The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-09
CONGR E.s=IN1NAL.
xLIst CONGREss-F.BsF SESSION.

SEN 'FH,---............ " AsfEINGToN, April s.
Morton made an Intellectual effort. Mr.
! Davis objec log 20 oder Il JOINT resolution
| mat, before Virginia, N issIss snp1, Texas,
and Georgia shall be adm .sJeo To repre-
| sentatiOG, their Legislatures hereafter law
| lultJ organ zed shall ratify the Fifteenth
| Amendment
| Con ling, from the Committee on Com
| merce. repo ted bill for the encourage
ment of yachting, sc, with an amendm IN t
| In the nature OF a substitute.
| Ramsey, from the Committee on Post
/ Roads, reported. with amendm nts, biz
| IN relation to bridges across tue ONO
! River. An amendment provides that il
| the Board OF Engt GERS shall report that
/ any OF the LrlGgeS now constructed are
material obstacles TO navigation they
! snail be reconstructed d in COMO nifty 10
| their report. also, with amendments,
House bill to establish certaiu post roads.
Ramsey, from tle Committee on Pacific
Railroads, reported. without amendmen {,
House JOINT resolution granting right or
way for the construction OF railroad
from Portland, Oregon, TO a point west Of
the Cascade Noun ans.
Chandler, from the Committee on Com
nercet reported, vi hOut amendment, the
Il use River and HarbOr ApprOp iatiOn
bill.
Wilson introduced q Joint resolu ion al
thorIzing the E1esluenJ 10 appoint a COM
mission to make q survey across The 18TH
mus o DArien Tor q snip canaE Referred
TO the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Trumbull, from the Com mittee OF Judi
cIary, to which the Presidents message of
yesterday had Oeen referred. made a re-
should be postponed until the first Mon
day in Decem Der. He made this report, he
SAID, by direction ofthe committee.
S erman offered Il concurrent resolution
10 rescind the resolution to adjourn on
Saturday next. He thought 1t better TO
leave the State OF Al iSSiSStpDf under mill
tary government, under ne vigorous, and
prompt, and XII dly administration OF
President Grant, until the neXs session,
when Congress could fully Consider the
question OF the e-admIssiOn; besides, the
President had full power, under the exist
ina laws, to submit the Constitution OF
Nirg MIA 10 the people, and there was no
need for further legislation upon that suJ-
Iect. The same was true of Allssiss ppI.
Howard took the same view.
Sumner said In The work OF recoustruc-
ton, nothing was done, while Anything
was left undone and there was certainly
much TO be done before the country could
confidently accept the reconciliation and
peace when were to be the crown OF the
work OF reconstruction.
demanding the Immediate attention Oh
Con -Iess, chief among which were the
Pdclnc Railroad ana revision CT natu-
raiZdtfon laws. To show the necessity of
acting on the latter, he read q letter nom
one OF our friends IA New York. exp sess- !
ing fear Luab Congress would adjourn with
out dong anything to punish the euOr-
nous election frauds pefpetTat3d in New
vent the other greater frauds WHicn That
party mas contemplation, stating there
combination between Tammany
Hail and the Erie ka1irsad company, for
fraudulent purpOs eS, ana expressing g the /
writer's belieG that unless Such frauds were
punished by Congress end prevented IN (
the future, he Republican party could !
never win an election in that state.
Stewart said: There IS 10 necessity for |
prOIOnging the session beyond next Satur- /
day. The reasons urged now by so ue
against adjournment, were not new, but /
were just as Well known at tie time oi the
passage OF the resolution 10 adjourn on /
saturday as now.
thought the force OF tue arSumeED against !
diouruiug OI tine Senator from Massa- (
chusetJs was somewhat lesseued by the /
fact that me Senator always 0p ssOs ca such |
resolutions during the admIni -tratiOn OF |
President Johnson. > inner mad had a
p ausaDle and good reason for such Oppo- |
Sit on, ana 40 al ht be safely Ii that, |
while these TWO eminent p1rs MS Johnson |
and Sum1er) were ct cUnfederai e. ia any !
thing else, tuey nad b e. during the whOIe /
term Of the tJtmCr, cousplIlters 20 Keep |
Congress Ia continuous session. Laugh |
ter
Al the xpilatIon of the morning hour |
the unfinished Ou iness, the hIti 10 IN nd |
the act i'm posing 81 TAX ON distilled spirits !
and tobacco and for q, her purp~ ses, was
sumner moved to postpone it for the
purpose O1 clsposiog oI tie pandlhg resO- /
lUtLO
Trumbuu tbought il better not to pass
upon tHdJ les1lu ION until the time fixed /
Ior 4ulOurnmeut should De near lie was |
OPposeu 10 lc-clud4h5 tue feSo-uiIou 10 |
d, JOuTu on Saturday, Dub was IN iaVOr Of /
proVidlng JOr tue submission OF the Con /
sJIJuIOns Ol Virgin and allssIssI ppI 10 /
the people Of those States, Wnicn he I
thought cou q be done between now and /
saturday, by The passa e OF a joint resolu- /
ii II.
Rice took The same view.
Ehe motion TO postpone the unfinished |
buslA ess was lost by 20 to 50.
1he senate then proceed to consider /
the bill. Ihe separate amendments re- |
ported from the COMMITTEES on on + nance, /
We're agreed o. Among them was pro |
vision eX end ns the time for the with /
dIaNgal OI dl tiIed JiriU, Il Om the DOdUed /
house, until June 50Gb, 1853, bus EubjectUg /
1t 10 an additional tsX o. one per cent. per /
gallon per month, after tn -0th OF April, /
until Withdrawal, aud forfeltIEg all dis |
JiIed spirIIs remaining in bond June 3JJn, /
1863; al a provision amenQIng section !
nft y nine OF the original act. 50 that retail /
dealers shall pay license OF twenty y-hYe |
dollars; that Who!eS iie dealers, selling not /
less than I'VE gallons a q time, shall pay 4 /
tax OF one humid ed Oilars; dealers whose /
sales include sales OF all merchandise eX-
c9ed1ng S25,OJ0, an additional tax of one 1
dollar for every one hundred dollars /
WOrt n of sales OF liquors in excess of 81, 800, /
and on every one thousand dollar worth |
of sales OF other merchand Sc Shau pay al 4
the same rate as a wholesale Gealear, but /
that no distiller or brewer who ha paid q
special tax as such, aud who selis oaly dis /
Ill ed spirits or malt liquors al the place of I
mRnuiacjure, in the original casks or I
packages, to which stamps are affixed, |
shall be required 20 pay a special tax on !
the wholesale dealers.