The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-04-19
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House bill conyening the next Legislative Assembly Of
House BILL TO amend the Internal Revenue laws to
SoUnecon Arsads goods be raHsoreS o% oEe S
car to another under the personal supervision of in
The Senate also concurEed in an amendment of the
tiaor Of the treaty o Gpadsloups Hidago passed. 1t
The executive session was then resumed.
House.
The House met at half past 1e
On motion Of MT Dawes the senates request for new
conference committee the Deficiency bill aeceded
To- and Messrs Dawes Cook and Nbsck we're appointed
stTuctins the GommttsS on Military Aas to eonsdo
equaze soldiers bounties and to nvestgate and report
what would be the additional annual Of
totally disabled Adopted. ''o
Trade asking that Toledo be made port Of entry.
& asaed G Pys t. %
to be opened with the Governments of Great Britain and
would respectively consent to the annexation of their
possessions on this continent to the United States of
Messrs. Willard and Mercur objected.
Of the & Court t re g to S S %
July, 1861 Referred to the Oomn ittee Military Affairs
Mr. MAYNARD introduced bill to establish Knoxyile,
Mr. Butler Of Massachusetts, asked leave to make per.
Mr.. McHenry objected
Mr. ButerTnat the end OF personal explanations in
this House, ii that course be taken.
colleague NT Beck and now renew it on behalf Of the
Mr. Bater@As Massachusetts is constantly being made
point of attack on the other side OF the House. the
Mr. shea bSrger from the conference committee the
D to e 6 Of M
sn2tory LEM to gTand or PETIT Jurors account 0
committee tee would Ts%oye that right Of per
creon of the COURT As to the Sherman amendment it
modified to conne claims for damages to
individuals but against cities and in their
support Of the ccnsttutOnaS Of the proposed provision
quoting fIom % decision OF thS S GGut Gi Appeals OF the
Mr. Eldrdge asked Mr. shelabarger whether If his ar
r by mobs the
not liable for and outrage committed by the Re
Mr. SSeabaTser remarked that his friend from wsoon
Mr. EidGige protested that he could not see the differ
@ in in b Il the n sit S were
of the Federal GoveTnment to protect its people against
mobs against rebellion, and against all destruction of
Mr. Sheaparger said that the first answer to the aues
ton wac that violence which defed the
Government ended all governmental responsibility of
communities did not arise from common but statutory
Billy on the part Of the there was no such
liability MsE York case - Which be had cited there
aGh liability lab h was ronS OF statute merely and
Mr. Kerr, the minority member of the conference com
% the
S the eGd Of R egar Of W o
The effect Of would be practically to leave that
ber 1872 This would be accomplished BY the legislative
trick G st tang the m 9sas masam
hs fsq os lie R
to by the I Is S
only applied to the P9EtiCGar Juror challenged this ap
70 at length against the Sherman
The S fS on W TRh that
straton violence and tumult must attract attention in
voice 50 that all the people wero put f@ gpoa the
one tS raise an immediate hue and cry and the
R0% i G1 Ra Ts:s
ier some which almost large the whole Of
e eSG 6s' be the
R Submitted that Il tbs provision were enforced self
government in this country would be for
ubstantial shadow, and for supremely insufficient
Mr. Beck entered his protest once more against the bill
So far liberty concerned that was SURRENDERED by
He had when the bill before the House. endesyored
who would vote for it hingng at the feet of
who might make himself despot the liberties Of the
to describe House by adopting the confer
6s p1Sto rights Of In the bin as it lett the House
to the affecting the oath OF jIroGs ae de
hell in the States of the South.
who hSG ved in the South during the war and who had
Oy wSo 6 d the
Mr.. Brooks. of New York, said the argument Of Mr.
little progress in ANYTHING except mere mechanism aud
science Deesuse ~ vi % Sa ~ frnH he ysar s9i 70
the year 1900, and from this bill to the Alien and sedton
The struggle now the struggle in 1900, with Federal
lists on one fde ana era on Sns an the s %
assumed a & the Sny % Rame SPRFpR55a9 5 TO
yie to the senste these amendments Why had
the Senate yielded to the House use ssr.,. an rn..t hin
largely supported by Republican members, but the
o4ee Il knew nSs nothing but With
alone in the hand 1t threw away the olive branch and
only the sword and lt nothing OF
nS f enSer the
He hoped that House would not be driven from its
position By ogarchic and arstOcratic body which only
had the respect OF the community because t relic OF
aPsS To repTesen the numerical and really representa-
tive power OF the people, ought no longer to exist but
Mr. Willard opposed the conference report He objected
sot R be- .nf He Desired to have eae time
fixed for it's termnatSn point beyond snlSa Sa she wit
Apendment imposing upon communities an OF legation
Mr. Butler of Mass. advocated the conference report
and his regret that there shoId be any danger
constitutional and other sorupes He replied TO the 9b
@ OF absas night be and Sres
that the proposition simply was 70 keep the suspension
| Sherman amend ment, he reminded the House that
It was not to looked upon inctng punishment
the counties but as system OF mutual ln.ur
Massachusetts had enacted similar law after the de
Mr. Blair, of Michigan spposed the conference report
account particularly of the sheImanamendment It's
fore attempted TO such authority and he
pon The 9eute%PS from Ohio Mr. shslsbsrser hat
wholly failed to show the House where such power re
The Hue and Cry law of Engand which had been re-
dreds and had become almost obsolete there
only ina modified form Il was Only recently that tn;
only in few States that contained large cities
th Pksss hsS found in psoVsos of law msI
to that embodied IN the sherman amendment onsoi 'n