Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-04-21
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

NJ
The morning hour of the Senate was
occupied, on the 9th, by personal explana-
ton from Carrot Davis in regard to his re-
cent controversy with Butler.-Freling
huysen was proceeding to speak on the Ku-
Klux resolution, when, at 4 o'clock; the
Senate went into Executive session and soon
after adjourned.
In the House the Ku-Klux bill is still in
order. Several gentlemen spoke upon it
under the ten minute rule, among which was
Voorhees,, of Indiana, who said he had been
South, and saw peace and order, but upon
coming back to Congress learned that the
country was in a bad condition. He was
followed by De Large, of South Carolina.
He said he represented district in which
there had been no outrages since reconstruc-
ton. He was perfectly free to admit that
both parties were responsible for the present
disturbed condition of affairs in South Caro-
lima. He was thoroughly convinced that
some legislation was necessary, but this
would not not be sufficient unless his Re-
publican friends were willing to remove
political disabilities, for they could not ex-
pect those now resting under them to exert
themselves to preserve the public peace,
when they have nothing to hope for in the
future.--Farnswor offered to amend by
striking out the section authorizing the
President to direct voluntary enlistments.
He objected to charging the regular army
The amendment was agreed to-yeas, III !;
nays, 87.-Amid a general offering of
amendments, Shellabarger moved the pre-
vious question, and proceeded, upon the mo-
ton being seconded, to close the debate. His
speech occupied an hour, and many Of his
statements were bold and startling. Among
other things, he maintained that the position
of the Democratic party in relation to this
bill was one of conspiracy and incipient re-
bellion.--After the close of Shellabarger's
speech the bill was passed under the opera
tions of the previous question-yeas, lis !;
nays, 91.-Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 7th, the XII
Klux bill was received from the House and
referred to the Judiciary Committee.-By
unanimous consent, Morrill,, of Vermont,
was awarded the floor, and addressed the
Senate in o three hours speech against the
San Domingo annexation.-The Senate
then took up the concurrent resolution from
the House for Joint Special Investigating
Committee on the South. Hill spoke against
the resolution. Casserly also stated reasons
which induced him to oppose the resolution.
THE pending question being the House
amendment increasing the number of the
committee to fourteen in the House and
seven from the Senate, was then voted upon,
and the amendment concurred in by party
vote-yeas, 81; nays, IL. The Vice-Presi-
dent then appointed, to represent the Senate
on the Committee, the present Select Com
mittee on Outrages-Scott, Chandler, Nye,
Rice, Wilson, Bayard and Blair.-At 6
o'clock, after Executive session, the Senate
adjourned until Monday.
In the Senate, on the 10th, the Ku-
Klux bill was reported by the Judiciary
Committee, an is likely to pass without ma
terial amendment.-A effort will be made
to adjourn on Saturday, but it is doubtful
whether the business of the Senate will be
finished before the middle of next week.
The contested seat of Alabama was discussed,
but the Senate adjourned without action in
the matter.
In the House, the general amnesty bill,
framed and introduced by Hale, of Maine,
was passed by vote of l42 to 46.-A reso-
luton in reference to the equalization of taxa
ton came up and was referred to the Com
mittee on Ways and Means.-The bill
authorizing the continuation of the contract
for the improvement of Buffalo harbor was
passed. Kelley offered resolution for the
reformation Of the revenue system, which
was adopted.-The e-apportionment bill
was defeated by the arrival of the hour for
adjournment.
The amnesty bill was laid on the
table by the Senate on the 18th inst.-The
Klux bill then came up and underwent
a long debate, which was broken off by adj
journment.
In the House, the Senate bill to pay
Schenck his salary as Minister to England
was taken from the table and passed.-The
deficiency bill, which passed the House and
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 profigate extravaganza of the
Senate Cox, Brooks, Finkenburg, Randall
and Niback conceded with Dawes, and each
denounced the action of the Senate in bitter
terms. Notwithstanding the objections
offered, the amendments were concurred in.
Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, the reso-
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 Committee to take the subject up until
| after the fall elections.-Poole delivered
lengthy speech upon North Carolina poll
tics, and in defense of the officials of that
State.--The Senate adjourned at 4:3O.
In the House, Brooks presented a petition
for the repeal of the income tax.-Holmes
providing for the payment of 500 bounty
promised to the troops who entered the SER
vice under President Lincoln's proclamation
of May, 1861. Dawes made point of order
on the amendment which excluded its con-
sideration, but Stoughton promised that the
Military Committee would report such a
bill.-The Senate amendment, repeating
the law limiting the expenditures for the
Marine Hospital at Chicago to 100000, and
extending it TO $359,779, was concurred in.
-Senate amendment, repeating the act
requiring the meeting of each new Congress
to be on the 4th o. March, was concurred in,
but motion to reconsider was carried, and
discussion of the wisdom of the present
law for opening Congress the 4th of
March was entered into with vigor and
earnestness, the general expression of opin
ion being against it. Dawes spoke of the
;iselessness of the main part of the business
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 the coun-
try. Farnsworth thought the present
Congress had been prolific of nothing but
folly, and he believed the people would have
been better off if there had been no session.
The subject will come up again tomorrow.
-Adjourned