The Evansville journal., 1869-01-28

bellion. while Mr. Bingham only per
mits the disfranchisement of thos,
who may hereafter engage in rebel
lion. -.
The substitute of Mr.. Ward, Ike
that Of Mr.. Shellabarger's, applies t
those who have engaged in rebellion
and restricts the States from fixing
the terms Of residence required Of
voters at longer than Que year. 81
l,,a The House then took up the bust,
ness of the morning hour. = - -
The bill reported yesterday relat.
ing to the operations of the pension
! law, the second section of the bill
which directs the withdrawal of PEN
sions from fsmale pensioners who are
living life of prostitution or concu-
biuage, received much opposition.
Ingersoll moved to strike it out,
and Schenck chafacterized it as the
most mOnstrOus and disgFaceiul prop
osition he had ever seen in any bill,
inasmuch as it proposed to make the
Court of Pensions the judge of the
Igmorals and virtue of the widows OF
soldiers Of the Republic, and required
them to prove a negative. aksT :. rss3 y
IngerseH took "a like view of the
sections which he declared W0Eld be a
/ disgrace to the Btatute book and an
outrage to the widows of soldiers.
/ After further discussion, ArDell
moved to lay the bill and amend
ments on the table. Rejected = AZ
to ca. 1ainab tsl sletaf4nJ = ift
IsaPerhaTh moved the previous ques
ton. which the House refused to
second, and Che morning hour having
Iexpired. the bill went over till the
next morning hour.
ai The House then took up the con-
EstitutiOnal amendment and the bill In
relation TO suffrage, reported By Bout
we'll and by the Committee on Judi
eiary, aud was addressed by, ssliridge
Tin opposition to them. He argued
that the right to control suffrage and
elections was IN the respective States
and not in Congress-. The powers
and rights and liberties of the States
and Of the people did not come down
IRON Congress or from the. Federal
Government There were some pow
ers with whiah Congress. had not
been entrusted. Congress could
not determine just shaY much lib
-erty the people siionld' enjoy. ALI
the powers of tho Federal Govern
ment come from the. States aud from
the people, Congress never had, and
never could have. rightful authority
to exercise any power not given to it
by the Constitution The exercise OF
any other power was rank usurpa-
ton. 'af @aie ~ -.''
He criticised B6utwell's appeal TO
partisanship, and asked where had
the Republican party derived its
power and charge to reorganize the
sState that did not rebel. In his iudg-
ment the Republican members OF the
House could not force this measure
upon the country without casting
on the party which another dishon-
ors, or without a shameful violation,
OF party pledge and party faith. How
many States would the Republican
party have carried at the last election
with such a ameasure inscribed upon its
platform? Where would have been
Pennsylvania and Ohio and Indiana?
Such measure would alone have
defeated the Republican candidates
for President and Vice President,
with all their great personal popular
.ity, lie was sorry that his distin-
guished colleague on the Committee
{ (BoutwelD had not been able to base
his proposition on the Constitution
and law, instead of appealing to the
bare interests of party % The subject
then passed over for the day /.
On melton of Stoyer, an allowance
of one years Pay as. Representative
was made to SWitzer, who contested
the seat Of, Anderson, of Missouri.
The House then went into Commit
tee OF the Whole, Schenck in the
Chair, and resumed the consideration
Of the Legislative Appropriation bill.
A discussion In reference to the
pay Of the Clerk Ofthe Committee on
Public Lands, brought out WASH
burne. of Illinois. who declared that
if the constituents of the members
could know OF their extravaganza, he
believed they would come down
aud run them into the Potomac.
] Lang ghter, What were the figures OF
the expenses of the House? lie would
, tell them: Capitol police, $65, 600;
clerks, $4,000: Sergeaut-at-arms,
6,0O0s Posh OHices S2Q060 !; iaborers,
SIG, 900; folding room, 500, 1000; door
Keepers, S1l,OOO; clerks TO commit
NNNt-t kNtS,S@7s HC.hOO3 stOS0As
s., 300, 600. Referring to. the other
items ! for the Capitol police, AIr.
Washburne said there had been a
howl got up last session hat
Andrew Johnson was to take possess
sion of the capital.
The appropriation was voted on,
and subsequently, an amendment to
an increase in the Compensation of
the reading clerks was agreed to. a
Farnsworth moved to strike ont the
item for two reporters. to the COM
mIttee. ~ -ss .sa
Washburne of Illinois moved to
strike out the item Of ten thousand
dollars for furniture and repairs, re-
marking that SIR. MCPHERSON, the
! Clerk, had informed him that the
item was not necessary. he added
that the Clerk of tho House had
managed the fund for repairs very
economically aud very honestly. Mo-
ton agreed TO.
| Phelps maved to strike out the
item Of $29. $50 for newspapers and
stationery for members at $i25 each.
Without acting on the amendment,
| the committee rose, and the House,
at 5 O'Clock, took recess till z 30.