Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-27
CONGRESSIONAL
WASHINGTON, February 26.
SENATE.


SENATE.
The report of the Conference Commit
tee on the Naval Appropriation bill was
CONQUERED in.
Mr.. Sherman, from the Finance Com
mittee, reported the bill for strengthen
ing the public credit, with amendments,
and gave notice that he would call it up
tomorrow.
The Finance Committee was dis
charged from the consideration of the
bill to encourage steamship building in
the United States.
The Committee on Public Lands was
discharged from the consideration of a
large number of bills, for want of time.
Mr. Morton called up the bill to pay the
Senators from the reconstructed States
from the commencement Of the Fortieth
Congress. The pending amendment was
that offered by Mi. Morrill,, of Vermont,
to provide for their payment only from
the beginning OF ~thesecOnd session OF the
Fortieth Congress.
Mr.. Morrill, Withdrew the amend.
ment, and Mr.. Morton renewed 1t.
Mr.. White maintained that the SEN
ate hEd already decided in its resolution
that these Senators should be paid only
from the date of the admission of their
respective States, and after further dis
cussion the bill went over by the expira-
ton Of the morning hour.
The report of the Conference Commit
tee on the Constitutional Amendment
then came up, aud several Republican
Senators argued that the Committee had
exceeded their power and violated par
~liamentary Law by tampering with the
text of the bill, as agreed upon at differ
ant times nv NTH HOuaae.
The Senate finally sgresd to the re-
port CT the Conference C0mmittee-yeRs
80, nays Is. Fowler and Patterson voting
in the negative. The President pro tenn.
then announced that tWO-thirds of the
Senators present having voted in the
affirmative, the joint resolution had
passed.
MI. Davis raised the point of order
that the Constitution expressly required
for the passage of q proposition to amend
the Constitution a vote OF tWo-thirds of
the Ssnate, and not merely tTo-thirds of
the Senators present, and there being
now thirty-four States in the Union, the
Senate properly consisted Of sixty-eight
members, SO a tWo.thirds vote would be
forty.
The President pro tenn. decided that,
as this amendment had been passed 10
the same way as the previous amend
mente, Mr.. Davis point Of order was
NOT well taken.
HOUSE.
The Civil Appropriation bill was re-
ported and made the special order for to-
morrow.
An order was passed that the testi-
mOny relative to the army reduction and
in reference to bridging the Ohio, be
printed.
The Deficiency bill was considered in
the Committee of the Whole, and the
appropriations for q Customhouse and
P0stoftice building at Nashville, was
rejected.
A motion to reduce the Q1srtermaster's
appropriation from s., 100000 TO $500, 900,
was rejected.
After a long discussion to pay back
salary to the Minister as the Court of
Portugal, it was ST. uck our, and the bill
was reported back to the House, and laid
aside for future action.
The report OF the Conference Commit
tee on the Naval Appropriation Bill, and
on the bill in reference to the pay OF De-
putty Collectors and Assistant Assessors
of Internal Revenue, were made and
to, and the House then took up
the amendment to the Lsgislatiy e APP
preparation bill.
The deficiency bin finally passed, and
after some OtAer uuimpOrtant business
the House adjourned.