The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-02-02

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/ carry into effect the treaty between the
| United states and England, for the sup
preston of the African slave trade, from
$4,000 to IS, 3,uO0.
rIhis was opposed by Sumner, who liken-
ed the proposition to lOnesma ice 10y Slfdell,
| in his palmiest days, in defense OF avery
| The appropriation was to pay the expenses
of Counts. which our Government was
| bound, by yitEeaty stipulation, 10 InRintain-
After discussion, Patterson moved to re-
| duce the amount to 81 300 with q prOvIso
| that hereafter the salary OF each OF the
Judges shall be $1,000 per annum. This
was pending y ben the senate adjourned
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HOUSE. WASHINGTON. Feb. /.
A number of bill and resoiulionsf we're
introdneed and referred includtng The fol-
b. Boutwell,. referring 10 the sale of
/ United states bonds and ballioll - ~
Elliot. Of Massac chuselts. to prevent the
collection OF Illegal Imports snnd er color of
State authority. !. meaning the tax on rail-
By Robinson, for Increase OF salary OF
/ the PresideI of he United states To $780,
600; also the payment OF $4,000 to the
! widow and children OF "A Abraham Lincoln
By Cobb, Joint resolution of the Wis
conSin Legislature praying Congress 10
m AXE appropriations 60 improve he naVi-
| CATION Fox and WIsconsfn Rivers. y
/ BY OILh. u JOINT resolution OF the indiana
/ L''gislstt re relative 70 the halboroi Mich
BY SifanRs, directing the Secretary OF
| without cost to the efeeIS government,
/ through it's accredited Minis or To this
/ Government, the two monitors, Mainton-
Omah and Agawam, ia their present con
diLlon, and where IA ey. now lie ia harbor.
/ By Spaidfng, an am eutinient TO the Con
| StitutiOn of the United States, in reference
! to the mode of choosing Electors for PI esl-
| dent aud Vice President, Cid for Repre-
sentativts in congress. IT proposes tile
| cieationof Electoral Districts by Congress,
/ in each State, and such districts to eif0ose
| an Ell etor for President and Vice Presi-
i Nv Lawrence. Of ODjos reIatfuael 10 the
/ Cherokee neutral lands.
! BY Wilson, of Ohio, to amend section .
/ of the act OF hfbruafy y, alSd7, sOr the relief
| of certain DRAFTED men. = -
/ BY briggs, several bills in reference TO
| grants OF public lands to the state of
By wi son, of Iowa, to Increase. tIIe aum-
! bef OF Judges of the Suprsm Court for the
! BY HigOy, to aid IL the construction OF
i the san Diego RaifIDltl. also, tosFelnIq qush
| the interest OF the Ufite,i States ia certain
| lands In the CITY and County of san Fran
| CISCO.
BY Donnelly, to secure The navigation OF
! st. Anthony.
by Logan, amendatory of the Bankrupt
! Law. 80
/ by Ingcrs0ll. supplementary to tie Ma
/ tionaI currency Act of June 80, 1864
By Elliott, of Arkansas, granting public
| " ashinseon q Red River Company.
By judd, 20 regulate the method Of con-
! VertiHg gold into currency.
by Benjamin, a concurrent resolution of
| tn M isSO4ri Legislature ON the subject of
tue Central Pacific Railroad.
4 BY briggs. to promote the CELEBRITY of the
postai service: also to- enable the Jackson, ,
Lansing IL saginaw Railroad to change its
northern terminus to Marietta, Mich
Kerr introduce aJoint res luton, allow
ing ten per cent. additional compensation
To civiFeInp piayees in LWashingtoR, wnos.s
Salaries are Huds.r Se,e09 Tor the past and
present fiscal year. and moved the prevt-
ous question on lis passage.
MULLINS lno Ell to lay 1t on the table.
I ~ . ma 4 T.
Orth introCn need the folio wing joint reso-
lutlon, and moved the previous question
on its passage, TemarSing that he did so
with the Wish Of q large majority of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs:
HeSOtred bg the Senate and House Of Rep-
gesenf0tiues, That the territory belonging
TO the dominican Republic shall, on APP
plication OF he .government aud people OF
said Republic, be admitted into the onion
as Territory o! the United States, TO be
called the Territory st Domingo, on the
conditions in the manner following:
l. The people of said kepublic shall
adopt republican form of Territorial Gov
ernment by Deputies ia convention assem-
/ DIED or thab purpose.
=. The GcGion by the people shall be with
the consent and co cooperation OF the exi {
such form of government shan there
aitert,e suomlttedto Congress forits ap-
prevail.
T. The admission said Territory shall
be with view TO the ultimate eStabIiSh-
lnent OF stare government, republican
in form, IN aud over said Territory, IN 60 n :
form .ty to the Constitution of the United
States with the approVal OF Congress.
l. aShbui.1e, OF Illinois, hoped the preyi-
oIlS question would not be seconded.
PruylT Desired 10 olIarsa Snfstitui e. s5sa
| Orth declined TO allow il.
| The joint resolution was laid on the table (
/ yeas llo: nays 62.
fhe Senate amendments to the Pension,
| Military Academy bill and the Naval 4 y.
. | plopIiation bill We're taken nom lhe
| Speakers table. The amendments to The
Two ftrsi We're coneurresi In, and athose to
tue last were referred 10 the Committee on
Naval All irs.
The bItl making an appropriation to pas
the clerks in the Patent Office Tor january
and February, 1869, was passed.
Dawes offered u resolution authorizing
the @e eet comm 'ttee on the New YOrE
ElectIou Frauds IT, tmplOy an addltionl
clerica force. Passed --l09 to 30. ltsss
Dawes also offered a resolution direetine
the Sefsea nj st 4 rIfl 10 arrest aud bring
before the House Florence Sannmeil fui
contempt, in refusing o answer question.
put TO aim by the Select G,omInitte ota tbs
New York Election FraudS Adobtea.
: Garfield otiefed q resolution FecttfnL
that the Collector of the Port of PhiladeE
phia had acted under orders and dismissed
Twelve Custom Hou Sc employees, and that
the Secretary of the Treasury. stctItsg ou
q the suggestion of certain official u Is;0u
: ages residing in Philadelphia, refused %
4 confiTln their diSfnISsaf nd ma med twelve
/ other men for tlt missa that NE action
: IieVed to be without precedent or Igarra al
t of law. and directing the Secretary OF tht
+ Treasury 10 IuTnish the correspondence Oh
i the subject, and u suspend payment &
: | the dismissed OfH :eIs until further action
EOf Congress. AuoptGd. 4Efa
: Schenck said he desired to Know WTefH.
f er IL was the purpose of the HOnSe to acl
a 90 the Tariff and Internal RetYenue bill
2 | now in the Committee of the Whole
/ theref pre, as q test question, he Ha6Yse
| | there be an evening session, in order tC
take up the Tariff bill and recommIt il 4
: the Committee on Ways and deans. AE
e ter discussion the vote was Iaken 10y yea.
!, ! a I'd nays. and the rules were moi suspend
: ed-yeas, 96; nays, 49-not a twa- thi ird
/ majority.
: Schenck renewed his motion for an
: evening session to take up the Iuterna
: ! Revenue Bill, which the Committee of tiit
4 ! Whole had gone through three-fOurths o
4 | at the last session. After discussion tn.
2 / rules were suspended. and it was Orderet
: that from tomorrow the House shall hole
e an evening session for the parp0Se of con
e sidering the Internal Revenue Bill il
| Committee of the Whole.
B Garfield moved to sus pend the rules 81
# that ne might offer an amendment to thi
:. | Indian Appropriation Bill, Iransferrfns
C the Indian Bureau to the War Depart
| ment.
= Window opposed the motion.
+ The rules were not suspendeC-gI 20 II
d net a twO-thirds majority.
IS Moor head moved that when the HOust
e goes INTO Committec OF the Whole nj
prior orders be laid aside, and the Tarif
l. Biit be taken up
n Butler moved TO proceed 10 the DuSineS
It on the Speakers table.
Mooreissd said the House might as wei
l. regard that as "A test question, aud caIIet
IS for the yeas and nays.-4-1'her vote reSuIte
II as follows: Y cas- 81. nays t3- So the HoIs
l. decided 10 proceed 10 the business on tn
t. Speaker 8 table.
N The Senate concurrent resolution for tIt
appo ntment of a joint committee on tn
lie expediency of reorganizing1 the civil Sci
N vice in the several departments OF III
1r Government was concurred in.