Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-02-23
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
PShy.FiHt Congressional Regular Session
TUESDAY, FEBRuARr %, 1870.

tue Committee on Commerce.
Mr.. Pomeroy presented . memorial OF III
Howard Temperance Division OF Washing
ton asking the passage Of a bill TO proven
tho sale Of Intoxicating liquors In the Dis
trict OF Columbia. Referred TO the Com
mlttee on the District Of Columbia.
Mr.. Stewart presented the credentials o
II. p. Farrow as Standardized from tn
State Of Georgia.
Mr.. Drake said there was no reason fol
referring any such paper as this 10 the judi
ciary Committed. II purports to do wha
no Governor has any right to do, to commits
sion any man rs h senator OF the Unitst
states. II does not comply In any partlcu
lar with the laws OF Congress. We know
nothing about the election Of this man, BY
whom he was elected, or when he wa
elected. A Senator Is not a commissions
otleeT, he Is elected by the Legislature, ant
We arc to Judge Of his qualifications, no
the Governor.
Mr.. Stewart read from the paper presented
stating that he was elected BY the LsEisla
ture, and elected on q certain day.
Mr.. Drake said the law required that thu
facts attending the election should be certi
fed to the President OF the Senate, the DAY
and manner, &c.
The credentials Of Mr.. R. II. Whitley a,
senator.elect from Georgia were also read
when
Mr.. Drake said both tho papers were ia
utter disregard Of the law.
Mr.. Stewart then withdrew the papers fol
the present.
Mr.. Wilson introduced a bill to Ok IN,
point Of junction Of the Union Pacific and
Central Pacific railroads. Referred TO the
Committee on Pacific Railroad.
Mr.. Conkling, from the Committee on the
Revision Of the Laws, reported the resolu.
tons Of the New,York Legislature repeating
The ratification by q former Legislature OF
\ he fifteenth amendment, with a recon-
nendatlon that they be indefinitely post.
poned.
Mr.. Conkilng said this amendment was
secure without the action Of New York, and
would not be affected by retractlon, were re-
traction possible. A question has arisen
which II concerns New York to know,
whether a transient partisan majority can
snatch from her archives q ratification OF
her solemn faith whether the hot breath OF
faction can melt the seal which she has put
to great measure Of human rights TO have
rs effect on the generations to come. Mr..
c. then made an elaborate argument to
prove tho nulllty Of any attempted with
drawal OF States assent to an amend
ment to the Constitution. Mr.. c., in con-
cluslon, reviewed the action OF the Demo
cratic party OF New York and the North, in
regard to the negro race, adVertlng 10 the
burning OF the colored orphan asylum In
New York city In 1868, charging il as the
work Of the Democratic party, and dc.
nounclng their injustice and cruelty TO the
weaker race, and the Democratic election
frauds In the city Of New York. These
men, by their pollution of the ballot-boI,
have swollen the expenditures Of a single
FIFTY to sum approximating the expenses Of
the whole civil service cr the United States,
over $40, 000, 900.
Mr.. Davis fully concurred In many OF tho
Tsmarks made by the Senator from New
York, Mr.. ConklinE.l He was fully con-
vlnced that no State had the right to with
draw Its consent once given to a constitu.
tlonal amendmentj but he was further con-
,ineed that when rejection had been made
II Is equally conclusive and final.
Mr.. d. further stated that he was unaltera.
bly, opposed to allowing any Chinese ever
to plant their feet In this country, and he
ever should be. You can call II knoWnoth-
Pnglsm or whatever else Vnn nlRasa
Tho President pro TEN. stated that the
Legislature Of Maryland had passed q reso-
luton rendering the freedom Of the floor TO
members of Congress virltlng the British
fhlp Monarch, now lying In the harbor Of
Annapolis, and q committee OF the Leglsla-
turo to notify Congress of th" fact was now
In the city.
Mr.. Pomeroy then moved that as thls was
The birthday OF Washington the Senate ad-
jOurn.
Mr.. Stewart demanded the y cas- and nays,
when the motion was agreed to-yeas Is,
bays Iii and the Senate, at 2 p. M, ad'
Ourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr., Dawes, OF Massachusetts, rose to a
question Of privilege, and after making some
remarks condemning the bad practice Of
blowing speeches that were never delivered
10 be printed In the Globe, and recltlng the
evils that had grown therGfrom, offered tho
Whereas the Hon. william MunEsn, mem.
per Of the House, did, on tho 10th Instant, OBJ
tain unanimous consent Of the House In Com.
Inlttea Of the Whole to print In the Globe, AG II
delivered In tho House, speech not otherwise
delivered, and did therefore cause speech to
be 90 printed In the Daily Globe Of the 2Oth
Instant, as II delivered la the House, and under
D to rules alleged to be Of Iuoh = character as to
be an abuse Of the privilege so obtained, and
q violation Of the rules OF the House, now,
Rssoi0sS, That the Committee on Rules be
|instruuted to inquire and report whether the
said william Mungen, 10 eAuHinE the said
AbuSed the privilege thus obtained, violated
the rules Of the House, and deserved its cen
pure, and that, In the meantime, the said speech
bs excluded from tho Congregational Globe.
Mr.. EldridEe, OF Wisconsin, made the
point Of order that the point that Mr.. Nun
|gcn's remarks were out OF order came too
Hate, as the point should have been made
when the remarks were made,
The speaker oVerruled the point Of order
because, as the speech was never delivered
lie could not be heard, and therefore Mr..
|Mungen could not have been called TO order.
Mr.. Wood, Of New York, thought the
House should vote undeTstRndlngiy upon
this question, and he thought the words al
legged to have been out OF order should be
read.
Mr.. Dawes, Of Massachusetts,, said he
could not allow the words to 20 again upon
the record, and he had therefore stated
they were too indecent to publish. He was
willing that the gentleman from Ohio, Mr..
Mungen, j should make remarks eTpIana-
tory OF his speech, but II he attempted to
read the offensive remarks he would feel
compelled 10 call him TO order.
Mr. Cox, Of New York, approved OF what
Mr.. Dawes had done as tending TO stop the
great abuse Of printing speeches that were
never delivered upon the floor OF the House,
and he hoped the result would DO 10 put a
stop to this thing. He had never asked
leave TO print but once, and he therefore felt
that he had right to participate In this
debate, and to condemn the practice. He
thought that Mr.. Mungen should have all
the time and privilege he wanted In making
o statement with regard TO his speech.
Mr.. Dawes had no objection TO Mr.. Nun
gen being heard, but he thought 1t was EN-
,lneutly proper that the matter should be
Investigated. It was due 10 the Speaker
and TO the House that an explanation
should DO made why the gentleman was not
called to order when he made remarks that
were unpArllRmentary.
Mr.. Aungen said he had no Intention oil
violating the rules OF the House or Of being
dlsrespectful to the members. He had no
disposition to offend against any one. As q
proof OF this he would have an extract from
the speech complained Of read, TO show that
he did not refer to Mr.. Sumner as Senator
or in his Senatorial capacity, or for any
thing he had said in the Senate, and the
great objection TO his speech seemed 10 be
I because Of his reference TO Mr.. sumner
! lie had not charged any Senator OF the
, Of the United States with any crime or In
discretion, and II Mr.. sumner chose TO make
| q personal application of the remarks, ht
(Mr. hungen) was not to blame. Tall
about the improprieties Of debate on thll
lOorl Why, who did not remember TIT
Ieeue that took place on the floor during thu
counting OF the electoral votes last year, ant
how diSgraeeful the proceedings were Whei
the Senators came over hero, and were al