The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-02-13
CONGRESSIONAL.

BINGHAM DENouNcEs BUTLER AS REvoLU-
T1oN1sr-PRIzE MONEY FOB THE KEARsAaE-
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT FOB MISSISSIPPI
BUTLER DEFEATED AND BOTTLED UP-suLI-
TARY AND POSTAL RAILROAD.
WASHINGTON. February 12.-The spirit per-
yading the House may be imagined from the
following extracts from yesterdays proceed
ings:
Mr.. Butl r. take back nothing.
Mr.. Bingham. Then l ask the House 10
compel you to take back your revolutionary
resolution-that is something that the gentle
man cannot retrace and / denounce it here to-
day, before the House and before the people OF
the country, as being as unwarranted as any
acEef secession. I denornce, as representa-
tive OF the people, this attempt 20 inauSnrase,
revolution on tbs floor OF tins House. Will
oppose the reference OF the resolution, as
seeming to commit the House in some sort to
challenge Of your own law. How would it look
for Us 10 refer another resolution suggested by
the speech Of the gentleman MIR. Bu'ler). and
that is, that the House should be authorized,
ts use the seDtleman's language, IL the Senate
would not retire from the JOINT convention to
Kick it out. The gentleman from Massachu-
setts should be the captain in the kicking
operation. [Laushter.l I think the gentle
man cannot gainsay his speech IN That wh!ch
brought down the galleries and split the ears
Of the grounding. aud it illustrated the da'1nus
of his resolution. T denounce it here as reso-
luton OF revolutlon-I denounce it as q reso-
luton of anarchy: The idea Of the House
OF Representatives kicking. the. Senate
Of the United States! a at the time
that you will have kicked the law-makiug
power out of existence, you will have
proved yourselves greater architects OF
your countrS's rum than did the mllllou OF
81 fAy.r tuocy
constitution and your laws, drenchlng your
land with blood and ridglng it all over with
Mir. Butler (aside). 1 always did like that
speech OF MIR. Bingham's. Laughter
MIR. Schenck. nave not the slightest idea OF
Z proposing the censure of the Speaker. think
he was excited like the rest Of us.
Mr.. Colfax. He was not.
MIR. Scbenck. There is only q difference of
opinion about that.
In THE HOUSE, the bill allowing the crew Of
the Kearsage one hundred and ninety thou
sand dollars prize money for destroying the
Confederate cruiser Alabama was passed.
The Reconstruction Committee reported'fa-
vorably on the bill organizing 3 provisional
government 1or Mississippi. 1t authorizes tue
reassemtling of the convention forthwith by
order Of the president thereof, and in case OF
his failure to order it within thirty days, by
order Of the commanding general of the dis
trict. The said convention, In addition to
its present powers, shall appoint provisional
government, and may remove and appoint all
State, county aud other officers Of the provision
al government md author. zins the provisional
governor to remove and appoint registrars and
jadges Of elections, and submit to the people,
with or without amendments, the constitution
heretofore framed by the convention. The bill
exempts from attachment or sale household
property or improvements to the value Of $500.
II authorizes the convention to pass ordi-
pances. It is not to remain IN session over
thirty days, or to have per diem OF more than
s5 and ten cents mileage. The ordinances will
remain of force until dlsapproved by Congress,
or the State is admitted into the Uuion. Trials
for offences against the State shall be by jury.
The President Of tho United States may at any
time remove the Governor and appoint sue
cessor. Poll tax shall not exceed 81 30 per
year.
ffler severe struggle, Buffers resolution,
with accompanying am mendments. we're tabled.
The bill authorizing q military and postal
railroad between Washington and New York,
was passed by a vote of 100 to 81.