The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-09

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measure SO reluctantly as he had voted in
the Committee for this bill, and as be
woutd vote for il in the House but he foOy
this billss the best that he was likely m
get. He did not wish to make tn PTesii.
cent OF the Unlted states a monarch ovel
these three states, bnt he preferred the des-
potsm OF one To tRe tyranny Of the "a any.
and he would appeal to the President and
D&eech him nat his heart n ight softer
to those people.
WoOdw ara said the minority of the Re-
construction Com mittee had agreed TO this
measure, not because they preferred it,
but because 1t WAS better tnan any OF heH
that they were likely to get, and because
Lhey regarded II as more natural, more
| IFaternal ana more il ely to restore the
/ union of the States than any heretofore
| prepared by tue majority
! Garfield said the minority were FOrue-
| what in the condition OF the doctor who
/ finds the broken limb of MS natient has
/ been baoly set, and 1t has TO be bros d
over again so that it may BE- sci scienbif-
! hcally. He did not believe N breaISin ny
| lmhs, but was willing, under the circupl-
stances, 10 break the limb owe agaln for
Toe SAKE q getting II IN better shape. He
| had, at the suggestion of his colleague,
/ Schenck occupying the chair as Speak ?
pro ten. drawn up an amendment, when
ne Thought would meet the views OF the
gentleman from Wisconsin. It was that
ne vote should be taken either on each Of
The designated provisions alone, or in con-
nectIon with the other portions Of the
Constitution, as the President might di-
rect.
Paine accepted that amendment and
Withdrew his own substitute. The amend
ment was agreed to.
Gafheid, TO show the unanimity of the
House on this subject, called Tor The yeas
and nays On the passage of the bill. The
vote was SO taken, and the pill passed
yeas l24, nays q.
Lynch int Oduced bill to amend the
National Currency Act. Referred to the
Committee on Banking and Currency.
The House then took up the contested
election case nom tie Second District OF
Louisiana, the majority report being that
Il. A Sheldo1 be admitted to the seat, ana
the minority report being that G. :. Hunt
was entitled to tue seal. After a discus
sion Ias ting over an hour and q half, the
amendr1enJ was rejected and the ORIGINAL
resolution adopted. and Sheldon admitted
to the seat.
Recess till evening, that session to he for
general business.
EVENING SESSION.
Holman, from the Committee on Claims.
reported bil to pay susan A. Shelby, OF
Fort GlesOB, mississippi, five thousand
dollars for cotton sold or captured by the
United States. Passed.
Dixon, from the Committee on Com
merce, reported joint resolution for the
sale or exchange OF the site Of the Custom
House at \ aShv1lle. Passed. Also O bill
TO discontinue 81. Mary as a port of entry
Ia the superior District, and to establish
Msrquettee in lieu thereof, TO take effect
from The 18th of May next. Pas ed.
Dawes offered a resolution to give to The
members OF the Fortieth Congress-, whose
successors are not yet ele ected, the books
and documents to which the members OF
the Forty-tust Congress are entitled.
Adopted.
The Senate bill to remove the charge Of
desertiOn from certain soldiers OF the Thir-
teenth TenEes,e zee Cavalry, was passed.
The Senate Dill for holding term OF the
United states Districo Coura n Nevada was
passed.
Hopkins offered resolution instructfng
Lne committee on Public Buildings ana
GroundS 10 ascertain The number of build
lnSS low FEhteu by the Government in
w Washington tor the use of the VarIOGs De-
part tmenLs, rents paid, &c. Adopted.
Also-a resolution placing the House |
of Ua sflTn mi &
on P9bItc Buildings and Grounds, which |
was adopted.
Senate bill concerning divorce in the 4
District OF Columbia passed.
The Committee on Roads and Canals re- /
ported bHI granting lands and the right I
OF way 70 the Saint James & Little Rock /
r abroad Company. Ordered printed ana /
recOmmitted.
Senate biil Iegalizing stamping of certain (
SUBSCRIPTION executed and issued 10 The /
Iowa Northern Central Railroad Compan /
Dockery, from the Committee on Freed
mems Affairs, asked leave to report back /
the Senate bill TO continue until the nIsJ (
OF January, tS9i, the Esucatsonal Depart
ei mSnt OF the i reeu meas Bureau, anu the
COLLECTION ana pa ment by L4e comm is
si0neIs OF that Bureau of the mCneVs due
rines.
Objection was made, and Dockery moved
TO suspend 5he rules.
Shauks briefly explained the bill
Lawrence opposed il. and stated that the
biii OF the Howard University, in Was1-
OF the Freedmen'S Bureau were expended.
was vested IN Al private cor DoratiOn.
ShanBs proposed To an~wer the state
nent7 OF Lawrence, but Scoheid objected,
saying ne guessed they had mad enough OF
the freedmen Bureau
Ihe rules were not suspend ed-yeas 81;
nays .9-less than two-Jhirds ia the affirm
ative.
Bingham moved that the Senate Bill 70
reform the judiciary ~ en- OF the u ..ited
sta es be taken rom the Speak akers table,
that The Senate amendments TO the House
amendments be II. n-cJncurred il, and
CCLniniiteS OF Conference requested He
sad thet, under the Senate a ueudmenIs
q Judge might be pensioned after ten
weeks service as Wei after ten years,
provided he was 20 years of age On that
point alone, it seemed to aim, the bill was
fatally defective
Eldridge was opposed to the amendments !
OF both, on the ground that he was OppOs-
ed 10 empowering any one man to organ
II must be apparent to every one thai if
the President representing the great Re-
publican party OF the country shou'd APP
point all The judges Tor whose app it, T. /
ment this bill provided, the court must /
n seess all.y be political court. lie hoped
tn5 COnleren Committee would take
tnat question INTO cOnsIdersti IA and con- |
slider 1t as statesmen and not as partisans.
Bingham Tereated his objections to the
Senate amendments. He said it was sim
ply absurd that man Verging on the age
of seventy yeats should be appointed q |
udge OF the Supreme Uo2rt to-day anu
should be retired a month afterward on
fun pay.
Poland argued against the objection of
Bingham, and contenued that the bill as
amended by these hands was better than
the bill as it passed the House.
The discussion was continued by Poland,
Ruuer, Bingham, Voorhees,, EIJItdge and
Kerr, but 1t was interrupted by Dawes, I
who presented the conf renee report on
the Indian Appropriation Bill. The Sen |
ate recedes rom its amendment making I
appropriations under new treaties and /
agrees to the House substitute placing two
millions or dollars at the disposal of t1e I
President, with an additional prOVisO
the President to appoint a
of ten persons, eminent for
their intelligence and philanthropy, to
exc rOiSe joint control with the Secretary
fisa Inn fxyar Il 80,