Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-05-20
FORTY SECOND CONGRESS-.
This Afternoons Proceedings.
MONDAY, Nav 10.

SENATE.-Mr. Edmunds called up the House
bill giving one additional representative in Con-
gress to the states of New Hampshire, Yer
mont, New York, Florida, PENNSYLVANIA, In
diana, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Alabama.
Mr.. Conkling asked that the bill be laid over
until he had time to examine it.
Mr. Thurman said he was very sure that this
Oil gave to two states representative for less
than mOlety OF the population required for
representative, (Florida and New Hampshire
The bill then went over until to- morrow.
MT. Freiinghuysen called up bill to prevent
cruelty to animals while in transit by railroad
or other means Of transportation within the
United States.
Mr.. Morton asked whether if Congress had
not the power to regulate the fares of railroads,
and, in fact, all other matters connected with
Mr.. Trumbull took the view that If Congress
lad the power to do the one, it had to do the
other.
MIR. Frelinghuysen did not imagine that
Congress could control the rates Of charges OF
railroads which were generally liked by the
charters granted them by the states.
The morning hour expiring the bin went over.
and the bill authorizing the suspension of
THE WRIT OF HABEAs CORPUS
until March 4, 1873, came up.
Mr. Irumbull moved to reconsider the order
sSoR,ed on Friday last that the bin shall Dc
MI Scott moved to lay the motion to recon-
slider on the table, which was carried.
Mr. bIair, who was entitled to the floor, gave
aware that any such order had been unani-
mously made on Friday.
MI Sprague meved to reconsider the vote of
me senate passing the steamboat bill, but the
Vice President ruled that the motion could not
now be made, the House having already asked
Tor committee of conference.
the hateas corpus bill. He said the act was to
give to the present President of the United
States the power to elect himself by force. 1t
was placing In his hands during the progress of
the presidential election the whole military
power OF the government, to be used at his dis
creti0n. 1t was one of q series Of acts, all hav-
ornsy passed L was NOT found Mlsn i s IS
prove any state Of circumstances which would
Justify It. Within two or three days it has been
Ghtoxi 6 mat federal supervisors Of election
the country, and the day of the presidential
election in Louisiana has been changed to bring
tSs n that state unds.
have no other object but to give the President
power to Reject himself by the bayonet Mar.
at law 20 carry elections e no device Of the
the APPRECIATION Of the present administration.
He desired to comment somewhat upon the rea-
s s eiven By The President to the House Of
law IN South Carolina, - set forth in House ex-
ecutive document 76 A similar RESOLUTION, to
suce6 bH n yss We intro
made to its confederation. The President did
not respond to the inquiry Of the resolution.
which called for the number and the dates Of
the offences committed against the kuklux
act OF Congress in the seven counties in
which he declared martial Law. The Pres
ident hes In no single instance given the
date Of any OF. the alleged offences. This
omission was premeditated, and with Q de-
liberate purpose TO create the iDpeession In
the country that the offenses were committed 81
or about the time martial Law ives proclaimed.
The fact was that the offences were mort of
them committed % much g nine or eighteen
Mr.. b. then quoted from the testimony that for
months before the passage Of the act South Car
oiina was . orderly a. any other community
pondence Of the New York Herald, to the effect
that he could find no single case Of resistance in
that vicinity to the federal authorities He
(Mr. b. dened the Senator from Pennsylvania
Ont. Scott to point the case OF one single