The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-15

~ THURSDAY Apr1l1 II.
SENATE The bill. authorizing the city
of Buffalo 10 tunnel Niagara river was
passed. Sumner introduced a bill To in
corporate the Pacific Submarine Tele-
graph Company, and to facilitate tele-
graph communication between America
and Asia, which was referred to the Com
mitfee on Foreign Relations, and ordered
to be printed. Sundry other bflIs and res
OlutiOns W were introduced and referred
The resolution by Edmunds, ipstructfng
the Secretary of the Treasury to sell ali
surplus gold in the Treasury without
delay, was laid upon the table Ferry, =
resolation- TO consider treaties IN open
a. IAN tl er = f1atrodueed , resolution that
should be neither adjournment or recess
until a formal vote is taken. Thirty sem
ators voted in the affirmative. Casserly
demanded the yeas and nays, reniarkfna
that the minority had some rights left.
and that the resolution was without prsce.
dent IN the history of the Senate Thaysr
suggested in lieu OF the resolution. the
o'ciock. chan dier said fiat 70 ii2p iiEnprE2W at
ber there was Tehash of all the speeches
ever made on the Georgia question, and
that this rehash was twice again served
up In the cases OF Virginia and Missis-
sppif and then the Senate came back
10 GeOrgta and had little more
hash, and that the country was sick
of debate, the newspaper press was
diggusted With 1t, and the only hope
now was to sit 1t out. A question of order
declared out OF order as In conflict with
the fifty. third rule. The Georgia Bill was
proceeded with. and Morton addressed the
Senate, depicting the outrsges and acts of
violence perpetrated by the Ku KIux and
other secret organizations In the South,
and held the Democratic party and especi-
ally the Democratic Convention IN New
York, of 1865, responsible for the present
reign of terror that exists In the South.
He spoke for two hours. Edmunds at
trfbuted the course of outrages in the
South to the inefficiency OF the authorities.
HI though mt as long as the people there did
not choose to defend themselves, the
remedy could not be supplied by Congress.
HoUsE.-A bill to aid in the constructions
OF q Submarine Telegraph across the Pa
| cine was introduced and referred. A va
riety OF reports were submitted, and bills
/ and reso utioDS introduced. The House
/ went into CoIamtttee of the Whole on
/ the Tariff Bill, and continued the consid-
/ Grafton of the paragraphs relative to
hemp; no amendments were offered.
and other paragraphs were taken up and
| considered, when the House took recess
4 till evening. The night session was con-
! sumed IN discussing q proposition to fix
cents, which was advocated By Buckley,
| Breck, Butler, Allison aud Kellogg, and
opposed 1y SchencK, ArnelI, 6arneld ana
Burchard. In the course OF the discussion,
/ Butter declared he did not wisn to see the
4 day when manufacturers would flourish
in the West, for wherever manufactures
flourish, agriculture goes down. Schenck,
commenting upon that remark. declared
after that he was prepared for almost
/ omy. He said he could not help being
amazed at IT, when rejecting that no
Wn6r0 IN A40 WOFl4 was agriculture
/ brought to such perfection as In England,
i Holland and France particuI ariy in HOl-
land, in the very midst OF the Inanufac-
turing region. He had supposed wherever
4 manufactures grew mp agriculture also
4 advanced, and high prices were obtained
for products of the soil. He commented
on the selhshness of New England. which
was: not content with Tess than sixty on
efghty-five per cent. protection, but
2 did not want the West TO have q protec-
ton of thirty-five per cent. Dawes be-
lfeyed the growth of manufactures In the
West would benefit that region by open
i Ing up near market for its products. The
policy indicated by his colleague would
be the worst possible for the prosperity oi
the country. Butler defended hts position,
: and repeated that manufactures could not
be got to flourish in the West,
hot house them as they might, sc
1eng as there was cheap land there
Alter further discussion the amendment
was rejected-5S to 62. Sargent moved an
additional paragraph, making the duty
on burlaps p per cent. al rdEoreDs. Adopt
ed. The paragraph relative TO hemp ane
: fute carpets and mating vas passed over
without amendment. The paragraph
taxing the 10 atting of hars or linden wooc
bark Is per cent. al UdloTem was no
| amended. Adjourned.