The Montana post., 1869-04-02
Congressional.
Census-mIssIssIPpI IBIII.
HOUSE.

In lie appointed by the President.
An Assistant Superintendent is TO be an
7irted by the Secretary of the Interior for
Iii Congressional district,
The District SuperinteRdents shall appoint
II necessary subOrdInates.
The whole work Is TO be done In two months
.ri the Bureau closed by May LIST, 1872.
Tie population of each State to be divided
ay GOO, the quotient TO give the number
rarrrsen tatives to which the State shall be
artitisd. This is expected to give 27O mem
.,srs in the House.
The basis of representative hereafter, will
be axei at one member tor every l70, 900 pop
1latlon.
Butler from Reconstruction Committee re-
75rred the bill for the State of Miss.
Beck moved TO amend by making the pro-
-fsiouaI Governor be appointed by the Presi-
lent Of the United StateJ, instead of by the
President Of the Constitutional Convention.
FaruswOrth gave notice he would move to
-5tpoue the bill till next session.
Butler proceeded to explain and advocate
t5a various provisions of the bill.
Beck favored his amendment and denounced
the last Mississippi Convention, which this
rll proposed to reconvene.
Other members participated in the debate.
Wood obtained the floor and yielded to the
notion TO adjourn
House Debate on the Tenure Re
peal.
SENATE.
Washington, March 25.-ProceediDgs un-
important.
HOUSE.
Wilson, of Minn., introduced a bill to au-
;horize a railroad from Portland, Oregon, to
the West Cascade Mountain.
Referred TO Committee on Railroads.
Dawes, IN a persona. explanation, reitera-
Ted bis former declaration concerning II. III.
Heath. Secretary of New Mexico, and said
;bat be could have no confidence in a North
an man who had rendered his services rs the
rebellion.
Upson was transferred from the Committee
On Revision of Laws to the Reconstruction
Committee.
A special committee on the causes of the
reduction of American tonnage was appointed.
Butler introduced bill to enforce the
fourteenth Constitutional amendment and
laws of the United States In Georgia, etc.
Referred.
House took mp the Mississippi bill.
Wood opposed the bill, which was laid
aside.
The House took up the Senate amendments
10 the House bill repeating the Tenure-of-
Office law.
Butler moved to refer the bill and amend
mpnts to the Committee on judiciary
Farnsworth entered a motion to concur to
the Senate amendments. Bingham rose for
the same purpose
Butler declined to yiell, but yielded to Lo-
San, who moved to amend the bill by provi-
20 that all civil officers, except Judges of the
United States Courts, filed by appointment
of the President with the advice and consent
of the Senate before March 4th, 1869, shall
become vacant on the 30th of June 1869.
Logan spoke at length in advocacy of his
amendment, insisting the Senate amendment
made the bill worse than In Its original form,
declaring IL was simply n struggle for power
between the Executive and Senate. The bill
was originally passed for a special purpose.
Now the Senate was determined to hold the
power in its hands. He appealed TO the
friends Of the President TO stand by the re-
pealing bill or adopt his amendment.
Washburne was opposed to the Senate
amendment and hoped the House would insist
On unconditional repeal of the law. He
did not believe the President was satisfied with
the Senate amendment. If so, he Wash
burnel was not.
FarnswOrth argued In favor of concunIng
n the Senate amendment
Butler denounced the Senate amendment as
worte In every way than the original bill,and
declared the Senate an irresponsible body.
Such were dangerous He believed If the
President had In any way acceded TO the
Jnendment 1t was to relieve the Senate of
Embarrassment and because he relied on the
House to save HIM from the disgraceful law
Davis moved to amend the motion to refer
1y adding an instruction 20 the committee 20
report provisions under which the cOnstitu-
yiOnality of the tenure act could be deter
mined by the Supreme Court
Butler moved the previous question
The House seconded II by vote of 90-to 50.
Several dIlatory motions were voted down,
and the main question ordered. The tele-
-ram closed here abruptly Ed.
SENATE.
Nye introduced a bill 70 insure che compile
non of the Washington Monument. The bill
makes Vanderbilt, Stewart and several Others
trustees for that purpose.
Trumbull made an Ineffective attempt 70
lave the Indian appropriation bIll considered
to-day
Tie bill to strengthen the public credit was
raken up and discussed without action, the
u1int IN controversy being rehabilitation
4 national banking capital, Withdrawing
rom some States and giving to Others
HOUSE.
Hanks, from the committee on foreign afN
fairs, reported a joint resolution declaring the
sympathy of the people of the United States
with the people Of Cuba; ard that Congress
viii sustain the President when be deems u
.EVrjieLt, TO recognize the independence and
s1vereignty Of n republican government.
pomeroy introduced a bill TO protect the
i=bts of actual settlers on public domain.
Cuban Recognition.
Chicago. March 26--A special 20 the Trib-
laa from New York says that the Cubans
there claim 20 have private adylces from Lon
lon 20 the effect that the English Govern
rllut has consented TO acknowledge the IN
-Ir-ents as belli gerents, and TO allow them
tp purchase war material in the British ports
10 Is confidently expected that France will
lali0W Englands example.
New NoTk. March 27.-The Pacific steamer
Herman was totally lost 20 miles north OF
tokahoma, with Japanese troops aboard
A mechanic employed on the Stevens bat
fTy publishes a letter saying the men were
-Ee.ted like dogs. a little rough on George
Z. McClelIan.l
Tessenden says the adjournment cannot oe
leclded upon until the Indian appropriation
rlil Is disposed of.
Fifty female clerks will be discharged from
TIE Treasury March 81.
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