The Evansville journal., 1869-02-05

/ both HOUSES, GAaGl the senate cOuAQ no.
| take il up and act on it. l..
Scherl ck said ne was very serious about it
| The proposition for an evening session,
/ for gelleral debate, was agreed te.
| Moorhead waated to have the Tariff
taken aP, this evening, but an oDlecton
/ was made.
/ mittee of the Who g to the Indian Appro-
| priation bill were taken up and acted on
| Garfieid moved to recommit the bill,
| with instructions to report back an addl-
| tlonal section transferring the Indian Bu-
| reau to the War Department..
| On u point of order, by Windham, the
motion was ruled out of order.
| Halter also desired the House to under
Itn'1 Iion wSid i1i f not bay tie indian expead1-
| ture byssome S}00, 600. If the system were
| carried for ward, WIN ch the Peace Comnts 2
sion hall begun, and which was now in
process of execution, that plan would cost
from six TO seven millions a year.
GarfeId took occasion to denounce the
midland Bureau as one more thoroughly
corrupt than any other branch OF the Ad-
mInistEatIon he had ever. heard OF. Ine
very nature of That services was one whicn a
allowed all the baser and more corrupt
passions to eflIoresce and deyelope them
selves s He declared that Ee never would
voteafe4s-an appropriation OF money that
was tOs flow thr0ughthe unclean ca1nnelS
| ofthe Indian Burea4Ia
Wfndham replied to-the remarks0f Gar
| ieId and asked him why, II tile slLdlan
| Bui4.an service was so cerrups1ng as the
| gentienaniffom Ohio described 10, he was
i
the. mi Iitary officers. If the ChalIlman OF
| ihes Military Commute, Garneid. would
Iook alter the steafingS OF the military
| men in lie. comm tation OF fuei. quarters,
| 4 G.. he would find that more moiiey was
| stoien seYery year, aeihtly sipien, IMAM
vice, lie was not here to defend the IN
| DIAN servfce TIE had underworld ON vstFf-
Gus ocGasions 70. PreyelIt This corruption, 70,
would have prevented IT, but the gentle
man from Oniu nast met II with hls lfans-
fer To be War Department as a sure cnie
Clnrlsk, of Kansas, ! member of the Com
mittee Dn Indian Affairs, said he agreed In
the m:Jin win the position OF the gentle
agreed Itfa the Vhaifr of the 'dndian
Commntee- lie argued that the present
han the abuse of the treaty
air ss,,s., lxar iuterfared and said il was
eieaTfy otiI 81 order TO ffiect oIt tHeofllctai
conduct OF 4 so. equal branch OF tile Gov
: tibar,se said he would take that back. He
went d5l 10 :Lr.ue against the corrupt sys-
tenn OF Indian treaties, and against the
pfsali,sask deleeste from Idah }, having
obtai nisd Tie fioor from Butter pfoceeu.d
to discuss the Indian question: IN the
course of his remarks he used these words !;
| 4 rlAee ntleman having charge .ot tue
| bill saw tit to silence the delegates here, by
/ raisius, points of order and making a>ser-
! tfons which he knew, at the time he mace
/
| Bepi4 amin ask ed that the offensive words
Rutier remarked that he had not heard
wna1 Mas sefa beaan to- repeat them, when
| the Speaker again interrupted him, and
said i'll would be improper ior nun 10 re-
neat thn Obtect.onable words, they having
been written by the Reporter ana read py
the Clerk. The Speaker, In severe tone,
said: The Chair rules those words 20 De OUT
| indeeorous. WEen a gentleman declares
| that msnber has stated on the moor whaI
| he knew TO be upQuaiihedly ftlse, ne used
/ the most insulting language That can be
uttered on the floor OF q parliamentary
| body &E ssEs 3 sLs,
| remark. when Benjamin tnterrupting,
| said he obi cted 10 the delegate proeeed-
/ ing until lie ret racted what he said.
! Holbrook-I do not propose To retraet
/ one word of what have said.
| Speak er - The gentleman from Idaho
| refuses to retract his words
| Hoibrook-Does the Chair rule2
| Speaker-Tne Chair has ruled that the
| remarks of the gentleman Were not on y
| could be made of parliamentary oody.
/ IIoIbrook--I desire to ask a question;
/ Speaker The chair can holu no DEBATE
/ with the gentleman: .,-..,-- -.
| '{fhandl ler appealed from the decision OF
the Chair, as being contrary 70 = aeeislou Z Z
| which he had made before IN reference to
| thelangudge used by. Logan.
| Speak er-rhe Chair can hold no con-
| LroverSy with the gentleman from New
| YOrk or any O her gentleman, In relation
| tn -anv other decision Every decision
stands by itself. on the words used, subject
/ tO-appeal at The time.
ChandIer~I Withdraw the appeal.
/ Scnenck offered the following resolution
| Reso5Ved. That E. ID Holbrook, Delegate
| from the Territory of Idaho, having ute
| ed the following language quoting it) dis
| tinctly and in the presence ot the House
| and refuses to retract The same. be i'm
medfately brought TO the Bar OF tue House
by the Sergean t-s,t-Arns and severely Gen.
! SIRED lyv the AEpeal lzef. 81
AdoDied without q Siivision, and the
/ SrtsaIktsr having directed the Sergeant-at-
Arms TO bring HoibrOox to the Bar OF the
House, administered the cehsafe OF bhe
Hoibrook then retired, and the discus
sion was continued ~ some lengtn, eng n
| the table, which was rejected, there Deins
only 25 Affirmative VOTES. The bill ther
schenck offered the following privilege
Resotred That James +. Wilson, of Iowa
and John ". Pruyn. of New York, be ap
, | pointed tellerS. ON the part of the Hous'
| | of REPRESENTATIVES, to count Inc elecbora
| votes tor President ana Vice IfeslGent o
i. | the u nited States.
''' The speaker slated that. for obviou
reasons. the CHAIR would decide Tor th
| House 10 take the responsibility OF max
inc those appointments instead OF him
self TIE resolution was agreed To.
Logan introduced "A bill providing Tor tn
naynlent OF tue National debt aud the re
ductIOn of the rate of Interest thereon
Referred to the COMMITTEES on Ways ant
Means
Tne House proceeded TO the business O
reAVaewing the dill repOIte yesterday, iron
> the q olu fnlttee on fsOadS and IaIalS,
{ authorize the building of a Military an
t | Postal Railroad from Washington TO NeN
YORK. ttfzf-
I Cook spoke in it's favor and Kerr agains
. it when at the expiration of the mofn1n
I | hour the, Till went over till Tuesday nexI
: The House proceeded to tue business o.
the Speakers table, and disposed thereo
: / as fOflOSS:
sSen.ate amendment to the House bill TO
/ the petition of John a. OSJIrf, OF duef
/ messy county, Ohio.
Senate joint resolution directing the Sec
!. | ret9fy OF the Interior TO anDul the st ttion
| cry contract with Denesey q o. fooie wa
. the direction &C give tue contractto Mothe
. the Senate joint resolution authorIzin
o the, transfer OF certain appropriations, paE
;, of whicn was made for public printing
. | Iin,fing and engraving, was passed.
. The Senate JOINT resolution extending {
= tbe recon trustec states the benefits ef tn
l | korictilturaf College Bill, was referred t
: the Committee on Public LandS. -,
I 6EFhP Senate bill to amend Jhe ssct OF TN
3 | lsIb Of February, 1852, to prohibit tn
| Csoolie trade in Indian ships, was passed.
4 / RafAss till Z 80 O'Clock. Evening sesslo
| for debate only.
Eta made a. speech in defense OF pape
s ! money, Increased tariff on luNurless SroN
ernment economy, &c. ,..., A,
: Darling spoke for the PfoAlDAJlOn OF III
= further sale of public lands Dy pflVat
Z entry, or by grants to private corporation
WilliarnS of Indiana, maintained IN
speech, that the honor and faith of Tia
+ nation must be maintained in the pay
ment of the public debt, and argued !
! favor of an early partial resumption