Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-07-08
WASHINGTON.
XLth Congress Second Session.
WASHINGTON, July
SENATE. 80 p

---' sAi go SENATE.
Some important business was transacted
during the morning hour, at expiration of
which consideration of the tax bill was re-
sumtd. srEoo
The time of taxiug cigars was extended
to April next. A section was added en-
powering the Secretary of the Treasury
and Revenue Commissioner to alter trade
marks on spirits end tobacco.
A long debate ensued on the proposition
to allow compromise of revenue suits, but
was withdrawn and the committees
amendment agreed to. -, y. -. :.
Several other amendments was agreed to,
including that striking out the sections on
banks and bankers. The section putting
the tax on whisky at fifty cents was de-.
bated at length asT72 l1nis bai afi.i'n e 90 q
Mr.. SHERMAN explained It, and o as-i
Messrs. CAMERON and POMEROY de-
nounced it as a virtual surrender 70 spec
ulators in the whisky ring. q y 15a1 - u
On motion of Mr. MORRILL,, of Yer
mont, the details of the drawback provis-
Ions were SO amended as to place the mat
ter of drawbacks in the hands of the Sec
retary OF the Treasury and officers OF the
port instead of the commissioner of in
ternal revenue and his subordinates. y1gys 81
An evening session dispensed with. s,aoa
MIR. lCONKLING introduced bill reg
ulating representation to electoral colle-
ges. Referred to Judiciary committee.
Adjourned. sTf~os s5aT--7 ? 's19 a2f1. =
.szs5 HOUSE. -sfs au~ -'
/ Mr.. JULIAN offered apreamhle and res
olution resembling the fact of a so-called
treaty between the Potawatomie Indians
and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fee
Railroad Company, by which three hum
dred and forty-t two thousand acres of In
one dollar an acre, which was monstrously
disproportionate to the value, and instruct
ing the committee on Indian Affairs to in
uuire into the facts, with power to send for
persons and papers. Adopted.
Mr.. STEVENS OF Penn.--I rise to a
question of privilege. i desire to intro
duce resolution and follow it with some
remarks, but will not ask any further ac-
Mr. BECK-The resolution is not for ac-
tion this session. q - u -.
Mr.. STEVENS-No, sir.
The resolution. emitting the preamble.
/ was read as follows: 80
/ Resolued, That a committee be appointed
to prepare additional articles of impeach-
ment and report the same in substance, as
follows:
r Mr.. STEVENS-I will not ask to have
! the articles read now,s but will proceed
with the remarks which intend to make.
will then ask postponement of the mat
ter.
Mr. WASHBUhNE,O Il, OF llllnOlS, REMARKED
that the gentlemen around him did not un-
derstand what the question before the
House was. -7-r
The SPEAKER--The gentlemen from
Pennsylvania presents resolution pro-
\ posing the appointment OF committee to
prepare and report articles OF impeach-
ment. .. .-- r
Mr.wASHBURNE-Is that matter of
privilege? (Laughter0
1 mr. CDE A Tho Nh srt fnL Is a
! matter of the very highest importance.
Mr.. STEVENS-Having said that much
shall occupy only the time necessary for
| the remarks which intend to make, leav-
| ing the articles and the testimony 70 go to
the printer without being read, as do not
wish to occupy the time of the House.
| Having read the first paragraph of his
speech he said he would ask his friend, the
Clerk, to continue the reeding.
The Clerk proceeded with the reading,
| but was interrupted by Mr.. BECK, who re-
Tuuired that the proposed articles should be
read, so members might better understand
the speech. AHV : ss1-- 5-Jt-- 80. [
1 The proposed articles were accordingly
read. OHIO - . ~ 7 40. :
The first charges the President with
abuse of the Government patronage; the
second with usurpation of power in es-
tablishing Provisional Governments; the
| third with attempting to bribe the Colora-
4 do Senators, with pardoning deserters, with
appointing persons to Office who could not
1 take the test oath, with restoring forfeited
property and selling, or allowing to be sold,
! pardens for money; the fourth with de.
priving the Treasury of large tracts OF land
and large amounts of money, and the fifth
with ,usurping power and further breaches
of the Government in attempting to create
new States out of conquered territory.
4 Mr.. Mcpherson. clerk of the House, then
| resumed the reading of MIR. stevens
| speech. He had not concluded 1t when
! Mr.. Stevens said he would not ask to have
the speech read in full, but let it De printed
| in the Globe. S@
MT. STEVENS then moved the resolu-
ton be postponed till next Monday. saE
Mr.. HOLMAN then moved to lay the
\ resolution on the table.
Mr.. STEVENS said he would modify
| the motion by postponing it until Monday
| M Mr.. WAsHBURNE, of nlinois-Let it
go that way.
The question, being taken on Mr.. Hol-
mans motion there were but 81 members
/ voting, "a to 60.
Mr.. HOLMAN withdrew the motion and
then, on Mr.. STEVENS motion, the mat
| ter was postponed until Monday two
! weeks.
l. Mr.. WILLIAMS. of Penn, said he desir-
ed as matter of privilege to submit ad-
ditional articles of impeachment, which he
| had prepared some time ago, involving, as
he thought, higher. political crimes
on the part of Andrew johnson. He
would send them to the Clerks desk,
/ He should desire to support them
| by an argument, but if he was allowed to
lhave his argument in the Globe he would
I not OCCUPY the time of the House now.
That proposition was acceded to and the