The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-06
,C6GaaEssIOAAL PROCEEDINGS
SENATE { ..l-5a q. " AsHrNaros. June

Petitions from the West, In favor Of the
e gl n-hourl law, and from the cigar m kers
or 1 iip1aAn a. foEsIhe moffhcation OF tax on
N1fiiauas introduced a bill. concerning
land ella inns. Aq. Arkansas- ReferFed. 9s
Sherman c lied up the bill re.ating to
Unff ed STATE notes and the substitute of
coin. .pf ov-dfngs that any contract here
alter made speetdcalIy, payable in coin,
10 .ceds according 70 its terms, notwIth.
sLandaLg anything Ia tbs bill relating to
The a ixar1sas-5i II came. from the House
and the senate insisted on the amendment,
and ordered the Gommtttee of Conference.
J Trumbuu called up the House bill to
ADMIT North Carolina South Carolina,
Louls1ana, Georgia, and Alabama. He
explained shat in the substitute the Com
That By mistake Florida was inserteat con-
iTary TO the opinion Of ma
foraty OF tue Committee, though he
He stated the number Of votes cast
efOr and against the Constitution as in the
states enumerated, and in the matter Of
Florida he read a communication from
the General Of the Army, enclosing a teIe-
gram from General Meade, dated Atlanta,
June 3d, lseS. General Meade'S telegram
states that the majority in favor of the
ConstttatIonsin Florida was fiye. thousa-ud
and fifty.
prumouir proceeded to explain the. SUBJ,
ready been published. 4+ =
Wilson moved to amend by inserting
.7aDrake argued tnat the had better lay
athis DILL aside untiI Thea Gonferen ee Com
m ttee reported uTop their fundamental
sharman urged the admission of Ala.
bAma. which Is in better condition than
any other 70 mainbalns and nine-tenths Of
whose loyal pe0p.e were in favor OF the
Constftui ION. A14 a4- sH+
Stewart also iayored the admission oR
Alabama.
FreiinenuySerl would vote for sepa.
rate bill TO admit Alabama. but thought it
unwise 70 saddle this bill with additional
Howard supported it with Alabama left
out and Florida IN, the theory ofthe recon-
strucGinn acts having peen that when a
majority of the regestered voters desired
tue admission Of "a > ate, 4 should be ad-
mitted.
honest way would be to recognize. the de-
feat OF tae Constitution and hold another
election.
~Conkling suggested that it would not be
ID the interest OF reeonstruetiou to include
Alabama They might ia the future. II
was an IN : ise act TO change'tne provision
that excluded her.
Hendricks opposed the establishment of
Constitution for Alabama. fte- Il had
been rejected by the people. Under the
laws passed by Congress, to ad NIT Ala
oama after that vote was little snort Of
Morton had no hesitation Ia voting for
IN mmad1aIe adm lsstOu for Alabama As
some Senators had intimated obi j7ctions.
he must vote against this amendment, and
support &sDlA 10f separate aUf1lS@AOA4
Wilson would admit all the states with
out reference to how their votes would be
cast at the next election. He had never
had any donbt as to the. Tesalt. and would
vote tor his amendment If he vot I'd alone.
Yates had all along believed tnat none
of the rebel states should De re-admitted.
until IL was shown that a majority of their
people were 10y al, though, as a choice OF
evils, he might vote for this DillsH .aa@5 s
Doolitttie made an elaborate argument
on the general subject of 4@c0nstructfon
and negro equality. His oppos ton was
based on t e belief that Congress had vio-
lated the Constitution IN assuming tue
right to dictate VINO shall vote az the
south, and change state Constitutions at
pleasure. He insisted SC, ongly on the ns-
xroes' unfitness for self-govern ment. 4
Conkling defended the provision reQuir-
ing a mai 1rityiof the registered voters for
the adoption sf Constitution. .s 81. 81
After long deb lte, and without action
on the bill, the Senate went INTO an execu-
tive session, and soon after adtonrned.
HOUSE WAsHIHGroS, June S.
Lawrence. of Ohio, pre- scented resolutions
of tt e Ohio Legislature for a survey OF the
Mimi and Erie Canal, for the purpose of
enlarging II TO the capacity of "a ship canal
Blaine from the Conferences Committee
on the Array Appropria ion Bill, made
report. which was agreed to- 81.
&The House proceeded to the bu iness of
the morning nour, being the consideration
of reports OF private character from
A Joint resolution to advance Captain
Thomas ". Stevens twenty-one numbers
on the list of Captains in the Navy for ser
one for the restoration of Capt. James II.
Armstrong from the retired list to the act
Jones introduced bill to erect United
states G urt Rooms, Post-off1ce, DC, in
Covington, KY. Referred. = -ae ! 3Ha.
Pernam from the Committee on Inyalid
Pens ons reported a bill relating to pen-
sions- The first section cOpstPues the ex
isting pensi on laws SO as TO give precedence
neither widow nor child IN the following
order: -5I s4-a
l. Methers.
g.8. Orphan brothers and sisters, who
shall be pensioned jointly If there5be more
The other sections apply to ma ters OF
detail After discussion, explanatory of
the bill, it was passed. - z-.,.L..
front proprietors on the Menomee River,
in NichigaE and WISCONSIN,, as riparian
owners, 10 have 1t surveyed and TO enter
tne COMMITTEES on Public .Ltnds. s'sa
= The House went into Committee of the
whole On the Tex Bill.
Fne sixth section, which gives the APP
poiutment of all the revenue ofnceys 10
the Gon1missioner, being untter eonsldera-
tion. q large number OF amendments were
offer I'd, but, after considerable dEscussIon,
were all rejected or withurawn, aud the
question was taken on G4rftetdiS motion
to strike out the section which carried by
81 IS. The Comm1 tee then proceeded'to
The consideration of the seventh, section,
which provides a supervisor Of Internal
Revenue for each Judicial District and
regulates mhisae4uttes, dc. iassa provision
tpat be SHAH have power to transfer ofh-
GERS from one dIstil iery Or place to another,
was, on motion of Schenck. struck out
Toe eighth section was CONSIDERED u
regul5 tes the duties of Internal Revenue
store keepers. several amendments OF
detail were OF red by sch enek and
agreed TO.
Logan moved to strike out the whoe
section, because IL provided for bonded
Wa ehouses, and said II the whisky tax
vas reduced and to be collected at The
stil-wOrfn-the only way in which the tax