The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-03-02

would have attention, and that but
few amendments would be offered !;
the Committee, with an eye to econo-
my, had exercised some liberality to-
wards the administration that was to
carry on the Government, and he
thought it had not reported too little
in the pending bill.
Brooks called attention to the great
expense of printing the money, which
it had cost since the beginning of the
system, being S11,000,000, and for
which this bill appropriated 81 ,300,-
900, and it was time there was re-
formation Ia that establishment, and
that the printing of public money was
removed from the Treasury.
Price moved an amendment appro-
priating $50, 900 for continuing the
work Of the Rock Island Rapids.
After discussion, the ameL dment
was rejected.
A paragraph In the bill appropri-
ating $500, 600 for the construction Of
four steam revenue cutters for Alaska,
for Columbia River, Oregon, for Mo-
bile, for Charleston, and for the trans
fer of the revenue cutter s. 2. Chase
froIn the great lakes to Boston, elici-
ted lengthy discussion, its opponents
contendIng that instead of building
new vessels, some of the vessels now
in the navy should be transferred to
the Treasury Department For thai
purpose an item was retained in the
bill T. -a
On motion of O'NeH, supported by
Myers aDd Randall, the appropriation
OF $1,000 for the preliminary survey
of the site of League Island Navy
Yard was increased, after discussion,
to S.. 900. fsri ~ es z#
On motion of Spalding, represent.
ing the Committee on appropriations,
the items for the Freedmen's Bureau,
amounting to $2l4, 600, were struck
out of the BILL
Kelsey moved the appropriation Of
FIVE thousand dollars TO pay Miss
Winnie Ream the amount due on her
contract TO furnish a statue of the
late President Lincoln. Ia.
After brief discussion the amend
ment was agreed to. s.5 5s.s..
Dodge moved an appropriation OF
$229, ,848 to reimburse the State of
Iowa for expenses incurred and pay
ments made during the rebellion, as
examined, audited, and found duly
correct by the commission of Gen.
eral Buchanan Rejected.
The motion was again made by
Wilson of Iowa. ...r
After considerable discussion In
support of the amendment by Dodge,
Allison, Price, and Wilson. Butler
of Massachusetts, moved to amend
the amendment by a proviso appro
priatiug the amount necessary to pay
the war claims of all States reported
favorably on by the commissioners
appointed by Congress.
Wilson accepted the proviso~
Clarke of Kansas moved to amend
the amendment by appropriatiBg
$2I .595 for the Kansas war claims.
Hending the discussion the House
took a recess.
EVENING SESSION.
A large number of private pension
bills were passed.
Perham reported bill relating tc
the operations of the pension laws
After some discussion and amend
ment, the bill was passed. Lit pro
vides that no claim of widow iol
pension, pay, or bounty, shall b'
allowed, where she has voluntaril,
| been separate and apart from he
husband without receiving any sup
port from him; that all pension
granted in consequence of the deatl
| from wounds or sickness Contracts
in the service shall commence fron
the date of the death or discharg'
of the soldier, with provision tha
nothing in the several acts relatin
to pensions shall deprive any persol
who was in the service of the Unite,
States between the Sd of March, 1861
and the 9th of June, 1866, of hi
pension during that period.
| Newham withdrew his joint reso
luton for giving to the members fror
/ Louisiana, in the present Congress
the right to nominate persons to I'll
existing vacancies from that State a
midshipmen in the u. 5. NaVa
Academy. Passed.
Schenck said the bill to strength
en- the public credit having com
back from the Senate with two G
three amendments, he proposed,
way of abridging the consideration (
the matter, to ask the House to nOI
concur in them, aud ask for th
Committee On Conference to cousId'
the matter; he had no doubt sue
Committee would come to an agree
ment.
Butler, of Massachusetts, objecte
Schenck moved to suspend th
rules for that purpose.
Spaulding, who had the floor 1
: 4 Al
; declined to yield for that motion.
Schenck-Very veil: L want
understood by the country that 1t
on the objection of the gentlem;
from Massachusetts thai we cam
get at the bill.
ri Butler-And [ want it understot
by the country that the gentlemi
from Ohio can't get at that swindlil
5 brokers' bill on the objection of d
, gentleman from Massachuset
: Laughter
The House then went into Cor
mittee of the Whole, with Dawes
the Chair, on the miscellaneous a
! preparation bill, the pending amen
ments being to pay the war claims
!. iowa, Kansas, &c. That In rega
to Kansas was rejected; that IN rega
to Iowa, with Buffers proviso add
to it, was adopted.
I Brooks moved an appropriation
$200, 600 for laying the foundation a
commencing the building of a PC
Office In New York City. After d
cussion. the amendment was adopt
-78 to AZ.
;. The appropriation for the CustC
!, House in Bangor, Me was increas
T from $15.O 10 $25, 900; $4,000 "
appropriated for the United Sta
buildings in Knoxville, Tenn. $500
: was appropriated for the Branch NJ
at San Francisco.
r BOSTON, March 1.-The brig Cl,
: jenkins has arrived from Messil