Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1872-06-11
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
XLIInd CONGRESS. End SESSION.

SENATE. Monday, June 2 2-Messrs. Car
penter and Logan occupied the day In political
speeches.
HoUsE.-Mr. Beck moved to suspend the
rules and pass the bill providing that attorneys
or claims agents before Congress or the depart.
ments shall file afidaVits that neither they nor
others have any interest, direct or indirect with
the claim or any agreement for compensation,
except as they shall specify. and which shall
not exceed ten per cent of the amount of the
claim. Mr.. Peters said the bill had been be-
fore the judiciary and had received no favor
1t had some very objectional features and should
not pass. The bill was rejected by vote of 20
ayes to 94 nays.
SENATE.-Tuesday, June 4-The conference
report upon the tariff and tax bill was concurr-
ed in
The day was spent in discussing the New
Ork custom house.
HOUSE : The forenoon was occupied in dis
posing of private bills.
The bill distributing the quota of arms to the
insurrectionary States from 1862 to 1859 was
passed
Another disability removing bill was passed.
The conference report On the tariff and tax
bill was adopted. The bill now goes to the
President for approval. The tax-chauges take
effect on the lst of July. and the tariff on the
1st of August. The reduction of revenue by
on friction matches was restored, the revenue
from which is So, 500 O00
The House adjourned to Friday.
Sumner Speech-Its Effect in the Senate.
We extract from the Washington letter of
the New York Tribune the following account of
the scene in the Senate on Friday upon the oc-
casion of Summers speech:
When he (Sumner) had proceeded far enough
to show the general drift of the speech, the
CONSERVATION and anger of the ring of the Ad-
mlnstration managers was apparent. For
| few minutes they sat and scowled, and looked
each in the others faces, then attempted to
| read newspapers and to write letters. This last
ed but a few minutes. Mr.. Carpenter, after
turning uneasy on his seat and splitting over
the back of bis chair few times, walked down
to Mr.. Conkling s seat, where the two senator's
stood long time 10 the aisle in the most earn
est consultation. Mr.. Sumner stopped, remark
ing that he would wait for the conference to
close. The Vice-President's gavel fell once,
twice, three times, and still the conference went
on, aud MIR. Sumner was obliged to proceed
while the two senator's continued their conversa-
| ton. Soon after they went across to Mr.. Coles
desk and he soon after asked Mr. Sumner to
yield. that he might offer a resolution rescind-
| ing the adjournment resolution. Soon after a
caucus of half dozen took place near the GEN.
trail door of the chamber, which presently broke
up with many knowing mods and shakes of the
head. Mr.. CoDkling then retired to bis sea
where he remained during the remainder OF
the speech, reading his late speeches in the
Globe and writing letters. Senators Morton,
Chandler, and the rest of the senatorial cabal,
could ill-conceal their anger,
No notice of this speech having been given
beforehand, the galleries were not more than
half full when Mr. Sumner began. But the
news was not slow to so out, and one by one
the seats in the galleries were filed, until be-
fore he closed not only was every seat occupied,
but the entire vacant space outside the bar o
the Senate sas crowded with members Of th,
House.
Little comment has yet been made upon tn
speech, recess of barely two hours in the seS
sion of the Senate having taken place since it
close One of the oldest senator's from New
England, friend of General Grant, VIII
throughout the speech wore the countenance o
man at funeral, said that if his advise, give
to the Administration a year ago, had bee
needed, all of this might have been prevented
A western senator said that the speech wa
, simply terrible.