The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-16
CongressIenaI SUMMARY.
FINAL ADJOURNMENT OF BOTH HOUSES.
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| SENATE.-After postponing the adjourn.
ment sine die from noon till two, and then
/ till five M, the third and last report of
tne y9I on the indian
/ adOpts a substitute of the Senate for the
/ House bill, making appropriations fixed
| Ing contained in the bill shall be Construed
| either to aff1rm or deny the validity of the
| treaties made by the Indian Peace Conn
missioners' At 2:A0 Pm. the doors were
| opened, and message was received from
/ the President, calling attention to the
breaking out of war In Europe, and
of CongI Iess. relative to the shipping inter-
ests. The message was read. and subse-
for foreign trade and for other nurnoses
was taken up. Various amendments were
offered to the bill, among them one by
Morrill, OF Vermont. restricting the time
during which American registers NAV be
issued to foreign built vessels to three
months instead of eight. Wilson favored
the fixing of the period at i've months.
by which time Congress could extend it III
necessary. After long discussion by Mor-
Til. OF vermont. Bayard, Wilson, Conk-
Maine, and Chandler, the bill was laid
aside Informally. Ste ewart, on leave, pre-
sented the credentials of Richard IT Whit
ley and Henry e. FarrOw, Senators elect
from Georgia, which were laid on the
table. Wilson and CRsserly We're appoint
ed Conjunction Committee OF the
House to inform the President that
Congress was ready to adjourn, and
President had no further communica-
tions TO make. Bills passed donating the
cational purposes, and to enlarge the Ju-
risdiction OF the Probate Court of Idaho
Territory. Chandler made an ineffsctual
effort to get up bill which had been dis
cussed by Bayard, VINO had the aoor and
declined TO yield. At O'Clock the senate
adjourned sIae die.
HoUsE.-A ms ssage was received from
the the Senate, announcing the passage of
the bill appropriating S5,000,000 Tor Indian
services, 18th a substitute, being the Sen
ate Appropriation bill. After some dis
cuss1on, the House refused to concur in
the Senate amendment, and Allison and
Holman were appointed a Committee on
Conference. Tillman moved to suspend
the rules and pass the bill removing po-
llticaL disabilities from all persons In the
| Fourth Congressional District of TeDnes-
see; negatived. The majority and mt
nority reports in the Missouri con-
tested election case Of Shields against
van horn Were made and postponed
| till the next session. Cessna called mp
/ the Indiana contested election case.
| The majority resolution being that Julian,
/ the sitting member, is entitled to his seat
| and that Reid be paid "a 500 for his ex-
penses. After discussion the resolution
was adcpf ed, with amendments allowing
/ $4,000 to Joseph Segar, of Virginia: 81 500
/ to Grafton, of Texas. for the prosecution
/ of their respective claims to seats. Nu-
merous moiions were made and lost, and
much confusion prevailed, especially on a
motion to continue in session until p NJ :,
which motion ultimately prevailed. Then
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1 to adjourn and demand for the ayes and
noes. A motion for a recess was lost.
RESOLUTIONS were onered Fe1at We " tne
/ the probability that Spain would
lose control of Cuba, and It's subsequent
| seizure by France; and authorizing the
| President If 1t became necessary during
! the recess, to protest against and prevent
! such seizure; to recognize the revolution
1 ary government of Cuoa as de Jdck0 gov
/ ernmt mt, and take such steps as, In his
/ Judgment, to prevent any foreign govern
land. or any other island in American
/ soas. The rules were no. suspended. Cox
/ sought the floor to offer a resolution rela-
tive to free ships. Logan moved
| senate Joint resolution for the relief of
| certain contractors for the construction
| of vessels of war and steam machinery /:
rejected. Pending the vote, a message was
| received from the President urging the
necessity OF passing the Indian appro,
| pTtati0n bill, and referring to the prospect
/ of a European war, and the necessity
/ OF Increasing the American Commercial
| Marine by the purchase or ships abroad,
&c. Schenck moved that the nlessage be
! referred to the Committee of Ways and
/ Means, with Instructions to consider it
| forthwith and report at the earliest mo-
! ment practicable, which was agreed to
| and several resolutions for free ships
were offered by Cox, Butler, lMass.,)
IngersolI, Potter, Mungen, and Conger,
| also referred. The House at 2:20,
Pm, took a recess for one hour
On resuming business Blair, from the
/ the following resolution: Resolved, That in
the opinion of the House it is not exped1-
/ dent to further extend the present session
/ of Congress to take further action at this
| time on the Presiden t's message Schenck,
from the minority committee, reported q
| bill authorizing for a limited time the reg-
| Istratfon of foreign built iron vessels. At
| ter a long debate a motion to lay the
| whole subject on the table was made bv
| Cleveland and Negley, and negatfved, 72
/ to 95. A committee of Dawes, Schenck
/ and Cox were appointed to wait on the
/ President, and they reported that he had
no further communication to make. The
Speaker then at O'Clock declared the ses-
| sion adjourned sine die.