Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-04-14
Congressional Summary.

Judiciary Committee to report in fovor OF
Ku-Klux legislation, was continued, Pool
addressing the Senate in a lengthy EXPOSE
ton of the cause and effect OF, and the rem
edy for, the outrages in the South.-At l
O'Clock an adjournment over from to-day
until Monday was ordered.
In the House, Shellabarger proposed that
by the unanimous consent of the House 1t
take recess from 4:30 to 1880 this evening,
for debate merely. He made the suggestion
bee use so many gentlemen desire to address
the House on the bill to enforce the Four
teenth amendment. After general converse
ton, this was agreed to, and it was further
voted to debate only. The House then re-
sumed consideration of the bill. Debate
lasted several hours.-On motion of
Brooks, Of New York, resolution was
adopted that the Secretary of State be
requested, if not incompatible with the pub
lie interest, to communicate copies of any
correspondence between the Department and
our Minister PlenipOtentiary at Florence, IN
relation to the occupation of Rome by the
King of Italy, and what correspondence has
taken place since Dec. l, lS70.-The House
then, at 4:3O, took a recess until 1870 p. M,
when it again assembled, and remained IN
session until midnight.
The Senate was not in session on the
1st of April.
The House devoted its entire time, on the
LIST, upon a debate of the Ku-Klux bill. No
vote was taken.
In the Senate, on the Sd, Wilson in
trOduced bill to prohibit the retention of
soldiers discharges by claim agents and at
torneys.-Stewart, of North Carolina, in
troduced a resolution directing the Secretary
of the interior to inform the Senate under
what laws individuals and corporations are
allowed to hold large bodies of public lands,
and closing them to settlement. Stewart
briefly reviewed the land policy of the Gov
eminent, and stated that, with the exception
of mere fractional amount, the entire pub
lie domain which had been given away
had gone for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of wealthy
private individuals and corporations.-Th
remainder of the session was occupied by
Blair, who spoke in opposition to Sherman's
resolution of instruction, in regard to the
punishment of the djourned.
The House met at II, and was addres ed
until II by Roosevelt and Kinsella, of New
York, on the Democratic side. Shellabarger
then submitted a proposition that an We'd
nesday general debate ceases, and amend
ments to be offered and discussed under the
ten minute rule, and be disposed of as in
Committee of the Whole. After halfhOur's
wrangle this was agreed to. The bill being
under discussion, Shanks, of Indiana, said
that the people had determined by the re-
suit of the late war what their rights were,
and had decided that the National Govern
ment was superior to State governments.
The design of the opponents of this bill was
to get control of the Southern States for po-
litical purposes, and hence their attacks on
the President and his friends. Buckley, of
Alabama, followed in favor of the bill, and
Kinsella, of New York, and Van Trump, of
Ohio, against the bill. Biggs, of Delaware,
said this is bill which, if passed into a law,
would become as hateful as the alien and
sedition laws, and would cover its
authors and supporters with Odium, and as
to the tomb Of the Capulets. In quoting
from the Ku-Klux portion of Summers late
speech on San Domingo, Biggs by mistake
called him the late Senator. Some gentle
man asked what he meant by "late Sena-
tor" Biggs replied that he had made a
mistake, and perhaps the Republicans con-
sidered Sumner dead and intended to bury
him Observation-Disclosures.
The session of the Senate, on the 4th,
was occupied in a general debate on the Ku
Klux bill. 1t was finally agreed to take
vote on the resolution on the 5th inst.--
Adjourned.
In the House the Ku- KluX bill is still I'M
der discussion. Various speeches were made
for and against, but no decision arrived at.
At o'clock the House took a recess
until 1880.
In the Senate, on the 9Th, Patterson
introduced a bill to pay Gen. schenck for his
time of service on the Joint High Commits
sion.-After discussing Sherman's KuKluX
resolution for about three hours, it was
passed by a vote of yeas SO, nays r.
After a brief Executive session, at $3.50 the
doors reopened and message received from
the President of the United States, trans
hitting the report of the San Domingo Com
missiOners. The message was read by the
Clerk, and upon its conclusion, Harlan
moved to lay it on the table and print it
After considerable discussion, mainly of an
informal character, the Vice-President stated
that after taking the sense Of the Senate on
the motion to lay on the table, he would sub
NIT the question: Will the Senate consider
the Presidents message this session? If
this was determined negatively, then the
motion to print would not be entertained,
except by unanimous consent.-Harlan'
motion to lay the message on the table was
then agreed to. The question indicated by
the Chair was then submitted, and, on mo-
ton of Chandler, was also tabled by q yeas
to Is nays. Harlan asked that, by unani-
nous consent, the printing of the message
be ordered, and leave given to Mr.. Morrill,,
of Vermont, to speak on Friday morning. 1t
was finally agreed, by unanimous consent,
to print the message, and that Mr.. Morrill,
have leave to address the Senate on the
question Friday morning, and no other
speech shall be made.-At 5:45 the Senate
adjourned.
In the House letter was read from the
Secretary of State asking that Schenck be
paid his salary while acting on the Joint
High Commission. No action was taken on
it, however.-The consideration of the
Ku-Klux bill was then resumed, and num-
Der of speeches made on it, WI en- Shella-
barger gave notice that he should call fer the
previous question to-mOrrow.-The re-
mainder of the session was occupied in a
bitter and disgraceful personal controversy
between Butler and Swami. This was the
most disgraceful scene of the session, and
was broken off by the reception of the Presi-
dents San Domingo message.-Adjourn ned
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