New-York tribune., 1871-04-06
yTJJD CONGRESS-1ST SESSION
u,,,sc nFrArE IN TIE !HoUsE BETWEEN GIN.
hA'o1T n,lT,rR AND EX-Gov. sWANN--rASsAGE OF
PUr PU SHERMAN RESOLUTION IN THE SENATE
DrNOCRATIC CAUCUS.

..,r,r,Nyc DFPATE IN TIE !hoTsE BETWEEN GIN.
puTIrR AND EX-G0y. sWANN--fASsA1h Of
TIE SHERMAN RESOLUTION iN 'i''
DFNOCRATIC CAUCUS
Ipy TRLEcRAPH TO THR TRIBuNBl
W,suNc1oN Wednesday, April ., ISL
.,o. .,,a,,,, .,,ccobes made in the House today
onl, one that was much listened to was tha' y -
ca,yos who occupied the first hour Oh the S's'' -,
aaoa f,e weight of another strong ana Weii % -,
-e,ment I'm favor cf the conshtu iOnahS U '"' ,
mn Mr. Richie Of Maryland maue ti.
- which he abused GEN. Butler lVr m
=, - .,,,.,b Yesterday to John Brown.
81, sct quietly through the speech, ana ihen ~"
.s,t no r,eroiv wished 10 say that TIC oN,"''"
,,tie,ocD ON the other side, because many " ~
no other political stock IN trace 1e % "Know.Nothing
this conne' you \, ,r member Of the House, VINO
ny ,le HIM the other day Al tnev tne Wiz to nr"tost
Nothine,' eA@1 eAr Ecoarcd t. any but loyal political
observation-disclosures Gen. Butler Pc.SVI 'tS ~, To- once ,vss
ha1 ana .fi,1 ne n. CEN Butcr then replied to Mr.
,be mar when john Brown nii W ellC iL.o ti u ia, I
Win lI y" mon the United states aud the Maryland
itia aid He aug 10, "nS M i ncr cnssion onI
,ro>ed 10 do what was done ih5 To sl Hn % SoM
hi deed Wheu cen butler au conC'ueG A. ~ or, h
I1a .r many day. Boosting of his own pure le,
nd Go,nson-lk) ~ the many Offices mo nag 1eid, ne
su6SI f te entrance OF Gen. Butler into baltimore
early in tho Nsr, J Us sword on his heels and laid
Jrse dqys teastly drunk
,rto Ky.g,lux lin introduced to-day by Mr.. shela
,o,s,r WAS framed this morning in a conference of
tS leading EeuuhB,an members, and consists of com
haton Of portions Of the original Shelabarger bill
.ad tho substitutes Of Mr.. Burchard and Mr. Cook
ma bil appoars 10 I'VE general satisfaction upon the
tS ~ IS Courts aud the President all the power neces
saYy TO completely break up the Ku-Klux gangs,
sbe to the street construetionists of the
sf~af, "a "a
6con over al criminal cases aid absorb from the states
tler powers OF cedlrg Win questions aeeuhS persons
giving q authority 70 thp President TO suspend the VIII
n hlbe corpus, ard q understood that Mr AmDer
OHIO " off an am. nuont 10 strike this out which
viii probably 10 crTcd with the help OF the ID moo
vote. some otcr aiehdHens OF minor r1npOltance WI
l on red The discussion Of the amendments and the
votes upon them vi occupy tie sion tomorrow, ana
e bill Ni probably Oe put upon It's passage on trlda!'
In the senate, to-day, Mr. Pool spoke three hours on
the Southern question: cOnfuing himself altogether to
the discussion az North Carolina affairs and to the
CHARGES made ly ltr Blair against the Republican party
OF that State 1Ir Pool designs to speak st further on
this subject when The b comes before the senate IN
accordance with the agreement tue debate closed at
o'clock and after the customary number OF amendments
been offered 10y the Democrats and voted down. the
resolution long under discussion passed by party
vote, and the Judiciary Committee were instructed
20 report bill forthwith, which they will probably do
tomorrow Friday On the 0na passage of the resou-
ton, Mesrs Schurz. Tpton and Trumbull declined 10
vote Mt Blair offered resolution calling or the Attor-
ncyGeneIIl for copy OF tho agreement with Nerger
counsel r reference TO the disposition Of that case before
the supreme Court, byt unanimous consent was refused
20 its Consideration TIE expected message of the Pres
dent and tle port OF the SantO Domingo Commission
era did not come in until after 4 o'clock Tie
senate was in Executive session at the time. but
tire door, inn ntigcly rCCpened 10 receive tho
message. Alter Il lad been read, motion was mmedi-
atey made 10y Mr.. Harlan to lay ii on the table This
was 10 PIE ,Cu TeGpcug of debate which, II started
again, would probably last for weeks. Mr. Morrill, of
Vernon who has speech prepared on SantO Domingo,
asked pc mission 10 deliver IL on Friday He said, how
eyCr thai ne would not abuse the President In IT, Con-
siderable confusion and disorder prevailed, ana some
senators extremely noisy in the matter, ana dc
cared vencmtntly thar they would only consent 10 al
low Mr.. Drrill to speak on condition that his speech
close the Saut0 Domingo debate for this session
This ud landing finally arrived at, and the sen
atr then 'diOurned.
caucUs Of the Demo ratio members Of the House was
held this morning determine what course they shall
pursue upon amendments that may nc offered 10 the Ku-
Klux bill. Al the adjournment IL generally under
stood tha Democrats Will support in the House all
amendment, which i'm tlef opinion Improve the BILL al
though thinks that the measure can be gCt INTO
sUch s e that they vote for II upon its final pass
see.