James M. Marvin, William C. Fields, Addison | Indiana-William E. Niblack, Michael C. Kerr, New Jersey-William Moore, Charles Haight, sey. Pennsylvania-Samuel J. Randall, Charles O'- Ohio-Benjamin Eggleston, Samuel F. Cary,‡ *Qualified November 30, 1867. Morton C. Hunter, William S. Holman, Arkansast-Logan H. Roots, James Hinds, Michigan-Fernando C. Beaman, Charles Up- Iowa-James F. Wilson, Hiram Price, William Wisconsin-Halbert E. Paine, Benjamin F. Hop- Minnesota-William Windom, Ignatius Don- Oregon-Rufus Mallory. West Virginia-Chester D. Hubbard, Bethuel The following persons were elected to the † Qualified November 21, 1867, in place of Charleston, Oliver H. Dockery, John T. Dewees, Israel Denison, deceased. Qualified November 21, 1867, in place of Rutherford B. Hayes, resigned. Qualified February 5, 1868, in place of Cornelius S. Hamilton, killed December 22, 1867. June 3, 1868, Mr. Delano qualified, in place of George W. Morgan, the House having voted-36 to 79that Mr. Morgan was not entitled, and-80 to 38-that Mr. Delano was entitled to the seat. ¶ Mr. Adams qualified July 8, 1867. Messrs. Beck, Grover, and Jones qualified Dec. 3, Mr. Knott Dec. 4, Mr. Golladay Dec. 5, and Mr. Trimble January 10, 1868. Mr. John Young Brown, claiming a seat for the second district, was voted, February 13-43 to 108not entitled thereto, by reason of having voluntarily given aid, countenance, counsel, and encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility to the United States; and February 15, the House voted-30 to 102that Samuel E. Smith, not having received a majority of the votes cast for Representative, was not elected. The Speaker was directed to notify the Governor of Kentucky of the vacancy in the second district, but no election was called by him. Mr. McKee qualified June 22, 1868, the House having, June, 22, voted-90 to 30-that John D. Young was not entitled to the seat, and that Samuel McKee was entitled to it. **Messrs. Maynard, Stokes, Mullins, John Trimble, Hawkins, and Nunn qualified November 21, 1867; Mr. Arnell, November 25; Mr. Butler, June 26, 1868. G. Lash, Nathaniel Boyden, Alexander H. Jones. Georgia-J. W. Clift, Nelson Tift, William P. Louisiana-f. IIale Sypher, James Mann, Joseph P. Newslam, Michael Vidal, W. Jasper Blackburn. Alabama-Francis W. Kellogg, Charles W. Buckley, Benjamin W. Norris, Charles W. Pierce, John B. Callis, Thomas Haughey. Mr. Washburne having been absent at the previous session, qualified November 21, 1867. † Qualified December 17, 1867, vice Thomas E. Noell, deceased. Qualified June 23, 1868, the bill declaring Arkansas entitled to representation having become a law June Qualified November 21, 1867. 22, 1868. XXXII. VOTES ON POLITICAL BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS. e the Bureau for the Relief of Freed-| hands of the Commissioner, not required other men and Refugees. wise for the due execution of the law, may be, in the discretion of the Commissioner, applied for the education of freedmen and refugees, subject to the provisions of law applicable thereto. SEO. 4. That officers of the veteran reserve corps, or of the volunteer service, now on duty in the Freedmen's Bureau as assistant commis sioners, agents, medical officers, or in other capacities, who have been or may be mustered out of service, may be retained by the Commissioner when the same shall be required for the proper execution of the laws, as officers of the bureau, upon such duty and with the same pay, compensation, and all allowances, from the date of their appointment, as now provided by law for their respective grades and duties at the dates of their muster-out and discharge; and such officers so retained shall have, respectively, the same authority and jurisdiction as now conferred upon "officers of the bureau" by act of Congress passed on the 16th of July, 1866. acted, &c., That the act entitled "An ablish a Bureau for the relief of and Refugees," approved March 3, d the act entitled "An act to continue nd to amend 'An act to establish a the relief of Freedmen and Refugees, her purposes,"" passed on the 16th of St shall continue in force for the term ar from and after the 16th of July, in 868, excepting so far as the same shall modified. And the Secretary of War directed to re-establish said bureau same has been wholly or in part dis: Provided, He shall be satisfied that al safety of freedmen shall require it. That it shall be the duty of the SecreWar to discontinue the operations of in any State whenever such State ully restored in its constitutional relathe Government of the United States, be duly represented in the Congress SEC. 5. That the Commissioner is hereby emited States, unless, upon advising with powered to sell for cash, or by instalments with issioner of the bureau and upon full ample security, school buildings and other buildtion of the condition of freedmen's ings constructed for refugees and freedmen by such State, the Secretary of War shall the bureau, to the associations, corporate bodies, nion that the further continuance of or trustees who now use them for purposes of au shall be necessary: Provided, how- education or relief of want, under suitable guart the educational division of said bu-antees that the purposes for which said buildings 1 not be affected or in any way interth, until such State shall have made provision for the education of the chilFeedmen within said State. That unexpended balances ‡ in the ge 72 of Manual of 1866. ge 150 of Manual of 1867. ancial affairs of the bureau are as follow, as al expenditure from this appropriation, from $302,244 88 509,833 80 78,306 14 196,906 54 143,735 99 1,245,271 76 115,979 87 department... tation of officers and agents......... tation of freedmen and refugees.. -tation of stores.......... uperintendents.. for schools and asylums,including action, rental, and repairs.............. hing and postage. revenue (tax withheld on salaries) relief.......... aral Bureau (transferred).. I expended.......... 53,096 28 558,914 91 35,546 98 4,981 55 385,410 81 50,000 00 were constructed shall be observed: Provided, That all funds derived therefrom shall be returned to the bureau appropriations and accounted for to the Treasury of the United States. IN HOUSE. 1868, March 19-The bill passed-yeas 97, nays 38, as follow: James M. Ashley, Bailey, Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Besides this appropriation by Congress, the bureau came into the possession of certain funds belonging to the "department of negro affairs" which had previously existed in the rebel States, and from rents, fines, conscript fund, and miscellaneous sources, ..$1,605,694 19 amounting to Of which, there were expended, for labor, 1,544,092 80 Leaving a balance on hand, Dec. 31, 1867... $61,601 39 Of this amount of $4,397,854 39 expended, $500,000 were applied, by a resolution of Congress, for the relief of destitute people in the South who were starving by reason of failure of the crops, and $50,000 were transSouth-making $550,000. ferred to the Agricultural Department for seeds for the With these sums deducted from the expense account of the Bureau, the whole expenditure from appropriations by Congress, for the use of the Bureau from its establishment, amount to $3,847,854 39. $4,397,854 39 in hands of agents, August 31, 1867.. 645,911 33 No further appropriation was asked or made for the from Treasury......... 5,736,984 28 ensuing fiscal year, and the appropriations previously made of $10,780,750 will carry the Bureau from May, unt on hand December 31, 1867.....$6,382,895 61 1865, to July, 1869. 89 350 POLITICAL MANUAL. [Part III. Koontz, Laflin, William Lawrence, Loan, Logan, | Tipton, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Wade, Willey, Wir Windom-97. NAYS-Messrs. Adams, Axtell, Barnes, Beck, Boyer, Brooks, Burr, Chanler, Eldridge, Getz, Golladay, Grover, Haight, Holman, Hotchkiss, Johnson, Kerr, Knott, George V. Lawrence, Marshall, McCormick, McCullough, Mercur, Moorhead, Morgan, Mungen, Niblack, Nicholson, Phelps, Randall, Ross, Sitgreaves, Taber, Lawrence S. Trimble, Van Auken, Van Trump, Wood, Woodward-38. IN SENATE. June 11—The bill passed without a division. Vote of Thanks to Ex-Secretary Stanton. 1868, May 28-Mr. Edmunds offered this resolution : Resolved by the Senate, (the House of Representatives concurring,) That the thanks of Congress are due, and are hereby tendered, to Hon. Edwin M. Stanton for the great ability, purity, and fidelity to the cause of the country with which he has discharged the duties of Secretary of War, as well amid the open dangers of a great rebellion as at a later period when assailed by the Opposition, inspired by hostility to the measures of justice and pacification provided by Congress for the restoration of a real and permanent peace. June 1-Mr. Hendricks moved to strike out the latter clause, beginning with the words "as well." Mr. Henderson moved to amend so as to make the resolution read as follows: cause That the thanks of Congress are due, and are hereby tendered, to Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, for the great ability, purity, and fidelity to the of the country with which he discharged the duties of Secretary of War amid the open dangers of a great rebellion. Which was rejected without a count; also, the amendment offered by Mr. Hendricks. Mr. Henderson moved to amend by adding to the resolution these words: And Congress takes this occasion to tender its thanks to Chief Justice Chase for the great ability, purity, and distinguished learning which have illustrated his position on the bench of the Supreme Court. Which was disagreed to-yeas 11, nays 30, as follow: YEAS-Messrs. Buckalew, Doolittle, Fowler, Henderson, Hendricks, Johnson, McCreery, Norton, Patterson of Tennessee, Ross, Vickers-11. NAYS-Messrs. Cameron, Cattell, Chandler, Cole, Conkling, Conness, Cragin, Drake, Edmunds, Frelinghuysen, Harlan, Howard, Howe, Morgan, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Morton, Nye, Patterson of New Hampshire, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Tipton, Van Winkle, Wade, Williams, Wilson, Yates -30. The resolution was then adopted-yeas 37, nays 11, as follow: IN HOUSE. June 19 The resolution passed-yeas 102, nays 25, as follow: YEAS-Messrs. Allison, Ames, Delos R. Ashley, Bailey, Baldwin, Beatty, Benjamin, Benton, Blaine, Blair, Boutwell, Buckland, Butler, Cake, Sidney Clarke, Cobb, Coburn, Cook, Cornell, Covode, Cullom, Delano, Donnelly, Driggs, Eckley, Eggleston, Ela, Eliot, Farnsworth, Ferriss, Fields, Garfield, Gravely, Gris wold, Halsey, Harding, Higby, Hill, Hooper, Chester D. Hubbard, Hulburd, Jenckes, Judd, Julian, Kelsey Ketcham, Kitchen, Koontz, Lincoln, Loan, Logan Loughridge, Lynch, Mallory, Maynard, McCarthy, Me Clurg, Mercur, Miller, Moore, Moorhead, Morrell, Mul lins, Myers, O'Neill, Orth, Paine, Peters, Pike, Pile Polsley, Pomeroy, Price, Raum, Robertson, Sawyer Schenck, Scofield, Shanks, Shellabarger, Smith Starkweather, Aaron F. Stevens, Stokes, Taffe, Taylor Twichell, Upson, Van Aernam, Van Wyck, Ward B. Washburn, Welker, Thomas Williams, Willian Cadwalader C. Washburn, Henry D. Washburn, William Williams, James F. Wilson, John T. Wilson, Windom Woodbridge, and Mr. Speaker Colfax-102. Eldridge, Getz, Golladay, Grover, Haight, Holman, Hotch NAYS-Messrs. Archer, Beck, Brooks, Cary, Chanler kiss, Humphrey, Johnson, Jones, Kerr, Knott, McCormic Mungen, Niblack, Nicholson, Phelps, Pruyn, Stone, Tabe -25. Quorum of Supreme Court. 1867, December 4-The SENATE passed, with out a division, this bill: Be it enacted, &c., That any number of th justices of the Supreme Court of the Unite States, not less than five, and being a majorit thereof, shall constitute a quorum. IN HOUSE. 1868, January 13-The rules were suspende (yeas 114, nays 38,) and the above bill with a amendment was reported to the House from th Judiciary Committee. The amendment was new section, to which the proviso was added the House, the whole being as follows: SEC. 2. That no cause pending before the S preme Court of the United States, involving t action or effect of any law of the United State shall be decided adversely to the validity of su law without the concurrence of two-thirds all the members of said court in the decisi upon the several points in which said law or a part thereof may be deemed invalid: Provide however, That if any circuit or district court the United States shall adjudge any act of Co gress to be unconstitutional or invalid, t judgment, before any further proceedings sh be had upon it, shall be certified up to the S preme Court of the United States, and shall considered therein; and if upon the conside tion thereof two-thirds of all the members the Supreme Court shall not affirm said ju ment below, the same shall be declared and h reversed. Pending this new section, Mr. Thomas Williams moved to substitute it these words: In all cases of writs of error from and appe to the Supreme Court of the United Sta YEAS-Messrs. Anthony, Cameron, Cattell, Chandler, where is drawn in question the validity o Cole, Conkling, Conness, Cragin, Drake, Edmunds, statute or an authority exercised by the Uni Ferry, Fessenden, Frelinghuysen, Harlan, Howard, States, or the construction of any clause of Howe, Morgan, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Constitution of the United States, or the vali Morton, Nye, Patterson of New Hampshire, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sherman, Sprague, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, of a statute of or an authority exercised u ] POLITICAL MISCELLANY. 353 Texas, Arkansas, as reorganized un-I passed the Senate February 19, 1868, and the uent Action of State Legislatures. gislatures of Ohio and New Jersey of sed resolutions for the withdrawal of vious ratification. o the vote on withdrawing, January was as follow: ate-yeas 19, nays 17, as follow: The resolution was repassed over the Governor's veto, in the Senate, March 5—yeas 11, nays 9, as follow: YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Bowne, Dater, Edsall, Gaskills Hopper, Little, (President,) Rice, Robins, Wildrick, Win- The vote on passing in the House, March 25, was yeas 45, nays 13, as follow: YEAS-Messrs. Albertson, Allen, J. L. Baldwin, Bergen, Brown, Christie, H. C. Clark, H. F. Clark, Coghlan, Col lins, Corlies, Corson, Cox, Duryer, Evans, (Speaker) Ful mer, Givens. Hedden, Hendrickson, Henry, Hering, Hood, Hough, Huff, Hunt, Jones, Lanning, Lippincott, Magonaessrs. Berry, Campbell, Carter, Dickey, Dowd-gle, Maxwell, Molony, Pearce, Pickel, Price, Probasco, Ett, Evans, Godfrey, Golden, Hutcheson, Jami- Rosenbaum, Sharp, Smith, Strong, Taylor, Van Vorst, y, Lawrence, Linn, May, Rex, Scribner, Stam- Vliet, Westcott, Whelan, Wills-45. (One Democrat absent.) aner-19. lessrs. Biggs, Brooks, Burrows, Conant, Coett, Griswold, Hall, Jones, Keifer, Kessler, Potts, Simmons, Torrence, Woodworth, Yeo use-yeas 56, nays 46, as follow: Messrs. Acker, Baker, Ball, Belville, Boehmer, ew Jersey, the resolution of withdrawal NAYS-Messrs. Atwater, J. R. Baldwin, Cowperthwaite, Gage, Keim, Kennedy, Lord, Mackin, Nixon, Peck, Reeves, Speer, Van Voorhies-13. (One Republican absent.) Of the Insurrectionary Statos, Arkansas ratified the amendment, April 6, Senate, yeas 23, nays 0; and, April 3, House, yeas 56, nays 0. Florida ratified the amendment, June 9, in Senate, yeas 10, nays 3; and in House of Representatives, yeas 25, nays 14. North Carolina ratified it, July 1, in the Senate 36 to 2, in the House 72 to 23. With the ratification by the Legislatures of the remaining States whose restoration to representation is dependent upon that condition, as set forth in the act of June 25, 1868, the requisite three-fourths of the thirty-seven States will be secured, even conceding the right of Ohio and New Jersey to withdraw. om Washington says it is probable an Votes on Constitutional Amendments in the -g act will pass. We do not know what eve. I find nothing here. LEWIS E. PARSONS. Exchange Hotel. cellency ANDREW JOHNSON, President. REPLY OF THE PRESIDENT. UNITED STATES MILITARY TELEGRAPH, EXECUTIVE OFFICE, WASHINGTON, D. C., January 17, 1867. at possible good can be obtained by recong the constitutional amendment? I know e in the present posture of affairs; and I believe the people of the whole country ustain any set of individuals in attempts nge the whole character of our Government abling acts or otherwise. I believe, on ontrary, that they will eventually uphold ho have the patriotism and courage to by the Constitution, and who place their lence in the people. There should be no ing on the part of those who are honest in determination to sustain the several co-ore departments of the Government, in acnce with its original design. States. IN MICHIGAN. 23 IN KANSAS. 50,629 Against the amendme.................................. 255,340 and payable twenty years from date, and bearFor the amendment......................................... 216,987 ing interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per anTotal vote............................................................................................. 472,327 num, payable semi-annually. And the bonds Majority against on vote cast........................... 38,353 herein authorized shall be of such denominations, Not voting on amendment................................. 12,276 not less than $50, as may be determined upon by the Secretary of the Treasury. And the Constitutional majority against........ Secretary of the Treasury may dispose of such bonds at any time, at the market value thereof, for the coin of the United States, or for any of the treasury notes that have been or may hereafter be issued under any former act of Congress, or for United States notes that may be issued under the provisions of this act; and all stocks, bonds, and other securities of the United States held by individuals, corporations, or associations, within the United States, shall be exempt from taxation by or under State authority. In November, 1867, the vote was taken on three proposed amendments respecting voters: First. To strike out the word "white." Second. To strike out the word "male." Third. To disfranchise rebels. The votes were as follows: On striking out" white," the yeas were 10,483, nays 19,421. Majority against, 8,938. On striking out "male," the yeas were 9,070, nays 19,857. Majority against, 10,787. On disfranchising rebels, the yeas were 15,672, nays 12,990. Majority for, 2,682. IN MINNESOTA. In November, 1867, on a vote to amend the constitution so as to extend suffrage without regard to color, the yeas were 27,461, the nays 28,759. IN ILLINOIS. In November, 1868, a vote is to be taken for or against calling a convention to form a new constitution. FINANCIAL LEGISLATION. Act Authorizing the 6's of 1881. July 17, 1861-An act to authorize a national loan, and for other purposes. Act Creating a Sinking Fund, &c. SEC. 5. That all duties on imported goods shall be paid in coin, or in notes payable on demand heretofore authorized to be issued and by law receivable in payment of public dues, and the coin so paid shall be set apart as a special fund, and shall be applied as follows: First. To the payment in coin of the interest on the bonds and notes of the United States. Second. To the purchase or payment of one per centum of the entire debt of the United States, to be made within each fiscal year after the 1st day of July, 1862, which is to be set apart as a sinking-fund, and the interest of which shall in like manner be applied to the purchase or payment of the public debt as the Secretary of the Treasury shall from time to time direct. Third. The residue thereof to be paid into the Treasury of the United States. Act Authorizing the 10.40's. March 3, 1864-An act supplementary to an act entitled "An act to provide ways and means for the support of the Government," approved March 3, 1863. SEO. 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to borrow on the credit of the United States, within twelve months from the passage of this act, a sum not exceeding $250,000,000, or so much thereof as he may deem necessary for the public service, for which he is authorized to issue coupon bonds, or registered bonds, or treasury notes, in such proportions of each as he may deem advisable; the bonds to bear interest not exceeding 7 per cent. per annum, payable semiannually, irredeemable for twenty years, and after that period redeemable at the pleasure of the United States; and the treasury notes to be of any denomination fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, not less than $50, and to be payable three years after date, with interest at the rate of seven and three-tenths per cent. per an-years, and payable at any period not more than num, payable semi-annually. SEC 1. Be it enacted, &c. That in lieu of so much of the loan authorized by the act of March 3, 1863, to which this is supplementary, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to borrow, from time to time, on the credit of the United States, not exceeding $200,000,000 during the current fiscal year, and to prepare and issue therefor coupon or registered bonds of the United States, bearing date March 1, 1864, or any subsequent period, redeemable at the pleasure of the government after any period not less than five forty years from date, in coin, and of such denominations as may be found expedient, not less than $50, bearing interest not exceeding six per centum a year, payable on bonds not over $100 annually, and on all other bonds semi-annually, in coin; and he may dispose of such bonds at any time, on such terms as he may deem most advisable, for lawful money of the United States, or, at his discretion, for treasury notes, certificates of indebtedness, or certificates of deposit, issued under any act of Congress; and all bonds issued under this act shall be exempt from taxation by or under State or municipal authority. And the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay the necessary expenses of the preparation, issue, and disposal |