Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-06-25
EVENING STAR.
FORTY.FIRST CONGRESS.



sENATE.-After our report closed
The further consideration Of the bill to redu, e
taxat' on was postponed until Monday next. at
one O'Clock. in order that the Finance Commit
tee could have a meeting and decide what TO do
for il Wa, Senator Sherman said, certain that
there would have to be a material revision OF
the other provisions OF the bill If the income tax
Was abolished
ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATION
Mr.. Harlan introduced a bill to provide for
additional representation in the Forty-SecOnI
Congress, which was laid on the table and
ordered to be printed. 1t provides that in any
State In which the representative population
shall be shown by the ninth census to exceed by
10000 or more the representative population as
shown by the eighth census there may be an
additional representative in the FOrty-SecOnd
Congress for each 10000 OF such excess and for
each fraction thereof exceeding 125,000. The
Secretary of the Interior il directed, As soon
the census returns are received, to ascertain
the number of addition al representatives t.
which the several States re entitled, and notify
the Governors of such States. and unless such
States by law direct otlerw such representa-
tives shall he elected for the State at large on
general ticket.
NAVAL AUTHORIZATION BILL.
The naval appropriation bill was then taken
posed by the Committee on Naval Affairs fiIiug
the pay, &c, of officers of the navy. T.
amendment was then agreed to.
Nar1Ous other sections regulating paw, allow
ances, &C., the retiring and PROMOTION Of or
GERS, fixing the number of officers of different
grades, &c, &c, all of which were agreed to;
Naval Observatory to contract for a refracting
telescope at $4,000. Passed.
Without further action the Senate then went
into executive session, and afterwards took
recess until p. m.
At the evening session the Senate, on motion
of MIR. Wiley, took mp the House bill to revise,
patents and cOpy-rights, which was amended
and passed Adjourned
HOCSE-After our report closed
Mr.. Butler called for a vote on the Georgia
bill.
THE GEORGIA BILL
The question WAS first taken upon Mr..
Dickey's pa motion to amend Mr.. Farms
worth's amendment by striking out ''in the year
1870"
Mr.. Farnsworth's amendment is as follows:
"But nothing in this act contained shall be
the right to an election for members of the
General Assembly Of said State I'm the year 1870,
The amendment Of Mr.. Dickey TO strike out
1870 was adopted-yeas 12i, naysI1.
The vote was then taken, on MIR. Farms
worths amendment, as amended, which was
agreed to-yeas 100, noes S..
jected.
Mr.. Dawes amendment was then acted upon.
Section ]. That the State Of Georgia having com.
teenih and fifteenth articles Of smendment 10 sb
Constitution Of the United States having been rsti-
its hereby declared that the STATE Of GeorSs i,
entitled 70 representation in the Congress of the
Section 2. Tha: 50 much of the act entitled An
army for the ending June PPd for 81 IN,
purposes, approved March 2 lS67 PROHIBITING tbs
forces in the states Of Ge1 1rS q I'M
Texas and Virginia, be- and the same is hereby
The amendment was then agreed to As a SUI
stitute tor the Senate bill.
PRrvILEGES QUESTION.
Mr.. Archer Mo- obtained leave to withdraw
the papers OF William Schilling & Co., OF Bal
tiihore, Ior the purpose Of reference in the Sen
MIR. Randall fPa.) rose to a privileged ones
ton, and sent to the Clerks desk To be read !
letter which he had addressed to the proprietor
or the Congressional Globe, calling their atten-
ton TO the fact that the report of the proceed
iDgs Of The House OF the 18th inst was not full anc
complete, and demanding to know IL it could
not be corrected in the stereotyped edition
Also, letter in reply, stating that the erasur,
was made by Hon. b. +. Butler, to whom the
slip had been submitted for the revision of hi
remarks, and that in the absence Of the pro
Prfetors the foreman had allowed the omission Il
be made In the paper. They further state that
since Their attention had been called TO it they
had, at considerable expense, caused ne v
the report.
He moved that the correspondence be referred
to the Committee on Rules.
Dir. Butler said the letters spoke of certain
manuscripts Had that manuscript been pre-
sented? He would like TO see the manuscript
Mr.. Randall have ii here with your sigma
ture.
Mr.. Butler latter examining the Mss) said
these words: go.
"Mr. Butler.-Which would commend to thf
gentlemen on the other side with the proverb
that fools can ask more questions than phioso
pheTS can answe ="
''Mr. Kandall.-They are sometimes honest
and that IL more than you are
He said he drew his pencil through it, and
wrote on the margin:
81 heard no such remark, or 1 should hav,
answered 1t Ii. +. b."
He made the correction, intending to 90
MT. Randall Tor his action. He did not hear the
remark at the time, and struck IL out for the
same reason that you, Mr.. Speaker, told him to
take his seat-becauee he did not think he knew
what he was about
Mr.. Randall said the libel and Islander beins
repeated, Mr.. Butler forced him to repeat the
Teaark when he WAS not excited He was will
ing TO let the matter 90 to the Committee o.
Rules The papers were so referred.
The Speaker announced Messrs. Schofeld
PAD Hale Mel and Dyer (Mo.) as a commit
tee OF conference on the disagreeing votes or
the bill TOR the relief Of certain officers Of the
Navy. Adjourned.
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