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Daily Kennebec Journal.
FOrty.SecoDd Congressional Session
WAsHIsoToN, 13.
House..

| Much Of the morning hour was wasted il
reading Mr.. Kelley's bill, sent up by Mr.. FL
bridge with the title altered, the object beinl
to prevent action on Mr.. Hooper's supple
mentarv civil rights bill.
| Mr.. voorhees, of Ind, rising to a persona
explanation submitted a paragraph from thu
Washington Republican, 10 the effect that HI
was hating and hesitating on the question o
| supporting Greeley, and as all his democratic
colleagues were all said to favor Greeley, HI
was likely to lose the favor of the distric
where his voice was so long potential. Hi
declared that he did not halt or hesitate as tt
the nominee of the Cincinnati convention
Whoever believed in his high protective prin
ciples might support him, hut he Voorhees,
would not. Greeley was the lifelong cham
pion of doctrines he (Voorhees) opposed
The most clamorous advocate in all the land
for Ku klux legislation, which desolated the
homes of southern people, while the present
administration had simply executed law
dictated 10 Congress by the Cincinnati NOM
inee. Within recent date Greeley has de-
sired further extension of the Presidents
power to suspend the habeas corpus, and he
was an earnest and urgent advocate of the
present force bay onet election law. He had
two months ago clamored in his great organ
for a law to place the elections in the State
OF New York under federal control and in
certain contingencies under control was such
man to receive his vote or to be President
Was he called upon as the friend of the
southern people, to vote for man who advo-
Gated the right of secession and yet when the
southern people did what he told them, no
Wild beast hungry for blood, over screamed
over its prey, as Greeley did ION to Rich
mond" to kill every one of them for doing
what he told them they had right to do. A
red sea of blood had not been enough to sat-
isfy this man, but he had also insisted upon
the confiscation of the homes and property
of women and children of the South. Others
might do as they pleased, but it was better to
be right than to proceed. He protested
against the right TO transfer tie democrats of
the country to camp where there was moth
ing belonging to them.
Mr.. Roosevelt of n. y, asked if Mr.. Voor-
hees would support the candidate of the Bal
timore convention.
MIR. VOORHEES, said was not in the habit of
voting against democratic nominations. He
believed that the gentleman himself would
have some difficulty in answering his own
questions, but he did not despair of success,
he would stand by his own party and would
vote for the man who represented them. He
had no fears of what the Baltimore Conven-
lion would do, but he could not vote for
man who spoke of the democratic party as
one to which all the haunts of debauchery
gave nine-tents of their birth
AIR. Voorhees, said he sometimes regarded
it as piece of restless inpertinence on the
part of Greeley TO offer himself as bail for
jeff Davis, and added that when Andrew
johnson and Edwin III. Stanton proposed to
arrest Generals Lee and Johnston aud others
there was but one man that conld prevent it.
Gen. Grant told them that these men had
given him there parole as soldiers, and that
parole should be respected. if he was driven to
take the stump, 10 press the claims Of Greeley
he would find candidate opposing him who
had done more and kinds things for the
South than this nominee had done.
Mr.. Roosevelt suggested that Mr.. Voor-
hees had been recently in conference with
President Grant.
Mr.. VOORHEES, said that he had not crossed
the threshold of the White House for three
years, and whoever made such statement
made vile calumny.
Mr.. Roosevelt SAID he had been informed
some days ago that such an interview oc-
Cured.
Mr.. Voorhees,. Then the gentleman asso-
ciates with men who don't tell the truth.
Mr.. Randall of Pa, asked if Mr.. Voorhees,
would have voted tor Judge Davis and ad.
vocated his election if nominated at the Gin
cinnati Convention.
MIR. VOORHEES, said there were many things
in common between their views, and Mr.
Davis if nominated would probably have been
accepted by the ma jority OF the democrats.
Mr.. Randall would not vote for either
of them if endorsed by the democratic con-
vention.
Mr. Bird of n. j., would not vote for either
of them if he was endorsed.
Mr. Kerr of Ind, said that so far as the
statement in the Republican referred to him
it was simply untrue.
Mr.. Niblack of Ind, made the same re-
mark, adding that nothing but the power of
organization would compel him to vote for
Greeley, but whenever the democratic party
acted on the question he would yield obedi-
ence to its action.
Mr.. Holman of Indiana, also repudiates the
Republicans article SO far as it referred to
him. He did not propose to forestall the
action of the Baltimore Convention.
Mr. Myers introduced and asked to have
pass, Il bill for the reliet of the sufferers by
the late fire at Somerset, Pa, similar to the
Chicago bill.
Mr.. Butler desired it extended to the sut-
ferers by the fire at Aver, Mass. Objection
was made and the bill was referred.
Mr.. Butler, from the Judiciary committee
reported bill removing political disabilities
from all persons in the rebellion, except
Senators and Representatives in the 36th and
37th Congresses, officers in judicial, military
and naval service of the United States and
heads of departments and foreign ministers
of the United States.
Mr.. Cox suggested that the bill was one OF
the results of Greeley's nomination.
Mr. Butler said that it was not, nor was i,
the result OF Mr.. Voorhees, speech.
The bill passed by the requisite two-thirds
vote, without division.
The Texas contested election case wa,
taken up, and ID. c. Giddings. the contestant
was elected and was sworn in.
The House at AS took recess.
The evening session was devoted to ,ht
hill mn Ii fuinu tho nan sinn Laws