, could take the
test oath prescribed in the bIll in regard TO
the denial of suffrage He argued that
states were not seif-goy yerning or repuoli-
G. u IN form IL they could not make quail
| fi,sations for their own voters.
Irumoull replied briefly to the argu-
! ment Of Buckalew and DOohttle,and said ne
would vote for the Fl use bill, in case FeT-
ris' amendment. for which he would first
/ vote. should be rejected.
/ Edmunds' amendment was rejected
| without a division. and on Ferris amend
inert the vote stood-yets = %, nays Il.
/ The question then recurret upon brakes
amendment, already printed,
Henderson gave notice of an am end
| menJ forDtddIDg discrimination against
1 particIpaiion in the dement's of funds
! raised Tor educatlonal purposes.
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