arr, Stevens, Stilwell,
Thayer, Francis Thomas, John L. Thomas, Trowbridge, Upson,
Van Aernam, Burt Van Horn, Robert T. Van Horn, Ward, Warner,
Elihu B. Washburne, William B. Washburn, Welker, Wentworth,
Whaley, Williams, James F. Wilson, Stephen F. Wilson,
Windom, and Woodbridge.--136.

NAYS--Messrs. Boyer, Brooks, Chanler, Dawson, Eldridge,
Finck, Glossbrenner, Grider, Aaron Harding, Harris, Hogan,
Edwin N. Hubbell, James M. Humphrey, Kerr, Le Blond,
Marshall, McCullough, Niblack, Nicholson, Noell, Samuel J.
Randall, Ritter, Rogers, Ross, Rosseau, Shanklin,
Sitgreaves, Strouse, Taber, Taylor, Thornton, Trimble, and
Wright--33.

NOT VOTING--Messrs. Ancona, Bergen, Buckland, Culver,
Denison, Goodyear, Hulburd, Johnson, Jones, Radford, Sloan,
Voorhees, and Winfield--13.

CHAPTER VIII.

THE SENATE AND THE VETO MESSAGE.

Mr. Trumbull on the amendments of the House -- Mr. Guthrie
exhibits feeling -- Mr. Sherman's deliberate conclusion --
Mr. Henderson's sovereign remedy -- Mr. Trumbull on patent
medicines -- Mr. McDougall a white man -- Mr. Reverdy
Johnson on the power to pass the bill -- Concurrence of the
House -- the Veto Message -- Mr. Lane, of Kansas -- His
efforts for delay -- Mr. Garrett Davis -- Mr. Trumbull's
reply to the President -- The question taken -- Yeas and
Nays -- Failure of passage.

On the 7th of February the amendments of the House to the Freedmen's
Bureau Bill were presented to the Senate, and referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.

On the following day Mr. Trumbull, chairman of this committee,
reported certain amendments to the amendments made by the House of
Representatives. Mr. Trumbull said: "The House of Representatives have
adopted a substitute for the whole bill, but it is the Senate bill
_verbatim_, with a few exceptions, which I will endeavor to point out.
The title of the bill has been changed, to begin with. It was called
as it passed the Senate 'A bill to enlarge the powers of the
Freedmen's Bureau.' The House has amended the title so as to make it
read, 'A bill to amend an act entitled "An act to establish a Bureau
for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees," and for other purposes.' Of
course, there is no importance in that.

"The first amendment which the House has made, and the most important
one, will be found to commence in the eighth line of t