Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-01-28

Titles motion to instruct the Judiciary
committee to report his amendment,
Mr.. WILSON took the floor and replied
to Mr.. Doolittle's speech of last Thursday.
HOUs Sc OF PREsENTiTIvES.
A large number of bills were introduced.
and referred, including the following: For
the taxation of National bonds; giving the
right to vote at Presidential elections and
all State elections, to every citizen of the
i United States who has resided 10 days in.
the district; to prohibit internal revenue
officers being interested in any forfeiture for
violations of the revenue laws; to provide
temporary government for the territory of
4 Wyoming; making all purchases and sales
on commission of United States loans and
bonds open to public competition; pro-
viding for bounties to the widows and chill
dren OF certain soldiers killed or died in
service; to prevent compromise of offences
against the revenue laws, and making such
compromises felonies; providing that in
case Senator of the United States become
| Vice President of the United States by
| reason of being President of the Senate
pro tenn, and in case his Senatorial term of
office expires before the Presidential term
expires, he shall continues in Office until
| the end of the Presidential term, the Office
of Senator alone becoming vacant; instruct
ing the Secretary of the Navy to dispatch
to "a suitable port in Norway or Sweden
portatiOn of such stores as may be
furnished for the relief of the vanishing
people of those counties: for the sale of
portion of the Fort Gratriot military
reservation, in Michigan. granting 1900
acres of public lands to aid in improving
the navigation of the Mississippi between
the falls OF st. Anthony and the mouth of the
Minnesota river, by the construction of a
lock and dam at Meeker's island; by Mr..
Cady, to establish uniform currency and
provide for the management and liquida-
ton of the National debt-referred to COM
mittee OF the Whole on the state of the
Union by Mr.. Cook, to amend the Ma
tional Currency act-referred to committee
on Banking.
Mr.. MALLORY offered a resolution in
structing the committee on Ways and
Means to inquire into the expediency of
authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury
| first to employ all legal tender notes that
may come into his possession in excess of
the amount necessary to pay the current
| expense of the Government, in purchasing,
at their market value, such interest bear
ing securities of the United States as he
may be able to obtain; second, to employ
all gold in the treasury in excess of thirty
million dollars, in the same way
third, to authorize loan equal to
| the whole amount of the pI esent interest
bearing debt of the United States, and to
issue bonds running fifty years at four per
cent. interest. principal and interest, pay
4 able in gold, the lean to be offered as gold
may be required to meet the current ex-
penses of the Government to purchase the
present interest bearing bonds; fourth, to
require the National Banks to replace the
bonds now on deposit in the treasury, with
such four per cent. bonds. Adopted.
| Mr.. CLARK. of Kansas, offered pream.
bleSand resolution reciting that the acr'of
| January 2f. 1867. provides that there shall
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of the territories on account of race, color,
or previous condition of seryitude, and that
4 it is reported that the Legislature OF Mon,
4 tana has passed bill which has been ap-
proved by the Governor of Montana Terri
tory, restricting the franchise to white
male citizens, and instructing the Judi
ciary committee to inquire into the facts
and report such measures as are necessary
to secure obedience on the part of the Leg
islature and Governor of Montana to the
/ laws of Congress. Ma ltfS n q
Mr.. wASHBURN. of Illinois, suggested
that the committee be instructed to report
bill repeating the act organizing the ter
ritory.
Mr.. WILSON, Of Iowa, suggested that
the subject be sent to the committee on
| Territories.
| Mr.. CLARK so modified.
| The SPEAKER presented a. petition of;
members of the ConstltutionalIO Convention
Hancock. Referred to reconstruction COM
mittee.
| Also, resolution from the Mississippi
Convention relative to the Freedmen's
Bureau. Referred to committee on Freed
mems Affairs.
The House proceeded to the consideration
Of the bill reported from the committee on
Appropriations to prevent the payment of
claims arising out of the rebellion. The
bill passed without amendment.
Mr.. BANKS, from the committee Oh
Foreign Affairs, reported a bill concerning
the rights of American citizens in foreign
States. Ordered printed and recommitted,
1t being understood it will be reported back
for action this week.
| A number of executive communications
were presented. including one from the
Secretary of War, with the report of the
Chief Engineer respecting the survey of
the Illinois river.
A report from the committee on Agricul-
ture, relative to the Importance of the mod
ification of the tax of 20 per cent. on all
| importations of foreign stock was referred
to the committee on Ways and Means.
Mr.. SPALDING asked leave to offer a
resolution authorizing the committee on
Reconstruction to inquire whether the
Cabinet has made an attempt to obstruct
the due execution of the laws, with power
to send for persons and papers and examine
witnesses under oath, and report il at any
time. Objections were made on the Demo-
cratic side. id-a- s'
- Mr.. SPALDING moved to suspend the
rules. After some fillibustering on the mo-
ton, the rules were suspended and the res
olution offered and adopted.
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