Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-05-02

and coffee expresses the opinion that the
action of the Senate was not altogether
justitiable.
HOUSE.
There was a long debate in the House
of Representatives over the Civil-scvice
Reform bill. Speeches in its favor were
made by Messrs. Roberts, Finkclnburg
aud Mccormick, and against it by Messrs,
Bingham, and Banks Mr.. Garfield
made the closing speech in favor Of the
bill. The bill was recommitted by vote
Of sc against TO-
A message from the President in re-
gard to Ku-Klux outrages in South Caro-
lima was laid before the House. The
President said that he received his in
formation from 1.-THE Joint Committee
OF Congress upon Southern Outrages,
The officers of the State, the military
officers of the United States on dirty in
South Carolina, the United States At
torney and Marshal and other officers of
the Government, repentantand abjuring
members of those unlawful organize
tons, persons specially employed by the
Department OF Justice to detect crimes
against the United States, and from credi-
bic sources. Most if not all OF this in
formation, except that I derived from
the Attorney came to me orally,
and was to the effect that said counties
were under the sway OF powerful COM
binations popularity known as the 'Ku-
Klux-Klan,' the objects of which were
by force and terror TO prevent all politi-
cal action not in accord with the views
Of the members"
In the House, Mr.. Wood introduced
a bill to prevent the expansion and con-
traction of the money market, and Mr..
Maynard a substitute for the Internal
Revenue bill reported from the Ways
and Means. A resolution calling on
the President for the correspondence
with Great Britain regarding the claim
for indirect damages on the American
case was adopted. The Indiana contes-
ted election case of Gooding VS.. Wilson,
was concluded, the House voting that
Wilson, the sitting member, is entitled
to the seat.
The resolution reported to exclude
from the floor Of the House lobbying ex-
members was taken up, a proposal by
Mr., Butler to lay the motion on the ia
bic was withdrawn and the resolution
was recommitted. The bill granting to
the Central Pacific Railroad Company the
use of one-half the Is land Of Yerba
Buena or Goat Island, was called up. A
very acrimonious discussion ensued, in
the course of which personalities and
supplementary language was freely in
dulged in. Very little progress was
made, but the friends Of the bill were
evidentally in majority.
The House Committee on Territories
heard the arguments of Mr.. Frank Full
Ter on behalf of the admission of Utah
or, as he claims, the State of Deseret
into the Union. He spoke of the
credit due to the Mormons for subiuga-
ting the wilderness, their honesty, indus
try, aud sobriety, on the stipulations of
the treaty made on the cession of the
territory, and of the gross abuses by ir-
responsible Federal officers, permitted by
territorial form of government.
In the House Mr.. Dawes gave notice
that ho would move to take up the Tariff
bill at the first opportunity. Mr.. Banks
introduced resolution calling upon the
President to demand the immediate re-
lease of DR.. Houard and the restoration
OF his property from the Spanish govern
ment. The bill known as the Goat Is
land bill, with several slight modifca-
tons, was passed by q vote Of 10l to So.