S. 827. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to protect all persons in the United States in their civil rights, and to furnish the means of their vindication," passed April 9, 1866; and S. 784. An act to amend the judicial system of the United States; in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of the House. The Senate requests the return of the joint resolution (S. R. 228) authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to admit free of duty certain submarine telegraph cable. By unanimous consent, it was Ordered, That the said joint resolution be returned to the Senate. The House, in pursuance of previous order, resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; and after some time spent therein the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. James F. Wilson reported that the committee having had under consideration the special order, viz: H. R. 1672. A bill making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the year ending June 30, 1870, had come to no resolution thereon. And then, On motion of Mr. Kelsey, at 10 o'clock and 10 minutes p. m., the House adjourned. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1869. The following memorials, petitions, and other papers, were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the rules, and referred as follows: By Mr. Thomas Williams: The petition of William T. Sedwick, guardian of minor child of George F. Sedwick, deceased, praying for a pension; Also, a petition of similar import from Margaret Pizor, mother of David W. Pizor, to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. By Mr. Eggleston: The petition of the officers of the Academy of Fine Arts of Cincinnati, Ohio, praying for the passage of a copyright aw, to the Committee on Patents. By Mr. Gravely: The petition of James N. McCully, of Virginia, praying for relief from political disability; By Mr. Goss: Petitions of similar import from G. Cannon, Jacob H. Briggs, and H. M. Price; By Mr. Hunter: The memorial of Julia A. Nutt, praying for a legalization of a trading permit; all to the Committee on Reconstruction. By Mr. Banks: The memorial of William Rullman, praying compen sation for losses sustained in consequence of the occupation of his property at Baltimore, Maryland, by the United States troops. By Mr. Niblack: Joint resolutions of the Indiana legislature, relative to the claims of the officers and men of battery F, United States artillery, to the Committee of Claims. By Mr. Kelley: The petition of Isaac Strohm, Joseph Miller, and others, citizens of the United States, praying that the letter of E. B. Elliot on the subject of the unification of the coinage of the world may be printed, to the Committee on Printing. By the Speaker: Resolutions of the New York Agricultural Society, praying that duty on animals imported for breeding purposes be abol ished. By Mr. Scofield: A petition from citizens of the State of Pennsyl vania, relative to the duty on crude petroleum, to the Committee of Ways and Means. By Mr. Ela: The petition of William A. Parker, late a captain in the United States navy, praying for restoration to the active list of the navy, to the Committee on Naval Affairs. By Mr. Buckley: The petition of citizens of the State of Alabama, praying for a mail route from Eufaula to Ozark, to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Mr. Poland, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on the Revision of the Laws, reported a bill (H. R. 2004) establishing the term of office of the House of Representatives, and providing for biennial sessions of the legislative assembly of the Territory of Montana; which was read a first and second time. Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Poland moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill. Mr. Farnsworth, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to which were referred bills of the House of the following titles, viz: H. R. 1415. A bill to incorporate the United States Postal Telegraph Company, and to establish a postal telegraph system; H. R. 1083. A bill for the construction of a government telegraph, under the direction of the Post Office Department, between New York and Washington; H. R. 1504. A bill to establish telegraph lines between Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington; and H. R. 1689. A bill for the construction of lines of telegraph between Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, under the direction of the Post Office Department; reported the same severally with a recommendation that they do not pass, accompanied by a report in writing thereon. Ordered, That the said bills be laid on the table and the report printed. Mr. Julian, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on the Public Lands, reported a bill (H. R. 2005) declaring the lands constituting the Fort Collins military reservation, in the Territory of Colorado, subject to pre-emption and homestead entry, as provided for in existing laws; which was read a first and second time. Ordered, That it be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Julian moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill. The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House communications as follows, viz: I. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of clerks and other persons employed in his department in 1868; which was laid on the table and ordered to be printed. II. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior in answer to a resolution of the House of the 13th instant, relative to the Sac and Fox Indian trust lands; which was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs andordered to be printed. III. A letter from the Commissioner of Agriculture, relative to a proposed industrial horticultural exhibition to be held at Hamburg in Sep tember next; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Mr. Holman, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled a bill of the following title, viz: H. R. 1864. An act for the repeal of tonnage duties on Spanish vessels; When The Speaker signed the same. The House then resumed the consideration of the bill of the House (H. R. 1744) to strengthen the public credit, and relating to contracts for the payment of coin, the pending question being on the amendment submitted by Mr. Niblack. Pending which, Mr. Shanks moved that the bill be laid on the table. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. William B. Allison Oakes Ames Delos R. Ashley George S. Boutwell John Covode Shelby M. Cullom Henry L. Dawes Columbus Delano Mr. Oliver J. Dickey Samuel Hooper Mr. Samuel F. Cary James T. Elliott Mr. Lewis W. Ross John P. C. Shanks Daniel M. Van Anken Mr. C. H. Prince Green B. Raum William H. Robertson Robert T. Van Horn Hamilton Ward Cadwal'r C. Washburn William B. Washburn B. F. Whittemore Thomas Williams Mr. George A. Halsey Mr. Asahel W. Hubbard James M. Humphrey William S. Lincoln Benjamin F. Loan Rufus Mallory Dennis McCarthy Mr. Hiram McCullough Mr. Samuel J. Randall So the House refused to lay the bill on the table. Mr. Charles H. Van Wyck Ellihu B. Washburne The question was then put on the amendment submitted by Mr. Niblack to strike out the first section. Yeas. And it was decided in the negative, Nays.. Not voting. 54 130 38 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Stevenson Archer Jehu Baker John T. Deweese Mr. Charles A. Eldridge J. Lawrence Getz Mr. Ebon C. Ingersoll Those who voted in the negative are Mr. William B. Allison Oakes Ames George S. Boutwell Thomas Cornell John Covode Mr. Shelby M. Cullom Columbus Delano Samuel Hooper Mr. John H. Ketcham Mr. John Morrissey Carman A. Newcomb Samuel J. Randall William E. Robinson So the said amendment was disagreed to. Mr. Lewis W. Ross John Taffe Daniel M. Van Auken Mr. Hiram Price C. H. Prince Row'd E. Trowbridge Henry Van Aernam Burt Van Horn Hamilton Ward Cadwal'r C. Washburn William B. Washburn B. F. Whittemore Thomas Williams Mr. J. H. Sypher Lawrence S. Trimble Fred'k E. Woodbridge The amendment of Mr. Allison was then read as follows, viz: And the question being put, It was decided in the negative, Yeas. 72 100 50 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Ordered, That the bill be engrossed and read a third time. The question then being on its passage, Mr. Schenck moved the previous question which was seconded, and the main question ordered and put, viz: And it was decided in the affirmative, Shall the bill pass? Not voting.... 121 GO 41 |