The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-01-20

0EUTGS@ anu SO LiHISudIlGu dS 10 lCdO
to the conclusion that they are false, |
delusive and damaging to the coun
| try, and damaging especially to that |
Congress which had carried the.coun-
try through the great struggle through |
which it had just gone. lie did not
mean to say the figures were in themr
selves false, but that they were SO
/ detached from their correlatlves
as to lead to conclusions utterly
| at variance vita facts familiar
to all the gentlemen who had fur
nished the figures aud made the ealrd
culations; be had done his duty fairly,
but said the Commissioner who had
] selected his material and marshaleda
i them. had done so, not with a view
/ Of leading Congress and the country
Ito establish an opinion, but to advo-ni
cate favorite theory of his own,
which is at variance with the true
interests of the country. 4
Fairfield, in reply, said it seemed
| to him the gentleman gave away his
case when he started out with admit
ting the general correctness of the
figures. What was the fault that the
gentleman found with the Commlslon-
er's report? The matter, Was con-
tanned in single paragraph on. page
fifteen. The COST of living =.
food, clothing, andaol shelter OF
families-in this country was 20. per
cent. higher than it was the year be-
fore the war, while theWages for labor
had increased onlyoforty per cent.
and of skilled labor sixty per cent.
Was Congress 10 refuse to- print that
Il fact because it might mot square with
its theories? 4.ittfAa'Asil lf = u
/ Jencke5 favored the resoluti6nsand
availed himself of the opportunity of
showing the necessity Of the passage
Of the Civil Service Bit. - ,s.'s'
Butler, Eof Massachusetts, said that,
while there were some of the conclu-
; sions in the Commissioners report to
: which he did not ayree still the fair-
ness. correctness and reliability ofithe
| / statistics was such as to command at-
} te1tion9 AS to the CiSii. Service Bills
: The could not believe it the panacea
tor all the evils which it aimed TO
correct. .Bus.M .untalfs4s9 n b q .svrsf
Moreheadr said he certainly would
: not oppose the printing of the usual
number, INT he8would oppose sthe
printing of any. extra3onee u4osl gst..rs
c Ella said theresolutioA was to print
the usual number 0of leopies. There
e. was q great demand for the report.
; Lit certainly contained most Vaiu-
d able information, IF the tables wvye
Q not arranged to suit the lmembers
5they might arrange for themselves
: The vote was taken and the resolui
/ ton adopted. '"e.
:. The House resumed the considers.
/ tion of the. bill reported by Ashley o.
Ohio. from the CoBmittee on Terri
Q tories, to preserve the purity OF eiec
: tieus in fhe several organized Terri
tories. saes5 s.....s ...,..s-1.s....-.,
It C4xanaugh. gurleigh, aud Bushf9r'
ie argued In opposition to the bill, as be
le ing UNNECESSARY and uncalled for.
y Ashley, Of Ohio, advocated and dc
'd Tended it. U.s. Han aral.l -ai Is. lafa
Y Phelps olfered,an amendment, pro
"a vidng for the representation OF min
4 critics, and argued in defense OF th
a PROPOSITIONS. The amendment wa
OF rejected, 4S to 116 The bill passed
n 81 10 Sc 1t Itprovides for the appoint
as ment OF four canvassers in each eour
ty. two from each political party, ar
to makes detailed provisions for the cor
FL duet of elections. fis@ ~ Ftla
"a The House then proceeded TO til
M business on the Speakers table, an
disposed shereof as follows:
er- The Senate concurrent resolution
revising tue joint committee to n
rt7 wise and fix the pay Of officers of bot
lol Houses. Passed.
lty The Senate subs itute for the tloui
ld' bill amendatory Of an act relahI
=. to hobeas corpus. regulating judlcl
lit- proceedings IN certain cases. III
be substitute provides for the transit
rt- from State TO Federal Courts of sui
Dy brought against express, ,.i rallro;
and steamship companies, and I
wv loss of property in transit, caused,
OF the late war. After discussion /. Il
IN substitute was agreed to.fx8ll .sli.
one The Senate amendments to t
House bin amendatory of the act
nd the 17th Of February, 1861, to pl
ates scribe the mode of obtaining o.
9nt. dence In contested election cases, "
non coneurrcd In. 4h
ent, The Committee on Conference as
led, ed that the Senate bill granting Ian
and the right of way to the Paci
efnt, Railroad and Telegraph Company
the taken.Ap. 80 -
It to Price, from the Pacific Railrc
snip COMMITTEE, offered ansamendment
oo9, the bill in the shape of new sec IA
70. that no subsidy be issued for grea
the length o. road than 81 miles from
INTO previously completed terminus Of
Ihe road, aud nothing in it shall be C
tors strued to authorize the Eastern ID
ex- sion of the company to operate or
Xon, the rates of tariff for the Pacific Ii
sesTy, road and Telegraph Company.
IKE, Maynard impaired whether
could be reconsidered after the re
ens- luton passed yesterday.
1os4s The Speaker said that it was qJ
IN ! OF ton for the House. and not for
une Speaker.
l; resu7 Price remarked that the Ho
~ ~, might as we'll, on this bill as on
on other, fight the battle as TO subsl
uaesn aon in bonds and money. He presul
~ Ithere wereno ebieetiens to letting
matter be fully discussed.
ile Walker offered an amendment
.nJ, - u favor of making the point OF juno
20 1 of at the Cheyenne Wells.
NJ Vi Lawrence, Of Ohio, offered
= amendment providing that the ];
u 81 granted should be sold only to &C
te adj setuSls' AZ aotio qaaGoie'eS III a. - ,,ot
than 81 30 an acre.
Julian offered an amendment t.
n. 49, same effect.
# the Logan offered an amendment
7 him viding that the lands granted sna
f the subject to entry at the Govern
luton Land Ofnce at y % per acre
o the money 70 be deposited 10 the L
erying ury of the United States as sin
ssippi. fund Tor the redemption or purehs
ideuts the bonds OF the company; also
had Instead of the issue of bonds o
! Z. - - 4 -. -