Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-12-21
FORTY SECOND CONGRESS
This Afternoons Proceedings.
THrRspAY. December u

Senate a note from the Vice President that he
would be absent from the Senate chamber 20
day.
on motion of Mr.. Sumner, Mr.. Anthony wa
selected as president pre- TEN.
Mr.. SUMMERS "oNR-TERN'' aNRNnYrNT
Mr.. Sumner introduced his proposed amend
ment TO the Constitution, making the Presiden
lheIgiOle for the second term. This said Mr.
>, II the era of civil service reform, and IN
President in bis ssage has already called al
tention TO il. He (Mr. s. had hailed that mes
sage, but he missed in il one thing withou
which he feared all else would be useless. N
proposed a measure sanctioned by the best men
OF the past What the President propoSed VA
Hamlet with Hamlet LEFT out. He now propose
70 put Hamlet in.
Mr.. Sherman asked Mr. Summer ifhe nropose
TO suspe hd the play until he put Hamlet in
Mr.. Sumner said no, hc was in favor of the
work OF civil service reform being proceedsI
win imme diaieiy, but he proposed to restore
The resolution proposing the amendment, was
read, and Mr.. Simmer then remarked that n
would be seen that the amendment. III al,nfsi
NOuid hOt so mic effect autil March liza AMI
was thus entirely diycstzd of any chaTa'.sr
which might conflict with the views of Senators
mo nae any particular choice for the next
Presidency. ~ ~
TIE BAY OF SANTANA
Mt. Sumner offered a resolution irectinr tha
committee on Investigation 10 indure whether
an! mtney has been paid on account OF any as
serted lease Ia the United States Of the B.v OF
SANTANA. and II - what amount: whether -
'uch money has been paid by private parties
who are such parties, and what were the In
iucS hith's 10 tht IN TO pay said money. ana had
,ht any assurances OF the money being returned
by the United States with poyer TO send far n.y.
IONS ami papers. Adopted.
THE ALABAMA sENAToEsHrP.
MI thurman offered a resolution adm fling IN
ms seat a. senator from Alabama Mr. t;aorg,
GoidthWalte. lie said tina. il had been the nm
Kersal Practice Of the Senate TO admit the psrSor
ua,'ng eertihcat. OF election, aud where there
10
70 decide that afterwards. At the last ses.i,,
tie Committee On Elections unanimously recnp-
IA. no. q thai MI. Goldthwaite be admitted pend
ing the Investigation OF his right TO the scar
Some discussion ensued on the resolution and
Mr.. sherman objected to that pre>en nj consi,Iara-
ton; lie said papers had been presented ere
10 Snow mat the election OF MIR Goldthwaifa
was secured by the votes of members OF the
ieslsIaiuie who were elected BY fraud and Nio-
nee, ana OF Others who were disqualified.
went over.
SENATOR CLAYTON SETS HIMSELF RIGHT.
Hr Clayton asked for the reading of a nara
graph from the Washington Chronicle of this
morning, TO the effect that efforts were heinz
made TO eNpel Senator CLAYTON on accom-; of 4 -
giving certificate OF election, while Goyernor
81 Afkansas, TO Edwards a. a member of the
hOise, when Boles, his competitor. had a large
majority, and that the subject was now befor.
the Judiciary Committee.
Mr.. Clayton asked Mr.. TrumbuIl, the chair
man OF the Judiciary Committee. to state villa,
foundation there was for this Statement
Mr. Trumbull said the Judiciary Committee
had not had the case of Senator CLAYTON before
OF this matter.
:, MT: CLAYTON said that he desired to say moth
ing further on the subj,g..
THE GENERAL AMNESTY BILL
was then proceeded with, and the question taken
on the amendment OF MIR. Norton that the LiII
shall not be construed to validate the election ot
any one as Senator or Representative, or 10 any
office under the United States who was incIf,
a Mel al
rejected. as follows: W.
4syeSs- $ Ames, Anthony, Buck ingham, aid.
hett IdnIuIds, Ferry 81 Michigan. Flanagan. FRI
T nglny.er BamliR Morrill, 81 Maine. MoIrI Of
NJ hnoe. sawyer, CIT, Spencer, Sumner, and
.Noys-Mefsrs. Alcorn. Baya,d. BIa.r. c,..or-r
Cooper, Davis Of Kentucky, Davis of Vest ylrsiiis
fenton ferTyoi Connecticut, Hamilton of Mary
Lcgan, Norwood, Rob, rtson, SauIsbary' Scbprz
IhgImnsni steyensen, stSckton, Thurman, T. pton,
The question then REQUIRED on the amend
ment OF MT; Sumner TO add his supplementary
Mr.. Thurman made the point of order that
the amendment could not be entertained. he.
cause, If ii stood by itself, a majority vote
would pass it; whereas this measure required a
two-thirds vote.
Mr.. Trumbull made further point of order.
He said that these amnesty bills did not require
the assent OF the President, although the custom
had been to present them for his signature. but
TIE billof Mr.. Sumner would only be valid with
the signature Of the President.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, The
House met as in Committee of the Whole. Mr..
Moore (lll.) in the chair. About fifty members
present
MIR. Harris (Va.) addressed the House upon
the concurrent resolution of March >, 1861 di-
rectlng United States of GERS not to make nav
ments 10 any person who was engaged i'm or sym
pathlzed with the late rebellion. He charged
that this action by Congress was unjust, uncon-
stltutlonal ard was in fact reputation by the
government. He denied that those engaged in
the war were not guilty OF treason and quoted
authorities 10 show that the magnitude of the
movement deprived it of that character. The
acton was, he claimed, unconstitutional in
That II deprived persons OF their rights who had
been pardoned, and, As he produced authorities
to show, restored to all their former rights. IL
was further unconstitutional in that the constitu-
non provided that Congress should pass no most
fdcto law, and gave to the people a right to trial
by jury. Mr.. Harris proceeded TO argue that
~ order TO command the respect aud con-
fdence Of the people the government must
respect the rights of citizens and heed
The decisions OF the Supreme Court
covering 10 the effects of the resolution upon
winch lie was commenting he said that the
whole country was shocked at the mention of
oerudiatiOn of the national debt and vet in this
smaller way the governme mt was practicing. Ii
The parties thus oppressed were guilty of any
crime, let them be tried by a jury aud punished
and with that let it end He urged that a vail
be drawn over the past. Let justice be done 70
Mr.. sheldon OLa.) addressed the House upon
he subject OF the Mississippi levee, arguing
mat The commerce OF the river tended TO the
prosperity OF the nation. and therefore shonId
receive the support OF the nation.
Mr.. Richie (Md) spoke of the rapid strides
making by the republican party to overthrow
the rights of local self-government.
MIR. Blair (Nio.) argued in favor Of general
amnesty.
Mr.. Parker MOI replied to the remarks of
MI. Blair and said of all the men of Missouri,
whether democrat or republican, there was but
one man who would attempt to defend, or to
use the mildest term, apologize for the slavery
which existed before 1861, and that man was the
one who had just spoken.
MIR. Burdett MOI said that il seemed to him
that every member from Missouri should repu-
date the idea advanced by their colleague (Mr.
Blair.
The House, at the conclusion Of Mr.. Burdett's
remarks,
Adjourned to Monday, January 8. 1872.
Mr.. BERGH's LAST PERYoRNANCR.-Finding
in Mr.. BarDum's CUSTODY last week a bvens