The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-03-30

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CONGREGATIONAL.
WARRINGTON, March 29.-House.-To-
day General Logan, by unanimous consent,
spoke for half IN hour in reply to General
Sherman's letter relative to the army.
The Election Committee reported ad-
yersely to the GLAZING of Joseph Segar to n
seat as representative at large from Vir-
g'nia. The consideration of tho report was
indefinitely postponed.
The pensions bill was postponed two
weeks, ut the request of Mr.. Schenck, WHO
wishes to push the tariff bill through.
General Logan made long personal cx-
PLANTATION regarding General Sherman's
letter on the army bill recently passed by
the House.
The tariff bill was resumed, and the
House is in session tonight Tor debate only
on that subject.
Senate.-There has been no important
business to-day. There isl long discussion
going on upon the order of business, move
ment having been made to take up the
Texas bill. 1t will probably succeed.
Senator Sherman moved that the Judici-
airy Committee be discharged from consid-
Grafton of tho Texas bill, in order that the
Senate might take it up. Senator Trum-
bull opposed the motion bitterly, stating
that it was an indignity to the committee.
A petition TGs presented from the heirs
of the late Hon. John NJ. Bolts, Of Vir-
ginia, asking compensation for property
taken by the United States before during p
the war.
The Finance Committee reported that the
income tax should be continued during
1870, but be reduced to three per cent.
thereafter.
A bill was introduced providing for pun
ishing election frauds.
The tax bill was passed over by vote of
20 to 20, Vice-President Colfax's vote de-
Gliding afiirmatively to postpone it in favor
of the Texas bill.
The Judiciary Committee was discharged
from the further consideration of the Texas
bill, and then took the bill up, amended it
by striking out the clause regarding the
sanctty of the terms of the original adj
| mission of the State, md then passed. 1t
| now goes back to the House for concurrence
in the amendment, which the Senate adopt
ed by strict party vote.
After on executive session on the San
| Domingo treaty without action the Senate
adjourned.
Warm. Debate in the Senate over the
Texas BiN-3aessrs. Trumbull and
Sherman on the Floor.
WASHINGTON, March 29.-The proceed
ings in the Senate to-day on the Texas bill
were very interesting. Senators Sherman
and Trumbull became quite angry over it.
Everything on the calendar was made to
give way to Mr.. Sherman's motion to take
up the Texas bill, and it was thcreupon
taken out of the custody of the Judiciary
| Committee.
Mr.. Trumbull could see no necessity for
this haste. The Georgia bill and the case
of Senator Ames, of Mississippi, had beth
been under discussion for several days, and
should be disposed Of. He did not zee why
the Senator from Ohio wished to take the
Texas bill from the hands of the Judiciary
| Committee.
Mr.. Sherman said he was not to be de-
tered from the execution Of his duty BY
-any mere feeling of etiquette. There were
| important reasons, both political and ma
tional, why Texas should be admitted at
once, go that the fifteenth amendment
should be officially proclaimed, and this
disturbing element should be removed from
our midst. He was surprised that the
| Senator from Illinois should seek to OBJ
struct the will of the majority Of the
Senate; and that the ma joiity waa anxious
that the Texas bill should be taken up.
Mr.. Trumbull said he would like to know
by what authority the Senator from Ohio
assumed to speak for a majority Of this
body. Never since he (Irumbull) had beer
in the Senate had such m act OF gross dis
courtesy been pcrpetratcd against any com
the Senator from Ohio after he CIrumbull)
had assured Mr.. Drake and the Senate yes
tcrdav that the committee would report
uron the Texas bill az soon as the Senate
was ready to consider it. The majority Of
the Senate last week had a consulta
ton, and the Texas matter had bccl
spoken Of, but there was no indicn
ton then that they desired to discharge
the judiciary Committee f, ON the considc
ration Of the bill. Has the Senator from
Ohio been around and consulted the Senate
that he was justified in assuming that ;
majority want to take up the Texas bill
The Senator from Ohio wants to have tn
fifteenth amendment proclaimed. If tha
Senator had stood by me and sat out tn
Georgia bill we would have had that amend
ment proclaimed several days ago.
Mr.. Sherman said his honorable fricns
Ia L., 70
vcrsy. 1t seemed to be the bent Of hi
) mind to get excited and make personal re
marks upon simple questions of order. II
denied that he had offered any indignity t
the Judiciary Committee. lie would 10
surrender his right, no matter what til
Senator from Illinois might say. He wish
, ed him to understand this, though he Ger
tainly would not wrangle about it. The wis
of the majority of the Senate was rs clea,l
apparent to the Senator as to himself, on
he must say that the course of the Senate
and of the committee in resisting the de
sire Of the majority was most extraordl
nary. When he remembered that million
> Of people were to be invested with the PR
vlege Of citizenship he could not stop 70
, any petty feeling Of etiquette.
i After some further desultory discussion
Mr.. Shermau's motion TO postpone the cas-
of General Ames and all ether prior order
was carricd-42 to lS-and the question
was then taken to discharge the Judiciar.
Committee from the further consideration
of tho Texas bill and cnrried-39 to II
The bill was then passed with an amend
4 ment.
The House bill allowing Judge Watrous
: of Texas, to resign, with salary for Life
was passed.
The Tobacco Tnx-DecistOn Of the
i Revenue Commissioner.