Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1869-01-28
CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, January "a.
SENATE. z - = ~iid z

the Senators) presented a memorial pray
ing for the appointment of an able Phre-
noIogist to examine all . ididates for inter-
al,revenue appointments, to see whether
benevolence, cOnscientiousness, casualty
and comparison be their most prominent
protuberances, to the end that the Govern
ment may not longer suffer from the frauds
now so common in that Department, Re
ferred to the committee on Retrenchment
and. Reform. 81
! Mr.. HENDERSON introduced bill to
enable the Cherokee, Choctaw and Chick
asaw Indians to become citizens of the
United States. Referred to committee on
Judiciary. i5s
Mr.SHERMAN moved to take up theIbill
! in relation to the public debt aud currency,
reported by him from the committee on
Mr.. DAVIS moved to recommit the bill
/ and7instruct the COMMITTEES to report in its
I stead another BILL ~sa,s ?. '{'--
+ Mr.. SHERMAN then addressed the Sem
ate upon the bill reported by the commit
tee on Finance.
Mr.. MoCREERY followed in a long
speech, In which he discussed humorously
the speech of Senator Morton on the
finances, the Presidents recommendations
on that subject, and the reports of the Sec
+ retary of the Treasury and the Treasurer
of the United States.
On motion of Mr.. MORTON, the bill
was then postponed, and that relating to
the Central Branch of the Union Pacific
railroad taken up. The bill was read a
third time and rejected. ,sr
Adjourned. E
HOUSE.
Mr.. BUTLER asked leave to offer reso-
luton calling on the Secretary for inform
alton as to the effects of the repeal of the
reciprocity treaty on the trade OF the United
/ American provinces. -a- t... -.s5
/ Mr.. MCCARTHY objected. -'
The House resumed consideration OF Mr..
Lynch's bill to provide for resumption
OF of.specie payments. a.' ig ps
Mr.. SCOFIELD addressed the House.
On motion of Mr.. SCHENCK, It was
agreed TO hold an evening session In COM
mittee of the Whole for general debate
Mr.. WASHBURNE urged the House to
come to some understanding relative to
the public business, saying the indications
yesterday were not disposed to touch the
appropriation bills at all.
81 The SPEAKER recapitulated the busi-
ness that was pressing the attention OF the
House.
After some discussion motion to recon-
slider the vote referring the resumption of
specie payment bill to the committee on
Banking was tabled, and the bill remains
committed. -.i,..,D5
tH6 OOnstlCutlonal AWeuututnt anu Diil
relating to suffrage wera postponed until
after the morning hour, with substitutes
offered therefor, by Bingham, Shellabarger
and Pond. Net
Mr.. Bingham's substitute Is as follows:
No State shall make or enforce any law
which shall abridge or deny to any citizen
OF the United States, of sound mind ard
over 81 years of age, the equal exercise of
the elective franchise at all elections in the
State wherein he shall have actually re-
sided for q period of one year next preced-
ing such election, except such of said citi-
zens as shall hereafter engage in rebellion
or insurrection, or who may have been or
shall be duly convicted of treason or other
crime of the grade of felony in common
law. ''- .'f
The substitute of Mr.. Shellabarger Is in
nearly similar terms as that of Mr.. Bing-
ham, except that Mr.. Shellabarger per-
mits the disfranchisement of those who
have engaged in rebellion, while Mr.. Bing-
ham only permits the disfranchisement of
hose who may hereafter engage in rebel
lion. s--s
The substitute of Mr.. Ward, like that
of Mr.. Shellabarger,G applies to those who
have been engaged in rebellion, and re-
stricts the States from fixing the time of
residence required of voters at longer than
one year. izill So s71.o / ~ i1sa9 "a
The House then took up, as the business
VI kuO nOuE, tuO ULAlOPohtCNy 20
terday, relating to the operations of the
pension law. The second section of the
bill, which directs the withdrawal Of PEN
si0ns from female pensioners who are liv-
Ing life of prostitution or -concubinage,
received much opposition, r~ss err
Mr.aINGERSOLL moved to strike 1t
Mr.. SGHENCK characterized it as a
most monstrous and disgraceful proposition
he had ever seen in anySbill, inasmuch as
it proposed to make the Court of Pensions
the judge of the morals and virtue of wild
ows of soldiers of the Republic, and re-
quired them to prove negative. =
Mr.. r.INGERSOLL took like view of the
section, which he declared would be a dis
grace to the statute book and an outrage
to the widows of soldiers.
After further discussion,
Mr.. ARNELL moved to lay the bill and
amendments on the table. Rejected.
Mr.. PERHAM moved the previous ques-
tion, which the House refused to second,
and the morning hour having expired, the
bill went over till the next morning hour.
The House then took up the Constitu-
tional amendment and the bill in relation
to suffrage, reported by Mr.. Boutwell,, from
the committee on Judiciary, and was ad-
dressed by Mr.. Eldridge in opposition to
them. So
The House then went into Committee of
the Whole, Mr.. Schenck in the chair, and
resumed the consideration of the Legisla-
tive Appropriation bill.
At O'clock the HOuse took q recess un-