The New York herald., 1871-02-02


that the report may be as full ana complete
| as possible. At the recent convention OF
| supervising inspectors new rule was adopted for
the government OF local inspectors on the Western
rivers. 1t appears that there has not been proper
understanding of the law regulating the transporta-
ton OF passengers on the Western river steamboats,,
and 1t Is now proposed TO make the instructions
uniform and hold the local inspectors strictly re-
sponsible for the iunlment OF their duty.
| Executive Session of tho Senate-The Nomi-
nation Of MFR. Kramer-Sumner Wide
Awake.
The Senate went into executive session soon after
| three O'Clock to-day. The understanding was that
the case OF Willis Drummond, nominated to be Com
missioner OF the Land ONCE In place OF Mr. Will
| son, was to be taken up. This case
| had excited considerable debate yesterday, and
there desire to finish it. As soon as the doors
were closed however, Senator Chandler arose and
| moved that the Committee on Foreign Relations be
! discharged from the further consideration Of the
| nomination OF Mr.. Kramer to be Minister to the
| Hague. This created a sensation. senator Sumner
| was on his feet at once.
'1 object, Mr. PRESIDENT he said; II object to
| this extraordinary proceeding
'Well," said Chandler, syou have had this nomi.
| nation before your committee for months and you
| have not reported It, Now, l propose that the
| Senate take hold Of 1t and confirm Mr.. Kramer,n
"Irepeat," sald Sumner, In stentoran tones ~
object, Mr. President. This is something very ex-
| traordlnary, The Committee of Foreign Relations
has had the nomination Of Mr.. Kramer under
consideration for two months. All we have
been able to ascertain about him is that
he is the Presidents brother.in-aw, and
that he Is UNFIT for the place to which he has been
nominated. l say, Mr.. President Mr.. Kramer is
unit for the place, and yet the Senator frsm Michi.
gan DrODOseS take his of ha ttaa
and confirm him.
While Sumner was delivering this little speech he
shook mis- finger significantly at Chandler, as II he
meant to defy his efforts bring poor Kramer out
Of Cnancery. Chandler did not seem disposed to
follow up the affair, and. somebody calling for the
unfinished business the Senate proceeded discuss
the case or Drummond, who was subsequently con-
firmed.
The Income Tax Bill.
The conference committee appointed yesterday to
consider whether the Senate had the right to origl-
nate and pass the bill to repeal the tax incomes
did not meet to-day, and have agreed not to meet
until Friday. The conferees on the part or the
House understood to be all in favor OF the POSI-
zion assumed by the House-to wit, that
the Senate had no right to pass the
bill. The result OF the conference, therefore,
is likely to be disagreement. In the
meantime the Committee on Ways and Means hopes
TO be able to report bill to the House In favor OF
the repeal Of the tax The committee now stands
four to four on the subject. One member-Dennis
Mccarthy, of New York-is absent. 1t is believed
that he favors repeal and the four members OF the
committee who are the same side are very
anxious for his speedy return His presence, it is
thought would give them o majority OF one.
Mccarthy has been teegraphed to come on at once,
and he is expected to arrive tomorrow.
Proposed Admission of Colorado.
The Governor Of Colorado and the Delegate ana
Delegate elect from that Territory have addressed
letter to the chairman OF the Senate Committee on
Territories in advocacy Of the admission OF Colorado
as State In the Union, bill for that purpose hav.
ing been reported and giving an account Of the re-.
sources and productions Of that country. The tax
able property, exclusive Of railroads and gold and
silver mines-the latter not taxabe-is nineteen
millions and third dollars. OF the eighteen
States admitted since 1902 to 1867 only two-namey
California and Kansas-had a population larger
than that OF Colorado which the United States Mar
shal for that Territory represents to be OOOO
The Senate Committee on Territories has also re-
ported bill for the admission OF New Mexico as o
State The report accompanying it states that the
Territory is good wheat, pastoral and mineral
country containing various rich gold silver copper
and other mines. AS near as can be ascertained the
value Of the various articles OF commerce which
TO the end OF the railroad into New Mexico during
the year 1870 amounted to about S. 0OO aud the
commerce from Old Mexico to about $2ooo,ooo
more making an annual amount 81 $io, ,ooO, 900 ad.
ditiona. Within the last ten years the increase of
population OF New Mexico has been A. SS2 persons:
and without including the wild Indians, and after
giving territory and population to Colorado ana
Arizona, tho Territory OF New Mexico has now q
citizen population OF 90, 500 persons.
The Minority Report ON Woman Suffrage
Butler and L0uGhridge as Champions of the
Shriekers.
The minority OF the House Committee on Judi.
ciary consisting OF Representatives Loughridge and
B. F. Butler, in their report presented to-day in the
matter Of the memorial Of Victoria c. Woodruff and
others on the question Of female suffrage say that
it is one of exceeding interest and importance
involving the constitutional rights not only
Of the memorialists but OF more than one-half of
the citizens OF the United States and that the ques-
tion OF propriety or eXpediency has nothing to do
with It, The minority reply at length to the report
Of the majority, quoting from various legal
opinions and relating to historical circum-
stances to show that, by the common
law Of England, the authority Is clear
that women have right to vote and that 1t cannot
be questioned that from time immemorial unmar-
ried women. BY the laws of England, are competent
to vote. After examining into the fourteenth
amendment to the constitution OF the United States
the minority claim that from the very beginning
Of our government the right Of suffrage is funda-
mental right Of citizenship, only included in the
term privileges Of citizens Of the United States as
used In that amendment, but also included In other
parts of the constitution and in this they claim they
are sustained by the authorities and by reason
After discussing the term .sctizenship,, they
say the right to voice in the government
is but the natural right Of protection of
ones life, liberty and property by personal
strength but brute force has been SO modified as to
be used In the form Of vote through the ma
chinery Of free government They conclude by
SAYING
1t is perfectly proper, in our opinion. for the
House TO pass declaratory resolution, which would
be an Index 10 the acton OF the House should the
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