Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-21

| MIR. Poland presented the report of th
Conference Committee on the Ku-Klu
bull, and considerable debate ensued.
MIR. Beck, of Kentucky, said a distir
1 guished Federal General told him las
night that this law would exclude owe
half of his army corps from the jury box
because they had. emptied their haver
sacks to number of Confederate prison
ers returned TO the front. --..
Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts,, though
the substitute for the Sherman amend
ment utterly fruitless, useless, a mere de
iusion. fn 31iff
Mr.. Schofeld-It meant nothing and
was designed to mean nothing.
Finally the report was agreed to, by {
strictly party vote; yeas SO, nays "a, : !
The Senate concurrent resolution fol
final adjournment at 2 O'Clock today,
was passed. ve- r7,-a. .--r
Mr.. Beck moved to suspend the rule.
and pass a joint resolution asserting the
power of the House to make or withhold
appropriations to carry out treaties re-
quiring appropriations of money. Agreed
to. .fA4L -
A PERSONAL from ButIer-He Pocket
ed only s3,OOO,O 900 I'm Louisiana
He Raises a Row with Farms.
worth and is Obliged TO Invoke the
Speakers Aid.
Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts, asked the
unanimous consent of the House to make
a personal explanation of fifteen minutes.
Mr.. Arthur objected.
Mr.. Butler moved to suspend the rules,
in order that he might make personal
explanation. Agreed to-yeas 11S, nays
%.
Mr. Butler proceeded to address the
House in reference to the scene in the
Senate between himself and Mr.. Davis,
of Kentucky. Assuming Mr. Davis own
description of the occurrence to be true,
MIR. Butler submitted to the candid judg-
ment of the House, and Of all just men,
which of the two had in the affair played
the part of the courteous gentleman, and
which the psit of the blackguard. Mr..
Davis was shielded from responsibility
for what he said by his age and by his
Senatorial togs, and thus shielded and
protected, he had elected the eff1uVia of
his revenge after the most high-toned
manner of chivalry. He (Butler) had
for nearly nine years suffered from as
saults and charges of having appropriated
to his own use a small amount of money
in Louisiana, and now he would answer
them once for sll. He had captured and
levied assessments on the Rebels of Lou
isians TO the amount of nearly So, 000,-
600, and he had charged himself with the
amount on the books of the department.
Those books have been open for nine
years, and even the detectives had not
said he had not fully accounted for the
amount.
Referring to the Investigation of the
last session into the management of the
National Asylum, hessaccused Mr.. Farms
worth of having published in the Globe
a speech not delivered, highly SANDER
Gus speech to him, (Butler). But that
gentleman had put himself out of civil
lied warfare, and he would never hence
forth consider that gentleman's tongue or
pen a slandef upon any body, certainly
not on himself.
Mr.. Fansworth said it was too late in
the day for that gentleman to put on ais
and profess the rule of non-intercCurse.
He trusted his (Farnsworth's) age had
nothing to do with such non-intercourse
es was suggested by him in reference to
the Senator from Kentucky. Laughter.
If the committee had required the treas
urer of the National Asylum Butler) TO
produce bis bank book, it would
show that he had constantly on hand
some one hundred to one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars of government
money, which he kept in his own private
bank in his own name, and with which
he speculated.
Mr.. Butler claimed that such language
was out of order.
The Speaker sustained the point.
Mr.. Farnsworth spoke Of the sale to
the Asylum of property at HampoD, Va,
owned by Mr.. Butler, but transferred
10 his brother-in-lsw, Mr.. Hildreth, to
cover appearances; and said that the
transaction and the testimony given by Mr..
Butler before the Committee ON Military
Affairs would convict him (ButleT of
embezzlement and perjury before any
petty jury in the United States.
Mr.. Butler read from the report of the
committee exonerating him of the
charge of any misconduct, and under that
report branded as false and calumnious
everything said against him. There were
twelve or fifteen gentlemen of the House
to whom he had shown the property
which he had sold TO the National Asy-
lum, and every man who ever saw it
would admit that in that transaction he
had given $25, 900 to the disabled soldiers.
Mr.. Farnsworth-The member from
Massachusetts swore in the investigation
that he did not sell it, that his brother
in law sold it. Osughter)
Mr.. Butler-Oh, pshaw! pshaw! Qsugh-
ter, that was one cheat in the statement.
1t was put into the hands of my brother
in-law as security for money which he
lent me.
Mr.. FarnsWorth-Your brother-in- law
swoIe he did not lend you any money.
[Laughter.
Mr.. Butler-I cannot have any cOntro
versy with that man, whom would not
believe on oath. Laughter and hammer
ing from the Speaker s gavel. Referring
to the witnesses who swOre against him
in the investigation, he said: One Of them
was ruI away marine deserter, whom
he had been trying to find to put ball
and chain around his leg, and another
was a Baltimore man who had once
served with him (Butler) and been pro-
NOTED for supposed gallant conduct, but
had since gone down lower, lower, lower,
until he had sunk to the position of being
a witness for the member from Illinois.
Laughter.
Mr.. Farnsworth And other witnes ses
were the member from Massachusetts, and
his brother in-law. (Renewed laughter
and manifestations of thorough enjoy
ment of the scene.)
MIR. Butler said the investigation anC
report exonarating him was made only
the foundation of fresh charges and fresl
calumnies direct from hell. daughter.
Beck Defends IDaVis and Reveals
Rich Scenes in the Committee
Room.
Mr.. Beck of Kentucky obtained lesT
to make ststment in behalf of the
Senator from Kentucky, Who had beel
so foully denouCced by the member fron