The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-09
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VI
Morrill,, of Pennsylvania, introduced q
bill to fund the debt OF, the United states
at a lower rate of interest; TO make the
National Banking system free' t aL and l, i9r
tee on Ways and Means.
Paine offerfeda a resolution directing the
what Legislatures have ratifed the Ftf-
teenth Amendment. Adopted.
Cobb. of North Carolina asked leave to
offer a resolution OF sympathy with the
Cuban 1nsurrectioD, but the general order
of business was called for by Maynard.
Palmer introduced a bill TO aughor1ze
tne Burlington q Missouri River Railroad
to change the established route. Referred
Pacific Railroad mmittee. s,5-.,...s..,- .
II Lawrence offered q resolution directing
the Commits con Public Lands TO inquire
into the expediency of amending the
soldiers and seamen OF the United States
to secure one hundred and sixty acres or
/ land, instead of eighty as now authorized,
| for a hoInestead,s- and of the alternate sec
| tionS Of land embraced in Railroads apd
! other grants owned by the Government
ID d Wis introduced q bin. to abolish the du-
| ties on coal Referred TO the Committee
| on Ways and Means.
/ Several bills for the removal OF political
disabilities were introduced and referred
! to the Committee on Reconstruction.
Sargent introduced a~bilf TO procure and
/ disseminate information OF the extent OF
/ cereal and other crops OF foreign countries.
Referred to the Committee on Agr1cul-
/ ture. 1t requires American -COnsuIs re-.
| siding in countries which raise cereal or
| other crops that come in competition with
| American products in the markets OF the
| world, to furnish quarterly Statements or
| the condition of crops to the state Depart
| ment, which is to furnish them to the
! Commissioner on Agriculture, who is re-
| ouired to put them IN q condensed form in
| Ills monthly circular, corrected by any ae-
curate information in his possession Ihe
| object of the bill Is to furnish Information
| 10 farmers to enable them to sell or hold
| their crops in view Of foreign markets,
most OF the Information now attalnabies
I bpi English
| colored by the necessities of that country
OTHER bills were Introduced and referred,
BY Strick1and. extending the Portage
| Lake and Lake Superior Railroad to Ken
| nav Bay, Michigan.
| imports, proposing a periodical reduction
| of 10 per cent $3.50. -
/ tion of certain territorial officers by the
| BY Muugen. to exempt from taxation
| the United States, to. the same extent as
the property of bond-holdefs.
BY O'Neil, for the restoration OF Captain
! D. Lynch to the active list of the navy.
| BY McCrary, TO amend an act for the con-
| solidation of the United tates statutes.
- The Speaker made proposition to the
House IN reference to the assignment TO
com mittees ofthe recently admitted MEM
beIs. At present, II was not in his power
to assign them, and he suggested tha-
he be authorized to assign them as tenth
members to such committees as he might
Brooks OF New York, expressed hope
that the Speaker would Improve the OPP
pOrtunity by adding Democratic member
to the COMMITTEES on Elections.
| FarnsWorth suggested that the matter be
referred TO the Committee on Rules.
| Schenck did not favor that suggestion,
1 because 1T would be apt to cause delay and
would LOOK tosomethfng Ifkea permanent
arrangement, instead of a temporary one.
Farnsworth did not wish to be under
stood as ObjectiDg to the Speakers propo-
sition, but he reminded the House that
I 2 n Y
Ii ouse that were obsolete, except on paper.
and that never met, and had no place Oh
meeting, and he thought 1t better That the
whole subject of committees be revised by
the Committee on Rules. .. .
L sWelker offered q resolution giving the
II Speaker the authority suggested.
Dawes favored referring the Wh ole mat
ter TO the Committee on ,kules. l5dfd not
seem to him quite right to leave the ma t
so entirely to the Speaker. 1t was deI1-
cate matter, and he supposed the Speaker
would prefer to have 1t arranged by the
Committee on Rules.
The Speaker said he had no desire in ths
matter at all. other than might be tndl-
Eldrldge suggested, that the difficulty
might be obvlated by the resignation ol
members OF com nmlttees who. are nov ssrv-
BenJ Jamin thought the whole matter pre-
mature, until after the adm tssiOn of Vir-
1 Finally the subject was referred 10 the
| Committee on Rules
| The House then went into Committee oi
the Whole, with Mr., Dawes Ia the chair
/ and proceeded to the consideration of the
bill to provide for taking the ninth census
| TO fix the number of members of the House
OF Representatives, and provide for theiI
future apportionment among the States.
Stokes, chairman of the Census Commit
tee, commended the industry of the su b.
ommittee, which sat during the recess
and said he would leave the management
of the engineering of the Dill to the chair
Imam of the sub-cOm Initte6.
| Garfield proceeded to state succintIy the
| points of the bill and the machinery de
| Vised therein for taking the census, ex-
planning wherein and why il differed from