The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-02-17


SENATE......WAs AsHINGToN. February IS.
The bill for the aid of the Green Bay &
Michigan Railroad was passed.
The bill authorizing the transfer OF
lands by the Union Pacific Railroad To
the Denver City Railroad was passed.
A resolution passed for the appointment
of a committed of three on inauguration
sumner, from the Foreign Committee,
reported and recommended the passage of
a resolution TO refund to Maine and Mas
slchusettS the interest on advances made
to the United States for the defense of the
Non fth-eastefn frontier.
The bill to establish an assay office in
Idaho was passed.
Drake presented the credentials of Carl
SchurZ mem ber elect from Missouri.
MOrrIit, from the Com mlttee on Finance,
repOrted with amendments the House bill
forbtddlng National Banks to certify
checks not drawn against balances.
Catteu, from the same committee, re-
ported "a substitute to the House bill, regu-
fatlng the reports of the National Banking
Associations. The substitute provides that
in lieu OF all the reports now required by
section -thirty-fOur OF the currency act,
every association shall make TO the Comp
troller of THO Currency not less than hVe
reports each year, according 10 a .orm pre-
scTibed them, verified by the oath OF the
President or Cashier, and signed by at
least three Directors, and made up TO any
past day specified by the Comptroller.
The reports are TO be punished IN one
newspaper of the locality OF the respective
banks, and q penalty OF S5OO ~ prescribed
for each days delay, after five days, in
making them.
| luton giving q pension TO Mrs. Lincoln.
which was carried. lie then moved to
| fill up the blank with the words five thou
The report of the Commsttee on Pensions
| was read, setting forth That they could see
| no legal ground on which Mrs. Lincoln )
request can be granted 1sss. s --
| Drake opposed the resolution as propos-
| ing dangerous innovation upon the PEN
CONFESS moved to erase the word !" pen
sion'' and insert the word 'allowance."
Hendricks opposed the resolution.
Howard favored a pension, but opposed
Van Wink lie defended the action of the
| favor giving her q suitable sum annually
| in some other form. sts a 80 E. ssasf s
| Van WinEIe kaid he haa been informed
that Mrs. Lincoln had got $4,000 of heI
husbands estates which, with The balanct
killed, gave her So, 900, very comfOrtabie
| provision for a single lady. whose children
| were grown up aud otherwise proVidet
Cenness Withdrew his amendment.
Sumner supported aud Upton opposes
the resolution, which, at the expiration o
the morning hour, gave way to the unfin
ished business OF yesterday-the WashinS :
Morton moved to suspend the order o
| business, to take up the bill to repeal tn
tenure OF office law, IL that bill should b
| passed with the amendin' MT by the Judi
| ciary committee. The President wOul
| probably veto it if it should be passed a
| Ii mas passed the House uncondItionaIIy
| Tenealinr . the law and its passage Shout
| be within ten days of the end of the seS
, sion. The President would probably xii
it by withholding IL, and leave the tenur
, OF office act a legacy to the next admin
iStraIion. The bill was of great politics
Importance, andtn. order to prevent tn
possibility of its Failure, Ii was neceSSar
it should be passed WITHIN day or two.
Ferry opposed the motion. The peOpl
of Washington had for years suffered gres
/ fnennNanianco and the CITY 0fSOTacH frOl
f want of decent market accommodations
and now as the bill to give them such a.
| Communications was before the Senate,
| hoped II would b : acted upon.
EdmundsssaId he had tried several tim
q to get bIlI to rep al the Tenure of-offiC
: Bill before the senate, and he desired
; should he speedily acted on.
< Sherman mad never before, in his ex o.
= / rience in the Senate, seen so large pr
portion of business before Congress as Il
Q behind at this stage OF the session. i
Thought it was SO now chiefly because Il
ordinary rules of tine Senate. had been di
regarded aud private bills been allowed
occupy the time Ia the exclusion of mea
ures of great public Interest. He was
favor of disposing of first the bill repea
!, ing the Tenn e-of-Ofliee Act, which, be IA;
thought, operated lnjurionsiy TO the pu
! the revenue; and, being great inclt eme
to frauds, ne wished to see it uneonduio
O | ally repeal. Il.
. Edmunds reminded him that some da,
ID ago he had voted aga nSt his Edmund
Ie motion to take mp the bill 10 repeal t
Sherman said he had voted against ta
s ing it up In the morning hour, when,
a taken mp, it could not have been consl
j | cred.
q AFTER further discussion as to the ord
e of business, Fessenden, despairing of g
L ting any business done to-day, moved
!. adjourn. Afterwards substitute for 4
RI motion, 10 proceed to executive bnsine
~ was carried, and at 2:4o the Senate we
= into an executive session, and soon aft
took recess.
= EVENING SESSION.
lt A large number of pension bills we
h passed.
The bill granting pensions to survigi
B. soldiers of the war of 1872, VINO served
ii least three months, was rejected--l9 agaiI
a 20.
3 The House bill removing political di'
X, biIitieS from great maby persons, "
considered, and, after discussion, pass
by q unanimous vote.
Is The House bill to allow the MIdIa
r Railroad Company the right of w
IF | through the grounds of Fort Ontario,
u OsWego, was passed.
RS Adjourned.