Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-02-26
rORTlErm CONGRESS-.

W ARLINGTON, TtO. -o.-HotBh~S uucs
the call by States a large number Of Joint
resolutions were introduced and referred,
including the following
Granting land and bounty to the soldiers
in the late war taxing railroad chairs nve
dollars per ton to divide Illinois into three
Judicinl Distrlcts to secure tho completion
of the Post Office and Custom House at
Cairo
MIR. po1ge offered . resolution instrncting
the Committee on Military Affairs to ascer-
tain what portion Of Fort Smelling for the
military reservation is necessary for militia
ry purposes, &c. Adopted.
At twenty five minutes before O'Clock
the Speaker cal ed the House TO order, and
the door keeper announced the presence At
tho bar of the House OF the committee which
had been appointed to impeach, at the bar
of the Senate, the President Of the United
States.
Mr.. Stevens, OF Pa, standing in company
with his colleague, Mr.. Bingham, then made
repo-t as follows:
"Mr. Speaker and audience At the or
der of the House we proceeded to the bar of
the Senate and proceeded in your name and
in the name Of this body, and all the people
of tho United States, to impeach, as
we wcre directed, Andrew johnson, Piesi-
dent Of the United States, Of high crimes
and misdemeanors in Office, and We demand
ed that tho Senate shall take the order to
make him appear before that body and an
swer for the same" and stated that the
! House would. forthwith, o. very soon.
| did not say which presents articles OF
! impeachment and makes them good, TO
which the response was ordered shall be
taken.
| Resolutions for the payment Of $4,000
each to John IL. Brown, Samuel t. Smith.
and G. G. Shines, in full for expenses OF
prosecuting claims 10 seats in the House,
were adopted.
Mr.. Allison offered q resolution declaring
il No the sense of the House that to the leg
islatve mower of Congress alone belongs tie
right to determine the rates of duties on
importations, and it is beyond the power Of
the President and the Senate, % the treaty
making power, TO authorize the importation
Of the manufactures or products Of foreign
| countries, except at such rates Of duties "a
the tariff laws of the United States may
prescribe.
The resolution is aimed particularly 1t
the late treaty with the Sandwich Islands
| -REPoRrER.
Tho resolution was adopted without dis
| cussion.
Mr.. Wilson, of Iowa, offered . resolution
declaring the public welfare demands that
the pecuniary obligations Of the United
States should be kept within the narrow est
limit consistent with the necessary REQUIRE
ments of the Government that therefore il
is not expedient At this time to enlarge such
| obligations by extending aid to the Union
Pacific Railroad or any other company. by
granting. beyond the terms Of existing laws.
OF subsidies of United States bonds, or by
granting payment Of any stock or other lia-
bility OF such company, or any corporation;
and directing the Pacific Railroad Commit
tee Of the House to report no bills during
this session in conflict with this resolution.
The House refused to second the previous
question and the resolution went over till
Monday.
The resolutions offered BY Mr.. Grisvold
| on the 18th inst, 10 reference TO the riebts
OF American citizens abroad, came up and
we're referred to the Committee on FOREIGN
Affairs.
On motion Of Mr.. Ingersoll, the Senate
bill appropriating 81 900 for the temporary
relief Of tie destitute people Of the District
of Columbia was taken up and amended by
Mr.. Wood, by making the funds disbursa.
bic by the Freedmen's Bureau and aid 40
ceties jointly and passed.
The House. proceeded to the considera-
| ton OF the naval appropriation bill. and re-
fused By a vote Of So to SO to suspend the
| rules TO allow Washburne, Of Illinois. to
amend sections that we're struck out on
Ert}ar in Cn,r,,,ittao of ~. vVa~,
The bill passed.
Mr.. Washburne, Of Illinois, asked leave
to offer the fol owing resolution:
Rsss'sed. That the rules be suspended.
and 1t is hereby ordered at follows: when
the committee TO prepare the articles OF i'm
parchment of the President of the United
states reports said articles, the House sha II
Immediately resolve itself into committee Of
the whole thereon; that speeches in COM
mittee shall be limited to 10 minutes each.
which debate shall continue until next leg
i>lativs session after the report to the ey-
clusion Of oil other business except the
tsading Of the journal thSt At six o'clock
Ia the afternoon Of said second day fifteen
minute debates shall cease, and the CON-
Ms.'ee shall then proceed 70 consider aud
.o's upon amendments that may be offered
unoer minutes rule Of debate: but NO
merely pro!ormo amendment shall h enter.
tanned; that At P. N. Of sa;d ,eccna asv
ss'd committee shall rise and renort IL a.
ion TO the House, which SHAH ;rrr,.a;...I.
ana without d''itory motion vote the,eon
'na' u the articles of impeachmen, srs
agreed upon the House shall then ;,n'.s:
stely and without dilatory mo,ions olecs !. |
osi'ot seven managers to conduct said I'M
peschment on the part of the House. and
.ns' curing tho tendency Of resolutions in |
.ne mouse relative to said impeachment.
eoe'eaiter no dllatory motions shall be r.. |
e SCI. except one motion on each day, and |
thai the House do now adjourn.
.,. "ooo objected after various sugges-
.sns ano Voting down Of . mosion % I'd |
adepssd. Ysas loS; nays 81.