The Portland daily press., 1871-03-08
XLIId O0NGRESs---First Session.
SENATE.

+ XLIId O0NGREss---First Session.
WASHINGTON, March Mr. Hamlin. from
the committee appointed to wait on the Presi-
dent, made report identical with that made
by Mr.. Hooper in the House.
Mr.. Wilson presented a memorial of Anna
Ellen Carroll of Maryland, asking compensa-
ton for services rendered the armies of the
Union during the rebellion.
Mr.. Cole introduced bill to abolish the tax
on incomes.
ditional commercial facilities in the port of
New York (the sub marine tunnel bilD.
Mr.. Robertson introduced a bill to remove
the legal and political disabilities of all persons
upon whom such are imposed by the 18th
amendment
Mr.. Pomeroy introduced bill to enable
honorably discharged soldiers and sailors, their
widows and orphans, to acquire hOmesteads on
the publ" lauds Of the UniIed States; the same
bill which passed tue House at the last session
and tailed in the Senate.
"A 1oint resolution was passed authorizing
the President to appoint commission to the
International Congress on penitentiary disci-
pine, etc to- be held in Florence.
Mr.. Hamlin introduced bill to provide
stenOgfaphers for the Circuit courts of the
United States
All bills introduced were laid upon the table
await the formation of committees.
The Vice President laid before the Senate
the House concurrent resolution to adjourn on
wednesday, March 9Th, which upon motion of
Mr. Hamlin was laid upon the table. The Sem
ate then adjourned till Thursday.
Mr.. Hooper of Massachusetts,, from the Com
mittee appointed by the House to wait upon
the President and inform him that Congress
was in session and ready to receive any COM
munication he might make, reported that the
committee had discharged that duty and that
he President said he had no communication
to make at present, but that he might have
some communications to make in the course of
week, and expressed the de.ire that during
the present week no day should be fixed for the
final adjournment of the two Houses.
Mr.. Niblack Of Indiana, offered question of
privilege, a resolution requesting the Speak
er to proceed at once to the appointment of
the committees OF the House, aud advocated
at some length the necessity for a com lete or
ganixation of the House il it was 10 meet at all
on the 4th of March, tor which. however, he
asserted there was no sufficient reason.
The Speaker 8 i'd that two years ago It was
DOT for eleven days after the organization Of
the House that be was able to announce the
standing committees, and be Was persuaded
hat even the announcement in many respects
was premature. He would have been very
glad then to have had opportunity OF becoming
better acquainted with the antecedents, posi-
ti0n, character and tastes of the members,
which would have enabled him, he thought, to
avoid some of the mistakes which possibly &C.
Cured The present House consisted much
more largely than any of its predecessors, of
dew members, and he bad not been able to ac-
quaint himself with the personal Characters
tics OF the new members. Taking into view
the decided manifestation of the House on Sat-
urday 10 favor of an early adjournment it was
DOT his purpose, unless otherwise instructed by
. an,nc l.
I'LL the December session, with the exec option
Of the Committees on Elections, Mileage, Ac-
counts aud Public Buildings; for the appojpt-
ment OF which four committees there was spe.
nnc necessity. 1t the House were to adjourn
within the next fortnight he should from that
standpoint regard it as decidedly inexpedient
to announce the standing committees at the
present session, but of course he was subject
to the orders of the House.
Mr. Cox of New York, declared that If those
committees were appointed the House ought
to cut out some work for them. They ought
to have tariff reform. They ought to give
some little admcnition to the Secretary of the
Treasury as to certain matters; and the ship
ding interests should be attended to. The mo-
nent that committees were appointed the
House would be kept here till May. He there
tore thought the sugge StiOn OF the Speaker
wise. He would not wait here for anything 10
come from San Domingo or elsewhere, but
Keep holding to adjourn till the adjournment
Mr.. Eldridge of Wisconsin, agree1 substan.
italy in what Mr.. Nblack had said, and
thought there was good deal of practical good
sense in bis suggestion that members of the
House should know at as early day as possi-
BILE on what committees they were to serve, so
/ as to prepare themselves specially for such
/ committees. He was not in favor of general
legislation now, and did not know that the
l country needed it.
Mr.. Dawes hoped that Mr.. Niback would
l withdraw the resolution. He admitted that if
! Congress were to stay in session Tor some time
Ind enter upon general legislation it would be
absolutely necessary to have committees ap-
| pointed but the House had with great unan-
i unity decided on Saturday that it wonld not
i enter on general legislation. There was every
i Indication that if the Senate did not agree to
adjourn on Wednesday it would adjourn at an
early Jay, but if the committees we're now ap-
pointed the House would plunge at once into
general legislation, aud it did not seem 10 him
shat there was an occasion tor doing anything
i hat would tend in that direction. He was enc
l Of those who believed it would b ave been bet
ter for Congress not to meet till Decent Der, ac-
! ,ordiDg to the ordinary custom Tor so many
years. The meeting in March had been an.
pointed for special necessity, which necessity
had passed away, and he trusted that the law
'or that purpose would be repealed. If The
committees were appointed row and set to
t would be impossible to tell when Congress
could adjourn.
Mr.. Wheeler of New York, moved to lay the
resolution on the table.
Mr.. Butler of Massachusetts, desired the
House to consider the exact state of public
business. Congress at the last session had
passed appropriation bills and one other public
measure of importance, but passed nothing
Aise except private bill. He did not desire to
snter on new career of legislation OF that
k'nd. All the great Interests of the country
mad been left to take care of themselves. Il
here was nothing to be dealt with but the
| question of finance questions OF revenue, ques
lions OF tariffs, and the ordinary legislation O.
the country he would be Content to adjourn al
1 once, but the House could not shut it's ewes tt
he fact that there was state of things in thu
southern part of the country which called fol
| legislation to enable the President to carry Out
the constitutional guarantees for protection te
lite, liberty and property. He desired to eDte
! IN no other view of that condition of things
/ that the President had init mated desire that
| Congress should not Fix day Tor adjournment
| turing this week. He quite agreed that it wa
oetter not to appoint the general committees
Of the House foi the purpose of going int
general legislation, bat he did hope the Hous'
would not adjourn SO soon.. 1t would be falls
TO its duty to the nation and false to it's duty t.
The Constitution if it adjourned and left thu
tate of things in tie South that now Wa
there, and lett the President powerless to cor
[ect 1t. 10 this connection he sent to the Clerk
iesk to be read a report made to Gov Scott Q
South Carolina, by John B Hubbard, Chic
/ state constable, stating tn 1t in Laurens count
since the 18th OF October, 1870, there had beef
L "ouuRo VI frODate, Nolney fOWeH, meInOe
| of the House of Representatives, Wade
Perrin, and eleven other leading Republican
killed. In one day fifty men and women wer
Orutally whipped and maltreated, and $50 pei
sOrs driven from their homes; that in Unio
county two trial justices and Que probate ,jud g
had been killed. fifteen men taken from ja
and shot or hung aud about rs barbaronsl
'courged or whipped, and relating to simila
Jutrages in Spartanshure, York and Abbevill
counties. While reading the document be wa
Interrupted by APPOINT OF order from Mr.. Woo
Of New York, and sustained by the SIeake
! hat it was not relevant to the resolution bt
fore the House.
Mr.. Niblack offered to withdraw his resolr
ton, but the Speaker preferred that the Hous
should vote to lay it on the table, which wa
b / agreed to without division.
The bill to remove the poll zeal disabilities
John II. HALEY of Jasper county, ILL.,. Wa
was passed on the motion of Mr.. Marshall
? Illinois, who asked to have another bill estal
lishipg post route 10 Illinois passed.
Mr.. Butler Of Massachu ,etts, objected; tn:
he could not have the people of the Sout
protected from murder he did not want pc
route bills.
The Senate joint resolution for the sppoin
ment of a commissioner the Int0rnatiOn