The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-02-27
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The civil appropriation bill was reported
and made the special order for to- morrow.
m An order was pa sed that the testimony
Relative TO the army reduction. an / IN rel
erence to bridging the Ohio, be printed.
The deficiency bill was considered in
.Committee / The Whole:
An .approy rfation for the Custom House
and Post Ofiee building at Nashville, was
rejected; s25 ,0JJ was appropriated for the
Custom House and Post Office at 81. Paul,
Minn esofa: $1,000 was appropriated for
the % sdensOurg Custom House. An ap-
propriat on OF sf25 900 for the san Francisco
mint was reJectea
A motion to reduce the Quartermaster's
appropriation from &, 80 ,0UO to $4,000 was
Chandler moved, as an amendment, to
strike out the appropriation OF tl,oOU OOJ
for cavalry and artilier horses, which,
after discussion, was rejected.
/ Niblack moved to reduce the item for
| transportation of supplies from seyen 10
s x million dollars, and in MS remark :
ailuded 70 MS having p1edisted At the last
on1 as5ned s sn9 fol @
and the deficiencies would have to BE- ap
prOpriated for agthis session.
Scho6eld replied to Nib ack, and then
move To close all deba e on the item for
| army expenditures Agreed TO-
Niblack IS annendmenU was rejected.
geF eaisa ssts ns1 ds s e bSfs ef 'atais s
millions of DOH ars, aud that the deficIen-
7 etes were ehfef1y in The War Department
oyer which the President had no control
whale yer, butAvhich had been exclusively
I u0dsr the control OF she Ofhcial> III whom
1 the Republican party had all confidence.
l Logan moved an appropriation or $1,000
! for the purchase of "A pOT trait OF A bfailain
| Lincoln, for the executive mansion, TO
! be selected by the incoming President
IA On y, point Of order by scOdeid, the
fGsn endBlent was ruled out of order in a
/ deficiency bill.
/ several other amendments were offered
and exc uded on the same ground.
/ Z Judd moved am appro Prlsteion7 Oh S23uA
for aeontinuir g tine worR on the ~Marine
] HOSpl al AT Chicago. Adopted.
/ Stover moved an appropriation of b4i2
for the Register and ReceIver of tlne1 Lame
| OFFICE st Boz RHCity, Idaho. Adopted.
/ Alter a long discussion, the item TO pay
! "a back tlary to the Minister at Portugal
| was 81 u k out OF the bill, and the bill was
/ reported back TO the House, and laid aside
| for future act on.
Reports of the Conference Committees
/ on the Naval Appropriation bill aad on
1 the hlliin IeferencsF TO slTe pay -lDeI u >
4 Collectors and Assistant SCISSORS OF In
| tern#I Revenue, were m atie and aSread to
/ The House taen took up the anaendtnent'
priatiop Bills. -a@ smmk h
ry OF Mr.. Welles, special 0ommiSsioner @
| Revenue, was Withdrawn by MOrehead
! VINO mad originally offered u, stating q
tience In the Incoming adm lnlstratiOn u
believe il would not keep improper officer
IN the gneir appronrf Pqel Ifai tfa o. So 900 for
missioner of Education was agreed to 70 t'
| On mOllOn Oh butter OlfEsAdffi fCAi USE V
leav elwas grant ed TO incI ease seN eral Item
in the bill where such increase was mad
n cessary, by the Vote Increasing the pd
of female clerks.
The question then came upon Eols1nd'
1 amendment to increase the pay of clerk
in Washington not receiving over Sl,sQO
year. and on O'Neil's amendment ther
10 extending it to clerks, carriers and EN-
plOye es of the Philadel pnfa Post 0titce.
O'NeiiPs amendment was rejected. y
ter considefaDe e discussion the amenC
ment was agreed to-yel rs 81, nays 80. ---
AInotI0n TO lay on the table the motto
4 to econSider was rejected. hen the Vot
! was recOnsidered--yeas 81, nays %, an
{ pending the finaHN ole of an amendmea
I the House took a recess gus gfeHt 500 . a..s
! Suicide.