The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-04-07
@ujarity, the election goes 60 ths Iegis,:::

the Army Of the Tennessee met to. .day.
Sherman presiding 200 were presents q
j 'ST.. LoUIs, april g. The official naio-t
rity. for Brown fot. Mayor, is 2, ,O34,
WAsH1NaToN, April 8.-The vote yes
terday in the Senate, ordering the Judi-
oiary Committeo to repofta Ku tKlux
bill. was strictly party one. The pro-
gramme. viii keep Congress here till
May. .;p,. es, ND. #
The latest reports from Connecticut
are mora favor ,ble to English's election
by the people. i;
of the Weather-Th
are no certain indications of any impor.
tant change in the wenther for to. or
row.; An area OF low pressure seems to
be forming in the Northwest.
lNominations-E. K. Snead, Collector
First Virginia District.
the French Minister, telegraphed hence,
is untrue
In the Senate, the morning hour was
employed without result upon the Gold
thwaite and Blodgett election cases. The
Joint Outrage Committee occupied the
balance of the day.
The HouBe, by n vote of 118 to 81,
passed n modified Ku Klux bill The
following is q succinot statement of bill
as passed, with omissions and additions:
The substitute strikes out the second.
third and fourth sections Of the original
bill. - The second section of the original
made it a felony for two or more per
sons to conspiro together to 10 any act
IN violation OF the rights. privileges and
inmunities secured by the Constitution
OF; the United States, and punishable in
the United States Courts. The third
section provided that in all cases of in
surrcotion, domestic unlawful combina-
tlons or conspirncies, which obstruot the
execution OF State laws, or deprive any
portion or class Of people of the rights,
privileges and immunitics, secured by
the Constitution and laws, aud any State,
through its proper authorities, fails or
neglects to apply for national aid, the
President may use the national forces to
suppress such insurrection, domestic
violence, unla xful combinations aud
conspiracies, and arrest offenders and de-
liver them to the Marshal of the District.
The fourth section provides that whom
ever such combinations become so power
full as to overthrow or SGT at defiance
State authorities, and when the punish
ment of Offenders and the preservation
of tho public safety shall become i'm
practicable, it shall be deemed rebel
lion. The President may, after procla-
nation, suspend the privileges of the
writ OF hd6eds corpus, which provision
shull continue until June l, 1872. The
substitute for second section makes it a
felony for two .or more persons conspir-
ing together to overthrow the Govern
ment, or to levy war against it, or to op-
pose by force the authority OF the United
States. or by force to take or seize the
forts or property of the United States,
or by forco, or intimidation, or threat. TO
prevent any person from accepting or
holding any Federal Office, 10 prevent
him from discharging tho duties of
the office. to cause him to leave the State
or District where his duties may be law
fully performed, or iniure him in his
person or property, on account Of the
lawful discharge of his duties, or thrent.
en- or inlnre witness or Juror in tho
United Statel Court. or conspire toge-
ther to deprive any GLASS Of persons of
the equa! protection Of the laws, or of
equa! privileges and immunities under
the laws. or prevent or hinder the en.hc-
rites of the State from securing all per
sons In the equal protection of the laws.
and confers upon the party Injured the
right of action for damages in suits 10
be brought in tho United States Courts.
The substitute for the third section pro
vides that in case of insurrection, do.
mestic violence. unlawful combinations
or conspiraces that shall obstruct or him
der the execution of the laws Of United
States. 80 as to deprive any class
Of persons of the rights, privileges
and immunitics named in the Acts.
and the authorities OF the State
shall be unable to, or fail, from apy
cause, to afford protection, and shnil
fail or neglect to apply to tho President
for aid, such fact shull be deemed
denial OF the equal protection of the
laws, and it shall be lawful for the Presi-
dent to employ the national forces to
suppress such disorders. and to arrest
offenders and deliver them to tho Mar.
shal. Tho substitute for the fourth sec
tion authorizes tho President, after pro-
olamation, tn suspend the privileges Of
the writ Of haJeas corpus until the lst of
June, 1872, whenever, in any State. the
the unlawful combination shall be so
numerous and powerful as to be able. by
violence, to overthrow or set at definpce
the authorities Of the State, or when tho
State authorities nre in completely with
snch combination. All persons arrested
under suspension of hoJeos coypus muat