Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-02-22
FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
This Afternoons Proceedings
TUESDAY, February "a.

TUESDAY, February "a.
sENATE.-Mr. Vickers presented memorial
OF National Board Of Trade, asking the passage
VI .,;.td m.n,ne m apprentice law. Referred to Com
DIR. Pomeroy presented memorial of Howard
Temperance Division OF Washington. askino the
nassase Oh pal 70 prevent the sale OF intoxica-
ting liquors in the District OF Columbia. Re
ferred To Committee on District OF Columbia
Mr.. Stewart presented credentials of Al p
farrow as Senster-elect from the State OF
Georgia.
Nj. Drake said there was no reason for refer-
ring any such paper rs this to the Judiciary
Committee. IL purports 70 DO what no Governor
has any right to do, TO commission any man a. a
Senator Of the United States. It does not com
ply in any particular with the laws of Congress.
We know nothing about the election OF this
man, py whom he was elected, or when hS was
elected Senator is not a commissioned Off
Ger; lac is elected by the Legislature ana we are
to Judge OF his qualifications, not the Governor
Mr.. Stewart read from the paper presented.
stating THAI he was elected by the Legislature
and elected or a certain dav.
Mr.. Drake said the Law equired that the facts
attending the election should be certified % tlle
President "a The Senate, the day and the man
ner. &c.
The credentials of MIR. r. II. Whitley as sena-
tor elect from Georgia, were also read. when
Mr.. Drake said both the papers were in utter
disregard of the law.
Mr.. Stewart then Withdrew the papers for the
Mr. Wilson introduced bill to tx the point of
junction OF the Union Pacific and Central Pa
cite railroads. Referred to Committee on Pa
citc Railroads.
Dir. COnkling, from the Committee ON tae Re-
vision OF the Laws, reported the reso!u a 0ions of
the New York Legislature repeating the ratif-
cation by former Legislature of the Fifteenth
Amendment, with recoramc cndation th at they
be Indefinitely postponed ur. Conkling said
this amendment was secure without the action
Of New York, and would not be affected by re-
traction, were retraction possible. A question
mas arisen which IL concerns New York TO knew
whether a transient partisan majority can
snatch from her archives a ratification of her
-oieInn faith, whether the hot breat II faction
an N Ell tie seal which she has put 10 a great
measure of human rights 30 have its eject on
iLe generations TO Come. Mr.. q. then made an
elaborate argument TO prove the merits Of any
att mifed withdrawal Of q State as sent TO An
amendment to the Constitution.
Mr. e, in conclusion, reviewed the action Of
The Democratic party Oh New York and the
North i'm regard to the negro race, adverting 10
TIE burning OF the colored orphan asylum in
New York city in 1863, charging it as the work
injustice and cruelty to the weaker race, and
the Democratic election frauds of the city Of
New York. These men, by their pollution of
the ballot box have swollen the expenditures of
single city to sum approKimating the ex-
penses OF the whole civil service of the United
States over twenty millions of dollars.
Mr.. Davis fully concurred in many of the re-
marks made by the Senator from New York,
MIR. Conkling.l He was fully convinced that
no State had the right to withdraw its assent
once given to a constitutional amendment: but
he was further convinced that when a rejection
had been made 1t Is equally conclusive and final.
Nr. ID. further stated that he was unalterably
opposed to allowing any Chinese ever to plant
their foot on this country, and he ever should
he. You can call it know-nothingism, or what
ever else you please.
The President pro tenn. stated that the Legisla-
ture of Maryland had passed resolution ten
dering the freedom of the floor to members of
Congress visiting the British ship Monarch, now
lying in the harbOr of Annapolis; and a commit
zee oI the legislature to notify Congress Of the
Dir. Pomeroy then moved that as this was the
birthday of Washington, the Senate adjourn.
Mr.. Stewart demanded the ayes and noes;
when the motion was agreed to-ayes 81, noes IL;
and the Senate at 2 p m. adjourned.
HOUsE--Ar- Dawes (Mass-l rose to q ques-
ton Of privilege, and after making some re-
marks condemning the bad practice or afiowiny
speeches that were never delivered to be printed
in the Globe, and reciting the evils that had
grown therefrom, he offered the following
Whereas the Hon. VIM. Mungen, member of the
House, did on he 10Th instant, obtain unanimous
20 publish in the Globe as if delivered in the House
aspeech not otherwise delivered, and did Therefore
cause speech 10 be printed in the Daily Globe sf
the 2Oth instant as if delivered in the House and
20 he an abuse Of the priv iiege SO obtained ahd
violation Of the rules oil the House, therefore,
Resoired, That the Committee on Rules be in,
:tructed to inquire and report whether the said Win
Mungen. in causing the said speech 10 be printed as
Violated the the r%es the RSne snd Se
its censure, and that, in the meantime, the said
Mr.. Eldridge (wi..) made the point OF order
that the point that Mr.. Mungen's remarks were
out of order came too late, as the point should
have been made when the remarks were made
The Speaker overruled the point of order
because, as the speech was never delivered, it
could not be heard, and therefore Mr.. Mungen
could not have been called to order
hr. Wood IN. Y thought the House should
vote understandngly upon this question. and he
thought the words alleged to have been out Of
order should be read.
Mr.. Dawes said ne could not allow the words
to 60 again upon the record, and he had there
fore stated they were too indecent to publish.
He was willing that the gentleman from Ohio
(Mr. Mungen) should make remarks explana-
tory of his speech, but il he attempted to read
the offensive remarks he would feel compelled
to call him to order.
Mr.. Cox IN. " approved OF what Mr.. Dawes
had done, as tending to stop the great abuse of
printing speeches that were never delivered
upon the floor Of the House, and he hoped the
result would be to put stop to this thing. He
had never asked leave 10 print but once, and he
therefore felt that he had a right to participate
an this debate, and to condemn the practice. He
thought, however, that Mr.. Mungen should have
all the time and privilege he wanted in making
statement with regard to his speech.
being heard, but he thought it was eminently
proper that the matter should be investigated
1t was due to the Speaker and to the House that
an explanation should be made why the gentle
man was not called TO order when he made re-
marks that were unparliamentary.
MT. Mungen said he had no intention of vio-
lating the rules of the House being disrespect-
full to the members. He had no opposition to
onend against any one. AS proof Of this he
would have an extract from the speech COM
planned of read to show that he did not refer TO
Mr.. Sumner as a Senator, or on his Senatorial
capacity, or on any thing he had said in the Sem
ate and the great objection to his speech seemed
to be because of his reference to Mr.. Sumner
He had not charged any Senator of the United
States with any crime or indscretion and if
Mr.. Sumner chose 10 make q personal applica-
ton Of the remarks he (Mungen) was not to
blame. Talk about the improprieties of debate
on this floor! Why, who did not remember the
scene that took place on this floor during the
counting OF the electoral votes last year, and
how disgraceful the proceedings were when the
Senators came over here and were almost
driven from this House? The language used
then was of the most vile and unpariiamentary
character, and the gentleman who had used IL
Was still upon the door OF this House.
Mr.. Eldridge suggested that he had never
been censured either.
Mr.. Mungen repeated that he had not been
censured, and then proceeded to argue that he
had right to discus upon this floor the saying
Of an itfnerant lecturer who was going through
the country spreading his damnable doctrines
before the people. Had he not Q right 70 dis-
curs the lectures OF this God and morality leader
| Of the God and morality party? He thought he
| had right to speak Of this mans inpudence IN
| his public lectures.
Mr. Dawes called the gentleman TO order a
| drifting again into unpafliamentary laneuaee.
| and the Speaker sustained the point Of ofter
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