Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-01-31

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vs-7 zion n The sose VI inc ofl
moro than ordinary confusion. with smart |
seasoning Of excitement and disorder, some.
times anounting 70 t0sbulence. II IVES oil
about the proposed amendment TO the Con.
stitutipas rspeetcd yesterday by the Seipt
COMMITTEES On Reconstruction. This sub
ject engrossed the attention of the House
from few minutes after the opening q
noon, till near Ave o'clock in the evening.
From the Developments Of the session, it Is
ceas asAt the Actors have ft lied to prescribe
specific remedy to cure the supposed
wound on the body polite. Indeed, some
Rspu00(con members argued this xfsesu00n
that the remedy prescribed b. tn csmssit.
tee was worse than the disease attempted 10
be cured. Mr.. Jenckes, lvr example, one Of
the most learned nhenfin Congress. I'D an
effective manner, argued that if this a.nseS.
ment Was adopted, Il would, when fully IN
derstood. cause rejoicing IN the South,
where dislcyalty l. most 70 Be found. ~
the Constituti thus tinkered, wsald en-
able South Carolina rebels, il you please, to
exclude Union men from voting. He OPP
posed the measure because it was not based
upon the principle oil justice. A funds-
element Of equality, which the proposed
amendment had not, and IL carried out, We
would find hereafter in Congress ~ tnsuy
kinds Of constitutions prcbsOiy as there are
different States. ~ ss--
The opinion Of the Republican members
on the subject are as various almost as
their countenAnees are dissimiar. Some
who were At first blush yesterday in fav
Of the amendment, and ready oJoin MI
Stevens in rushing it through on the pre-
vious question and without DISCUSSION, are
now fomnd among the clamorous Democrats
who demand time 20 think the matter over.
Some have undergone an entire change OF
views and now will vote agninst the rcselu-
ton and each member finds his Own poll
teal idiosyncracy calls for single modifi-
cation o, the amendment Accordingly
every one who has talked upon the subjec.
this afternoon before takidgfiis seat offered
some kind Of an amcndmcnto, substitute. :
Several thought consistency was jewel
thaA would look well in the law, but could
not See it in the report Of the committee.
Mr. Sloan was one Of those whose position
did nssist him in discovering that precious
gem in tho resolution, and abiured the
House therefore 10 reject it. The Depo
Gratis ofcoursc opposed the measure 70 .
man, and Of course they would oppose it,
il for no other reason than because it was a
measure coming from the Republican side of
the House. Mr.. Brooks, probably, gave
the best reflex Of the Democratic idea, when
he charged that the whole thing was got
up for buncombc and to give the negro the
right to vote, leaving out other classes
equally entitled to vote. Persuing the ar
gument against the proposition, because Of
its Inconsistency, he asked Mr.. Stevens why
he did not include women. at this point
no caused to be read . communication from
lady, addressed to him. .enclosinga peti
ton for universal suffrage, including women
which the lady asserted Mr.. Stevens had re-
fused TO present to Congress and SO Mf
Brooks, not to be out of fashion. concluded
his remarks by Offering MI amendment
which was to enable women also to vote. =.
just here an interesting episode occur !.
red. In reply to Il question from Mr.. Ste
phens, Mr.. Brooks with somc emphasis said,
IL prefer the women OF my own color TO
the negro This met with an immediate
and very general round Of applause from
the galleries, two thirds Of the auditors be
ing soldiers. Another round FOLLOWED,
which was che, kcd by the Speakers rep
rimand and advertisement that. that hall
was not the place for such demohstratioss
The ladies' in the galleries also took the
proposition very kindly, and agitated their
handkcrckiefs slightly TOWARDS sweet Mr..
Brooks. fF+
The diversity Of the entertainment was
further heightened by the ludicr~ US now
and then, tho most apprcciablc one being a
sally from Mr. Garfield. Mr. Baker, Of lii>
nois, having the hoor, had yielded to one Of
his colleagues. Desiring to resume, Mr. Ba-
kcr said-lIs manner and voice excessively
thcatrcal-"lnasmuch as this proceeding
| is like to turn out something like the play
Of Hamlet with Hamlet left OUT Why.
therefore, let Hamlet walk in quickly put
in Gen. Garfield. 4 general roar oflaugh
ter was the response from oil parts of the
house.
1t was evident that thcic had been a
mistake somewhere as to the temper of the
House, as was in part shown this afternoon,
when, II the opening of the session. Mr..
5 evens made IN attempt To drive the
amendment to a vote BY calling for the pre-
vious question. This called up dozen or
more members at once upon their feet, ev
cry one of tn. IA striving At the same time
to be head, and all protesting against this
attempt to cut off discussion Mr.. Sic
phens hcreat waxed somewhat wroth, aud
with rn expression nt ihuiablc disgust pro
claimed that he was SO much as,enisled al
the conduct Of this side of the House.
meaning the Republican, that he would
withdraw the previous question, and leave
the resolution to its fate. Thenccforward
the desatc was free, and The probability is
that there will boa full .discuSsian of the
measure before the vote is taken, which
may not occnr ior two or three days.
President JoHssoN's VITA good
story is told Of President johnson and a
tonguey Albany politician named Sam. Ill
den, Who called on him recently:
Everybody who knows Sam. Tiden,
knows that be is an intolerable bore. Pres
ident johnson knew it years ago. lie there
fore was disposed to indulge him and lie.
bin run loose. 1lllcn commenced by com
plimenting the President upon returning
to old Democratic doctrines in his recon
strustion policy, and bringing the party to
the Jetlersonian landmarks. lie iranchcd
Oft, celebrating on his subject and iliustra
ting it as only Sam Tildcn can. lie re-
minded the President that this vas com
pensating world, and illustrated this point
by calling attent on to the fact that while
the peacock hada magnificent rainbow tail
the bird was good for nothing to cat.--that
the elephant was a colossal animal, but
lacked the speed Of the antelope. The
President, all the time, sat citing his lip,
wondering what the devil Tilden was drlv-
ing at. 1idcn continued: "Thcre, too,
Dir. President, is the poor, stupid oyster
what sweet morsel to roll under your ton