The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-20
CONGRESSIONAL.

aila we've introduced and referred as
NJ. Wulle1a-For regulating the com
pe1Ealllou IN the contested election eases
BIZ. Butler, OF hERs8ach usatEa-EO 1nCOr-
pora6e the Southern Express Company
{ a19 also amending the Dankrup. act-
MF- Aenckes-Ao prevent and pnnlsn
4 pE1bery and corrupt practices IN the cleo
n ton 0L memb bers OF Congress.
M. Churchill-To amend the act OF the
r 3lst OF May, 1850, 70 enforce the rights Oi
nlte- states citizens In the several
bfr Tanner-To continue the case or
Z tbs postal service for an instrument for
y post marking and more ehsCtual cancel
faf1on OF postage states.
4 MT Hlit-AuthorizIng the Postmaster
.fensll.l g issue one cent corres poudence
Aif, Enekard, Of Penn-To place tea and
ec 1ac on the Tree lisli and Increase the du-
ties cn pis AMI screr iron.
SIR. MCkenzle-Eor the Ruuul ufuelt OF
Z g commission on the claims OF loyal eiti-
Z5ns Tor damages during the rebellion.
NJ, CopuFn-Frovtdlng that accounts On
Claims y Glicn have osen ADJUSTED ~ tn9
/ proper o1ncer OF the Treasury, snail not pe
re-opened BY law, and Limiting time for
the presentation or the claims and ac-
Mr Asher-To authorIzs the construo.
ton OF bridge across the Missouri river
at st. Joseph, Missouri.
Messrs. Be anan and Ferry-A oint res
oluI1on' from the Michigan Legislature,
asking for a geogra pieal survey OF that
Mr.. AxtsIi-To charter the California &
Arlzonla a. Eallroad; aiso, making me noLSs
toms.
Mr., spink-To amend the act of the 14th
OF July, 1870, extending presumption laws
TO Colorado.
Resolutions were offered as follows:
Jenckes-Instructlngt the Judiciary Com
rupt1on and bribery al the last Congress
S1onal election in the Eastern District OF
aaao Enode \ Island, with power power to send for per-
Kellogg, (Conn. )-Instructing the Com.
mltteee on Ways and Means to inquire in
70 the expedtency of the immedlate re-
peal of the Income tax. The House re-
fused to second the previous question 81 TO
H. and debate arising the resolution
Wsnt over d4 Monday, January 9Th.
Beaman-From Committee on Appro-
prtsttOns, reported the Postoff1ce apprO-
priatton Dill, and 1t was made a special
order for tomorrow. The bill appropri-
Cress offered resolution calling for in
bonds for the Sinking Fund. Rel ected
81 to no.
Fitch moved the suspension Of the rules,
and 10 have restored TO the Speakers tq-
bic the senate bill relating to the central
branch OF the Pacific Railroad Company.
which was last session referred TO the
Committee on Public Lands. The motion
was rel scted; yeas lbs, nays SO.
Voorhees, offered q resolution fnstructtng
the Committee on Public Lands to report |
disabled pensioners from the requirement |
Of the homestead law, which make pes
Mr.. Jones. of Kentucky, offered a pre-
anable and resolution, recitlnR that the |
Government Of the United STATES was |
established as a confederacy of soequaI |
Statas: that the right OF revolution was |
admitted, and was affirmed IN the Declsr- |
alton OF Independence: that certain States |
have seeded and set up a governmenE OF |
their own in accordance with their honest /
convictions as TO their reserved rights; |
that = great civil war ensued, and the ex- /
pertinent made was settled by arm; that /
since then the people Of the Southern |
ments OF the Government, and had been /
fully reconstructed, and declaring that it 1
was the duty OF the Government and Con- 1
gress TO grant trees unqualified and per- 1
feet pardon and amnesty to all political |
Offenders in the late war.
The resolution was rejected Yeas, "A ; /
Among the Democrats voting in the /
negative we'e, Barnum, Cox, Creb5, Hele- |
man, Morrtssey, Munger Schumaker and |
Cox asked unanimous consent to offer
the resolution Without the preamble.
Jones (Ky)-Obj ected.
C0x-Remarked that many gentlemen
on the Democratic side had requested him
TO say that they would have voted for the
was embarrassed with preamble, while
Others held for the resolution In spite OF
the preamble.
sargent-From the Committee on An
propTlatiOns, reported a special bill apprO-
priagtng $4,000 TO enable the President to
collect the Apache Indian tribes in ArtzO-
ma aud New Mexico on reservations, and
10 provide subsistence aud promote peace
and civilization among them. Passed.
" LaWrence-IntrOduced a Dill to amend
the Soldiers Homestead Act. Il author
izss tine soldiers OF the war OF lSl2, and the
Mexican war, entire, under the Home
stead law. to claim I6O acres OF alternate
reserved sections along the railroads
which have received land grants, thus
giving them the same rights of home
sceads as the United states soldiers IN the
war of the rebellion. Passed.
The House then, at ) O'Clock, went into
Ccmmittee on the Whole, with Mr.. Nc.
Creery in the chair, on the Pension ApprO-
priRtlon Bill.
Mr.. KeIsey-Who had reported the bill
from the Committee on Appropriations,
proceeded to state some facts in connec.
pension system. He said the bill appro-
Driated thirty million, Dus that he had
been instI9csea 70 oIsF an anenoaent, 91 9l5,,
/ ty-nine millions; that the max. mum Of
pensions had been reached, and that the
1 isned every year. The Dill was passed.
| Mr.. Commensurate personal explane-
tIon in reply to an ed itorial article In the
I New York Tribune, ref Getting upon him in
| connection with resolution offered by
him two weeks since, for the abolition OF
duty on tea. sugar and coffee. After he
/ had spoken fifteen minutes on the general
| subject of the revenue reform, Mr.. Dawes
objected to any further extentiOn of time
being allowed. Mr.. Connor saying he re-
/ GREETED very much that that gentleman
did not seem to understand the meaning
OF the term pers nal explanation and he
had never known so gross an abuses and
/ for the privilege of the House, Mr.. ConnOr
/ appealed for i've minutes longer. MI.
/ Dawes objected, saying that he did not
| think the country would sufIer If It never
| did know what that personal explanation
/ was.
| The House then, at half-past O'Clock,
/ went into Committee of the Whole, with
| Mr., Scodeld in the chair, on the Legisla-
/ tive A Appropriation Bul, q bill which nils
| hfty-three printed pages. and appropriates
/ SIS ,635, $50. A provisO in the bill, which Ie-
Peals the law that allowed lne pnolie
| paper and press work, such public docu-
| ments as are printed at the Government
| printing office, give rise to considerable
| discussion. Without dispOsIng of the Ques-
| tIon, the Committee rose and the House