The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-14
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Mccormick offered resolution in
structing the Committee on Terrific
ries to inquire into the expediency Of
establishing q territorial government
over the civilized Indians IN the In
dian Territory.
Van Horn offered 4 resolution di-
rectiDg the Secretary Of the Treasury
to consider the necessity Of erecting
pnst0iice building at Kansas City,
Missouri. Adopted.
Williams offered resolution, which
was referred to the Committee of the
Whole, taToriBg reduction o! taxa
tion to the lowest possible point, and
declaring any annextI0n of foreign ter
ritoFy, for which a consideration of
money or its equivalent is to be made,
is direct assault upon the public
credit aud not called for by any ext
gency of public affairs.
Morrill,, of Maine, by unanimous
consent, introduced a bill providing
that no officer or clerk in the employ
Of the United States Government
shall at any time solicit contributions
of other officials or employees IN the
Government service, for a gift or
present to those in superior official
position; that DO official or clerical
superior shall receive ANY gift or
present, a contribution of Govern
ment employees receiving less salary
than himself, and no officers or clerks
shall make by donation a gift or
present to any official superior. Any
person violating any provision Of this
bill to be sUmmarily dismissed. and
be Ineligible to any official position
under the Government for three
years.
Benjamin moved to lay The bill on
the table. Negatived. Yeas 2-BeE-
iamin and Bales; nays 25S.
Bingham suggested that the bill
vas Of doubtful constitutionality, as
it provided a penalty to last three
years, without conviction by the
Court lie therefore moved to refer
the bill to the j judiciary Committee.
Rejected by 81 to 102
Morrill, then amended the bill by
striking cut that part of the penalty
relating to lneligibility to Office for
three years, and the bill passed with
out a division.
Farnsworth introduced a bill TO
prevent aud punish certain abuses in
the Postoffice Department, in refer
ence to lottery circulars.
Garfield presented a petition of the
Portage County (Ohio) Medical AssO-
citation in reference to the navy medi-
cal staff.
Mupgen rose TO a personal explaua-
ton as to statement in the Wash
ington correspondence Of the New
York Tribune of The 18th OF Decem-
Der, In reference to his reputation
speech in the House prior to the
recess. He denied the statements in
detail and in gross, characteriziDg
them as 1abricatlons.
Garfield replied briefly. lie had
reed the resolutions of the Democrats
of Mercer County, n his colleague 5
District, fayoring reputation, show
ing his colleague represented their
opinion.
Eldridge said nc did not consider
it reputation to pay the debts of tho
Government precisely as Congress had
agreed to. He considered it repudia-
tIon to undertake to pay them in any
other manner. He believed the 3.20s
were payable In legal-tenders, the
money of the country, and he believ-
ed that any officer of the Government
who goes In the market and appre.
ciates 5-20s, at the expense and by
the depreciation of green baeks-legal
tender money-Was committing, if not
an impeachable ofense, an offense
against the Government
The House then, at 2:30, took up
the Virginia bill, and was addressed
by Lawrence in its support and ad-
vocacy, as the best bill that he could
get.
Logan briefly expressed the diff
Guilty which occurred to his mind ia
the case. Hereafter Virginia might
undertake to subvert any Of the
fundamental conditions an which she