Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-04-18
FORTY-SEC0ND CONGRESS
This Afternoons Proceedings.
TUESDAY. Anril Is ISL

l1E OF TIE lcN6es OF mat state. Passed.
On motion Of Mr.. Morrill, of Vermont the
Committee on Public Buildings aud Grounds.
WAS directed 70 inquire into the eNpediency o
requiring all
RAILROAD DEPors IN TEE CITY OF yAsHrNs-
where steam engines are used, 20 De further re
| moved from the public buildings and pablic
| ground, and report thereon at The neat session
| OF Congress.
Mr.. Blair asked 20 take up his resolution Of
| inquiry calling on the Attorney General 70 cou-
munlcste the sapulatiOns entered into between
that othcer aud the counsel OF GerSer, In refer
eDce to
| THE CASE OF YRRGEE
| before the Supreme Court.
| Mr.. COnkling asked Mr. Blair what was the
| object OF the resolution.
Mr.. Blair said the object was to give 70 tie
| people the Information 20 which they were en-
titNd. 1t was strongly suspected that there hal
| been huggermuggering in this case or Yergsr
| and the truth should be known.
| Mr.. COnkling could see no good in calling for
| this information, and IL was most eNtrAOrdi-
| nary proceeding, a. all lawyers would know ~
| ask the Attorney General to communicate the
| terms Of private stipulation.
| Mr.. Thurman said this was not private mai
| ter, but a public one. he had called for tie
| same information, and the Senate had refused
20 pass his resolution, and he felt certain that
| be had
Pending discussion, Mr.. FentOn rose to
1 PERSONAL EXPLANATION.
| He denied 81 utterly without foundation the
| newspaper ststemements that he had Influenced
Winans, the New York republican Assembly
| man, 10 sell out 70 the democrats.
| Mr.. EdmGnds, from the committee Of confer
/ ence on
| THE KuKLUx BILL,
| Mr.. Thurman moved that the report be
printed, andits consideration be postponed until
1 TO morrow.
| Mr.. Edmunds hoped this would not be done.
| as there was no necessity for il. The terms of
the report could be easily explained The al
/ teratlons that had been made, he thought, were
Il suCl WOulQ meet the of fha
from Ohio, (Tburman.)
Mr.. Trumbull objected 70 the amendment of
| Mr.. sherman levying damages upon property in
the vicinity Of where outrsges may be commit
/ ted for political reasons, and which, with some
modification, had been retained by the confer
| ence committee. He said that whatever the
| practice may have been in other Countries. no
| such principle had ever before been laid down
| in the United States. He knew Of no such
1 authority conferred upon the Congress of the
| United States TO 90 into a town or county and
| levy taxes upon property in the manner pro
posed. He thought the bin should be RECON-
| mltted to tbs Conference Committee.
| Mr.. Edmunds thought the political stomach
| Mr.. Trumbull was getting very sensitive OF
| late, nothing seemed 70 please him.
1 Mr.. stevenson. member of the conference
| committee, said that he had dissented from the
| conclusions, and had not signed the repOrt
The clause extending the time in which the
| haoeoS corpus may be suspended TO the end OF
| the next session OF Congress was designed 10
| cover the period of the Presidential election
| THIS being the case, why did not the friends of
| the bill come out and say so ? Mr.. y further
expressed IN strong terms his opposition to tb,.
| continuation, discretionary or peremptory OF
me test oath TOT jurors, and also 10 the amend
ment of Mr.. Sherman.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Butler Mass asked unanimous consent to
| make personal explanation.
| Mr.. Beck (Ky.) said -'s 4 object A. long a.
the Indictment against nv State stands IN
gentleman makes no personal explanation"
| Mr.. Burlington, Mass > from the Com m tie
| on Accounts. reDOTtpQ resolution WI
| adopted, continuing the clerk Of the Commute
on Invalid Pensions OF the fOrty-hrst ConCres
uhtll me committees OF the present House are
MIR. Burlington introduced resolution caning
upon the Secretary of State for copies OF cor
respondence on tile in that department in re-
latiOn 10 the destruction Of the ship Good Re-
| turn. Adopted.
The resolution introduced by MIR. Bell IN. n,
on the 10th instant, i'm relation to the revenues
OF the government and
TIE PAYMENT OF THE PCBITC DIET,
which went over yesterday, came up a. the
| regular order Of business. The resolution is a.
follows:
Whereas the government Of the United state. Wa
bsh sad .sSRs i%I
sIietest principles q Iugslity and economy 10 it,
iISm the people By az except to supply me
ugOb such principles; and hereas the money s1iE
ally rs,ea .y taS..s I, 9p9E the people should
suficent TO provide for the ordnsfy eSpl5sI1Pg.s.
Of the oveTnment, the payment OF the terest OF
ta+ public debt! snd n part hsnidsing the Interest
ksso,rsd, That this h ouss d.srrroves the ipordi
as h,rstefofs prs iced by the secretsT an Of I
Treasury and wsnd limit the sum for the principal
Mr. Cox y. " said that he did not desire to
discuss the resolution, but he wanted
AsVCARB VOTE
by the House npon the proposition. The House
had voted upon coal, salt, the Income tax &.
in a way TO indicate that II favored the proposi-
ton 10y large msjoritv He had striven an
day yesterday TO introduce a resolution provid-
ing for the appointment OF a select committee
in the absence OF regular committee OF WAYS
and means. TO consider the subject OF tariff iu-
| ternsl taxation, &c, and he would il il was in
order now offer il a. amendment 10 the resOlu-
ton under consideration.
Mr.. Niblack Ind supported the proposition
| for a select committee urging that il was nece>-
ssry Tor the proper consideration OF the subject
10 secure early legislation at the neSt session.
Experience had shown that il was late in the
session before the Committee on WAYS aud
Means could prepare hill to be reported for
the consideration of the House. He maintained
| that IL was the duty of the House not TO 90
| away until a committee had been appointed 10
carefully consider this whole subject.
MT Kelley pa defended the Secretary Of
| the Treasury.
MIR. Coburn (lndl charged that the democrats
were insi, cere in their advocacy OF A reductiop
OF taxation, and said that they had, by their
action At he close Of the second session of the
4lst Congress, defeated a measure 70 give u
free ships.
This assertion raised
STORM OF DENIAL
on the other side, Mr.. Kerr declaring the ssser-
Ton " as rot Il ae, and that the record did not
sustain il.
MIR. Cox N. y produced the Globe to show
that but fifteen democrats voted against free
ships, and said that the republicans, who had
a mslority OF over two-thirds, could have
passed II II they desired to, if every democrat
had voted against il.
Mr.. Gar neld (Ohiol said il was the democratic
member In the committee who gave the casting
vote against reporting the bill TO the House.
DIR. Cox sad that the bill was reported 20 the
mouse. There were men on the other side
take the gentleman from Ohio who spoke well
OF free trade, but put the knife into it, The re-
publican party could not 20 TO the country ex-
opt under the head of pig iron. Their Senator
Mr.. ShermaD) had, he said, offered his (Nr
Cox'sD resolution in the Senate almost yerba-
tim, but IL was ali system of humbusgery.
They had no idea Of doing anything.
'oH you wRITED sRPULcRR.,"
he exclaimed.
The Speakers hammer fell rapidly. drowping
whatever else he mi ht have said
MIR. Cox.-I withdraw the words
Mr.. CoDger (Mich.) rose TO point of or.iar
and demanded that the gentlem an shouId NOT /
proceed till bis words were taken Gown.
Mr.. Cox.-1 have withdrawn the words I 4
WITHDRAW the sepulchre, and 1 withdraw the
"hiteo. for II Il a colored sepulchre.