The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-02-01
Ihe act OF 1se1. authorIzIng the annual

mead OF the Naval Academy from 81, ,2oU TO
= spO pfar aunuIn, and the other apprOprf-
atinr m 5000 to take observations of the
/ eclipse OF the sun on the 7th OF August
next.
kS50.fOO ioI- the imprOvement Of the barbOr
OF Midway Island, in the Pacific Ocean.
just before adjourn ment an amendment
was adopted authorizing the Secretary OF
the Navy to expend any portion OF the
s5o,OeO which is thereby appropriated for
| the Improvements of the harbor OF midway
4 Island in the Pacific.
! iCragin moved an amendment continuing
the office of solicitor and Naval Judge Adj
vocate General, and approprlating 5000
I for bls salary. Reiected.
/ The bill then passed.
| Morton introduced q bill to enable the
/ people of Montana to form Constitution
I and State Government for the adm ission
| OF said state into the Union. Referred TO
the Committee on Territories
1 THE death of Mr.. Finney, lately member
Of ihe House from Pennsylvania, was an
senate adjourned. seezssas
AEO USE. W AsHINGToE. Jan. 30.
Jones, of Kentucky, presented a memo
rial from the merchants, distillers, and
dealers in distille spirits in the sixth
DISTRICT of X kentucky, for certain changes
Ard amendments in the Internal Revenne
Law. Referred 10 the Committee on Ways
'schenck. from the COMMITTEES on Ways
and Means, reported n Dill providing that
every Deputy CollectOr or Assist ant As
SCISSOR OF internal Revenue VINO mas per-
formed the duties o. ColieeiOr or Assessor
on aceol1ut Of the Suspension or illness Of
spch Collector or Assessor, sh IL receive
the com pensatfon of Col.ec:or or Assessor,
except III those eases where the Collector
or Assessor has also received cOnpensa-
ton for the same period, which was
ON motion OF Boutwell,, the morning
hour was dispensed with. for this day, aud
tee eo,nstitulohal amendment came up
+ Bars motion. to lay it on the table was
rejected cas- Al nays lSi, The RePubI-
Jenckes aud Wilson. of Ohio. s-
SheIlabarge1 modified the amendment
winch he offered, yesterday, lack 10 It's
Boutwell, then lnoved the previous ques-
tion. whleh was seconded. cFfil sAta fA*
The question WAS Il rst taken on Shella-
barger's amendment. and IL was rejected
yeas 81; nays l27.s-sig ~ at,-r f
Realty, Keaton. BAies, Bowen, BfbbmaH,
BucK and, sCoxe. .sCIif, Cobb, { 0bufn,t Cut
lom, = Dawes, aDe1ano, Eek Icy, Eggfeston,
Haws fns Hooper, Hubbard OF Iowa, j udd,
Juliau@K eileg'. gkelsey, Lawrence of Penn
sylvania, awrence or Ohio, loan, Logan.
Maynard, Mullins. NeRsham, Norris, Orth,
Paine, Plants, Polsley, Price, Prince, saw
Yer, Scheuck, 5cholield, Shanks, SheIlabar-
Sa tfGi etRRs9r e syPdheE wishen
Y %asGbnr191o1 d 'uqf1 MasssShdsstts. Waiker,'
Whittemore, and Williams,
NAYs-AlIison, Archer ArHelI, Ashley,
of On4o, a xtelI sEsalleg, Baker Bates, Bar
we'll. Boy den 10y en-. EBromweIi,. lEFo0ks,
Barr, Aiptler, 9 AIassa chusetts, Coils, Cary,
Chandler caqp1rehilI, rel Clarke, Of Kansas
Dodge, Donnelly, Driggs, Edwards, FL,
drid e, Elliott, of Massachusetts, Ferris
Ferry, Field, Fox, Garfield: Getz, Galliday,
6fOss, Green. Griswold, Grover, uafght,
Hals ev, Harding sEfaugheys HasIton, Hig
bee, Hopkins Hotehkiss, Hulburd, of New
son ,Hioaes, & 81 North s,aroiina, Jones, Of
EksenI9ekyi Kerr, ketedh1m, Kpabb'
mick, Me. 'ullueh, Mckee, Mercer, Miller,
Moore. North. Mans gen, Myers Newcofnb,
Ntolack, Nicholson, Num-, O'Ne1i, Per-
ham, Porter, Purce, ike, Pile, Pollard,
Pruyn. Randall, Raun, Robertson, Roots,
Ross. Sitsreaves, smith, Spaiding, Stew
art, Storer, Stover, Tabor, Taylor, Thomas,
TAFT, Trumble,s of Tennessee, Trowbridge,
Epson, Van Arnam, Van Airxen, Van
Horn, or rev YORK Van Trump, Van
sWyck. Whlttemore, Wilson, of Onio. viii
son, of PennsylVan a. Window, Wood
bridge, Woodward and Young.
Bingham'S amendment was also re-
iected; yeas 20. nays Los. The Democrats
ali voted for the amendment in the first
instance, but subsequently many of Them
changed their votes TO the negative. The
question recurring on the original propo-
sitiOD, the yeaSand nays Were taken. On
ordering the joint resolution engtos- ed ard
rea the third ttmes 1t was so ordered;
yeas l4i, nays 10.
The House then proceeded to vote on the
joi ut resolution as fOllOTS:
Re IL qeSOtUcd, That two thirds of both
Houses cOncurring, that the following a.r-
ticle be produced 10 the Legislatures OF tho
several states as an amendment To the
Constitution of The UniLed States, which,
when ratified by three fourths of said Con-
siitution named, article b ank, Section l.
dhe right # any citizen OF the United
states to vote shall not be de- led or
abridged by the United state, or any state,
by reason of race or color, or previous Go1-
diiiOn of any citizen. any class of CItl-
zenS of the United states.
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force by appropriate legislation the proVi-
SinnS OF this article.
The resolution was passed by q necessary
twO-th1rJiS yote--yeas, $50; nays. AZ. The
Speaker. as member of the House, voted
IN the affirmative.
he Speaker presented resolutions from
the Ciucinna'i Chamber OF Commerce,
against the eXtenSlo-, of the fifty per cen.
clause in the bankrupt law.
Wilson, of Obi introduced q bill to au-
thOrize the construction OF q bridge across
the ONO River. Referred 10 the Commit
I tee on Roads and anais.
| The House, at hatf-paSt two, went into
Comtnitttsa of the Who e. Wilson, of IndI-
ana, in the Chair-aud resumed the con-
/ stderatiOn OF the Indian A appropriation
| the Committee on the hIll il was laid aside.
/ and " 4ward proceeded to address the
/ conn mitiee in OppoS ton 10 JencK s civil
| service bill rae commttIee 70 %.
/ The Senate bill, uppiementarytO an act
I to coD firm titles to land in Nebraska, was
| passed.
Ross introduced resolution amensIa-
tory of the naturalization laws. enabling
foreigners to become cltiZens after one
| years residence. Referred to Committee
nsRevision of Laws.
/ Adjourned.