The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-03-30
: CONGREs SIONAL.
xLIst cONGRgss-F.R8r SESSION
SENATE

SEN ATE .--......... W AsuINGTOS, March %.
The Vice President submitted the Joint
resolutions of the Legislatures OF Penn
syIvania and South Carolina, ratifyipg the
Fifteenth Amendment TO the COnsJItu-
sumner presented the petition of tine
Society of Friends of Richmond, Virginia,
assing for an app Opriation of 5000 for
the erection OF an Asylum for colored or
Howard presented several Joint resoIu-
tioHs of me Lss stsiature OF Michigan, ask
ing appropriat ons for public improve
ments, and one cdll1n1 the attention OF the
Indian Dep rtuent To the importance OF
having the Indians in Jnat State vaccin-
ated.
Affairs, rep rted the jUtut resolution co
nulng the pay of enlisted men At pres
was passed = lsO, "a joint reSOi utiOn, Wnlch
was D tSsed dropping from the rolls or the
army al officers absent without leave.
Howard, rom tue committee on Paclnc
Railroad, reported favorabiy a Joint reSO
luti granting the right of W y for lhe
construction Of a railroad from q point at
| or near Portland, Oregon, TO the a,cade
| Mou tains.
Vicxers reported from the COMMITTEES on
/ the ID strict Of Columbia, bill 10 amend
/ the usury laws thereof.
/ Sprague moved to refer to the Committee
] on ApprOp~ ~tatiOus the Diit Introduced by
/ him TO provide for loa aning the public
| money. Agreed to.
| rake introduced q bin to establish the
/ office of solicitor aud n val Judge Advo-
! cate General. neferred to the Committees
| on Naval A airs.
| Sawyer introduced 4 bill prescri bing the
Oatn of Office TO be taken by persons who
i participated in the late rebellion but who
| aee not disqualified by the Fourteenth
| Amendment Referred to the COMMITTEES
( on the Judiciary.
Mcdonald introduced a bill to condrm
/ the charter OF the New Orleans ana hip
[ Cana ConpaoS and granting the right OF
/ way to saiu company.
| Wilson iutrOduc ii a Dill to remove the
| political DISABILITIES OF Judge Alex. K YES,
! of Virginia. Ueerred 10 the Committee
on Political D ,sabilltfes-
Al this point a message was received
| from the House announcing It's non-cOn-
/ icurreuce In the action of the Senate of the
] bill to repeal the Tenure Of-Od1ce ACT.
TrumboH moved that the Senate insist
! upon its amendments, and asked Com
/ mittee of Confereu ce.
Davis read constitutional argument in
| support of the latter motion
| At the eX o1ratiOn of the morning hour,
/ the unfinished business of Friday being
| supplementary, the Currency Act was
! Tenure Of Office Act might be considered.
| TEumbull spoke at length in favor of the
/ motion to insist on mai ing a legal argu
m mt to show that the whole subject OF
/ appointment aud removal from Office is
by the Constitution made su Ject TO the
consent OF the senate and regulation by
! law and that the President would have,
/ under the Senate Dill, all the power he
could have If the Tenure-of-Ofhes Act were
The motion to recede was lost by the fol-
lowing vote:
EA5-Btty ara, NteSSeOyt Go4ei DtANlss 4 SS-
seoden, Benton. Fowler, Grimes, Me-
Creery, Mcdonald, Morton, Pool, Robert
son, Ross, Sprague, Stocktoa, Thayer,
/ Thurman, VicKers and Warner-20
/ NAYS - Abbott, Anthony. BOreman.
Brownlow, buckingham, Cameron, Car
penter, Catlett, Coukhng. Cragiu. Drake,
Edmunds. Ferry, Gilbert, HamIin, Harlan, b,
Harris, Howard, Howe, kellogg, MOrri J.,
Nye, Patterson, Pomeroy, Pratt, Ramsey,
Rice, Sawyer, Schurz, Scott, Spencer, sum
ner. Upton, Irum0uu, Wiley, Williams
and Wilson-37.
The motion to insist and ask the Com
mittee on Conference was hen agreed to,
At4:SO the Senate Went into Executive
Il Session, and soon after adjourned.
EHOES 4 E.......-.... W WASHINGTON March %.
Under a call OF the states bills aud Joint
resolutions were introduced anu referred,
as follows: