Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-04-20
CONGREssIONAL .PRQCEElINGs.

iournment.
In the House, the ysenatse bill toTpayl
Schenck his salaryias Ministss to Engiandi
was taken from the table and passed.-The
deficiency bill, which passedttK House 5andI
came back from the Senate afterward with
several amendments, was severely criticised
by Dawes. He stated that some of the
amendments were Objectionable in the high
est degree-covering almost all the defeated
appropriations of last session. He de-
nounced the prohigate extravaganza of the
Senate. Cox, Brooks, Finkelnburg, Randall
and Niblack conceded with Dawes, and each
denounced the action of the Senate in bitter
terms. Notwithstanding the objections
offered, the amendments were concurred in.
adjourned "a "a
tSIn the Senate, on the 18th, the reso-7
luton of Senator Sherman, introduced on
the 18th, relative to tariff and internal reve-
nue. adjustment during the recess, passed. 1t
is not the purpose of the members of the FL
| nance COMMITTEES totake tho subjectup until
after the fair lections.APoole delivered
| a lengthy speech upon North Carolina poll
tics, and in defense of the officials of that
State.-TheS Senate adjourned at 4:S0 M
the House, Brooks presented a petition
tforthe repeal of the income tax."Holmes
| offered an amendment to the deficiency BILL
| providing for the ymen OF $lOO bounty
lpromised to the troops who entered the ser,
| vice under President Lincoln's p~roclamatlono
| of May, 1881. Dawes made o point of orderc
ION the amendments which excluded it's con-
sideration, but stoughton profnised that the
Military Committee would report asnch .
bill.-The, Senate arpendment,G repeating
the law limiting the expenditures. for the
Marie Hospital at Chicago to, $S00,O0O, and
extending it to 1859 ,F79, was concurred IN.
-Senate S~RpendmeHt, repeating the, act
/ requiring the meeting of each new Congress
to be on the eth of March, was coneurred in,
but a motion to reconsider was carried, ana
a discussion of the wisdom of the present
law for opening Congress on the 4th Oh
1 March was entered into with vigor and
ear~nestness, the general expression of oPin-
ion being against it. Dawes spoke OF the
| uselessness of the main part Of the business
4 of the present session, and of the folly OF so
much legislation in the country. He thought
the Republican party had come to its recent
disasters by foolish speech-making on sub
jects irrelevant to the prosperity of thecoun-'
try. F~arnsworth thought the present
Congress had been prolific of nothing but
I folly, and he believed the people would have
been better off if there had been no session
The subject will come up again tomorrow.
E-Adjourned. 1JtJiI f.t4 EJc
The morning session of the Senate,
on the 18th, was occupied by debate upon
/ the Ku-Klux bill, Thurman and Sumner
being the participants in the discussion.
Sumner signifedJ his intention toi vote for
the bill.--Ane evening session was bad, at
which the dsbatS wHs conti9eedntfHid7
night.-Adjourned.
l. The House proceeded with the considera-
tion.o6 the Senate. amendments to the. de-
| feiency ~biH.1AThe amendment repeating
the law which requires the meeting of each
new Congress ON the 4th OF. March, was con-
| cured in, and hereafter Congress will not
follow the old custom of meeting on the fth
Lof March.-The,Senste amendmentappro-
Select Committee on outrages in h e7soutn
ern States was concurred ih!AAdjourned:
I In the Senate, on the 4th, quite an
| iDtarastioo l5@AIl Howe withdrew
FfAes ohargsse made in hiss san~Domingo
spesGh5of Snmner's unfaithfulness to the
Republican, parry. After that SSenator's
l'speedR Of yesssEday, Howe said he-eould not
In accusing Sumner, however, he had not
done so in q spirit of w1fulness. he thought
he might be allowed ~tosadd,in hisrown vim
dication, that7no one would suspect him of
having wilfully made thatmistake, especial
ly when it was considered that it was-an in
ference drawn by a large portion of the Re-
publican ~pressyand, he might. say, blythe
entire Democratic press. Sumner replied.
Howe did an injusticethe other day, and. he
should have known it I, on that occasion,
tried to save the Republican party from re-
sponsibility fer an act of wrong. 1t was, on
that account, among others, that spoke I
am a member of the Republican party
/ faithful to it always, and i cannot see it
made responsible for a violation of interna-
tional law and the Constitution of the United
States, without ihterposing my humble eff
fort to save it. In that spirit 1 spoke. The
Senator a~rraigned me when ] was trying to
save. the Constitution of. my country"
Schurzm made a strong speech, criticizing the
Ku-KIux bill as amended by the Judiciary
Committee, but agreeing generally to its
provisions, and sharply arraigning the
Democracy for the Southern situation. He
claimed that, Notwithstanding he had diff
4 fered with the administration he was never
ktheless a Republican, and did not design
leaving the party-mAn1 94ne
n ~ lYr~ Kill uuaO n0rnn1 ~ swing the
President power to- suspend the,s writ OF
I habeas corpus in the South until thes end OF
the next regular session of Congress, After
some further amendments, one OF which was
force the bill passed by vote of 46 yeas to
liz nays The vote was a party;vote, except
that Hill, Robertson Sehurz, Upton and
Trumbull voted with the Democrats in the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. rsa szro6a -saa
~ Another personal explanation was made
in the House in regard to the speech of Gar
rett, of Kentucky, A vote was taken on
it. and it was excluded from publication in
the Congressional Globe.-The deficiency
bill again came under considerations and
$4,000 were appropriated toward eo9ilaln
the Sisters Orphan, Asylum,at, Charleston
8. C.-The Senate amendment requiring
national banks to paythe expenses of print
ing their own notes was concprred in
Adjourned.
The principal feature of the Senate
on the 18th was its refusal to consider the
House general amnesty bill. The passage Of
the bill was urgently advocated by the Sen
ators from South Carolina and by Senator
Wilson. 1t was opposed by Morton and
Conkling, who finally succeeded in prevent
ing the consideration of the bill. 1t is now
considered doubtful if the measure will be
considered this session, as a determined
effort will be made to secure a final adjourn
ment on Tuesday or Wednesday.
The House resumed its consideration o.
the remaining amendments to the deficiency
bill. The amendment for the establishment
of a park at Washington was taken up, ana
after q sharp debate, was rejected. Severa
other amendments were rejected, when I
motion to lay the bill on the table was re
p. jected. A committee of conference on tn,
disagreeing votes was then ordered.-Shel
labafger called from the Speakers table tn
Ku-Klux bill as returned from the, Senate
He moved to consider all the amendment
except the last two. As for those, he would
move a non Hnd ask for 2 com
mittee of His motions wa
; seconded, and the House Preeeededrter yet
{ on the, amendments. TIL hG6edS coTPH
amendment was rejected-S6 yeas, 80 nays
The oath of jurors amendment was %reJecte'
without yeas andnays. The kShermal
amendment. assessing damages on localities
was rejected by As yeas to 135 nays. A com
q nittee of conference. was then appointed oil