Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-03-31
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In the Senate William i. nam
ilton, Senator from Maryland,
appeared and took the oaths. Mr..
Sprague submitted Il preamble to the
bill introduced by him Il few days AGO
to provide a national currency, Sc
cured by a pledge of United states
bonds, was taken up. IL was discuss
ed at some length, but without &c ion
upon it. The Senate, after a short
executive session, adjourned.
In the House, Mr.. Butler intro
duced a bill to restore a republican
government To the State Of Georgia
under its new constitution, which
was referred to the Committee on
Reconstruction. 1t authorizes the
Governor to reaSSemble the old Legis-
lature, the members Of which must
take the test oath, and declares the
expulsion of the negro members l.
void. The bill providing Il pIOvis-
iOnal government for Mississippi was
then taken up, and Mr.. Wood made
a long speech in opposition tO il.
The bill WAS then laid aside and the
Senate amendments to the bill repeal
ing the Tenure of Office act was taken
up. Messrs. Butler and Logan,
strongly opposed the amendments,
both avering that it was an expression
of want of confidence in President
Grant, and stating that although lie
tries To lest ~cOntentcd with the bill
as il is, for the sake of peace in the
party, it Is not what he desires. Mr..
Logan offered an amendment that all
civil offices, except judges, filed be-
fore the the It'll of March, 1869, shall
become vacant by the 3Jth of June.
This amendment and the amend
ment of the Senate were then referred
to the Judiciary Committee 10y a vote
of - to 20. and the House adjourned.
General Buffers friends are claim
ing that the fact of General Schcnck
remaining silent under the direct
charge OF being in the whisky, ring
Is proof positive that the charge Is
true. They ASSET that no Othe sup
position Will account for the Char
man of the Ways and Means swallow
ing such an attack. On the contrary,
Gene;al Schemrk's friends say the
county has no confidence in Buffers
stories; that his action clearly springs
from malice, ami Schenck las such Il
reputation as justiiies him in treat
ih5 dHS SiidiSt9 hldut' WIN
contempt.
March, 2jth
In the Senate, a bill was intro
duced providing for the creation
of a body corporate, consisting Of y.
=. Stewart, &. NandeIbi and several
other gentlemen, to devise means for
the completion Of the monument to
Washington and the erection of Il
similar one to Lincoln. The Finance
bill was taken up as unfinished busi-
hess and WAS discussed ut length.
The Senate then went into eXecu-
tive session and confirmed several
appointments, among them Moses H..
Griunell to he Collector, \. Ii. Cor
nell to DE Surveyor and y. J.. Merritt
to be Naval Officer Of the port Of New
York. An adjournment was then
had until Monday.
In the House, Mr.. Banks, from the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, re-
ported 4 joint resolution expressive Of
sympathy with the Cuban insurgents
and declaring that Congress will give
its constitutional support 10 the Presi-
dent whenever lie may deem it'eNpe-
dent To recognize the sovereignty of
the republican government in that
island. The resolution was recon-
mitted and ordered to 6e printed.
Three reports were made by menu
bers of the Committee on Elections
relative to the contested case from the
Twenty-first district of P~enuSylva-
mia. Mr.. Butler called up the motion
10 reconsider the vote referring the
Tenure Of Office bill to the Judiciary
Committee, and suggested that All
additional section he added, requiring
the President { return his nominal
tiOns to Congress within thirty days
after their being made. \ sharp de-
bate ensued ON this proposition,
Messrs. Butler. Logan and Davis adj
vOcating. and Messrs. Garfield, Farms
worth, Bingham and other republic
cans opposing it. The latter gentle
men tainted MeSsTs. Butler and
Logan with their new alliance with
the democrats, but the democrats
having favored the reference of the
hill were 10th tn Withdraw it, and on
Il motion for the previous question ON
Mr.. Buffers resolution voted against
him and with McssrS. Garfield and
company. The vote was finally re-
NDllNAaNANAs AlG AabAAtAt VI ANANlCAlIN
was withdrawn and the House Te-
fused to cOncur in the Senate amend
ments to the repeal bill by Il vote %
30 to 80. So the bill goes back to the
Senate as il originally came from the
House. providing simply for the re-
peal of the act. The House soon after
adjourned until Monday.
The Secretary of Stale has received
a copy of Il recent decree OF the Port
ugue>e government, which declares
that the obligations of freedom Ieser-
we'd by previous DEGREES, abOlishing
slavery in tie %Gominiuns of that
Kingdom, are tO terminate entirely on
and after the 2)th of April, 1873.
The mail service Las been extended
on the Genital Pacific Railroad to
the j9Tth and the track laid To the
6l2th mile. The grading is finished
to Ogden, where the load meets the
Union Pacific Railroad on it, fity-
first section.
March p. 1869
The President is worn out with
hard work. Public men and Cflice
seekers worry him more than the
country can imagine. To-day he was
30 unwell that he positively refused
to see any body but the members of
his family and Cabinet.
The Tenure-OfO Office question has
hnen one of the principal subjects of
CO IveTs alton in political and social
to-day. Everybody notes that
of the Republicans in Congress there
is n decided majority in each branch
favorable to the Senate modification,
and that if TcTeal is Carried ut the
present session it would be by Dem
Ocratic votes. Gatherings OF Senators
and Representative who have dis
cussed the subject are unable to dis
cover amy way i'm which the bill a
be further modified fOElhe benefit OF
the ~repeaiers, and the general talk to-
is that Il compromise will have
TO be effected on su~I tension during
Grants administration, un'ess the
Senate gives way, which does not
seem ut all likely.
r. W. Clarke, third Auditor Of the
Treasury, has taken his oath Of office,
and will enter upon his duties ON
Monday. There are at present three
hundred and sixty clerks engaged in !
he bureau, hut the law allows only |
.wO hundred and seveHty-three, and
al the supernumeTaries will soon
De discharged.
1t is now thought by members of
Congress of both parties that ADJOURN
nent will not IKE place before the
middle Of April.