Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-01-27
CONGRESSIONAL.
AppOrtiOnment, Adjournment,
Amnesty and Negro Rights.
ChaS. Sumner ''GOes It Alone" !"
SENATE.

ChaS. Sumner ''GOeS It Alone.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 26.-Ntr.
Wright presented the credentials Of Senator
elect, VIM. B. Allison, of Iowa.
Bridge at Evansville.
MIR. Morton introduced bill authorizing
the construction of a railroad bridge across
the Ohio river at or near Evansville, Ind,
The bridge IS to have an unbroken span of
at least 400 feet over the main channel and
may be constructed by the Evansville and
Charlottesville, the Lake Erie and South
western, the st. Louis and Southeastern
Railroad companies, and the city of Evans
vile.
Adjournment.
MIR. Morton moved to take up his resOlu-
ton on adjournment May 20.
Messrs. Sumner and Trumbull opposed
the motion. The resolution was taken up.
Mr.. SchurZ modified his amendment, SO
as to provide that Congress shall not adj
JOurn without passing the civil service re-
form law. A rejection OF this amendment
he Thought; would indicate that the Senate
0--
ment was fixed now the minority could
have the power to prevent leshslation.
The amendment was rejected by 80 to I6.
The pending amendment then was Mr..
Summers, providing that no adjournment
take place until after the passage of the sup
Elementary civil rights bill.
Mr.. Trumbull moved 10 amend the
amendment by adding "nor until the Senate
shall have come to a vote on the bill from
the House Of Representatives to repeal the
duty on coal.'
Mr.. Sumner asked Mr.. Morton his reason
for urging an adjournment resolution.
Mr.. Morton didn't wish to discuss the
question, but said he hoped Mr.. Sumner
would not attempt to prevent final action
on it by interposing an amendment of this
character. / am for his civil rights, as he
knows, but if we cannot pass it by the 29th
Of May we can't pass it at all. am op-
posed to saying we shall stay here until we
do pass it.
Mr.. Sumner-Mr. President I am glad
that the Senator has expressed himself
You have heard him, and now you shall
hear the answer; and know that neither the
Senator himself nor any other Senator can
answer the answer that | shall make to his
remarks: nave before me the Globe of May
6, 1870, when there was a resolution before
us TO adjourn sine die on the 45h Of July
mark you, sir, that resolution was discussed
not on the Goth of January, as this is, but
on the 9th of May; and how was It en-
countered by my friend from Indiana?
Why, sir, he pleaded against 1t with his accus-
toned eloquence, because We could not do
justice to the tariff, the very subject that Is
now presented by the Senator from Illinois,
(Mr. TrumbulD. That subject is now be-
fore us. 1t is urgent. 1t is practical, and
the Senator now proposes to cut off the
opportunity for that full discussion Of it
which on a former occasion he invoked.
Mr.. Morrill, (Verm0nt)-Does not the
Senator from Massachusetts know that since
that time the tariff has been acted upon?
Have We not reduced the revenue very
largely?
MIR. Trumbull-The revenue was larger
last year than it ever was before.
Mr.. Sumner-The Senator from Vernon
will find himself answered by the Senator
from Illinois.
Mr.. Sumner continued to read from Nor
tons remarks to the same effect until the
expiration Of the morning hour.
APPOrtiOnment.
Mr.. Trumbull then called for the regular
order [the appOTtionment biu.)
Mr.. MortOn-I move to suspend the regu-
lar order, and all other business, for the
purpose Of proceeding with this resolution.
Mr.. TTumbull then addressed the Senate
on the aPportionment bill, and explained
the amendments reported by the Judiciary
Committee and the table accompanying the
report.
Mr.. Morton favored a House of at least
three hundred members. He also favored
the House bill as fairer than the Senate
substitute, and said the latter went out of
its way to make an unfair discrimination
against the Republican party. He had
made calculation, assuming that the Re
publicans would be sure to carry certain
States at the next election, which showed
that the adoption of the Senate substitute
instead Of the House bill would cause
loss TO the Republican party
of twenty-five electoral votes, and
twenty-five members of the House
The States assumed as certain to g
Republican were New y ork, Massachusetts,
New Jersey, North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, Mississippi, Arkansas, Ohio, Illinois,
lows, Michigan, Wisconsin, California,
Minnesota and Kansas. OF course, If the
hOuSt Dlll W dS llDJ q idlI OllCy liz SIiOul4 llOL
ask the Senate TO support it, no matter how
advantageous it might be to the predomi
nant party; but it was really more fair and
just one on every principle than the Senate
amendment.
Mr.. Patterson said he wished to see the
members Of the House increased TO three
hundred, and if the House bill could be
amended in that particular he would prefer
it to the Senate amendment.
Mr.. Thurman said that, while the House
bill was more favorable to his own State
than the Senate substitute, he was con-
vinced that the latter was fairer bill, and
more in accordance with the Constitution.
Mr.. Edmunds moved to amend the sub
stitute so as TO make the whole number Of
members 800. LOst-16 to 81.
Mr.. Morton moved 10 strike out the third
section of the bill, which provides that no
new States shall be admitted until they
have certain population.
The bill was made the regular order for
tomorrow, the vote TO betaken at o'clock.
Adjournment Again.
Mr.. Morton then agsin called up the res
olution for final adjournment on the goth Of
May.
Mr.. Sumner opposed it and argued
against any adjournment until necessary
laws should have been passed for the pro-