The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-27

9Iohs' "hich were acted upon by the
House. 1881
Van Hors, Of New York, on leave.
introduced joint resolution author
izing the Secretary of War to place
i at the disposal Of the Lincoln Monu-
ment Association the damaged and
captured, ordnance, out of which to
cast statue, provided no metal shall
+ be thus appropriated until the volun-
( tiry contributions for that purpose,
actually IN the hands of the Treas
/ urer, amounts to 100000.
Butler moved to amend by extend
/ ing the resolution to all associations
Of a similar character, but objection
+ being made he withdrew it, and the
4 joint resolution passed.
i On motion Of Beatty, the Sergeant
alarms was directed to pay TO the
order of the widow Of Cornelius s.
Hamilton, late member from Ohio.
the amount of compensation which
would have been due him on the 9th of
February, 1865,
Stevens of Penn, asked leave to
have taken from the Speakers table
the Senate amendment to the Supple
mentary Reconstruction Bill, that
they might be now eoncurred in aud
aCommittee Of Conference appointed.
Holman objected. 8s4a au
The House went into Committee of
the Whole, Seh0feld In the Chair, on
the bill making partial appropriations
for the iexpeBSess of the Indian De-
partlnent to- the amount of $50. 900,
pending its discussion the Committee
rose. aud a message WdsfteeeIyed from
the Senate, infbfming the House that
tile Senate wilbtake proper order on
the proceedings hi lmpeaehment and
due Retioe shaB be-glye to the House.
On4 motion oEa43aipe, the Senate
substitute for the Supplementary Re
construction d}lAl was o0ncnrred In--
yeas, g96; nays. BE- The bill now goes
to the PEesideatffor bis signature,
4 The House . gain went into Com
mlttee ofthe Whole on Jthe Indian
Partial Appropriation BiilaD The bill
was discussed and laid aside 10 be
epOrtedtogtheuH louise and the eQm-
mltteei toeklBp1sup dry civil expense
blH, appronflatl ng0 $tls992, ,t96, - ia
el4ding the. afell9EiRg5 itemS for eK-
penses in oaHrging TDpti various acts,
and authqagzlpgl#he gsecfetaFE of the
Treasury t9dsspel tFeaF urg8 nqtes to the
amount ofSA500 00Da foF the survey
Of the 4noTthegn1 aa dhrg9 g9TthWestern
lakes $50, lBgbdaRd pbu the. western
ceast.d S30Qp0 80 feroa bghtm houses,
torithe.9reYenu cutter
service, 1920, ,pO0 zThei appropriation
for the WESTERN coast was raised TO
SbQ, ,VO0. f. JnB a8lI as g1ue - U
Churchill meFed aan amendment
providing that the SIX steam cutters
on the no ( aTu and north
western lakes aud Observation-Disclosures be
laid up, and no more dm9neE shalt be
paid on their account except Tor their
safe keepIa ag. uH a3n. asia3 .8.I
Chandler opposed the amendment,
charging that tHe laying up 9t those
vessels would, be- neither more nor
less than throwing the door wide
open to stnuoglingaHa 3aEE8a
Briggs thought one vessel should
be left on the lakes.sr .fa.-.-.a.e.f
Churchill explained that those rev
enue cutters were built during the
war, to guard the lake towns and
cities from the possible invasion of
enemies, and were not at all adapted
to present smuggling. E6 said the
cost of the vessels last year twas y l6l,
900, and they ahad not rendered. the
least service either in preventing
or In. any other way.
Humphrey gave "a different view OF
the subject y He said if these vessels
were withdrawn, the Government
would lose this year, through Snug
Cling, more than their entire cost.
He hoped the House would deliberate
before doing any act SO largely TO the
interest of smugglers. a
Washburne stated that those cut
ters were built under a scare and an
apprehension that the United States
might have a row with Canada, and
that they were never intended for
revenue purposes. lie had read let
ters from gentlemen living near the
lakes, stating that there was no ex-
ira Yagancet more culpable than main
taining these cutters, 4, schooner
could be bought for S2 600, and berGn
for $40 or $50 day, that would do
more service against smuggling than
these steamers. a
Upson. remarked that not one of
them had ever male a seizure.
Pike suggested that steam cutters
we're handy for psculc purposes
Allison said he was assured by
many otheeFs.l IL was q fraud upon tue
Government, at8
Lynch thought ut rather suspicious
hat opposition TO the cutters came
rom representatives Of constituencies
Fho. have. an interest IN smuggling.
Without disposlug Of the subject,
.he Committee rose,
Van Trump presented a petition
rom citizens OF Ross County, Ono
ID favor of a general re41etion Of the