Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-02
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-The petition OF
o. b. Hart. of Florida, claiming the cleo
ton of Senator Gilbert was Illegal, and
REPRESENTING that Hart was subsequently
| legally chosen, and asking for the seat, was
referred to the Judiciary Committee.
Mr.. Pomeroy made personal explana-
! ton to the effect that the $4,000 appro-
priated under Mr.. Lincoln's Administra-
| ton for colonization purposes, under his
su,,erintendence. had been accounted for
with the Secretary of the Interior, and was
never sent to the Treasury Department;
hence arose misapprehension with the
Secretary of the Treasury that the account
was not settled.
To Regulate the Hiring of Servants,
B.enting of Houses, etc., under the
Fifteenth Amendment.
Mr. Morton, introduced the following as
substitute for formerlbill:
Section L. Be it enacted ETC.,
that if any person shall prevent,
hinder, control and intimidate or shall
attempt to prevent, hinder, control or
intimidate any person from exercising the
right of suffrage to whom the right of
suffrage is secured or guaranteed by the
Fifteeth Amendment to the Constitution
of the United STATES, by means of bribery
or threats of depriving such persons OF
employment or occupation or of ejecting
such person from rented houses, lands or
other property, or by threats of refusing
to renew lease or contracts to labor, or
by threats of violence to himself or familys
such person so offending, shall be deemed
guilty of nisdemeanor and upon convlc-
ton thereof shall be imprisoned not less
than sixty days, nor more than six months
and fined in a sum not less than five
hundred nor more than one thousand
dollars.
Sec. 2. That if any person shall hinder,
DELAY, prevent, or obstruct, or attempt TO
hinder, delay, prevent or obstruct any
person from voting at any Presidential,
Congressional, State or County, Town or
Municipal Election in any State, Territory
or District, on account of race, color or
previous condition of servitude; or shall,
acting in the capacity of State, County,
Township, Municipal, Territorial or Dis
trict officer fail, refuse, or neglect to per-
fora any official act, with intent to pre-
vent, hinder or delay any persons as afore-
said, from voting at any election as atore-
said, such person shall be deemed guilty of
misdemeanOr, and upon conviction thereof,
shall be imprisoned not less than sixty days
nor more than six months, and fined IN
sum not less than five hundred nor more
than thousand dollars.
Sec. 9. That Circuit and District Courts
of the United States shall have jurisdiction
over offenses created by this act.
The Oneida
Mr.. Morton gave notice that on Monday
he would move to take from the table the
resolution in regard to the Oneida catastro-
phe.
At Ito the regular order, the case of
Gen. Ames, was proceeded with. The dis
cussion was continued by Messrs. Bayard,
EdInunds and Trumbull, against, and MIR.
Sherman in favor of the admission of Ames
to q seat.
Mr.. Sherman, during the debate, dis
claimed being governed by partisan con-
siderations.
The discussion was continued by Messrs.
Summer, Carpenter, Davis, Edmunds and
Conkling.
Finally Mr.. Sumner moved to amend the
report of the Judiciary Committee by strik-
ing out the word mot, SO as to make 1t
read, ''That Adelbert Ames is eligible to the
seat in the Senate of the United States to
which be has been appointed
The motion was agreed to-Ieas 40,
| nays II.
The report of the committee as thus
amended was then adopted.
Mr.. Ames presented himself and took the
| usual oath of office.
Mr.. Drake submitted a resolution which
was adopted, dating the compensation OF
Mississippi and Texas Senators from the
date of the act of Congress declaring
these States entitled to representation.
After brief executive session, the Sen
ate at lis adjourned till Monday.