The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-03-16
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xLIst COxGRgss-FiRsT SESSION.



| SENATE AsHINerOS, March 10.
The Republican caucus nominated the
I following: John e. French, Sergeant-at L
! Arm,; John NJ. Morris, OF Counectlcut
! Ex- cuIise Clerk; a. NJ: Z app, OF the SUI
! falo hzpr esS Public Printer.
The \ ALBANIA land grant bill was passed
A resOIu ion was ;tdOOted liking January
Ist 1861, as the date rom which Consuls
/ are 10 IN AXE returns of their fees.
A bin was introduced TO pay Deputy
Collectors ana Assessors the same as Col
lee OrS aud As -eSSO SOrS when dlscnafSlng
their duties. Referred.
The bill to facilitate telegrap tic COM
munication between the Eastern and
Weste rn continents. was referred to the
Committee on Commerce.
The pill granting lands for railroad
from Lake superior To Nermillion Lake,
was referred To the Committee on Public
Lands.
A resolution setting apart a portion oil
the Fort smelling military reservation for
a permanent military post and to settle
all claims relating thereto, was referred 10
the Military Committee.
Kellogg introduced bill to guarantee
certain Louisiana, Arkansas and Miss1s-
sippi levee bonds. Referred to the Com
mILtee on Commerce. Also to incorporate
Southern Express companies. n steri ed t..
the Committee on Commerce. Also grant
ing the right of way for railroad from
rection of Maz6tlan, through the public
lands; also To dispose of public lands in
Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and FLOR
ida.
Fenton introduced a bill relative to te' e
graph lines to foreign countries. Referred
to COmmerce COMMITTEE.
TrumouII, from the judiciary Commit
tee, rep 0rted without amendment joint
res aIution providing that removals from
civil office in tue provisional goVernme entS
of Virginia, provided for in a joint resolu-
tiOn relating TO the governments CT N1r-
ginia and Texas, passed at the third ses-
sion OF the fOrtteIh Congress, shall not De
made until tuIrty days after he passage II
he pre- .ent resolution. Also taVOrably,
with amendments, the bill to reorgauiZe
q iaI The pDdlPnIS
vide that more tnan one Circuit Cou may
be held at the same time in the same Dis
triet by direction OF the presiding Ju Ige,
who shall designate the business to be
done in each; 50 that the Citcutt Courts
may be held by the Justices of the Su-
preme Court and Circuit Court Judge set
ting together. The present Clerk of the
Circuit Court and Distric5 Courts are TO
continue IN Office until other appoint
ments be made or they may be otherwise
removed. Also with amendments to the
House bill to repeal an act regulating the
tenure of civil office.
The amendment makes the bill read, 'Be
1t enacted, &c, that an act paSSe March 2,
1867, entitled an act regulating the tenure
of certain offices be, and tDe same is mere
by suspended until the next session of
Congress" Also with amendments to the
bill to enforce the four teenth article OF the
amendment to the conStitut1 N, as IL pro-
ViueS for the prosecution of persons mold
ing office in violation OF said article by the
U. s Attorneys by writS of qIJO s0dT1Td to,
to take precedence of all OtheC cases on the
docket of the U. s. Courts, and on coavic
tion of such persons, shall be imprisoned
not more than une year, and fined not ex-
ceeding one thousand dollars, and be for
ever disqualified FROM holding any State
federal office.
ConkIing Introduced a bill to encourage
the buiidtT g of sh ps in the United States.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Cragtu introduced concurrent reSOlu-
tion providing that the auditing commit
tee the House and of The SeLate shall
constitute JOINT committee t report the
bill or bills defining the NUMBER OF duties
and cOmpensatiOnS of the employees or
both houses. Agreed to.
Pratt introduced a joint resolution re-
lating to the Inter or Department. Refer
red to the Committee on Appropriations.
Morton offered joint resoiut. o provtd-
ing that ma ajOrtty OF any state L3gfsla-
ture shall be sufficient to ratiIy any
amendment TO the Constitution OF the
United States proposed by Congress- and
that tn resignation or withdrawal or
temporary refusal to act of the mi uor1ty
shall not affect the validity Of such ratt-
fication by majority
Tue joint resolution to provide for
joint committee To reOrganize the Depart
mentS was passed.
Ferr. moved to take up the joint reso
luton amendatory OF resolution respect
ing the PROVISIONAL governments OF Nlr-
ginia md Texas passed at the first session
of the FOrtieth Congress; but EdmundS
objected, and it. went over.
On motion, Grimes's bill to reorganize
the Navy was taken up. SeVera of the
amendments reported by the commit ee
The bin was still under consideration
wh-n the expiration OF the morning hour
brought up, as unfinished business. the
bill To Strengt EN- the public redIt.
-prague addressed the Senate IN oppoSi-
ton TO 1T 1t was well calculated TO iDJure
the industry of the country; and, If the
policy OF contraction were to be pursued, 1t
would result in the ruin OF our commerce,
manufacturing and agricultur al tnt erests.
Cotton, which had once been an American
monopoly and the chief source of our
national wealth, would cease TO be even
renunerattve business. Cong eS ;. instead
of pass ny this OIL, might far better re
consider and undo its previous act OF tying
mp the capital of the country and destroy
inc It's industry.
paws renewed the amendment offered TO
the bill in the last Congress. dec airing that
the equitable measure of the Oblisat ion OF
the United states upon their outstanding
bonds is the value in coin of the paper cur
rencv paid for the bonds. He spoke in
advocacy of this amendment, and in oppo-
sitiOn to the pending bill, waich, he said,
was not legitimate legislation, but IN at
tempt by Congress to construe previous
legislation.
A message was receive0 from the House
that they had passed the bill To strengthen
the public credit, and on motion OF Sher-
man the bill, as passed by the House, was
substituted for one before the Senate.
Vickers otfer-d an amendment, which
Bayard opposed The bill on the same
grounds as stated in a previous debate.
Carpenter opposed IL because he was an
willing to admit that there were, or ever
had been, any doubts of the honesty of the
people, ans because he believed that by
fair construction Of the law, and fair con-
sideration OF circumstances under which
the bonds were issued, the faith OF the
Government was as fully pledged SIS 1t
could be. The passage OF the bill now
might produce some future Congress to re-
peal 1T, and that it would ipjure the credit
of the nation far more than the passage
could benefit it. Besides if the coantry
should have resumed specie payments by
the time the bonds should become due,
that would settle the difficulty without
legislation.
The bill passed in the form it had been
passed by the House. Yeas AZ, nays ID.
At3:35, on motion of sumner, the Senate
went into executive session, and soon after
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