Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-05-27

against II. he thought for the vast smolnts
that had been spent uPon the public greu nds I'm
IN snH asSeT e,ty IN s5s 70 % shG" 10. th,n
| Square was the only square in the city that
= WAS d 10 show 20 = stranger.
Mr.. stockton alluded In eloquent terms 60
| Washington, as having been selected by our
| fathers as the permanent seat Of government,
and expressed the hope that there would be
!. enough revOluti0 ti0nsry blood ef. in the veins OF
the people OF the West to prevent their ever Sc
! riously entertaining the idea OF removal.
/ Mr.. Cole did not believe the capital would be
removed while this Republic lasted. He con-
| sldered that no better location could be Sc
! iected than this. The removal Of the capital,
7 IN aoduon 90 many other Disadvantages would
1 lu'ohe Al hssense expense. lie Was In favor
! that pOTtion OF the city Improved hecanSe if
was designed 10 extend the city 10 the eastward
Mr.. Carpeaser should vote for TIA. amend
! ment. not because he was i'm favor OF. or OPP
! posed TO, the removal Of the capital, bn; be-
| cause he thought the improvement ought 20 be
made. Ii very certain that the capital
| would not be removed within the next twenty
years Ii the matter MAS entrusted 20 the re-
/ presentatIyCS OF Wisconsin. Iowa. Illinois. MIN
nesota, and Indiana, it would be Twenty-Five
wears before they would agree upOn a site.
| lLauShterl OF course every one knew that it
ought 10 so Milwaukee, llaughter.l but they
could get none but the Wisconsin representa-
tiveS 10 vote for IL.
HOUSE.-Nr. CRllom (Tll.), from the Com
mittee on Territories, reported a bill disapproy-
/ ing and snnulling certain laws passed by the
/ Legislature OF Idaho; which was passed.
Mr.. Cessna (Pa), from the Committee on
/ Elections, called mp the contested election case
case Of Wallace W. Simpson, Fourth south
Carolina district, with a resolution declaring "A.
! :. Wallace entitled TO his seat.
! The resolution was adopted without debate, a
motion made 10 reconsider, aud that motion laid
on the table, before the House was fairly aware
Mr.. Cessna then obtained unanimous consent
20 make statement, 20 the effect that Mr.
Simpson being ineligible, Mr.. Wallace was con-
/ sidered as having received the highest mum Der
! of votes, and therefore entitled % his seat.
! Mr.. Randall, (Pa.,) also OF the committee,
| obtained ten minutes time 20 explain. He a1-
! mltted that Dir. Simpson was disqualified by
/ having been in the rebel armv; but denied that
las disqualification EMIT Ell Wallace 70 the seat.
Mr.. Brooks N. W earnestly protested against
! the action Of the House, and said not ten mem
I bers knew what was going Immediately
1 after the reading OF the journal, when there
/ was not a quorum present, the gentleman had
/ taken advantage OF the confusion and disorder
which prevailed 20 smuggle a member into the
/ House. He wished IL 20 20 20 the country that
when there was no quorum, amid general dis
order and confusion, man, who had received
bat GOO votes with vote of IA 600 votes against
him, had been smuggled into the House. Talk
10 him OF the frauds in New York. Never, lu
4 It's worst days, had such a fraud been practiced
As the one which had been perpetrated at this
| hour at this bar.
Mr.. Dawes Mass said he considered II OF the
highest importance that there should be a
record kept, 80 that this case might not be con-
siderel as a precedent and wrongfuIly cited
hereafter. He claimed that the House had re-
| peatedly decided that the disqualification OF the
/ candidate receiving majority OF the votes did
J not entltle the one receiving the next highest
one TO seat. In the present case il was shown
that there were voters enough prevented
/ from voting who would have voted for the
contestant 10 have elected him and there were
other reasons which would have entitled him TO
4 his seat, and there no cause for the COM
mittee 70 assume the ground taken. A good
| Judge never decided more than he was called
! upon 20 decide.
Mr.. Paine, wis. J chairman of the Committee
/ Of Elections, explained that during the present
session a new practice had prevailed in regard
/ 10 contested election cases. The Committee on
/ Elections had been enlarged and sub-divided
1 INTO i've sub-cOmmittees 20 whom the cases
were assigned and who reported directly TO the
House. What he knew Of the present case he
knew as member OF the House and not as a
member Of the Committee on Elections. The
committee a. a whole had, however, held that
the disqualification of the candidate having the
highest number Of votes did not eniitle the one
having the next highest number tohis seat.
Mr.. Gurr (Ill.) said be had come from a sick
bed to enter bis protest against the report OF the
committee. Ire former chairman Of the Com
mittee on Elections (Mr. Dawes had, I'm a very
able argument, shown that the United States
could not thus admit members without vesting
| in the minority the control OF the government.
Mr.. Bingham (OhiO and others made ineffec-
tqal attempts to get the question before the
and Others objected, ana the Cnair decided that
1 IT could only be done by unanimous consent.
1 1AAs AAdA4uaAl ulJAG1 that tie house al-
! JouTn, but the Speaker refused TO entertain the
motion, saying that the House having decided
the II emser was entitled 10 his seat and LAID on
the table a motion to reconsider, the member
elect had a right to be sworn in, and his aimis-
sion as member took the precedence of a mo-
ton TO adjourn or any similar motion.
Mr.. Wallace was then sworn in.
Committees were then called for reports o
bills OF private nature.
MI. swami, (Md.,) from the Committee on
Foreign Relations, reported adversely unon the
resolution authorizing Lieutenant Comm ander
frederlck Pearce, 20 receive from the Queen OF
Great Britain, the decoration of the order of
knights Of the Bath, and the report was
adopted.
Mr.. Swami reported the bin for the relief OF
Mrs NJ ). Morse, administrator and widow OF
Isaac +. Morse, late Special Commissioner to
New Granada; which was passed
Also, resolutions referring the memorials OF
Nm >. Magic and John Warren % the Presi-
dent for such action As he may deem proper;
which were agreed to.
Mr.. Wilkinson (M sn.) reported bill for the
na. Passed.
A large number OF private bills were reported
from the Committee Revolutionary PEN
sions and the war Of 1872, and were yariously
disposed of.
Mr.. Banks, from the Committee on Rales, re-
ported rule that il shall not be in order for the
Speaker 20 entertain a request from any mem
Der 10 record his vote after the result OF the
vote upon any measure has been announced.
Adopted.
The Speaker announced conference commit
tees on disagreeing votes on the folloWin bills,
yiZ:-Bill for the distribution of the " Tribute
10 Abraham LincOln''-MesSrs. Latin, N. Y.O
Perce, Miss and Dox, (Ala) Bin in relation
to wrecked and abandoned prOperty-Messrs.
Butler, (Mass.,) Peters, Me- and Archer,
(Md) Bill to furnish artificial limbs 20 sol
diers-Messrs. Negley, PAL Shanks, (Ind.,D
and Adams, (ky.)
The House then, in accordance with the un-
derstanding yesterday, resumed consideration
Of the bill 10 enforce the fifteenth amendment.
Mr. Bingham occupied a few moments in the
EXPLANATION of the report and its provisions.
The report, as submitted, did not differ mate
rally from the Senate bill de did not think
any member could doubt the necessity OF this
legislation, on constitutional or other grounds.
Mr.. Kerr (Ind.) said that as a mem Der of the
conference committee he WAS unable 10 concur
The reason why he could not concur was thar
In bis opinion every section OF the bill except
one, was yiolative of the fundamental law OF
the land; was unconstitutional; was subversiye
OF the principles OF our government, and was
not warranted by any existing necessity. The
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments which this
bill is intended TO enforce, only declared that
the right of the individual 70 vote should not be
abridged.
TIE NAVAL ACADEMY ExAMINATIoN.-The
annual examination at the Naval Academy in
Annapolis, which has been in progress for a
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