New-York tribune., 1870-05-28

Mr.. WILKINSON Qep Manipulating allowance l ~
the widow of the late u. :. Consul in Chiha Jance
Herman, for the time occupied In travelling 10 his P
Mr. MYERS 1ep.. Penn-Making allowance for tray tray,
cling expenses TO John w Massey, late CoiiSui ~ o
large number Of reports from the Committee on Rev
outonary Pensions and the War Of 1912 were nauc n
disposed Of In the discussion 9i Que % oTmiitce asked
and obtained leave TO report tolnoIIoS P ~ $50 % "
reference to pensions TO ron he Committee on Rules
reported new rule forbiddng the chhneV y, ~ ,,
after the announcement OF the result ana also 1OruIhg
The record of members vote who was not present when
the vote was taken. AdOpttu. ,,,.,
Tho Uouse al 1915 D. m resumed the consideration OF
the Conference report the bill to enforce the Tg OF
citizens of the United States to vote In the several states
MIR. Dr. BINGHAM Rep., Ohio, Chairman of the Com
mtee on Conference reviewed the provision OF the orig
inal bill and OF the Senate amendment as compared win
the report Of the Conference Committee explaining IN
what the difference consisted. He would not entertain
the idea than any thoughtful could doubt for mo
meut either the c0nsttuu0nahty or the generai ~
sity of the measure. II was expressly connned 10 lno
election OF Federal officers. -,
Mr.. KERR Dem. Ind, minority member Of the the
Conference Committee, explained why he could no con-
cur in the report his Judgment every single section
of the BILL % in number except one, the frst seeon III
law Of the country He believed that every section save
the first, unconstitutional. wrong IN Ihcipi, a. % h
country, but condemned by every h & W
just expedency, and ought not to DC enace III e , h
of law In some sections of the country, II TINS D pc
came law IL would be the source OF mnDoundeu uoue'
disturbance strife and Tranggb of The conntry
for giving to the Federal Courts O[e % TII
Of state elections 1t was vicious %esS N % anu and
MI Hex Dem. XVI charged that the Republican
% was seeking by this bill to overthrow all the rights
of he states setting aside the State Courts destroying
ordering the military dictator at Washington to 90 III an
stat what ne had done in Georga-set asde nc ,,n
~ BI-TiER d{ep. Mass) said he desired to give the
sn-o piece of information, and that was that the he-
publican party had carried Richmond by 400 majority.
M FOX Dem, " ", in answer to the announcement
Of MI Butler stated that the official count OF the recent
ncmocTtc ticket and he thought that the passage of
the pending bill would increase that majority. -, ,,
Mr. BUTLER-If they had wanted more they eouiu
Mr. GARFIELD Rep., ohi9)-There are 5000 people
Mr. Johnson Dem., CALI opposed the report, and
sad he knew that the original intention OF the
the Pacific and Territories by thrustng upon them
the odous doctrine of Chinese suffrage. .,.,.
Mr. STILES Dem PENN protested against II, because
he was in favor Of whte mans Government ana en-
trely opposed to enforcing negro suffrage ana negro
Mr. cox Dem, y. " made an argument against the
BILL in the course of which he declared tnat an te SIAN sla
dcrs NewIork and the Democratic party came from
an eflete Republican newspaper, THE NEw-foRk TRlB
UNE whose editors lived out OF the cIty, ana hau no
homestead in the city, and asserted that New had
cheaper and purer government than CmcagO Clnclhal
Philadelphia Rochester; and had less taxation and
Mr.. STEVENSON (Rep., Ohio)-The gentleman would
do well if he could prove that. ,.,
Mr.. sTEvENsON-And yet intsrfered.
n. j.
ference Committee defended the report, and asserted
that the provisions of the b no act was prohibited
which any member would dare To assert TO be lawful
or rghtfl act The bill ntcrfered in degree with the
rigfu act of person IN the exercise OF any privilege
which the Consultation and the laws conferred upon him
1t undertook TO preserve the rights OF men, ara lnged
on the rights of no He challenged the gentleman
the other side t. point 10 single act which he had
right to perform and which this mu inhibited at Ills
hands.
would saw TO his Democratic friends that they
preserve themselves and their constituents all the
rights guaranteed by the Constitution and laws, all they
had do refrain from doing the things prohibited
| by this law Whoever willing that others sholld
nothing in the bill in it, inunctons which he cond
| Justly condemn He confident that the hour had
come when member Of Congress could not he elected
fairly according to the viii OF the voters unless Con
gress nerered and used that dormant power which had
so long existed but had never yet been called into
| existence The bin did, for the purpose of con
serving the rightful election OF members, enter into
State elections by declaring pains and penalties against
those who violated the law. In other particulars did
il interfere with state elections. 1t declared that GER
tain acts should crimes 1t brought those acts within
the forum OF the Federal courts He would make no
ausion TO state courts in NewYOrk or elsewhere eX-
cent 10 saw that portions Of his state IT would be
as much impossible to convict man for the crime Of
violating election laws as it would be to transfer hs col
league Cox to heaven without repentance lLaughterl
No Innocent might rembc before this law. but the
guilty trembe because, by the help OF OOd was he
Intention people to enforce this law against the
guilty; aud If members Of the Democratic party desired
Ia escape tie obnoxious conditions of the BILL as they
called them, let them be innocent OF the clne ana all
Nj TOWNSEND (Rep, Tenn) made an argument in
Mr. BINGHAM (Rep. Ohl0) closed the debate Dy re-
plying to the argument made against the bill lie de,
MED that gave any encouragement TO nformers, and
enough foolish enough to suppose that his burning
and Immortal words in denunciatiOn Of "infOrmers"
could apply to the OF citizen who appealed TO the
tribunal OF Justice the vindcatiOn Of right the
redress Of "a wrong. He asked when and where Liberty
found shelter refuge anywhere on this planet save
under the shelter and Of law enorcedby the Courts
Mr.. ELDRIDGE gDem Wis.l-Neyer under an empire.
Mr. BINGHAM-The word "cmpire" has no terrOrs
for me- when applied to that empire whose sceptre is
knowledge and whose power is the ballot III the hands OF
Mr. .ELDREDGE-Under this bill it is the Empire Of
Despotsm and know it, and that the reason you
MG. BINGHAM declined to yield to interruptions, and
said that the total of complaints made against the
ehoHded e %as Ss or the & Su e n history Of The RcH
by the common statute laws OF the common people OF all
the States IL to be made crime hereafter for any
one by violence intimidation or fraud to interfere with
the right which was formidable to tyrants alono--the
That was all that there was in this bill.
Mr.. ELDREDGE-Under the sword.
Mr.. BINGHAM-Under the swOrdl The gentleman
praes again There is such thing in the BILL There
is not word Of the sort in it. Let the people speak nn
all that is the power under which the Constitution was
ordered by which it has been retained through which
ized, and tribunals of justice established We pro
pose enforce that provision and with the help Of the
The vote was then taken aud the report of the Confer
Committee was agreed to-Yeas, l33 Nays, IS, "a
MI. sGHENCK Qep., Ohio, Chairman, Of the Commit
Of Ways and Means, reported back the Internal Rev
enue b asked to have the first reading OF the bill
dispensed with Agreed 10.
Nj SCHENCK Rep., Ohio moved that when the House
adjourn tomorrow, il be tin Tuesday, Monday being the
day for decorating the soldiers graves. Agreed to-
ADMISSIONS TO THE FLOOR.
The SPEAKER directed the Clerk read the rule gov
ernng admissions TO the floor and after IL read he
notice that he would hold hereafter that he had
night to waive that rule than any other member
had and that he would decline to do II for the
DOOkeeper execute that rule and the Chair would not
be responsible for anybody the floor except those who
were privileged.
Several Members" That is right"
REDUCING TAXATION
The House then proceeded with the consideration Of
the bill 20 reduce internal taxes. After preliminary
remarks by Mr.. SCHENCK, in apology for its length (S5
printed pages which, he said, inevitable, AS il en-
braced all legislation the subject revised and pre-
sented in modified, corrected, and combined form, the