The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-04-20
Congressional.

measure should Be taken on Friday next.
/ WALLACE.
Associated Press kilograms.
/ Congressional.
WARRINGTON, April 49, Senate. Mr.
sumner presented memorial requesting
!, the land commissioners to provide home
steads for recently enslayed people.
Mr.. Edmunds reported bill enforcing
the fifteenth amendment of the Constitution.
| The Georgia question was then resumed,
and Mr.. Fowler proceeded to read written
speech.
| Dir. Chandler offered an amendment t o
the corruption resolution, directing the
Committee on the Judiciary to inquire
whether rebels had attempted to use cor
rupt influences to secure votes on the Geor-
gia bill. Mr.. Terry objected, and the mo-
, ton went over under the rules.
Mr.. Chandler offered resolution request
| ing the President to appoint two commis-
sioners to open negotiations with the peo-
pie of Winnipeg with view to annexa:
ton.
The Georgia bill was then resumed and
was discussed until recess, with MIR. Schurz
on the floor.
in the Senate tonight Mr.. Schurz OPP
posed the scheme Of designing men within
the Republican ranks.
| Mr.. Trumbull called attention to q re-
cent speech to crowd in this city by a
member Of the Senate in which the state
ment was made that the speaker had recon-
noitered the Senate, and said the Bingham
amendment would be defeated. He de-
nounced this rs an attempt to intimidate
the Senate.
Rouse.-A petition was presented re-
| questing the Government to abandon the
Louisville canal to private enterprise.
| The Reconstruction Committee have done
nothing to-day. They await the action on
the Georgia question.
Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts, offered re-
solution abolishing the income tax which
was referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means.
The New York post-oftice bill was dis
cusscd for two hours, when the contested
seat Of Sypher us. st. Martin, of Louisiana,
was taken up ; and Mr.. Kerr made mastery
effort in behalf of the people of Louisiana.
Great interest attaches to the question. The
vote will be taken tomorrow morning. The
chances seem to be that Sypher will not get
the seat, and st. Martin being ineligible,
the seat will remain vacant.
The House is in session tonight on the
tariff bill.
Later.-Senator Trumbulps closing re-
marks were followed by applause in the
galleries, which the Chair promptly sup
pressed. At 11.20 the Senate proceeded
to vote on the amendment. MIR. Wilson
offered an amendment to strike out Bing-
hams proyiso and insert proviso extend
ing the term of the Legislature until 1872.
Mr.. Pomeroy moved to amend Wilson's
amendment by substituting therefor this
amendment "Declaring the existing 90.
vernment Of Georgia provisional, constitu-
ting the third military district, and proyi-
ding for an election for a Legislature on
November -, 1902
Pomeroy's substitute was agreed to-
yeas, 81 nays, "a.
Messrs. Cameron, Gilbert, and Chandler,
against the amendment, paired off with
Bayard, Nickers, and Conkling, in favor
of it.
The question then being on inserting the
amendment of Wilson, as announced by
Pomeroy, in place of the Bingham amend.
|ment, involving the striking out of latter
provisions, it was determined affirma.
tively-ayes, Sc noes, %.
The Virginia senators are not recorded as
voting on this question.
The bill was therefore amended as pro.
posed.
Dir. Wilson moved to postpone the fur.
Their consideration Of the bill indefinitely
which was lost-yeas, 90; nays, 80.
Mr.. Sumner moved to adjourn, remarkine
that the bill had been SO changed that il
would not be known by the oldest inhabit
ant. Laughter The motion was subse
quently withdrawn.
Mr.. POmeroy then moved his amendment
as asubsttute for the whole bill, which wa!
agreed to-yeas, IS nays, %.
Mr.. Nye congratulated the Democratic
side upon having voted solidly to pu
Georgia back under military rule.
A. G. Thurman, on behalf of the Demo
l "a fD J>a JnI .,,&o
sion at this time.
Mr.. Drake offered an amendment autho
, rizing the President to suppress domestic
violence, to suspend the writ of hdbed
corpus, and to make municipalities respon
sible in damages for injuries to persons o.
property within their limits and not sup
pressed by them. Rejected.
Mr.. Drake renewed the amendment
!. emitting the part relative to the suspension
of the writ of habeas corpus within th
limits of municipalities. Agreed to.
} Messrs. Trumbull and Edmunds eX
pressed the opinion that the suspension o
the writ of hG6edS corpus was included, ant
MI. Edmunds moved to add the words tina
: "nothing in the act shall be construed t.
authorize such suspension" The vote wa
then taken, and the amendment was reject
ed-yeas, %; nays, so.
r Mr.. Pomeroy offered an amendment re
pealing certain laws so as to permit the or
ganization and calling into service of The
militia of the State of Georgia; which wa
! agreed to by strict party vote-.yeas, AZ
nays, 8. The bill was then read third time
, and passed--yeas, p nays, 20,
Carpenter, Cole, Corbitt, Creghan, Ed
munds, Ferry, Hamlin, Howe, Kellog
Morrill, of Missouri, Morrill, of Vermont
Patterson, Pomeroy, Pool, Pratt, Ross
Sawyer, Shears, Scott, Sherman, Upton
Trumbull, Warner, and Willy.
Nays.-Borcman, Chandler, Drake, Fen
ton, Flanagan, Fowler, Hamilton, Harris
Howard, Howell, Mcdonald, Morton, Nye
Osborne, Ramsey, Reyels, Rice, Spencer
Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Williams, ant
Wilson. Adjourned.
various Items.
WASHINGTON, April 19.-Thomas Monro
was appointed Agent of the Post Office DE
partment for the district comprising Loui
siana and Texas uice Taylor.
The revenue receipts for to-day Wer
S139,O00.
The Trans-C Continental railroad had hear
ing before the House Committee on the Pa
citic Railroad, but without any action bein!
taken.
; Stephen Preston, q white man, arrived
here as Minister from Hayti.
, Commissioner Delano decides that the Isl
; May occurring on Sunday the bonds shall
be dated May Cd.
The Senate Judiciary Committee to-day
commenced the examination of witnesse
in relation to alleged attempts to secure
the defeat OF the Bingham amendment b,
improper means. Judge James Hughes
Deputy Postmaster Porter, of this city
and II. J. Romsdell, correspondent OF the
Cincinnati Comm erciaI, were examined: i