Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-02-18
CONGRESSIONAL PROcEFDIAGs.
E0Ny.EInl VanII.a..s.sand R.Eallr l.uIan
THURSDAY, FnBRUARr II, 1879.

bBNATEs -,
Mr.. Wilson, from committees Of confer
enoe on the West Poirt apProprlation pill'
made report which was ceneurred In.
By the terms Of the conferences, the benate
rseedes from ts amendment slIihlng OUT
we Clause prottaink Iot tno ploin.tnenI
81 tno bsnAtoIs mo tnre ~ esep.essntatVes 70
'ns poaro ~ i. si ~ Me,t roint'
NJ, ouhhot, Iom So 11 on Foreign
,shisIa t9 fR ~, Jon. .,i IeS1,l,ion 70 pay
~. ~ .si. a.VsS ~ nltnistu 70 Estu,
n. sall salary without reduction on account
oi ~ aDseass; mnicn 1 Mas passea:
An.snouyy i ~, No l, on NaNal
1919 M p,. oili 70, ING IeneI o. Oom'
~ 80. % 't plsse,,, H G' va passed.
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a.. 1870 ~ ~ " sns IvnounB Iesolu-
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t Rs,sps,n rb,, g. az. t,a.s..,,.G q, ,.,. -.
mittse ConEfes, ousht not ~ .otsr,s,s ~
grant Applications 81 ofdeers Tor restora,isn
70 N. navel services who havs been disml.sed
,nsb ~ sss' s % court ~ aa,sss
ssSlivs nsnsttm,St 00@@'n N W 'h'
.n n.s insrou9 ~ phn 20 IeIersnoe
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lion ~. ~, ~, IN .S S hs, ,.n
49, = - W saIiS : " mAee
$780,, s..nd M. ~ o.Ls o ~, 70
EnmrOi, u. ~ s,,o AZ. M, :. .aS., 1880
stlon' V si,' 'H'' D'i ny
NJ ahs,u,.n aa.r.d - a.. ~, ,n.a.
a, ojcioci ,hs 80 ~. 49,, ~, ~ W.,
sIs,InnI bIIi W. " ~, y" 'uo ''i'
M. Tumbull boped Ana vo,a ,,o,ld he
srny. sV .SIs , sa,yS oss ne eouia not
liLn anforrins ~ nr.,,on. or..,i,.. y ~
thst had nsxsr 49,, dnn. h. ~ 1870 ~"u
Mr.. HamlIn Wonld vote for m n,.,,o..
auction IN this srnata ~ - ,irns M -
ileved The country demanded IL. whore tbere
NJ Davis saId hs int DSaa 70 nv. nj.
views on all subj scts whenever il suited him.
Hr. Wilson called up the Hooss mi n...-
inR 70 the credit OF the National IsvIutp M,
sick and dIsabled colder the aecYuod ar
emptlSn fund. Passed. s-TIlI II : III I
The bill for the admission Of MlssIaslppl
was then taken up, and Mr. Fenton con.
eludod his arrumsnt. s.iTs7' -1r7 =
The debate was further continued bV
MssIrs. sawyer, sumnor, Williams, Warner,
Draks, and others, but without evolving any
q now Argument. IN :. =. =
M, mo debate Waa olo.ed nv NJ. rrumbpli
He said Il Was unworthy OF thn ITnItsd RtatSs
Senate that the preludiced areumont shouid
DO adduced here that thoss sepatora Who
voted aRAinst conditions were voting with
+ Tia Democrats. II would be useiess 70 rea-
son with any Senator who could b iniin.
snced by any such CRY. Another plea that
had been made here that the opponents Of
these conditions were reyIVinR exploded
doctrines Of States, rlghts, should never
have been brought into this debate Con.
Rress was not tho grand custodian OF the
liberties OF this country AZ some seemed to
Imaaine. theV were the m6re neYva NJ "a M
peopie, We ara not 70 be told because we
decay the omuipotenee Of Congress that We
, be surrender Indeed OF human rights ii he
whols power Of this Government l. given 70
Congress; TO centralized power al wash
inEton. I1-lT.-T ~ ~ NJ =
u In answer 10 a question Of Mr.. Howard he
b aaid that under no cirouIastanec had Con-
gross right 10 mako q eonstitutlon for a
: State. There IL q Kreat difference between
creating a constitution ana guaranteeing n.
There 4 no greater horesy IN the world than
. this idea that Congress Il tho enibodimeut
or all wisdom. ga q. THEa TTT lT7
I'd. Mr.. T.thsn stated that CouRrSss even
under the 18th amendment had M, mower 10