The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-02-24

Dy assignment TO duty IN various col
leges throughout the Union of naval
and military officers, as instructors
In navigation and naval warfare and
military tactics, or the Inauguration of
some other system less expensive, and
that would give all desiring it an op-
portunity to secure military or naval
education at his own expense.........
The Presidents veto of the bill for
the relief of Ro!lin White. by the ex-
tension Of postal patent, was dis
cassed...... Wilson presented the cre-
dentials of II. R. Revels, Senator
elect from Miss. Salisbury wanted
some light on the subject before the
oath wss administered, He did not
like the form of the certificate. which
was signed by Gen. Ames, Military
Governor of Mississippi. Salisbury
argued the sufhciency of the certiG-
cate at length. Wilson, Drake aad
others defended the certificate. Irum-
bull also took part in the discussion.
Dawes thought all the papers defec-
tive, and thought Gen. Ames, In sign
ing the credentials, had been guilty
Of an unwarrantable assumption
of power. After further discussion,
L.
TO receive the papers......Stockton
moved to refer the credentials of
Ames and Revels, to the Committee
on Judiciary, instructing them to re-
port whether either had been citizens
of the United States for nine years.
and inhabitants Of Mississippi, at the
time of election, but modified it to
include only Revcis. Wilson said
Revels had voted in Ohio. 20 years
ago. The lines closed before any re-
suit was reached.
HOUSE. - immediately after the
reading Of the journal In the House
yesterday, Banks announced the
death of Anson Burlingame on the
authority of a dispatch from Minister
Curtin at st. Petersburgh.........The
members elect from Mississippi, Geo.
q. Harris, J. T. Morphis. Geo. q.
w. Mckee, and Legrand W. Pierce,
appeared and took the oath of Office.
.........A variety of bills and joint
resolutions were introduced 1.-The
House then proceeded to the con-
sideration of the bill to prevent
and punish polygamy in Utah,
until the expiration of the
morning hour. when the House
went into Committee of the Whole
on the Legislative Appropriation bill,
which they discussed till 2 PM, and
then took up the question of expell-
ing Whitmore, the House being uu-
usually full, and the galleries aud cor
ridors being crowded with spectators.
Logan had the floor. Poland asked
leave to offer resolution to postpone.
rofYTcod 20 x-SaiI on1 IA nk
consent to any postponemeDt, ex-
cept to allow the accused to pre-
sent such defense as he desired.
Butler asked leave to intro
duce an affidavit in behalf of
the accused. Logan refused to yield
to have the affidavit read. But
Ter insisted that he was there as coun-
sci for the accused to show cause why
this judgment of expulsion should
not pass against him, and nobody but
the House could control him. He
was asking leave of nobody but God.
Logan denied the right of any mem
Der TO divest himself Of his judicial
character and become an attorney In
the House, unless he first rendered
Lis resignation to his constituency,
which, IN this case, would doubtless
be source of great grief to them.
(Laughter.) After further discussion,
the affidavit was admitted and read,
setting forth that he could not safely
go into trial without time to procure
witnesses, and then proceeded to deny
the accusation and explain bis acts,
and asked that time be given to pre-
pare his defense. After various points
of order, Whitemore assigned his hour
to Butler, and allowed Poland to offer
a resolution to postpone further con-
sideratIon of the question until the
committee shall make a final report,
and that the committee be directed TO
summon certain witnesses named.
Butler made an argument fer post
ponement, during which he was
called upon to define what he meant
by a newspaper man and he replied,
man who hangs about this city
and writes his thoughts home to his
newspaper; almos SeVeFy men involved
in the Illicit and abominable traffic Is
newspaper man aud we are to be
frightened from our propriety by tele
graphs which they send home, stating
that we will expel Mr.. Whitmore in
order to defend our own dignity. these
selling and buying rascalsl p" He de-
clared he would do his duty before
God and man independently,
if there was anything he was superior
to, it was newspapers. He wanted
to know the extent of this selling Of
cadetships, and if it had gone into a
custom. He wanted to know II they
were to visit all their wrath on this
one man. He moved an amendment
to Polard's resolution, that the
postponement shall not be for
more than twenty days. Logan
opposed the resolution. Whitemore
had come voluntarily before the
Committee, aad had refused to cross
examine witnesses when asked to do
so. After long speech he moved
the previous question on Poland s
resolution, which was seconded, By
yeas 10, nays %, and the resolution
was rejected yeas 35, nays 155.
Logan moved the previous question
on the report from the Committee,
which was seconded. A motion
TO adjourn was rejected. After a
long discussion, and without any def
mite action, the House adjourned.
David Atwood, of Wis, in place OF
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