New-York tribune., 1870-04-12


sUMED IN THE SENATE TO-DAY.
GBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEl
WASHINGTON, Monday, April II, 1870
The Ways and Means Committee, at their meeting TO-
day resumed the consideration OF the FUNDING D anu
discussed IL up to the hour of adjournment without
reaching any conclusion. The general feeling among the
the Committee is not to report 1t until the
Tariff bill is disposed Of It not likely therefore that
any decisive action Will be taken on the bill until inc
Tariff bill has passed.
The Supreme Court to-day again postponed the time
for hearing the arguments in the legatender cases uh
Monday next and the proceedings were especially inter-
estng. The Court has three times, in conference liked
the day for hearing the cases. The first time the counsel
opposed the Government obtained the information OF
the determination OF the Court between satrday anu
Monday morning, and addressed note to the ChiefJus-
tiee demonstrating against the determination OF the
Court Upon this the Court again went into conference
on the subject and decided they would hear the parties
IN open Court on the motion. After hearing the
parties the Court set the for hearing on Monday,
the llth, which announced on Friday ten days DC
fore the day Of hearing This morning, when the case
called, Mr.. Potter produced written statement
from Mr. Carlisle, the counsel opposed to the Govern
men stating he had been unable to postpone an engage
ment upon a case in New-York; thereupon Mr. Potter
made an appeal to the Court to postpone the hearing
In which he insisted that the decision In the
legal tender case was not decision proper
to be received, Notwithstanding the Court had
fully considered the question before and oyerruled
It, In the course OF the reply Of the AtorneyGenera,
the ChefJustice interrupted him TO say that according
TO his recollection, the cases under consideration
had been ordered to abide the decision In the case OF
Hepburn agt. Griswold The AttorneyGeneral SAID ne
felt embarrassed by the statement Of the Court when
Mr. Justice Miller told him that that was not the state
men Of the Court, but Of the ChefJusce The latter
being supported in his statement by Justices Nelson
and Clifford, Mr. Justice Davis said that such was
not his recollection that Of two other
Justices present; that no record was made OF
such an order there any such written agreement
between the parties The Court having considered the
matter in conference the majority thought the recoec-
ton of the ChieJustce could not deprive the Govern
ment right TO have the cases argued Mr. justice
Davis also administered rebuke to Mr. Potter for the
hippant and dsrespecfu in which he spoke OF
an order of the Court made after full and due dehbera
ton. Mr. Justice Bradley also said that the statement
OF the ChefJustice his recollection had been made
in conference and not considered by the Court sur
cent to justify refusal to hear the cases Finally,
the subject postponed in accordance with the request
OF counsel, until Monday next.
In the Senate, to-day elaborate argument was maze
by Mr. Mcdonald OF Arkansas, in favor or his Dill pro
posing Government aid TO the Mediterranean ana
Oriental Steam Navigation Company of New-fork. MI
Mcdonald claimed that the South entitled to assist
ance from the General Government to enable 1t TO re-
cover from the effects Of the war; and there were no
better means than to establish lines of steamships from
her ports Europe, India and Chna as proposed by
this Company The bill has already been fayoraby re-
ported by the Committee Post Offices and its passage
will be urged by the Southern Senator's resolution OF
Mr. adopted looking to some Legislation 10
put an end to the nhumantes and barbares practced
in the overcrowding of cattle trains coming from the
West The Northern Pacific Railroad bill was taken up
Considerable opposition manifested toward it, led
by Mr. Sherman and the two Iowa Senators MI Harlan
remarked that the land already granted to the Company
N
pay the entire expense of construction and equipment
aud yet IL is proposed to give them enough additional
land to make great empire MI Howell said the
railroads now controlled the capital OF the
country, and it even whispered that their
influence was potential with Legislatures and with men,
bers Of Congress Mr.. Thurman stated that this grant
would cover belt of country 100 miles wide, running
through 200 miles, and that the railroad bills now before
Congress proposed to give away acres OF land,
territory greater than that of the thirteen original States
Various motions TO adjourn were voted down. and was
soon seen that who in favor of the bill had de-
termined possible, to dispose OF it today knowing
that according to the agreement the Georgia bill could
displaced tomorrow. The opponents OF the bill
had all the talking to themselves its friends degning no
reply. When o'clock came, Senator'S commenced to
drop off, and important amendments were voted down
by scarcely onethird of full Senate. Finally, the alb
sence OF q quorum discovered, which compelled an
adjournment, leaving the bill undsposed OF.
In the House to-day large number Of bills and reso-
lutions introduced and referred to Committees
resolution granting the Of the Hall Of the House to
the cOored people Wednesday next, for the purpose
OF holding meeting celebrating the Ratification Of the
XVIII Amendment passed, with resolution au-
thorizng the Speaker to appoint Committee of the
House TO make the necessary arrangements. The
Speaker named Messrs Cox and Eredge as two OF the
Committee exciting the laughter Of the House and gall
leries Cox took the matter good naturedly,
but Eldredge got very angry. Both gen.
temen asked to be excused, but the House
refused by large majority. The resolution
granting the use of the Hall aferward rescinded it
being shown that there division among the col
ored people about the celebration, and that the privilege
of the Hall could not be given to one side without giving
oense to the other After the House got through with
their half hours fun at the expense of Cox and Edredge'
Mr. schenck I'm order to better secure quorum Of mem
hers during the discussion of bills in Committee Of the
Whole offered resolution compelling the House to
sit until 8 o'clock every day, and have no session
on Saturday, reservng that day for Committee
work. and visiting the Departments The resolution was
not agreed to, however Members saw no necessity for
the resolution very few Of them ever attend the
sessions of Saturday Three hours were spent on
the Tariff bill, and three pages disposed Of There
was great deal Of talk nearly every article under
consideration especially carpets No material amend
ments were made, the Committee OF Ways and Means
carrying all their points. There Is no probability OF the
bill being disposed of before the 1st of May
Coored In the various States are already send
ing complaints to Congress that they have not been al
lowed to vote in town elections since the Fifteenth
Amendment ratified. They say the reason generally
assigned by the officers who conduct the elections Is that
they take oath to obey the State laws relating to sur
frage that although these rendered nugatory by
the amendment they have official notice of the fact
through the Governor OF their State
Mr.. Lawrence introduced an important bill to-day
which was referred to the Reconstruction Committee for
the protection of the free exercise of the elective fran
chse which provides that citizen Of the United States