Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-12-22
FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Cancellation Yesterdays Proceedings.
Lrotracted Struggle on Fan Dom ngo-An ALL
Night session-1he Resolution Passed
This Morning

, Iii ouhheI salu TINS resolution committed
Congress 10
DANCE OF BLOOD.
lt was new step in measures of violence
already started. 1t was designed to commit
Congress 10 the policy of annexation. This he
Mr.. ) was opposed to now much more
than when the treaty was rejected. This treaty
had been negotiated by violence. This negoti-
alton was first gotten up by Bonssentina Baez,
political jockey. Two other polite al jockeys,
fabens and Cazneau, joined him, and they
seduced into their firm a young officer of the
United States army, General Babcock. } who
called himself aide de camp to the President.
Our President cannot afford to trample on the
weak; he cannot afford to inaugurate violence
and menace in the city of Washington. Mr..
Sumner then charged the President with
INITIATING PRESIDENT BUCHANAN
wished TO have Mr.. SchurZ displaced from the
CoHmittee on Foreign Affairs. He was told
that would affect the German vote. Laughter.
IL was then determined to displace Mr.. Patter-
son, who had no Germans in mis- State, laugh
ter; but it was afterwards fou nd that that would
not do. Mr.. Sumner, in conclusion, asked SEN
stor Morton TO persuade the President TO cease
his disastrous policy; and to the Vice President
said appeal TO you, you love this repub Bile
Is you are devoted to that party which has hon
ored you, to exercise yOur great influence to set
the President right in this matter. [Great sen.
sation.l
THE SUGAR BILL
was then passed, and the Senate took recess.
On the expiration of the recess. the Joint reso-
ton TO authorize the President TO restore Com
the navy was passed. and
Mr.. NORTON RELIED TO Mr.. SUMNER,
az length, saying: This Administration had
been a great success, and was a great success,
and the President would pass unharmed
through all these attacks to the end Of hi. term
The people cared nothing about these personal
matters. They cared not whether Mr.. Cox or
Mr.. Delano was Secretary Of the Interior, or
whether Mr.. Motley or Mr. Schenck was Minis
ter TO England. The attack of the Senator Mr..
Sumner upon the President this afternoon was
most uDIrOvOked and ndefensible Mr. Morton
denied that the President had promised to use
his private influence with members Of Ccnares..
re denied also, as had been asserted, that this
resolution committed Congress TO annexation
III ulo nothing OF the kind. The com missioners
are simply 10 report facts and Congress is TO be
guided by their reports, but they have no power
10 express any opinion on the subject. No eff
torts OF the Senator could prevent the acquisi-
ton OF San Domingo; it might not come In PresI-
ient Grants time, but it would come. 1t was
Mr. Nye said that Mr. Summers attack on IN.
President would be
QUOTED WITH JOY
by all the democratic papers in the land.
The debate was then continued by Messrs
Bayard. Chandler, (who said Mr.. Sumner was
affileted with Presidential manis) Conklng
who criticised sharply the position taken by
Mr.. Sumner toward the President and his
course on the San Domingo treaty, and said
that he had attacked the President as an as
nexatIOn of San DomingoD
The vote WAS then taken on the motion of Mr.
Buckingham to refer the resolution to the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations; which was decided
IN the negatiye-yeas 49, NAYS 81.
Mr. EdmuDdS said the Senator from Massa-
chusets MI sumner had this day gotten
What was due to himself, and TO the State OF
Massachusetts,, and what was due to the Presi-
lent, IN the attack which he had made on the
EAecuIve' The last calumny of the Senator
had fallen 20 the ground.
MT Sumner said he had uttered no calumnv
Against the President The Senator Ont. Ed
munds) only sought TO make mischief.
HE aDerIm Pnt of Mr.. SctnrZ
TO provide that the commission visit such other
places than San Domingo as they think nsces-
saIy, and was then adopted.
MI BayaTd moved that the commissioners
should be subject to confirmation by the Senate
Alter ebate, the amendment OF Mr.. Bayard
was TeJected-yeas 10, NAYS 35.
MI. thurman moved to adjourn which was
negatved.
MIR. Pomeroy said these people in San Do
mlngo would come under q much better form of
government II they were incorporated in the
United States; and therefore AS q philanthropi.t
he favored their annex alton.
Mr. Scott moved that
NO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS BE APPOINTED
nays2S.
MIR. Morton here said that in His slyu.ions n
Mr.. Bayard, IN bis speech, he had not Intended
anything personal. If the Senator
THOUGHT THE WHIPPING POST A GOOD THING,
be was welcome to il.
Mr.. Bayard replied, that as his purpose was
invariably TO avoid personal al usiOns in debate
he felt justified in resentng them in the spirit
cepted the explanation.
Dir. Schurz moved An anne ndment calling for
information in reference to persons eXiled from
or Imprisoned in Dominica for political reasons,
or proposition TO annexation. Rejected.
Mr.. Casserly said
THE EVIDENT PURPOSE OF TBEMAJoRrTY
VINO now controlled the Senate, was TO permit
Just so much information as they chose, ami no
more.
MIR. Schurz moved that the commission shall
not commence Its labors in San Domingo until
three months after the naval forces of the
United States shall be Withdrawn from the Do
minican waters.
that when an election occurred no troops should
be posted nearer the polls than a certain dis
lance. This was great principle of con-titu-
tlonal liberty, and lt this principle IN at the
amendment OF the Senator from Nj issouri sou -ht
10 carry out. liz was that the election in Do
mlnica should not be conducted under the pres
sure of bayOnets.
Mr.. Thurman regretted that Mr. Sumner had
not thought Of this great principle OF constitu-
uohaI n6erty when he voted tor tue enforce
m.nt bill and the naturalization bills which au-
thorized the sending OF troops at elections into
New York and other cities.
Alter considerable further discussion the
smsn9mento Mr.. Schurz was rejected-ayes,
Y; nays, a.
Mr. Thurman moved that the commission be
also instructed TO ascertain the probable num-
Ger of inhabitants OF Dominica. Adopted.
Mr.. Thurman then moved Q further amend
ment, that the commission be instructed to in
quire whether any attempt has been made BIZ
any foreign power 10 Obtain possession of Do
ninica. Some such iEtimation, he said, had
been thrown out by the President in his mes
sage. Thus idea, he (Mr. IT, thought, WAS the
merest cLimera, the merest fancy, bnt still he
should like to have IN inc uiry made into it.
The amendment was rejected.
Various other amendments we're offered and
rejected.
Mr.. Casserly. at O'Clock Q. m, being on the
Moor, and his voice being inaudible by reason Of
the confusion which prevailed on the door, he
suspended, as he stated, until Ii was decided
WHO HAD THE FLOOR.
The Vice President stated that tho gentleman
from California had the foor
Mr.. Casserly said he only desired to know who
had the door, a. it was impossible for him to
tell, in view Of the fact that Senators were
talking louder than he could elevate his voice.
The debate was continued until after six
O'Clock, when, no further amendments being
proposed.
TER RIsoLuTIoN WAS PASSED As FOLLOWS:
Ayes-Messrs. Abbott. Ames, Drownlow, Csrpen-
munds, Flanagan. Hamilton Of Texas, smiiton OF
Nd. Howe, Howell, Morton, Nye, Osborn, Peme
roy, Pool, Ramsey, Revels, noss, eavyer: Sect:
sherman. Stewart, Tnaysr, Warner, Wiley and
Nays-Mes.rs Casserly, McCrssry, Morrill, Of VT.
Patterson, schurz, stockton, sumner, Thurman and
Tipton-e.