The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-01-22

4 teEudl I6eVenuS. the CHAIRMAN OF Tue
Senate Committee on Finance. and
T the Chairman OF the House Com
( mittee of Ways and Means, shall re-
/ tire an amountof United States notes
/ equal to such excess, so that tine
| whole amount of circulating and legal
fender notes shall not exceed seven
hundred millions, until the legal ten
| der notes outstanding be reduced to
two hundred millions.
The House BilF, for the appoint
ment Of a Commission to examine
and report upon the spirit metres,
was taken up The question was an
amendment by the Committee on
Finance, providing that the present
Commission of the. Academy of ScI-
epee shall be added to the Commits
sion.
After some debate Howard called
for the order of the day, ami the
Senate took up the resolution for the
admission of Philip L. Thomas, Sen
ator elect from Maryland, upon tax
ing the OATH H 5:E
Howard spoke at some length
against the resolution aHE
Morton made an elaborate speech
H
whom he believed was one of the
original conspirators, and who would
have been In the rebellion had not
Maryland been unexpectedly con-
strained to remain in the Union.
w llliams spoke in favor of the ad-
mission of Thomas. and Morrill, of
Maine, and Stewart against it.
johnson gave notice that he would
press the vote to morrow.
The supplementary reconstruction
bill came from the House, and was
referred.
Adjourned
HOUSEWIVES, from the Commit
tee on Contested Elections, In the
case from the Second District Of Ken
lucky, made a report. which closes
with the following resolutions:
ResolUed, That j ohm Young Brown,
tenance and announcement to per-
sons engaged in armed hostility to the
United States, is not entitled to take
the oath of Office as Representative
In this House, from the Second Con-
gressional District of Kentucky, or to
hold seat.
Resoloed, That Samuel E. Smith,
not having received a majority of
the votes cast for a Representative in
this House. from the Second Con-
gressional District of Kentucky, is not
entitled to q seat.
Resolved, That the Speaker be d.
rected to notify the Governor. of Ken
lucky that q vacancy exists In the
representation in this House from the
Second Congressional District of that
State
Kerr presented minority reports,
and the matter was laid aside for fur
ther action.
Butler offered resolution instruct
ing the Committee on Ways and
Means to devise some measures by
which distilled spirits of American
manufacture may be exported under
he law.
The House proceeded to the re-
gular order of business, it being
motion of Butler to reconsider the
vote ordering the main question on
the bill reported from the Committee
on Reconstruction.
The question was taken by yeas and
nays, and resulted, yeas 50, nays 70, so
the vote was recoDsidered, and Butler
offered his amendment, giving the ap-r
pointment of State officers to the Con
stitutional Convention, and then
moved the previous question.
Eldridge moved to lay the bill and
the pending amendment on the table.
Negatived.
The amendments offered by Bing-
ham, yesterday were agreed to with
out a division.
Butler explained his amendment,
and Stevens and Kelly advocated it.
Buffers amendment was rejected
yeas 53; nays 112.
The following is the vote on But
ler's amendment:
Yeas-Allison, Anderson, Arnell,
Ashley OF Nevada, Ashley, of Ohio,
Banks, Butler, Coke, Cory, Churchill,
Clark of Ohio, Clark, of Kansas, /,
Cobb, Coburn, Donnelly, briggs,
Eckley, Ella, Ferry, Fields, Gravelly,
Harding, Highly, Hunter, Julian.
Judd, Kelley. Kelsey, Kitchen, Law
renee of Ohio, Logan, Loughridge,
Maynard, McClurg, Mercur, Mullins,
NeWcomb, Mann, Perham, Raum.
Schenck. Shanks, Stevens of Pa,
Taylor, Thomas, Trumbull of Tenn,
Vanhorn. of Mo, Vanwick, Ward,
Williams of Ind, Wilson Pa, Win
done-53.
Nays-Areher, Axtell, Bailey, Ba-
ker, Baldwin, Barnes, Barnum, Bear
man, Beck, Benjamin, Benton, Bing-
ham, Bloine, Boutwell,, Blaze, Boyer,
Broomwell, Brooks, Buekland, Burr,
Chandler, Cook. CuIlum, Dawes,
Dixon, Dodge, Eggleston, EIdridge,
Eliot, Farnsworth, Ferris, Fox. Gar