, 1870-12-21
Outlines Of the House Ocean TEL
egraph Bill.
The Sumner-G Grant Unpleasantness
he Massachusetts Senator Said
10 Owe His Personal
Safety to the
President. -,
fnI IS sIf.s'
EreciaI Despatch to The Chicago TT1buue.

EreciaI Despatch to The Chicago Tribune.
TIE ANSEsTY pkBl1E IN TIE H0CsE-
WAsHISG7oS, Dec. en-The amnesty matter
scauae up IN the House Rxaln to-d2r. but dia nni
get hntnhed: TIE unlJ speech OF much Interest
to the tloor or galleries WIS that Of Bingham,
which Wna good specimen OF his force and .het-
-ottc- he objected to Buffers bill tor vasinus
plausible EeasonE. and advocated his own amend
.nent With ea1ucstuess and eloque9ce. lie an
u1unced that. II his amendment was rejected, he
should rote for the substitute Of Me. Beck, OF
Kentucky, as the next hest thing. He said he
would not support the proposition for
unrestricted smrestJ introduced BY Farms
worth. because he did not believe
the country was prepared for 80
sweeping n measure. Daring the delivery OF
31r- Biusham'a speech. most Of *hc members
present gathered around his chair, several stand
ing during the whole time IN the area about the
Speakers disk. The debate was continued dur
Ing the afternoon BY ten and nfteen minute
52oechff. mostly By Southern Representatives.
When the hour for calling the previous question
arrived. Mr. Butter surprised the House With An
cxhtottlt n Of his peculiar tactics bT demanding
the previous question on the Amendment only,
and not on the bill and amendments, declaring
hts purpose II either OF the amendments material
II chsngtng the character Of the bill were adopt.
Ell, to move its recommtttal, and In this co.,
nect!on be remarked that he could get
along Without amnesty as long as any member:
All Eho had amendments pending protested, and
the prrvious question WAS ordered only on the
amendments. Butler Raye portions Of his hour to
- two members, and. when t1ey had spoken, tho
House adjourned, 60 that the matter will come up
tomorrow AZ unfinished business, Butler having
the door.
PERSONAL ExrLASAT1DN.
There was remarkable scene In the House
nj nf i7nf mi NA
personal explanation. He referred to an article
In The Ncw York Tos: crtucIsug flm, AID went on
to say that the Article WIS not rsnired ty W. Cul
Ten Bryant who, II he knew him tInGetsoID, would
probably not haze allowed Its publication; Int
the editorof tic Its. has hrorhcr JohtI HNsyant,
who lived IN 1nger1o1la district, who vas bad
man, and he had inspired the attack. 1nGeEsoll
then i,cas.ed Of having twice secured Bryants
removal from the ColIeciorshlp Of his district.
aud taid he vas now officially reported a default
er TO the amount of S@so.o00. As soon as 1nger-
snll rat dewn Mr. Dawes took the 1oor. lie said
he fah .nown J. II. bryant from his youth. and
his character WAS spoile6a. II he was q ttIaultsr
he {Dawesl should lose bis faith In hu man
nature. F&rnsworth and Judd. Of Illinois, 10th
1cstIned In a strong md earnest manner to the
high Integrity and personal worth Of Dir. Blyaut,
whom they had known long and intimately. In
gcrsou was thus pat Oh the defensive, and maale
4 zerJ poor 1gure. lie modified hts assertion
that Bryant was defaulser, by saying he WIS re-
ported as being tn t!etsult to the government,
which a member at once explained as the stua-
tien Of many Of the best officers OF the govern
1rcnt, and was the result of the peculiar ayBtena
l.s Fk}ca the government kept it, accounts,
aHoTSiEg not tho ailghtcat suspicion
Ut dishonesty. lugctsoll then lodt his
temptI, ard In MI excited manner proceeded
10 uske tpsnuatsous ngainzt tho private oharAo-
&C, s.frrJ ant, WHICH, ID VICE Of the place, &C.
sas:0p, aud ladies in the galleries, were simply
Iow, coctempt1hle, mud Insulting. The upshot OF
thts epesode IL TINT InxeEfolis personal cxplana-
II damaged himself about as much a. II WIS pos
sio1e for II man TO do In so short time.
GESERAL scaEScx.
General Schenck tutlav nc. With tho Commit
tee OF WaJs and Mcara fer the last ttme. lie cx-
.ccts that bis nomination will be sent in tonor-
row. Hooper. Of Massachusetts, Will succeed him
As Chai;mAn Of the committee.
roMBR0y's LAND GRANT MANIA.
Stnaior Pomcroy. It begins to be teared, viii
c1danEer his Auseahle relaunus with tic
President hy hts persistent devotion
to = policy which the latter
atr;nSly .lisapproyes. notwithstanding The ear.
nest protest Of the message against more grants
otrub1lc lands to corporations, Pomcroy Is con.
ttursl.s introducing such measures. he got In
another s0-tiRy.
THE SOUTHERN Kx1'RxSs BILL.
Seratnr CaneTen rushed through the Senas1
The other dag bis bill Incorporating the Southern
f:xpr-as. aud /. has al1eahy been introduced Ia
the 1scukc This Is The sRmc Institution which
the IIoute Committee on Commerce unanimously
reported against Incorporating lass session, fl
being we'll understood by members to be nothing
better than too-
TIE HOLIDAY EfcnsE-
Adjournment virtually tskes places tc-uorro*
right RI fer IA the lIouse Is roncerned It naetu1
t,ecn deciccd to-day to desote Thursday Il
speeches IN Co,u1n!tsec Of the Whole On tho STAG
OF the uo:on-
sAE DaufEGo.
Tho cor.cAt in tue Senate, to-day. oSer Sau Do
xuinEc. was ef All cxceedntlY ca nest character
What waa sai,1 in debate wus n small part OF tn
ratte1. The slle conferences among Senators
and tic activity display I'd n1nerg The desks bf III
fftepd1 Of MaItona fes:lu;iun, and the care Wit
Which ttcs watched the temporary absence d
Senators en fhrtf side. so "a "a summon them b
y,apc Ut every yot, Showed deeper interest Id tn
su,tct thAn is often seen ou the 1loo- Of the Sen
ate There was quite struggle urcr the mntlo
to tnkc up the rcsa!uttcn, Merton, Thayc1
Howard. Chandler, conkllnE, Carpenter, an
kclloza s,cng active supporters of.the notion 0
the ns>; t.>t vote Ca1pcntcF, Conkllng, Carprntt
att, u En,fltr showed their anxiety tE going
TIC .te:k att nvs 1lnnkirE the CGrk as he cate
3hc roll When the list %as finished these send
,crr pracuret 4 copy, and then. Goipg to Morton
dctL, hst IN earnest consultation. aud compare
no;ct. Chandler further made himself conB2lcl
o,,s by gnlEE around the Senate 70 several uen
,,ere, u Howard, Sye, and ThaJer, and e1hlottn
his ltt with considerable tie2seo OF satisfaction
Sumner, at the outset Of tho discussion, Shove
himself to bc 4 more formidab!c opponent to It
new tchcme tnnn its friends ha4l counted upo
Before he had spoken i've minutes !
WIS Interrupted hy several OF the anuc1atlonls
on various Irrelevant points, two 81 WHICH WEI
tuttstned by the Chair. Dr2tnnlng b1 ssattf
what his resolution Of inquiry called lot, and
answer 70 m absurd statement ef Howard III
the report Of his special committee last sefle
contained all the Information Sumner uow asKe
for be eald that he xaoted TWO convention
uucu the basis Of which the President had neg
1itteti the treaty; also copy Of the Dontnic:
constitution, by which II Tonlh appear that Il
public consin OF that island could he t1Au
fc9re.L Tic wanted n copy Of the treaty vi
Frnuce. which would show that Dominica Y
tcnru Ia a large suu1 to HassL He "ant'
also rzss Of official documents, part ol *hs
he had n I'd In the Navy Department. md u
cha1acfer ct tile rest OF which he knew, a
rreF 10 be srch TINT the county and the Stna
shoutta froE their contents. lie tnttmhted,
naain and pointed terms, that what he desired
have furnished vas ri great significance. a
fuch u the Senate could not ai!oEa to act "1too
examining. Morton and AL acnn8 "ta alaa y.
very upcasy under Summers explanation.
1,ted, during his speech. inrnecsuAl!y
ce, vote without further dehate. sn
nc1 rlceet. hts remark by stating IN
while h,s resolution simply called TOT tnaS dot
ututs,, information which Eoul1 enable tae -
ate to act intellgentlE, Nortont propoSaon'
adopted, would commit Congress 10 Inc pohcJ
annexation The vote 10 take up Aostons feso
tion, which Immediately followed Mf. oamue
&pcecG, was successful, the vote esano1u3' 1e
3s; n1yR,1s. Immediately urou the announ
ment OF this result, Senator Buckingham mo-
TO refer The resolutions - the Committee On
c!gu Relations. On this motion Senator sunni
d.1nauded the 5eaA and mars; and here the {
cusslnn again branchcd out Mr. Schurz procc
ed to chow the utter inp.ac1cablity
rtc resolutions Euatn.tted- lie Sta
It TO be an utter i1npossihlty to ut,
nhfec.e called for IN the resolutions II they y
.,ncrrr- IN 70 shor1 time lie wns Of onto
,st The Whole thing was hQmbug, and be (
c,tdrd 10 r1dtcu1e the report, which would
forthcoming In sixty Gays, according 10 sen,
Mariana aseertioEs, In \ very eHec:tse man1
>spnsto, Thurman struck the sanle vein, and =
,hc rh.orea On what might te exptctei In
,,so1ectcal. nhYkIea1, moral, AID Intellectual re-
- Yhr eondi,ion OF the people sfter Two moi
conservation. he stated TINT CnagreSs car
hx taIus resolution, annex a territory ex
~ S4asr. II WIS only on this doc
that Texas Via admitted. and 1t
mt bis Cpl. Ion that the people Of the UnIted S
were rraay to erect San DoGingo into soTer
luskmuch as tic Senate hai once refused to l
a1rcakJ OF annexation, he believed It 10 fsc
acafion on ttx part to taEe ans further steps l
=. matter, Tie could see no nse for conmt
unlets annexation WIS to follow. He cons!t
the worst feature OF the resolution to be tha
Commissioners therein mentioned were 10 II
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