The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-29
WASHINGTON.
The Ku kIux Bill Killed
in the House.
CIVIL RIGHTS ALSO PUT BACK.
The Final Adjournment
Middle.
BUSINESS REMAINING FOR ACTION.
The Senate and the
Tariff.
The Vanished Archives Of the
War Department.
FISH REPORTED READY TO RESIGN.
The Senate and the
Tariff.
The Vanished Archives of the
War Department.
FISH REPORTED READY TO RESIGN.
HIS sue Ess OR.

WASHINGTON, D. c. May %, 1872.
The Prospects or Final Adjournment-
Unfinished Lcgislation VS.. q Presiden-
tial Campaign.
The adjournment middle has reached condition
where the House will have second opportunity to
control it regardless Of the evident inclination Of
the Senate for q prolongation Of the session. The
latter body began the agitation OF the question with
. buster which indicated that in its opinion the
House would undoubtedly show itself to be incom-
petent to fix the date resolution was passed
directing the presiding oficers to declare their
Bpective bodies adjourned sine die tomorrow,
ON which the House neglected to take
action, but in lieu thereof sent back
to the Senate resolution in which
next Monday was determined as the date subse-
quently the House adopted the resolution to ad-
journ tomorrow, and from that time forth the
Senate was in its power because, both houses hav-
ing agreed, the presiding officers were compelled
to declare the adjournment. But the House re-
Tented yesterday under pressure Of apparent me-
cessity for extension OF time to allow the Senate
to act on the Appropriation and Tariff bills, and
passed another resolution to adjourn on the Sd
pr0ximo This latter was laid before the Senate
this morning, and, being accepted by that body as
virtual resembling so far as the House could do
It, Of the resolution fixing tomorrow as the day Of
adjournment, Mr.. Chandler moved that the Senate
also rescind. his motion had prevailed the
record would have been cleared Of all conflicting
propositions, and the only one pending would have
been the second House resolution to adjourn next
Monday. or course there have been many and d.
verse influences at work to produce this muddled
result the first of which was the arrogant desire OF
the Senate frustrated by the habitual garrulousness
or lazness Of its MEMBERS to dictate to the house,
and the second and most potential, the exigencies
of the political situation. In addition to this the
administration members are divided In opinion re-
garding the policy Of continuing in force the Ku
Klux bills and few Of them have been opposed to
6nal action on the Civil Rights bill.
The democrats, who are opposed to both
the Ku Klux and Civil Rights bills, and
supported more less directly by the liberal re-
publicans, as well as by the dog-in-the manager
policy Of Mr.. Sumner in the Senate, have succeeded
In combining to force the present dilemma. The
liberal republicans were also sustained by not o
few regulars who insisted that 1t was to say the
least unwse II not unrepublican, to give the Presi
dent the power conferred by the Ku Klux bill to
suspend the writ OF habeas corpus pending con-
test in which he is certain to be candidate for re-
election Among these regulars was Speaker
Blaine and other prominent New England radicals.
Mr. Conkling in the Senate, obeying the
pehest Of the administration, began the
light to prolong the session for the pur-
pose Of securing action on the Ku Klux bill
yesterday. Mr.. Chandler, in attempting to rescind
the resolution to adjourn May 20, merely followed
Conkling's lead 1t has been said that the Pres
dent was exceedingly anxious that the bill should
pass but there Is good authority for the statement
that he has not given public expression to such an
opinion. It's passage Is urged mainly by combina-
tIon Of extreme Southern and Northern radicals,
under the leadership of General Butler. The
President is, In fact, discrcetly neutral in the
premises, and, although Messrs. Conkling and
Chandler may be presumed to speak directly for
him. 1t s authoritatively known tonight that they
have acted thus far without suggestion from him.
Not few republicans doubt the policy Of continuing
the session beyond the Philadelphia Convention for
the reason that the temptation to make political
speeches and the provocatiOn to commence the
Presidential campaign on the floors of Congress
may be irresistible. In the discussion this morning
Mr.. Morrell, Of Maine, insisted that it was impos-
sble for the Senate to complete creditable action
on pending business In time to adjourn next Mon
day. and in this opinion he was sustained by the be-
def OF majority Of the members present; but as
already explained, the political exigencies of the
situation dictated another course. Consequently
Mr.. Chambers motion to rescind was laid on the
table by eAe combined vote OF the democrats and
liberals who we're opposed to the doubtful pending
political legislation. This action left the matter in
Q precarious condition. for the reason that the
resolution to adjourn tomorrow was stiH in force,
and Mr. Trumbull threatened to talk against time for
the purpose of defeating further action. Mr.. sher-
man was decidedly severe in his illusions to both
Trumbull and Sumner. To the former for his evil
dent desire to talk politics. and to the latter for
his incessant demands either of personal charac.
ter or to revive dead political issues Finally the
House resolution fixing June as the date was
taken up and concurred in. This does not finally
dispose OF the matter, however. 1t is understood
that number OF Senators who voted for concur
renee, being in favor OF further extension did so
merely to tide the question over tomorrow, and
It be believed that they will make another effort 20
prol0ng the session.
Refusal Of ahe House fo Take Up the Ku
KIux and Civil Rights Bills.
The attempt foreshadowed in these dispatches
By the extreme radicals in the House, to take the
KIN Klux bill from the Speakers table, at the bot
tom OF which it Les and put II on Its passage, was
made to-day and resulted a signal failure. The
vote od:-Yeas 10s nays 81. The melton was to
suspend the rules, and two-thrds we're required TO
carry IT, The democrats were sustained by such
repuphea0 members as Amber, Blair of Michigan,
cotton, Donnan, Farnsvorth, Fnkelnhurg, Garfield
Hale, Hay, Kellogg, McCrary, Peters, sheldon
stoughton, Strong, sypher and willard. The
Affirmative vote embraced all the ex
freme radicals from the South. and the
regular republicans, from the North. The
result was hailed with demonstrations OF approoa
tion from all parts Of the chamber Subsequently
Mr.. Maynard moved the same tactics, for the pnr.
pose Of reaching the Civil Rights hii with similar
result the yeas to suspend the rules being lls and
the nays against suspension SO.
These great political bugbcars being: thus tempo.
rsrily dispcAed OF the House proceededto the con.
sderstion Of the less important blls and disposed
OF large amotat OF business
The TA>riH and the Senate.
The Senate, when it finally took up the Tariff bin
to-day, made rapid progress with its consideration
and will doubtless be enaed to send It back to the
House tomorrow evening. The bill. as reported by