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Tellers were again refused.

The motion to reconsider was laid on the table. The next amendment on which a separate vote was demanded by Mr. MORRILL was to insert after the word "correct" on page 80, line seventeen hundred and seventy, the following:

Provided, That journeyman cigar-makers and apprentices who work for others shall not be included in this provision.

The question being taken on the amendment, there were-ayes 47, noes 46.

Mr. MORRILL demanded the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.

The question being taken, it was decided in the affirmative-yeas 63, nays 60, not voting 60; as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Ancona, Baker, Beaman, Bergen, Bromwell, Buckland, Chanler, Reader W. Clarke, Cobb, Cook, Cullom, Darling, Defrees, Delano, Dumont, Eldridge, Farquhar, Ferry, Goodyear, Grider, Aaron Harding, Higby, Hogan, Holmes, Hotchkiss, Chester D. Hubbard, Demas Hubbard, James R. Hubbell, James M. Humphrey, Ingersoll, Julian, Kelley, Kerr, George V. Lawrence, William Lawrence, Loan, Marshall, McClurg, McCullough, MeKee, Mercur Niblack, Nicholson, O'Neill, Orth, Radford, Samuel J. Randall, Ritter, Ross, Shellabarger, Sitgreaves, Stevens, Stilwell, Strouse, Trimble, Burt Van Horn, Henry D. Washburn, Welker, Whaley, Williams, Stephen F. Wilson, and Wright-63.

NAYS-Messrs. Allison, Ames, James M. Ashley, Baldwin, Banks, Baxter, Blaine, Conkling, Davis, Dawes, Dawson, Deming, Dixon, Dodge, Donnelly, Eckley, Eliot, Garfield, Hale, Hart, Henderson, Hooper, Asahel W. Hubbard, John H. Hubbard, Edwin N. Hubbell, Hulburd, James Humphrey, Ketcham, Longyear, Marston, Marvin, McRuer, Moorhead, Morrill, Morris, Paine, Patterson, Perham, Pike, Plants, Price, William H. Randall, Alexander H. Rice, John H. Rice, Rollins, Sawyer, Schenck, Scofield, Sloan, Spalding, Taylor, Thayer, Francis Thomas, Trowbridge, Upson, Ward, William B. Washburn, James F. Wilson, Windom, and Woodbridge-60.

NOT VOTING-Messrs. Alley, Anderson, Delos R. Ashley, Barker, Benjamin, Bidwell, Bingham, Blow, Boutwell, Boyer, Brandegee, Broomall, Bundy, Sidney Clarke, Coffroth, Culver, Denison, Driggs, Eggleston, Farnsworth, Finck, Glossbrenner, Grinnell, Griswold, Abner C. Harding, Harris, Hayes, Hill, Jenckes, Johnson, Jones, Kasson, Kelso, Kuykendall, Laflin, Latham, Le Blond, Lynch, McIndoe, Miller, Moulton, Myers, Newell, Noell, Phelps, Pomeroy, Raymond, Rogers, Rousseau, Shanklin, Smith, Starr, Taber, John L. Thomas, Thornton, Van Aernam, Robert T. Van Horn, Warner, Elihu B. Washburne, Wentworth, and Winfield-60. So the amendment was agreed to. During the roll-call,

Mr. O'NEILL stated that his colleague, Mr. MYERS, was absent on account of sickness in his family. If he had been present he would have voted "ay.'

The result was announced as above recorded. The next amendment on which a separate vote was demanded by Mr. MORRILL was to strike out on page 90, line two thousand and twelve, the words "not otherwise provided for."

Mr. MORRILL. That was stricken out by mistake. I hope it will be allowed to remain. The amendment was disagreed to.

The next amendment reserved by Mr. MORRILL was on page 84, lines eighteen hundred and sixty-two, eighteen hundred and sixtythree, and eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to strike out the following:

And gas companies are hereby authorized to add the tax imposed by law to the price per thousand cubic feet on gas sold.

The amendment was agreed to-ayes seventythree, noes not counted."

The next amendment reserved by Mr. MORRILL was to strike out on page 89, line two thousand and one, the words "reapers, mowers, threshing-machines, corn-shellers,wooden

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Mr. ROSS. Does that exempt or subject them to taxation?

The SPEAKER. If it is stricken out it exempts them from the tax of three per cent. The question being taken, there were-ayes 75, noes 40.

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nays.

Mr. MORRILL demanded the The yeas and nays were ordered. The question was taken; and it was decided in the affirmative-yeas 68, nays 53, not voting 62; as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Ancona, Baker, Beaman, Brom

well, Buckland, Reader W. Clarke, Sidney Clarke, Cobb, Cook, Cullom, Defrees, Delano, Donnelly, Dumont, Eckley, Eggleston, Eldridge, Farnsworth, Farquhar, Ferry, Goodyear, Grider, Abner C. Harding. Hart, Holmes, Hotchkiss, Demas Hubbard, John H. Hubbard, James R. Hubbell James M. Humphrey, Ingersoll, Julian, Ketcham, Kuykendall, George V. Lawrence, William Lawrence, Loan. Longyear, Marshall, Marvin, McCullough, Mercur, Morris, Niblack, Nicholson, Orth, Paine, Plants, Price Radford, Samuel J. Randall, Ross, Sawyer, Shellabarger, Sitgreaves. Sloan, Stilwell, Strouse, Trimble, Trowbridge, Van Aernam, Burt Van Horn, Ward, Welker, Whaley, Williams, James F. Wilson, and Windom-68. NAYS-Messrs. Allison, James M. Ashley, Banks, Baxter, Bidwell, Conkling, Darling, Davis, Dawes, Dawson, Deming, Dixon, Dodge, Eliot, Garfield, Hale, Aaron Harding, Henderson, Higby, Hogan, Hooper, Asahel W. Hubbard, Chester D. Hubbard, Edwin N. Hubbell, Hulburd, James Humphrey, Kelley, Kerr, Marston, McKee, McRuer, Moorhead, Morrill, O'Neill, Patterson, Perham, Pike. William H. Randall, Alexander H. Rice, John H. Rice, Ritter, Rollins, Schenck, Scofield, Spalding, Stevens, Taylor, Thayer, Upson, William B. Washburn, Stephen F. Wilson, Woodbridge, and Wright-53.

NOT VOTING-Messrs. Alley, Ames, Anderson, Delos R. Ashley, Baldwin, Barker, Benjamin, Bergen, Bingham, Blaine, Blow, Boutwell, Boyer, Brandegee, Broomall, Bundy, Chanler, Coffroth, Culver, Denison, Driggs, Finck, Glossbrenner, Grinnell, Griswold, Harris, Hayes, Hill, Jenckes, Johnson, Jones, Kasson, Kelso, Laflin, Latham, Le Blond, Lynch, McClurg, MeIndoe, Miller, Moulton, Myers, Newell, Noell, Phelps, Pomeroy, Raymond, Rogers, Rousseau, Shanklin, Smith, Starr, Taber, Francis Thomas, John L. Thomas, Thornton, Robert T. Van Horn, Warner, Elihu B. Washburne, Henry D. Washburn, Wentworth, and Winfield-62.

So the amendment was agreed to.

Mr. MORRILL. I desire to have the unanimous consent of the House to have one article placed on the free list. I accidentally omitted it this morning. If there is any objection to it, I will withdraw it. It is to insert in the free list the words "bunting, and flags and banners made of bunting of domestic manufacture." Mr. FARQUHAR. I object.

FREEDMEN'S AFFAIRS.

The SPEAKER, by unanimous consent, laid before the House the following message from the President of the United States: To the House of Representatives:

In compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st instant, I transmit herewith a report from the Secre tary of War, with accompanying papers, in reference to the operations of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.

ANDREW JOHNSON. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 25, 1866. The message, with the accompanying papers, was laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.

MAIL SERVICE WITH BRAZIL.

The SPEAKER also, by unanimous consent, laid before the House the following message from the President of the United States: To the House of Representatives:

I transmit herewith a report from the Postmaster General, made in answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, calling for information relative to the proposed mail steamship service between the United States and Brazil.

ANDREW JOHNSON. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 24, 1866.

The message, with the accompanying report, was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.

TAX BILL-AGAIN.

Mr. FARQUHAR. I withdraw my objection to the amendment proposed by the gentleman from Vermont, [Mr. MORRILL.] Idid not understand what the amendment was.

Mr. MORRILL. I modify the amendment so as to read, "bunting and flags of the United States and banners made of domestic manufacture."

The amendment was agreed to.

Mr. MORRILL. There is a verbal amendment necessary. The committee having placed "brooms" on the free list, I move to strike out the word "brooms" where it occurs on page 89, line two thousand and two. The amendment was agreed to.

The next amendment upon which a separate vote had been demanded by Mr. MORRILL was the following, to strike out the following clauses:

On cigarettes, or small cigars, made of tobacco, inclosed in a wrapper or binder, and not over three and a half inches in length, the market value of which (tax included) is not over six dollars per thousand, a tax of two dollars per thousand; when the market value is over six dollars and not over ten dollars per thousand, (tax included,) and on cheroots, and cigars known as short-sixes, and on any cigars made with or without pasted or twisted heads, the market value of which (tax included) is not over ten dollars per thousand, a tax of four dollars per thousand.

On all other cigars, cheroots, and cigarettes, made wholly of tobacco, or of any substitute therefor, a tax of ten dollars per thousand.

And insert in lieu thereof as follows:

On cigarettes, or small cigars, made of tobacco, inclosed in a wrapper or binder, and not over three and a half inches in length, and on cigars made with twisted heads, and on cheroots and on cigars known as short-sixes, the market value of which is not over eight dollars per thousand, a tax of two dollars per thousand.

On all other cigarettes and cigars, the market value of which is over eight dollars and not over twelve dollars per thousand, a tax of four dollars per thousand.

On all other cigarettes and cigars a tax of four dollars per thousand, and in addition forty per cent. ad valorem on the value beyond twelve dollars per thousand, to be assessed on the excess beyond twelve dollars per thousand.

Mr. TAYLOR demanded the yeas and nays on agreeing to the amendment.

The yeas and nays were not ordered. The amendment was agreed to-ayes 54, noes 40.

Mr. PAINE moved to reconsider the vote by which the amendment was agreed to; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table.

The latter motion was agreed to.

The next amendment upon which a separate vote was demanded by Mr. MORRILL was in regard to smoking tobacco, to amend the clause so that it will read as follows:

On smoking tobacco of all kinds, not sweetened nor stemmed nor butted, including that made of stems, or in part of stems, and imitations thereof, a tax of ten cents per pound.

The question was taken; and there were, upon a division-ayes 37, noes 62.

Before the result of the vote was announced,
Mr. SCHENCK called for the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.

The question was taken; and it was decided in the negative-yeas 54, nays 67, not voting 62; as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Ancona, Baker, Bidwell, Blaine, Bromwell, Buckland, Chanler, Reader W. Clarke, Cobb, Cook, Cullom, Defrees, Delano, Donnelly, Dumont, Eggleston, Eldridge, Farnsworth, Farquhar, Garfield, Grider, Aaron Harding, Abner C. Harding, Hart, Hogan, Asahel W. Hubbard, Chester D. Hubbard, James R. Hubbell, James M. Humphrey, Ingersoll, Kerr, William Lawrence, Loan, Marshall, McCullough, McKee, Mercur, Niblack, Nicholson, Orth, Plants, Radford, Samuel J. Randall, Ritter, Ross, Schenck, Shellabarger, Sitgreaves, Stilwell, Strouse, Trimble, Welker, Whaley, and Wright-54. NAYS-Messrs. Allison, Ames, Baldwin,_ Banks, Baxter, Bergen, Sidney Clarke, Conkling, Darling, Davis, Dawes, Dawson, Deming, Dixon, Dodge, Eliot, Ferry, Goodyear, Hale, Henderson, Higby, Holmes, Hotchkiss, Demas Hubbard, John H.Hubbard, Edwin N. Hubbell, Hulburd, James Humphrey, Julian, Kelley, Ketcham, Kuykendall, George V. Lawrence, Longyear, Marvin, McRuer, Moorhead, Morrill, Morris, O'Neill, Paine, Patterson, Perham, Pike, Price, William II. Randall, Alexander H. Rice, John H. Rice, Rollins, Sawyer, Scofield, Sloan, Spalding, Stevens, Thayer, Francis Thomas, Trowbridge, Upson, Van Aernam, Burt Van Horn, Ward, William B. Washburn, Williams, James F. Wilson, Stephen F. Wilson, Windom, and Woodbridge-67.

NOT VOTING-Messrs. Alley, Anderson, Delos R. Ashley, James M. Ashley, Barker, Beaman, Benjamin, Bingham, Blow, Boutwell, Boyer, Brandegee, Broomall, Bundy, Coffroth, Culver, Denison, Driggs, Eckley, Finck, Glossbrenner, Grinnell, Griswold, Harris, Hayes, Hill, Hooper, Jenckes, Johnson, Jones, Kasson, Kelso, Laflin, Latham, Le Blond, Lynch, Marston, McClurg, McIndoe, Miller, Moulton, Myers, Newell, Noell, Phelps, Pomeroy, Raymond, Rogers, Rousseau, Shanklin, Smith, Starr, Taber, Taylor, John L. Thomas, Thornton, Robert T. Van Horn, Warner, Elihu B. Washburne, Henry D. Washburn, Wentworth, and Winfield-62.

So the amendment was not agreed to.

The next amendment upon which Mr. MoxRILL demanded a separate vote was to insert the words "cordage and rigging for vessels" after the word "sails," in the following clause in

the free list: "sails, tents, shades, awnings, and bags made by sewing or pasting.'

The question was taken; and there were, upon a division-ayes 38, noes 64.

Before the result of the vote was announced, Mr. BLAINE called for tellers. Tellers were ordered; and Messrs. BLAINE and THAYER were appointed.

Mr. PIKE. I understand that the objection of the Committee of Ways and Means is to the word "rigging." I therefore ask that the word "rigging" be stricken out by unanimous

consent.

Mr. THAYER. I object; I think there is as much objection to placing cordage on the free list as there is to placing rigging on that list.

The House divided; and the tellers reported -ayes 51, noes 61.

So the amendment was not agreed to.

The next amendment upon which Mr. MORRILL had demanded a separate vote was the following offered by Mr. WILLIAMS, in section sixty-five to strike out the words "Secretary of the Treasury," in the first sentence, and insert the word "President;" insert the words "by and with the advice and consent of the Senate" after the word "authorized;" and strike out the word "his" and insert "the Treasury; so that the sentence will read :

That the President is hereby authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint an officer in the Treasury Department who shall be styled "Special Commissioner of the Revenue,' whose office shall terminate in four years from the passage of this act.

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The question was taken; and upon a division there were-ayes 68, noes 40.

Before the result of the vote was announced, Mr. NIBLACK called for the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered.

The question was taken; and it was decided in the negative-yeas 46, nays 73, not voting 64; as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Baker, Beaman, Bromwell, Buckland, Reader W. Clarke, Sidney Clarke, Cobb, Cook, Eckley, Eggleston, Farnsworth, Abner C. Harding, Henderson, Higby, Holmes, Hotchkiss, Demas Hubbard, John H. Hubbard, James R. Hubbell, Julian, Kelley, William Lawrence, Loan, Longyear, McClurg, McKee, Mercur, Moorhead, Orth, Paine, Perham, Plants, Price, William H. Randall, Sawyer, Schenck, Sloan, Stevens, Francis Thomas, Trowbridge, Upson, Van Aernam, Welker, Williams, James F. Wilson, and Stephen F. Wilson-46.

NAYS-Messrs. Allison, Ames, Ancona, Baldwin, Banks, Baxter, Bergen, Chanler, Conkling, Cullom, Darling, Davis, Dawes, Dawson, Delano, Deming, Dixon, Dodge, Dumont, Eldridge, Eliot, Farquhar, Ferry, Garfield, Goodyear, Grider, Hale, Aaron Harding, Hogan, Hooper, Chester D. Hubbard, Edwin N. Hubbell, Hulburd, James Humphrey, James M. Humphrey, Ingersoll, Kerr, Ketcham, Latham, George V. Lawrence, Marshall, Marston, Marvin, McCullough, McRuer, Morrill, Morris, Niblack, Nicholson, O'Neill, Patterson, Phelps, Pike, Radford, Samuel J. Randall, Alexander H. Rice, Ritter, Rollins, Ross, Scofield, Shellabarger, Sitgreaves, Spalding, Stilwell, Taylor, Thayer, Trimble, Ward, Henry D. Washburn, William B. Washburn, Whaley, Woodbridge, and Wright-73.

NOT VOTING-Messrs. Alley, Anderson, Delos R. Ashley, James M. Ashley, Barker, Benjamin, Bidwell, Bingham, Blaine, Blow, Boutwell, Boyer, Brandegee, Broomall, Bundy, Coffroth, Culver, Defrees, Denison, Donnelly, Driggs, Finck, Glossbrenner, Grinnell, Griswold, Harris, Hart, Hayes, Hill, Asabel W. Hubbard, Jenckes, Johnson, Jones, Kasson, Kelso, Kuykendall, Laflin, Le Blond, Lynch, MeIndoe, Miller. Moulton, Myers, Newell, Noell, Pomeroy, Raymond, John H. Rice, Rogers, Rousseau, Shanklin, Smith, Starr, Strouse, Taber, John L. Thomas. Thornton. Burt Van Horn, Robert T. Van Horn, Warner, Elihu B. Washburne, Wentworth, Windom, and Winfield--64.

So the amendment was not agreed to.
During the roll-call,

Mr. RADFORD said: My colleague, Mr. WINFIELD, is still detained from the House by indisposition. If he were here he would vote in the negative.

The next amendment was the following, offered by Mr. COBB, on which he demanded a separate vote to strike out of section sixtyfive the following ;

The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to appoint an officer in his Department who shall be styledSpecial Commissioner of the Revenue," whose office shall terminate in four years from the passage of this act. It shall be the duty of the Special Commissioner of the Revenue to inquire into all the sources of national revenue and the best methods of collot

ing the revenue; the relations of foreign trade to domestic industry; the mutual adjustment of the systems of taxation by customs and excise, with the view of insuring the requisite revenue with the least disturbance or inconvenience to the progress of industry and the development of the resources of the country; and to inquire from time to time, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, into the manner in which officers charged with the administration and collection of the revenues perform their duties. And the said Special Commissioner of the Revenue shall from time to time report, through the Secretary of the Treasury, to Congress, either in the form of a bill or otherwise, such modifications of the rates of taxation or of the methods of collecting the revenues, and such other facts pertaining to the trade, industry, commerce, or taxation of the country as he may find, by actual observation of the operation of the law, to be conducive to the public interest; and in order to enable the Special Commissioner of the Revenue to properly conduct his investigations, he is hereby empowered to examine the books, papers, and accounts of any officer of the revenue, to administer oaths, examine and summon witnesses, and take testimony; and each and every such person falsely swearing or affirming shall be subject to the penalties and disabilities prescribed by law for the punishment of corrupt and willful perjury; and all officers of the Government are hereby required to extend to the said Commissioner all reasonable facilities for the collection of information pertinent to the duties ofhis office. And the said Special Commissioner shall be paid an annual salary of $4,000 and the traveling expenses necessarily incurred while in the discharge of his duty; and all letters and documents to and from the Special Commissioner relating to the duties and business of his office shall be transmitted by mail free of postage. And.

So that the section, as amended, will read: SEC. 65. And be it further enacted, That section nineteen of an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to provide internal revenue to support the Government, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes,' approved June 30, 1864," approved March 3, 1865, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

On agreeing to the amendment there wereayes 38, noes 72.

Mr. FARNSWORTH called for the yeas and

nays.

The yeas and nays were ordered.

The question was taken; and it was decided in the negative-yeas 51, nays 75, not voting 57; as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Baker, Beaman, Bromwell, Buckland, Chanler, Sidney Clarke, Cobb, Cook, Cullom, Eckley, Eggleston, Eldridge, Farnsworth, Farquhar, Aaron Harding, Abner C. Harding, Higby, Holmes, Demas Hubbard, Julian, Kelley, William Lawrence, Loan, Marshall, McClurg, McKee, Mereur, Orth, Paine, Perham, Pike, Plants, Price, Radford, Samuel J. Randall, William H. Randall, Ritter. Ross, Sawyer, Shellabarger, Sloan, Stevens, Taylor, Trimble, Trowbridge, Upson, Van Aernam, Ward, Welker, Williams, and James F. Wilson-51.

NAYS-Messrs. Allison, Ames, Ancona, Delos R. Ashley, Baldwin, Banks, Baxter, Bergen, Bidwell, Blaine, Reader W. Clarke, Conkling, Darling, Davis, Dawes, Dawson, Defrees, Delano, Deming, Dixon, Dodge, Dumont, Eliot, Ferry, Garfield, Goodyear, Grider, Hale, Hart, Henderson, Hogan, Hooper, Asahel W. Hubbard, Chester D. Hubbard, John H. Hubbard, Edwin N. Hubbell, James R. Hubbell, Hulburd, James Humphrey, James M. Humphrey, Ingersoll, Kerr, Ketcham, Kuykendall, Latham, George V. Lawrence, Longyear, Marston, Marvin, McCullough, McRuer, Moorhead, Morrill, Morris, Niblack. Nicholson, O'Neill, Patterson, Phelps, Alexander H. Rice, John H. Rice, Rollins, Scofield, Sitgreaves, Spalding, Stilwell, Strouse, Thayer, Henry D. Washburn, William B. Washburn, Whaley, Stephen F. Wilson, Windom, Woodbridge, and Wright-75.

NOT VOTING-Messrs. Alley, Anderson, James M. Ashley, Barker, Benjamin. Bingham, Blow, Boutwell, Boyer, Brandegee, Broomall, Bundy, Coffroth, Culver, Denison, Donnelly, Driggs, Finck, Glossbrenner, Grinnell, Griswold, Harris, Hayes, Hill, Hotchkiss, Jenckes, Johnson, Jones, Kasson, Kelso, Laflin, Le Blond, Lynch, McIndoe, Miller, Moulton, Myers, Newell, Noell, Pomeroy, Raymond, Rogers, Rousseau, Schenck, Shanklin, Smith, Starr, Taber, Francis Thomas, John L. Thomas, Thornton, Burt Van Horn, Robert T. Van Horn, Warner, Elihu B. Washburne, Wentworth, and Winfield-57.

So the amendment was not agreed to. The next amendment was the following, on which a separate vote had been demanded by Mr. ALLISON:

On page 14, at the end of line one hundred and twenty-two, insert the following:

When the assessor is required or compelled to travel to make examinations as provided in this section he shall be allowed mileage and his necessary and proper traveling expenses. The costs for the attendance and mileage of witnesses shall be taxed by the assessor and paid by the delinquent parties, or otherwise by the collector of the district on certificate of the assessor, at the rate usually allowed in said district for witnesses in district courts of the United States.

The amendment was not agreed to.

The next amendment was the following, on

which a separate vote had been demanded by Mr. HOOPER, of Massachusetts:

In section twenty-two, at the commencement of line eleven, insert "and all bonded warehouses and."

The amendment was disagreed to.

The next amendment was the following, on which a separate vote had been demanded by Mr. PRICE:

Amend the paragraph relating to the one hundred and eighteenth section of the present law by adding the following:

Provided further, That the list of incomes in the offices of the assessor and collector shall be open to the inspection of the public; but neither the assessor nor collector shall furnish such list or any portion thereof for publication, nor permit the same to be copied for publication.

On agreeing to the amendment there wereayes 53, noes 46.

Mr. SLOAN called for the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered.

The question was taken; and it was decided in the negative-yeas 55, nays 66, not voting 62; as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Ancona, Banks, Baxter, Beaman, Bergen, Bidwell, Buckland, Chanler, Reader W.Clarke, Cook, Darling, Davis, Delano, Deming, Dodge, Eckley, Eggleston, Eldridge, Eliot, Ferry, Garfield, Goodyear, Hale, Hotchkiss, Demas Hubbard, Edwin N. Hubbell, James Humphrey, Kelley, Kerr, Marston, Marvin, McCullough, McKuer, Mercur, Morris, Niblack, Nicholson, O'Neill, Orth, Radford, Samuel J. Randall, William H. Randall, Alexander H. Rice, Ross, Sitgreaves. Stilwell, Strouse, Taylor, Thayer, Trimble, Henry D. Washburn, William B. Washburn, Welker, Whaley, and Wright-55.

NAYS-Messrs. Allison, Ames, Delos R. Ashley, Baker, Baldwin, Blaine, Bromwell, Sidney Clarke, Cobb, Conkling, Dawes, Dawson, Defrees, Dixon, Donnelly, Dumont, Farnsworth, Farquhar, Grider. Aaron Harding. Abner C. Harding, Hart, Henderson, Higby, Asahel W. Hubbard, Chester D. Hubbard, John H. Hubbard, James R. Hubbell, Hulburd, James M. Humphrey, Julian, Kuykendall, Latham, George V. Lawrence, William Lawrence, Loan, Longyear, Marshall, McClurg, McKee, Moorhead, Morrill, Paine, Patterson, Perham, Phelps, Pike, Price, John H. Rice, Ritter, Rollins, Sawyer, Schenck, Scofield, Shellabarger, Sloan, Spalding, Stevens, Trowbridge, Upson, Van Aernam, Burt Van Horn, Ward, James F. Wilson, Windom, and Woodbridge-66.

NOT VOTING-Messrs. Alley, Anderson, James M. Ashley, Barker, Benjamin, Bingham, Blow, Boutwell, Boyer, Brandegee, Broomall, Bundy, Coffroth, Cullom, Culver, Denison, Driggs, Finck, Glossbreuner, Grinnell, Griswold, Harris, Hayes, Hill, Hogan, Holmes, Hooper, Ingersoll, Jenckes, Johnson, Jones, Kasson, Kelso, Ketcham, Laflin, Le Blond, Lynch, McIndoe, Miller, Moulton, Myers, Newell, Noell, Plants, Pomeroy, Raymond, Rogers, Rousseau, Shanklin, Smith, Starr, Taber, Francis Thomas, JohnL. Thomas, Thornton, Robert T. Van Horn, Warner, Elihu B. Washburne, Wentworth, Williams, Stephen F. Wilson, and Winfield-62.

So the amendment was not agreed to.

Mr. PRICE moved to reconsider the vote by which the amendment was disagreed to; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table.

The latter motion was agreed to.

The next amendment on which a separate vote was asked was the following, moved by Mr. FARNSWORTH:

And be it further enacted, That all assessors, collectors, and revenue agents provided for by this act. or the several acts to which this act is amendatory, shall be appointed by the President of the United States, with the advice and consent of the Senate: and the advice and consent of the Senate shall be given before any such officer shall be removed from office, unless such removal shall be for malfeasance in office during the recess of Congress.

Mr. ELDRIDGE demanded the yeas and

nays.

The yeas and nays were ordered. The question was taken; and it was decided in the negative-yeas 57, nays 66, not voting 60; as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Allison, Ames, Baxter, Beaman, Bromwell, Reader W. Clarke, Sidney Clarke, Cobb, Conkling, Cook, Donnelly, Eggleston, Farnsworth, Garfield, Abner C. Harding, Hart, Henderson. Holmes, Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, Demas Hubbard, John H. Hubbard, Hulburd, Ingersoll, Julian, Kelley, William Lawrence, Loan, Longyear, Lynch, MeClurg, McKee, Mercur, Moorhead, Morrill, O'Neill. Orth, Paine, Perham, Price, William H. Randall, John H. Rice, Sawyer, Schenck, Scofield, Shellabarger, Sloan, Stevens, Trowbridge, Upson, Van Aernam. Ward, Welker, Williams, James F. Wilson, Windom, and Woodbridge-57.

NAYS-Messrs. Ancona, Delos R. Ashley, Baker, Banks, Borgen, Bidwell, Blaine, Buckland, Chanler. Cullom, Darling, Davis, Dawes, Dawson, Defrees. Delano, Dixon, Dodge, Dumont, Eekley, Eldridge, Eliot, Farquhar, Goodyear, Grider, Hale, Aaron Harding,

Hogan, Hooper, Chester D. Hubbard, Edwin N. Hubbell, James R. Hubbell, James Humphrey, James M. Humphrey, Kerr, Ketcham, Kuykendall, Latham, George V. Lawrence, Marshall, Marston, Marvin, McCullough, McRuer, Niblack, Nicholson, Patterson, Phelps, Pike, Radford, Samuel J. Randall, Alexander H. Rice, Ritter, Ross, Sitgreaves, Spalding, Stilwell, Strouse, Taylor, Thayer, Trimble, Burt Van Horn, Henry D.Washburn, William B. Washburn, Whaley, and Wright-66.

NOT VOTING-Messrs. Alley, Anderson, James M. Ashley, Baldwin, Barker, Benjamin, Bingham, Blow, Boutwell, Boyer, Brandegee, Broomall, Bundy, Coffroth, Culver, Deming, Denison, Driggs, Ferry, Finck, Glossbrenner, Grinnell, Griswold, Harris, Hayes, Higby, Hill, Jenckes, Johnson, Jones, Kasson, Kelso, Laflin, Le Blond, McIndoe, Miller, Morris, Moulton, Myers, Newell, Noell, Plants, Pomeroy, Raymond, Rogers, Rollins, Rousseau, Shanklin, Smith, Starr, Taber, Francis Thomas, John L. Thomas. Thornton, Robert T. Van Horn, Warner, Elihu B. Washburne, Wentworth, Stephen F. Wilson, and Winfield-60. So the amendment was disagreed to. The remaining amendments of the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union were then concurred in en masse.

The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time.

The question recurred on the passage of the bill.

Mr. ELDRIDGE demanded the yeas and

nays.

The House divided; and there were-ayes thirteen; not a sufficient number.

Mr. ELDRIDGE demanded tellers. Tellers were ordered; and Messrs. ELDRIDGE and GARFIELD were appointed.

The House again divided; and the tellers reported-ayes twenty-five.

So (more than one fifth of those present having voted in the affirmative) the yeas and nays were ordered.

The question was taken; and it was decided in the affirmative-yeas 110, nays 11, not voting 62; as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Allison, Ames, Ancona, Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Baxter, Beaman, Bidwell, Blaine, Bromwell, Buckland, Reader W. Clarke, Sidney Clarke, Cobb, Conkling, Cook, Cullom, Darling, Davis, Dawes, Dawson, Defrees, Delano, Dixon, Dodge, Donnelly, Dumont. Eckley, Eggleston, Farnsworth, Farquhar, Ferry, Garfield, Goodyear, Hale, Abner C. Harding, Hart, Henderson, Hogan, Holmes, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, Chester D. Hubbard, Demas Hubbard, John H. Hubbard, Edwin N. Hubbell. James R. Hubbell, Hulburd, James Humphrey, Ingersoll, Julian, Kelley, Ketcham, Kuykendall, Latham, George V. Lawrence, William Lawrence, Loan, Longyear, Lynch, Marston, Marvin, McClurg, McCullough, McKee, MeRuer, Mercur, Moorhead, Morrill, Morris, Nicholson, O'Neill, Orth, Paine, Patterson, Perham, Phelps, Pike, Price, Radford, Samuel J. Randall, William II. Randall, Alexander H. Rice, John H. Rice, Rollins, Sawyer, Schenck, Scofield, Shellabarger, Sitgreaves. Spalding, Stevens, Stilwell, Strouse, Taylor, Thayer, Trowbridge, Upson, Van Aernam, Burt Van Horn, Ward, Henry D. Washburn, William B. Washburn, Welker, Williams, James F. Wilson, Windom, and Woodbridge-110.

NAYS-Messrs. Bergen, Chanler, Eldridge, Grider, Aaron Harding, Marshall, Niblack, Ritter, Ross, Trimble, and Wright-11.

NOT VOTING-Messrs. Alley, Anderson, Delos R. Ashley, James M. Ashley, Barker, Benjamin, Bingham, Blow, Boutwell, Boyer, Brandegee, Broomall, Bundy, Coffroth, Culver, Deming, Denison, Driggs, Eliot, Finck, Glossbrenner, Grinnell, Griswold, Harris, Hayes, Higby, Hill, James M. Humphrey, Jenckes, Johnson, Jones, Kasson, Kelso, Kerr, Laflin, Le Blond, McIndoe, Miller, Moulton, Myers, Newell, Noell, Plants, Pomeroy, Raymond, Rogers, Rousseau,Shanklin, Sloan, Smith, Starr, Taber, Francis Thomas, John L. Thomas, Thornton, Robert T. Van Horn, Warner, Elihu B. Washburne, Wentworth, Whaley, Stephen F. Wilson, and Winfield-62.

So the bill was passed.

Mr. GARFIELD. I move to amend the title by inserting after the word "bill" the words to reduce internal taxation and;" so that it will read:

A bill to reduce internal taxation and to amend an act entitled "An act to provide internal revenue to support the Government, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes," approved June 30, 1864, and acts amendatory thereof.

The amendment was agreed to.

Mr. MORRILL moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed and the title amended; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table.

The latter motion was agreed to.

POST ROAD IN DELAWARE.

Mr. NICHOLSON, by unanimous consent, 39TH CONG. 1ST SESS.-No. 180.

introduced a bill to establish a post road in the State of Delaware; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

MAJOR BREWSTER.

On motion of Mr. SCHENCK, leave was granted to withdraw from the files of the House the petition and accompanying papers of Major Brewster, asking for relief.

ABELARD GUTHRIE..

On motion of Mr. SCHENCK, the papers in the case of Abelard Guthrie were withdrawn from the files of the House and referred to the Committee of Claims.

TAX BILL-AGAIN.

Mr. MARSHALL. I desired to present some remarks before the passage of the tax bill. I ask leave to print them.

No objection being made, leave was accordingly granted.

His remarks will be found in the Appendix.]

DISBURSING AND ACCOUNTING OFFICERS. Mr. WILSON, of Iowa, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill concerning the powers and duties of disbursing and accounting officers of the United States; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

MARY C. HAMILTON.

Mr. LAWRENCE, of Pennsylvania. An adverse report was made by mistake on Senate bill No. 56, granting a pension to Mary C. Hamilton. I ask unanimous consent to have it recommitted.

Mr. ELDRIDGE. Iobject.

CIRCUIT COURT OF THE DISTRICT.

Mr. WOODBRIDGE. I ask unanimous consent to report back, from the Committee on the Judiciary, Senate bill No. 184, to define more clearly the jurisdiction and powers of the circuit court of the District of Columbia.

No objection was made.

Mr. THAYER. I move that the House adjourn.

The motion was agreed to; and thereupon (at four o'clock and fifty-five minutes p. m.) the House adjourned.

PETITIONS, ETC.

The following petitions, &c., were presented under the rule and referred to the appropriate committees: By the SPEAKER: The petition of Wiley Jones, a colored citizen of Winton, North Carolina, asking compensation for a horse, ox, bull, hogs, chickens, and turkeys, carried off by the Union Army during the war.

By Mr. BANKS: The memorial of J. W. Osgood, and 30 others, mechanics and working men, in approval of a former Administration of the Government reducing the hours of labor, and asking the passage of a law fixing a day's work at eight hours.

By Mr. BLAINE: The petition of temporary clerks employed in the office of the Quartermaster General, asking an appropriation to make their salaries equal to those of clerks of the first class.

By Mr. ECKLEY: The petition of 54 wool-growers of Columbiana county, Ohio, asking an additional duty on wool.

By Mr. HARDING, of Illinois: A memorial from the Hannibal and St. Joseph, Toledo and Wabash, and the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Companies relative to bridges across the Mississippi river.

By Mr. HULBURD: Four petitions of sundry citizens of Rensselaer county, New York, asking an increase of duty on imported flax.

By Mr. J. HUMPHREY: The petition of Captain James E. Palmer, jr., for indemnity for property lost in the war.

By Mr. KERR: The petition of Captains Reamer and King, owners of the steamer Jennie Hubbs, for permission to change the name thereof.

By Mr. NICHOLSON: A petition of citizens of Lebanon and Magnolia, Delaware, for the establishment of a certain post office and post road.

By Mr. PHELPS: The petition of letter carriers of Baltimore, for increase of compensation.

By Mr. RADFORD: The petition of Captain E. Vanwart.

By Mr. SCHENCK: The memorial of William A. Howard, late lieutenant colonel marine artillery and colonel thirteenth New York heavy artillery, praying for allowance of arrears of pay stopped on account of informal muster.

Also, the petition of colored soldiers of Tennessee, for same bounties as were paid to white troops.

By Mr. WELKER: The petition of William F. Ford, and 22 others, pensioners of Medina, Ohio, asking for an increase in their pensions.

IN SENATE.

TUESDAY, May 29, 1866.

Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. E. H. GRAY. The Journal of yesterday was read and approved.

PERSONAL EXPLANATION.

Mr. LANE, of Kansas. Mr. President, no man of my age has suffered more than I have from newspaper assaults and from reporters from this city. From 1855 till now I have been the subject of constant assault from the Democratic papers throughout the country from one extreme to the other. For the last month I have been the subject of assault from the papers of my own party; and in their assaults beyond their illustrious predecessors. On Sabthey have out-Heroded Herod; they have gone bath morning my attention was called to an imputation, conveyed by innuendo and indirection, in the Boston Commonwealth, purportimmediately telegraphed to the editor of that ing to come from some writer in this city. I paper for the name of the author, and yesterday wrote to him on the same subject. As yet I have not learned the name of the author. When I obtain his name I may again trouble the Senate, and will adopt such a course as, in my judgment, the dignity of the Senate, the fair fame of my State, and my own self-respect demand. For the present, I content myself by saying to my fellow-Senators and to the country that the imputation contained in that paper is without the slightest foundation; it is a baseless calumny.

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.

Mr. SUMNER. I offer the petition of J. Thorn Smith, of Washington, in which he asks Congress to present to the States for their approval amendments to the Constitution of the United States, namely, paragraph first, section two, article one, after the word "Legislature," insert, provided, that no citizen of the United States shall be disqualified as such elector on account of race or color; secondly, paragraph one, section four, article four, after the word thereof between the ages of five and twenty"Government," insert "to every inhabitant one years, the privilege of a free, common English education;" and third, so to amend article twelve of the amendments to the Constitution as to elect the President and Vice President by a direct vote of the people without distinction of race or color. As this subject is now pending before the Senate, I move that the petition lie upon the table.

The motion was agreed to.

Mr. SUMNER. I also offer the petition of Edward Jenkins, of Hagerstown, Maryland, in which he sets forth that he was a soldier in the Army of the Union, having volunteered in August, 1863, and served in the Army until he was wounded and discharged for disability; that the Government gave all the soldiers in his regiment $100 bounty, but they withheld it from him because he was at one time a slave, and he asks for a remedy on account of the withholding of that bounty. I ask the reference of this petition to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia.

It was so referred.

Mr. WILSON presented the petition of Mary E. Walker, M. D., praying for compensation for services rendered by her to the Government during the late rebellion; which was referred to the Committee on Claims.

Mr. GRIMES presented a petition of members of the engineer corps of the Navy of the United States, praying that all engineer officers now ranking or who may hereafter rank with commissioned officers of the line, may be commissioned, and that first assistant engineers may rank with lieutenants and second assistant engineers with masters; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. JOHNSON. I present a memorial from F. P. Salas, who represents himself to be a subject of Spain, in which he states that many years ago, upon a shipment consigned to him

from Havana, a general cargo, he paid the duties then exacted to the amount of $2,924, and that he was afterward called upon, after the lapse of seven or eight years, to pay the further sum of $624 24, and he asks to be relieved from the payment of that sum.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Does the Senator state the petitioner to be a subject of the kingdom of Spain?

Mr. JOHNSON. Yes, sir.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the rule and practice of the Senate, a petition from a foreigner cannot be received.

Mr. JOHNSON. The petitioner does state that he is a subject of Spain, but he was told by the Secretary of the Treasury that there was no relief for him unless an act of Congress should be passed. I suppose that although he is a subject of Spain, as the duties exacted were exacted upon an importation under the revenue laws of the United States, his memorial praying for relief may properly be presented. If the rule is otherwise, I will send it to the State Department and have it presented in that way.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair believes the uniform practice of the Senate to be as he has stated.

Mr. SUMNER. May I call the attention of the Chair to a very important case that occurred, now many years ago, on the presentation of a petition from the authors of England in favor of an international copyright?

Mr. JOHNSON. That was received. Mr. SUMNER. It was presented by Mr. Clay, and explained and maintained by him, I think, in a speech of some length. It was signed by nearly all the authors of England, and, according to my recollection, at the time there was no objection to it on the ground that they were foreigners. I merely call attention to it as a precedent.

Mr. JOHNSON. I should suppose such a petition could be presented as a matter of course, unless there be some positive rule on the subject.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair will have the Journal of two years since read in a moment. It has been sent for.

Mr. JOHNSON. I will not ask that business be delayed by this matter. It can be passed over for the present, until other business is acted upon.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. It will be

laid aside for a moment.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore subsequently said: With the permission of the Senate the Chair will read, in connection with the petition introduced by the Senator from Maryland, from the Journal of Monday, January 26, 1863:

"Mr. FOSTER presented a letter signed by certain British subjects, citizens and residents of England, requesting the aid of the people and the Government of the United States for the purpose of facilitating emigration to the United States, and moved that it be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia.

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The VICE PRESIDENT decided that the communication being signed by the subjects of a foreign Government, it was not in order to present it to the Senate."

Mr. JOHNSON. I am not sure whether that would apply to the case which I propose to present. This gentleman was the consignee, as he states in his memorial, of a cargo shipped at Havana, for which he paid the duties, as consignee, that were then exacted. After an interval of some six or seven years the revenue officers discovered, as they supposed, and no doubt correctly, that they had not charged him the amount of the duties that the cargo was liable for, and made him pay the difference between what he had paid and what he ought to have been charged with, $624. He states that he was the consignee of a mixed cargo, which is now scattered. He has applied to the Treasury Department, having paid the additional duty, and the Secretary tells him that he can grant him no relief without an act of Congress. It is a claim, therefore, rather on the Treasury than on the Government, for the fund-money which he says the Government has illegally received. The Chair will, however, decide

whether it falls within the principle of that decision.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, it does. It would cer tainly be the desire of the Chair to entertain the largest liberty in regard to the reception of petitions, both from natives and foreigners, but the Chair feels bound by that decision.

Mr. JOHNSON. Was that before or after the case referred to by the Senator from Massachusetts?

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Itis since, three years ago. There are many other cases, in the opinion of the Chair. The Vice President, at that time, suggested that it was the uniform practice, and that the rule had often been enforced.

Mr. CONNESS. I ask the consent of the Senate to introduce a bill.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Previous to passing from this subject, the Chair would certainly prefer that it should be decided by the Senate, if there be any question about it. The Chair is very desirous that no petition to the body should be ruled out in consequence of any opinion of his that is not perfectly well established by former precedents. No motion being made on the subject, the Chair will receive the bill of the Senator from California.

BILLS INTROduced.

Mr. CONNESS. I will state in connection with the bill which I am about to present, in order that it may be read a first and second time and then laid upon the table and printed, that it is a bill relating to the quieting of titles to lands in California, a subject of great importance to us and upon which there have been several bills already presented. This one, I wish to observe, has been prepared by the surveyor general of California, and therefore I am not prepared to indorse it, but I wish it introduced and printed.

There being no objection, leave was granted to introduce the bill (S. No. 343) to quiet land titles in California; which was read twice by its title, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.

it should have been made before, I ask for the present consideration of the bill, as the matter is a very plain one.

By unanimous consent the bill (S. No. 342) for the benefit of Ira B. Curtis, was read three times and passed. It is a direction to the Secretary of the Interior to place Ira B. Curtis on the pension-roll as a surgeon wholly disabled in the service, at the rate of seventeen dollars per month, commencing February 28, 1866.

REFERENCE OF A BILL.

Mr. SHERMAN. I have been requested by a citizen of the District to ask that the bill (H. R. No. 601) to grade East Capitol street and establish_Lincoln square, which was referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, be taken from that committee and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, to which it properly belongs. The chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds [Mr. BROWN] is absent, and I make the motion.

The motion was agreed to.

BRIDGE AT WINONA.

Mr. NORTON. I move to take up Senate bill No. 263.

The motion was agreed to; and the Senate resumed the consideration of the bill (S. No. 263) to authorize the Winona and St. Peter's Railroad Company to construct a bridge across the Mississippi river and to establish a post

route.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The bill has been reported to the Senate, and the ques tion is on concurring in the amendments made as in Committee of the Whole. The Senator from Missouri [Mr. HENDERSON] moved an amendment to the amendment made as in Committee of the Whole to the second section of the bill, which will be read.

The Secretary read the amendment, which was after the word "act" in the twenty-first line of the second section to strike out the following words:" may, at the option of the company building the same, be built as a draw bridge, with a pivot or other form of draw, or with unbroken or continuous spans; provided. that if the said bridge;" in line twenty-five to strike out the word "it" and insert the word There being no objection, leave was granted"and;" and also to strike out the proviso to introduce a bill (S. No. 344) donating public beginning at the thirty-second line in the follands to the several States which may provide lowing words: agricultural colleges for the education of persons of African descent; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

Mr. LANE, of Kansas. By request, I ask leave to introduce a bill without previous notice.

Mr. GRIMES asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to introduce a bill (S. No. 346) to amend section seven of the naval appropriation bill, approved March 3, 1845; which was read twice by its title, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

PAPERS WITHDRAWN.

On motion of Mr. LANE, of Indiana, it was Ordered, That Mary K. Smith have leave to withdraw her petition and other papers praying for a pension from the files of the Senate.

On motion of Mr. HENDRICKS, it was Ordered, That the petition and other papers in relation to the claim of Philip Lansdale, surgeon United States Navy, be taken from the files of the Senate and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.

Mr. RAMSEY, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom were referred the petition and other papers of the heirs of John Denman and George Townley, praying for compensation for cattle furnished to the American Army during the revolutionary war, submitted an adverse report thereon, and asked to be discharged from its further consideration; which was agreed to.

IRA B. CURTIS.

Mr. DAVIS. I am instructed by the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of citizens of Decatur, Illinois, praying that a pension be granted to Ira B. Curtis, to report a bill for his relief. As this report has been postponed to the present time, when

And provided also. That if any bridge built under this act shall be constructed as a draw-bridge. the sameshall be constructed as a pivot draw-bridge with a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable point, and with spans of not less than one hundred and sixty feet in length in the clear between piers on each side of the central or pivot pier of the draw, and the next adjoining spans to the draw shall not be less than two hundred and fifty feet; and said spans shall not be less than thirty feet above low-water mark, and not less than ten above extreme high-water mark, nearing to the bottom chord of the bridge, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river: And provided also, That said draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats whose construction shall not be such as to admit of their passage under the permanent spans of said bridge, except when trains are passing over the same; but in no case shall unnecessary delay occur in opening the said draws after the passage of trains.

So that the section will read:

That any bridge built under the provisions of this act shall be made with unbroken and continuous spans, and shall not be of less elevation in any case than fifty feet above extreme high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, to the bottom chord of the bridge, nor shall the spans of said bridge be less than two hundred and fifty feet in length, and the span over the main channel of the river shall be three hundred feet in length, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river.

Mr. NORTON. I do not desire to open the discussion upon this subject again, as the mat ter was thoroughly discussed on the bill for the construction of bridges at Quincy and at Hannibal; and unless the Senator from Missouri can give some reason to the Senate why a discrimination should be made against this bridge, I can see no good reason why the amendment should be adopted. The provis ion proposed to be stricken out is identical with the provision in the bill authorizing the construction of bridges at Quincy and at Hannibal. I hope the amendment will not be adopted.

Mr. HENDERSON. Lest the Senate may have forgotten the purport of this amendment, I will restate that it is simply an amendment which will compel the bridges, if built over the Mississippi river at all, to be built with continuous spans fifty feet above the surface of the water. If the amendment is not adopted, bridges may be built on the river with pivots and draws. My object in offering this amend ment to this bill is to have a test vote in the Senate on the subject. I desire that a commission shall be sent out to examine into this matter of bridging the river; and if they report that the river cannot be bridged with these high bridges I shall be willing at the next session of Congress to let the low bridges be built; but I think we ought to examine more critically and more carefully into this matter. As I stated the other day, a proposition is now pending in the Senate, authorized by the Committee on Commerce to be attached to one of the appropriation bills, as I understand, to appoint a board of engineers to go and examine the river and report as to the proper kind of bridges to be constructed.

It is perfectly certain that between this time and the beginning of our next session no bridges can be built on the Mississippi river. The water is now very high; the Mississippi river is remarkably high for this season of the year, and the June rise is yet to come; so that I apprehend nothing can be done toward the construction of bridges on that river during the summer or at any time previous to our meeting next fall. Hence I should like to have a test vote on the subject to determine whether the Senate will take the whole judg ment of this matter upon themselves or whether they will leave it to a board of engineers to determine.

Of course, if we bridge at one point we have got to bridge at another, and in the course of a few years you will find a bridge at almost every town on the Mississippi river. How far this will be an obstruction to commerce is a matter that ought to be considered by this body. It is a matter of very great consequence, in my opinion, and one to which we have not given the consideration to which it is entitled. That is true, and as no harm can be done by the adoption of this amendment at present, as it will not obstruct the building of any bridge that can be built and within the time within which it can be built, I should like very much that it should be adopted. I do not desire to detain the Senate.

Mr. RAMSEY. The Senate will remember that the bills for the other two bridges which have been authorized by previous legislation here, the one at Hannibal and the one at Quincy, were in the alternative, authorizing a bridge either with a draw or with a continuous span. Now, while I agree very much with what the Senator from Missouri has said in regard to the bridging of the Mississippi river, I see no reason why there should be any discrimination against this bridge at Winona. It has been hinted that the legislation already passed here will not meet with success in the other House. Then let this bill go into the same basket and fail with them, and the whole legislation on the subject of bridges depend on the report of the commission of engineers that may be authorized; but I can see no reason why the Senate should discriminate against this bridge and change the alternative allowed in the other cases to positive legislation compelling the company to build a bridge of a continuous span.

Mr. HENDERSON. I will state that I do not wish to discriminate against this measure; but I failed to have a vote on the yeas and nays in the Senate upon the proposition of building draw-bridges on the other bill; it was overlooked when the bill was reported to the Sen

ate.

I will state to the Senator from Minnesota that the bill as we passed it in this body I am satisfied will not pass the House of Representatives. I am pretty well satisfied of that. It will come back to be acted upon in this body. There is but little doubt about that. The

probability is that it will not be passed at all; that nothing more than the proposition made by the Senator from Minnesota himself to have a survey of the Mississippi river and a report to us at the next session will be agreed to at this session-nothing better or nothing worse than that. I am perfectly sure that he need have no fears about the bill in its present shape going through the House of Representatives. I do not believe that it will. If it is passed at all, it will be passed with amendments which will bring it back; and then I desire to have the very same vote upon that proposition that I have offered here. That is all I desire.

Mr. GRIMES. If this was a question solely as to the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi river where it bounds the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota I should have nothing to say on the subject, but I understand the Senator from Missouri to say that he desires this to be a test vote on this question as to whether the Mississippi shall be bridged at all

or not.

Mr. HENDERSON. No.

Mr. GRIMES. It virtually amounts to that. The Senator insists that these bridges shall be erected fifty feet above high water-mark, as I understand his proposition. It is very probable that such bridges can be well built across the Ohio river and across many streams where the bluffs approach near to the river, but on the Mississippi river, where there are six or eight miles in extent of low bottom lands, and the rise and fall of the river does not exceed twelve feet, the water then spreading all over these bottoms, the construction of such bridges as the Senator from Missouri proposes will be attended with immense expense; much more money than many railroad companies can af ford to expend, even if they can be constructed at all.

freshet on the lower Mississippi, but we have our rise in the month of May, which has already gone by, and I suppose it has gone by in Minnesota some two or three weeks already, and the water is low. I do not know whether this company is prepared to go on and build this bridge, but I know that they are prepared to go on and build the bridges across the Mississippi river below, and the postponement of this subject for twelve months will be of very considerable detriment.

Mr. POMEROY. I know of no reason why a river should not be bridged any more than why a mountain should not be cut down to make room for a railroad. The currents of commerce and emigration are as thorough by way of railroads as by way of rivers. It is the river that is the obstruction to the railroad, just as much as the mountain is. When the Pacific railroad bill was before the Senate it was thought that the Missouri river should be bridged, and I have in my hand the provision of law for bridging the Missouri river, which is by far a more difficult river to bridge than the Mississippi. It is a more rapid stream; it is a longer and larger stream above its junction with the Mississippi. I will read the provision of the law in regard to bridging the Missouri river contained in the ninth section of the act of July 2, 1864:

"That to enable any one of said corporations to make convenient and necessary connections with other roads, it is hereby authorized to establish and maintain all necessary ferries upon and across the Missouri river and other rivers which its road may pass in its course; and authority is hereby given said corporation to construct bridges over said Missouri river and all other rivers for the convenience of said road: Provided, That any bridge or bridges it may construct over the Missouri river or any other navigable river on the line of said road shall be constructed with suitable and proper draws for the passage of steamboats, and shall be built, kept, and maintained, at the expense of said company, in such manner as not to impair the usefulness of said rivers for navigation to any greater extent than such structures of the most approved character necessarily do."

Then, again, nearly all of these bridges are proposed to be thrown across the Mississippi river where there are towns already built, or That is the kind of charter to give a railroad partially built, upon the low bottom lands; and company-not tie them up to draws of any spethe construction of such a bridge with embank- cific character, but simply require them in the ments of that height in these towns, or in most law to put in a draw of such a character that of them, all except in the town of Quincy-I it shall not obstruct the navigation any more do not know where the bridge is proposed to be than such draws necessarily do. It is admitted built there would be ruinous to the towns, and that they obstruct navigation to some extent, the commerce of the country would receive no but it is the public interest that is promoted corresponding advantage. I cannot conceive by it. That is the reason why we allow these why it is not possible to build draw-bridges on draw-bridges. The Mississippi river affords no the Mississippi river that shall not obstruct such obstacles to bridging as the Missouri does, navigation as well as you can build them upon and we have already a provision of this kind other streams. Gentlemen say that in a short for bridging the Missouri, and I know not why time bridges will be thrown across the Missis- we should not be as liberal on the Mississippi. sippi river every few miles. They never will I am for bridging it at every point where the be thrown across the river except where the public interest requires, wherever a railroad railroads terminate. We know that capitalists crosses it, and to have bridges of such a charare not in the habit of building railroads very acter that the companies can build them and close together. Perhaps in time there may be maintain them. To require the building of bridges across the Mississippi river once in fifty bridges of four hundred feet span, embarrassmiles. The obstruction that they will affording the companies, making them forever unsafe, to the navigation of steamboats up and down the river will be merely a detention of fifteen minutes when they approach a bridge. Will that furnish any such obstruction as would justify us in refusing to all the commerce of those States that desire to pass eastward or westward an opportunity to cross the river?

I do not know anything in regard to the particular location where it is proposed to build this bridge, nor do I know whether it is proposed by these companies to go on at present and construct their bridge; but I desire to say to the Senator from Missouri that he is altogether mistaken as to some of the other railroad companies and bridges that are proposed to be constructed if he includes them in the same category with the one now under consideration. I know that it is proposed to build some of these bridges this summer. I know that the water has fallen and is low, and that they now can go on upon the upper Mississippi river and construct the bridges.

Mr. HENDERSON. Oh, no; the water has risen.

Mr. GRIMES. Then it has risen in three days. I know it has been high. The June freshet of which the Senator speaks is a June

is neither for the public interest nor for the interest of the companies. A bridge of suitable character should never be more than two hundred feet span, and the draw that turns, if it is constructed after that pattern, should never be over three hundred feet, that is, one hundred and fifty feet between the points. You cannot turn one over three hundred feet long. There is not one in existence that turns over three hundred feet, and yet we have undertaken to legislate, in two distinctive bills before Congress, to make the draw itself three hundred feet, so that the bridge would have to be six hundred feet, if it turned round.

Mr. HENDERSON. No, one hundred and sixty feet on each side of the pivot.

Mr. POMEROY. I am not talking about this bill, but I am talking of the bill we passed for bridging the Ohio river at Steubenville. But a space of one hundred and sixty feet on each side of the pivot makes the draw three hundred and twenty feet. That is altogether too long. The time is coming, and I think has already come, when the commerce of the rivers must give way to some extent and be discommoded by the commerce of railroads. They take the great bulk of the travel and business

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