The Portland daily press., 1871-03-17
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XLIId OONGRESs---First Session.

street and Pennsylvania avenue was passed.
The House resolution for final adjournment
came up. but on motion of Mr.. Sherman was
temporarily laid on the table without discus
sion.
Mr.. Morton presented memorial from the
Southern Republican Association, which was
read. The memoralists represent that their
assoca ion is composed of citizens from oil the
Southern States at present residents of the
District OF Colu mba, aud sets forth that emil
grafton southward was retarded and the inter-
ests of their section materially retarded by
the ku KluX outrages, and urging the necessi'
ty OF i'm mediate action by Congress to protect
the people and particularly the loyal element.
Referred to the Committee on Southern Out
RACES.
The Senate then proceeded to consider the
bill introduced by Mr.. Cameron, relieving Mr..
Charles FL. McBlair of Maryland from his legal
and political disabilities
Mr.. Trumbull moved an amendment for a
general amnesty, when the bill and amend
ment were laid over.
A bill was passed providing for the appoint
ment by the President of three commissioners,
one of whom shall be an engineer of the army
and one mining engineer, to make thorough
investigation of the feasibility, cost, value and
p obable results OF the SutrO tunnel in Nevada.
A large number of bills and resolutions were
introduced and properly referred among which
were the following: For the establishment OF
an ocean mail steamship service between the
United States AMI Europe by American steam
ers; providing for additional mail service to
Brazil; to reduce the rates of correspondence
by telegraph, and correct the postal and tele-
graph services; repeating the act fixing the
time for the regular meeting of Congress, and
for the appointment of additional justices of the
Supreme Court, and for other purposes
MIR. Anthony presented a petition from the
manufacturers of machinery, praying that a
duty OF 60 per cent. ad valorem be levied upon
all Imported machinery, manufactured in
whole or in part of iron or STEEL
Mr.. Sherman offered the following:
That as organized bands of desperate and
lawless men, mainly composed of soldiers of
the late rebel army, armed, disciplined, dis
gCsed and bound by oathS of secre. organiza-
tOns, have by force, terror and violence, sub
verted all the civil authority in the late insur-
rectionary States, thus OverthrOwing the safe
ty Of persons and property and all those rights
which are the primary basis and object OF all
civil GOV ernment and which ia expressly guar
anteed BY the constitution OF the United States
to all its citizens; and a, the courts are rem
dered utterly powerless by organized perjury
to punish crimes; therefore the judiciary
Committee be instructed to report bill or
bills that will enable the President and courts
OF the United States to execute the laws to
punish such organized violence and secure to
all citizens the rights SO guaranteed to them.
Mr.. Sherman asked an immediate consider
alton of the resolution, for which unaDinous
aud ON motion of Mr.. Sumner it was ordered
to be printed
Mr.. Wilson introduced a bill for the prOtsc.
tion of persons resident within the United
States against unlawful combinations and
which was referred to the Com
mitIee on the Judiciary. 1t provides fOr the
punishment of unlawful acts of members Of
the Ku Klux organization by the United States
courts as felonies. II authorizes the President
TO employ the land and naval forces of the
United States, aud to call FORTH the military of
any State in which the unlawful combination
exists, in order to bring the offenders to trial;
ard requires grand and petit jurors to swear
they never counselled, advised or aided such
or conspiracies
Mr.. Davis introduced a Joint resolution pro-
posing an amendment to the constitution for
The establishment of constitutional tribunal,
consisting of one member from each State
with power to decide all questions of conflict
and jurisdiction between the United States
and the several States. and the CONSTITUTIONAL
~ of the bills passed by Congress, OF acts done
By any government officer, and to open and
count the electoral votes for President and
Vice President The proceedings before the
may be by petition or appeal from all
,Oults in the United States ana of the States
The majority of the members of the tribunal
shall decide all questions brought before them.
The House bill making appropriations fer
,he payment of additional clerks and messen-
,oses, was taken up, and the amendments
rom the Committee on Appropriations adopt
I'd, among which was one that appropriations
made for any public work, buildings
,r grounds for the entire year commencing
July IL, 1871, be available for the current year.
Pending action on the bill the Senate went
nto executive session and soon adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Kelley of Pennsylvania, rose to per-
onal explanation, asking to be excused from
ervice on the Select Committee on account of
ll-health. He entered a solemn protest
gainst Mr.. Buffers charge that the high tariff
men entered into a combination with the De-
nOcracy in the passage of MraPeters resolu-
Mr.. Butler of Massachusetts,, may be par
Oned for saying word in reply to what has
,een said by my friend from Pennsylvania
Kelley. l have made no accusation against
i'm. His vote always has been in accordance
With his party obligations know he is not
ne of those who entered into the combination,
ut ask IS there any other high tariff gentle
nen who desires the floor to explain his vote.
sav again, analyze the votes, and while ad-
hitting that two or three high tariff men have
Oted with the Republican party, say, and
eaffim that this resolution, which is obnoxious
0 the majority of Republicans on this floor,
7as put through lest there should be legislation
q the tariff.
Mr. Peters Of Mane-Wil the gentlemen
ield to me for a question?
Mr. Butler-Yes, sir.
Mr.. Peters-I wish to ask whether the gen
lemen is not aware that the majority of Re-
publican members who voted yesterday on that
esolution voted for it.
Mr.. Butler-I am net
Mr.. Peters-An anlysis of the yeas aud nays
made by many gentlemen shows that So Re-
ublicans voted tor and 80 Republicans against |
Mr. Butler-I understand all that perfectly
n raCn In w
larry of the warmest opponents of the resolu-
ion voted for it because as Southern men, as
ther good Republicans they saw from the trick
hat was played upon them that there would
e no other legislation except this in favor of
he South, and they did not like to vote against
Mr.. Dawes-I would like to ask my colleague
question.
Mr. Butler-Let me- finish my sentence.
rhereupon they voted in that way so that they
night not he placed in seemingly idlse posi-
ion at home: but that was not the way in
which the 81 men who attended the Republi-
an caucus held the night before, which many
" those gentlemen who voted for the resolution
ther did not attend or lett before its delibera-
ions were through, intended and ordered their
committee to bring the matter OF protection to
he Southern Union men before the House.
By aid OF majority of Democratic votes leg.
Station in this House is carried on in defiance
If any organization of Repnhicanism. Now
will yield to the question from my colleague,
Mr.. Dawes.
Mr., Dawes-What L desire to ask my col
cage is that he will state explicitly what he
o his fellow members upon the floor, acting
lnder the same responsibility he acts under?
Mr.. Butler-Term what?
Mr.. Dawes-What the gentleman means
when he applies the term trick" to the action
# his fellow u embers here upon the floor. I
fo b bat Yonn ~
,lying the term trick" TO fil1y-eieht of his po-
itcal associates upon this floor who differed
With fifty acting under the same sense of re.
and the same sense OF duty that
ny colleague acts under upon the floor of this
rouse.
Mr.. Butler do not understand that ap.
,lied the term trick" to Republicans.
Mr.. Dawes-My colleague will fiji it in his
circular he has been pleased to place upon cur
lesks.
Mr.. Butler-Mr. Speaker
Mr.. Dawes-Wait a moment
Mr.. Butler-Why should 1 wait when do
lot choose to. (Laughter.)
Mr.. Dawes-In that circular and in his re-
marks which just fell from bis lips he says thai
he resolution was carried by trick.
Mr.. Butler-No, sir; what l did say was
his; that it was sprung upon the House by
rick, and I do not apply it to the fifty-eight
men.
Mr. Dawes-My colleague has forgotten what
he said himself
Mr. Butler Il have not forgotten.
Mr.. Dawes-The mole the pity them
Laughter.)
Mr. Butler-I am not troubled about all this.
say here that after Republican caucus was
regularly called by the duly elected members
)f the House, at which the action of the caucus
was to be acted upon, and had determined
what measure should be put before the Houae
Tor its consideration, then that was q legislative
trick by which the minority of the party
sprung the question upon the House which
compelled the votes of a portion of the Repub'
icans and gave a seeming majority to meas