The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-06-25
Congressional Summary.

WASHINGTON j une "A.
SExATE-Wilson reported With amend
ment the army appropriation bill, for re-
lief of National Homestead, at Gettys-
burg, for Orphans OF Soldiers and Sailors.
sumner reported a joint resolution direct
ing the return TO China of the unappro-
priated surplus of E40O GOO currency, being
part of the sum received from that country
for settlement OF claims under treaty OF
1865. Pratt introduced n bill to dissolve the
tribal relations OF the Miami Indians, af-
ter four years, and for other purposes. A
hill was passed declaring the bridge
between Philadelphia and Camden post
route: also, a bin authorizing the $4,000
appropriated in 1860 for surveys OF the 18th
mus of Dsrien, TO be expended under the di-
rection of the War or Navy Departments at
bill constituting December 18th, January
Ist July 4th and Thanksgiving day legal
holidays in the District of Columbia a
great variety of other bills and resolutions
were INTRODUCED and referred. Summers
Cuban resolutions were taken up and dis.
cussed. At the suggestion OF Sawyer and
Thurman, the phraseology was corrected.
Thurman said the substitute OF the Com
mtttee was merely grandiloqueDt rhetoric,
extending no aid TO the Cuban patriots,
but merely sweep at slavery. He pro-
posed 10 say 10 Sp in directly that she
ought tn recognize the Independence of
Cuba The Senate took up the Tariff bill
and the sections to continue the Income
tax were stricken out After some dis
the subject was postponed until
Monday 10 give the committee an Oppor-
tunity to consult, and the Naval approprt-
|
ments reported from the Naval Com nit.
tee were agreed to. They regulate the pay
and allowances, retIrennenI an az prom P .l9n
| &C. A bill was then reported TO the senate
/ from the Committee of the Whole. Nor
ton introduced a bill for additional repre-
sentation in the Forth. second Congress: it
provides that in any State in which the
| representative population Of the h cen
| sns snail exceed nv one hundred and flftv
| thousand or more, that of the preceding z
| Census. There may be one additional
] N H..eaw -,
| Congress for each additional l50 90 of
| such excess. and for such fraction thereof,
exceeding l25. .OC0 the states are to be no.
/ titled as to the addition al number as soon
/ as the census returns are in, and unless
/ otherwise directed by state, such Rep
resentative shall be elected on general
| ticket. The Senate, after an executive
B session, took recess
! HoUsE-Aner some unimportant busf-
| ness the consideration of The Georgia bill
/ was resumed and discussed till O'Clock,
/ when the House proceeded to vote on the
| hill. The first vote was on Dickey s
/ amendment to Farnsworth's amendment,
/ which was agreed to; Farnsworth' s
4 amepdment as amended, was agreed to-
/ The amendment as amended reads as fol-
| lows: But nothing In THIS aet eontained 1
| Georgia OF the right to vote on election Tor
| members of the General Assembly of
| said state as provided In the constitution
| imposing conditions and school rights
was rejected: Dawes substitute for for
I
| bill now stands as follows without the pre-
amble: Section l. Be IL enacted that the
State of Georgia, having com piled with
the Reconstruction acts and l4th and 18th
articles of the amendments to the Consti-
tuition of the United States: and having
been ratified in good faith by legal Leg
islature of said State, 1t is hereby declared
that the state of Georgia is entitled to rep
| resentation in the Congress OF the United
States, but nothing in this act Contain
ed, shall be continued to deprive the
people of Georgia OF the right to an
/ ~ unpunh haYS nf GynnUrGsG ~
the General Assembly OF said State as pro-
vIded in the Constitution of said State
Section 2 That so much II the act EMIT ed
IAN Act Making Appropriations for the
Support of the Army for the year ending
/ June so, 1868, and for otl.er purposes" 3 D
! Droved March I'd, 1867 as prohibits the
! arming or calling into The servfcs OF the
I militia forces IN the States OF Georgia
NF'--7e- f-,r0f rawaS and Nirafnfa- and the