Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-04-28
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

| speech, of Summers unfaithfulness to the
Republican party. After that Senator's
speech of yesterday, Howe said he could not
doubt his full sympathy with It's principles
In accusing Sumner, however, he had not
done so in a spirit of wilfulness Gethought
| he might be allowed to add, in his own vim
| dication. that no one would suspect him of
having wilfully made that mistake, especial
| ly when it was considered that it was an in
| ference drawn by large portion of the Re-
| publican press, and, he might say, by the
| entire Democratic press. Sumner replied
Howe did an injustice the other day, and he
should have known it, I, on that occasion,
tried to save the Republican party from re
| sponsibility for an act of wrong. 1t was on
that account, among others, that | spoke.
| am member of the Republican party,
! faithful to it always, and l cannot see it
made responsible for violation of interna-
| tional law and the Constitution of the United
| States, without interpreting nay humble Ell
fort to save it. In that spirit spoke. The
Senator arraigned me when i was trying to
Save the Constitution of my country.@
Schurz made a strong speech, criticizing the
Ku-Klux bill as amended by the Judiciary
iiCofnmittee, but agreeing generally to- its
provisions, and sharply arraigning the
| Democracy for the Southern situation. He
claimed that, notwithstanding he had diff
| fered with the administration, he was never
theless a Republican, and did not design
leaving the party.-An amendment to the
Ku-Klux bill was agreed to, giving the
| President power to suspend the writ of
habeaS corpus in the South until the end of
the next regular session of Congress. After
| some further amendments, one of which was
simply to continue the present test oath IN
! force, the bill passed by vote of 45 yeas to
| I9 nays. The vote was party vote, except
that Hill, Robertson, schurz, Upton and
/ Trumbull voted with the Democrats in. the
egative.-Adjourned
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 GIobe-The deficiency
| bill again came under consideration, and
| $4,000 were appropriated toward rebuilding
the Sisters Orphan Asylum, at Charleston,
| S. C.-The Senate amendment requiring
national banks to pay the expenses of print
| ing their own notes was concurred in
| Adjourned.
| The principal feature of the Senate
on the 18th was it's 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 final adjourn
| ment on Tuesday or Wednesday.
| The House resumed its consideration of
the remaining amendments to the deficiency
| bill. The amendment for the establishment
| of park at Washington was taken up, and
after a sharp debate, was rejected Several
| other amendments were reec ed, when a
motion to lay the bill on the table was re-
jected. committee of conference on the
| disagreeing votes was then ordered-Shel-
labarger called from the Speakers table the
Ku-Klux bill as returned from the Senate.
| He moved to consider all the amendments
| except the last two. AS for those, he would
| move non-concurrence, and ask for COM
mittee of conference. His motion was
| seconded, and the House proceeded to vote
| on the amendments. The habeGs corpus
| amendment was rejected-S6 yeas, SO nays.
| The oath of Jurors amendment was rejected
| without yeas and nays. The Sherman
amendment, assessing damages on localities,
was rejected by 45 yeas to 1876 nays. A COM
mittee of conference was then appointed on
the disagreeing votes of the two Houses
Adjourned.
| On the 18th, Sumner was appointed
| Chairman of the Senate during the temper
airy absence of the Vice President THE
| Ku-Kux and deficiency bills were received
lIOu Guc house ana lnlnGuldUely SuDmlUG0Q
| to Committee of Conference.
In the House, number of new bills were
| introduced, among which was one advo-
| eating economy on the part of the Govern
ment; and one in relation to the late Fenian
| disturbances, both of which went over until
another day.-Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, Edmonds
proceeded to explain the agreement of the
members of the Joint Conference Committee
on the. Ku-Klux bill. Part of the Confer
| ence Committee recommend, in regard to
jurors test oath provision, to repeal that
| part of the present law which makes giving
encouragement or aid to rebellion, either -di-
| rectly or Indirectly, a ground for challenge
or disqualification of a uror, leaving it dis
cretionary with the District Attorney to
move, and with the Court to impose, the
oath. The suspension of the writ of habeos
corpus is continued until the end of the next
Senate. The provision assessing damages
| upon localities where outrages are COM
| mitted, is amended. Among other particu-
| lars, to require suit to be brought against
| the individual perpetrators of the outrages,
and where the judgment remains unsatisfed
| for two months, the loss or damage may be
| assessed upon the county or parish. Trum-
| bull thought the bill ought to be given back
| to the Conference Committee, so that it
matter of the clause levying damages upon
communities where political outrages we're
committed. He knew of authority in
| Congress to go into a county or town to levy
taxes for such purposes. Senators Sherman,
Morton and others. spoke in advocacy. of
passing the bill in its present shapes in
other words, Of abolishing the Conference
| against it by Bayard and Davis, of Ken
lucky. The report was finally adopted
7 yeas, 80; nays, 16. Schurz and Sprague
| voted against it-The consideration of the
conference report on the deficiency bill was
then continued at some length. After con-
siderable debate the report was rejected by a
tie vote, and a new Committee of Conference
| ordered. -Conkling introduced concur
rent resolution for adjournment tomorrow
| "wednesday. Laid over.-At 11:30 the
| Senate went into executive session, and soon
after adjourned. SEE.
The session of the House was short and
| unimportant.
| In the Senate, on the 18th, Edmonds
proceeded to explain the agreement of the
members of the Joint Conference Committee
| on the Ku-Klux bill. Part of the Confer
| ence Committee recommend, in regard to
| jurors test oath provision, to repeal that
| part of the present law which makes giving
encouragement or aid to rebellion, either di-
rectly or indirectly, ground for challenge
or disqualification of juror, leaving it dis
cretionary with the District Attorney to
move, and with the Court to impose, the
oath. The suspension of the writ of habeas
corpus is continued until the end of the next
regular session of Congress, as fixed by the
| Senate. The provision assessing damages
| upon localities where outrages are COM
mitted, is amended. Among other particu-
lars, to require suit to be brought against
the individual perpetrators of the outrages,