Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-21
Forty-second Congressional Session
WASHINGTON, D. G., May 30.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, D. g., May 20.
SENATE.
l. Mr. Blair made long speech on the extern
asion of the kuklux bill, but had few listeners
either on the floor or in the galleries.
Mr.sSprague said he had received commuui.
| cations setting forth serious objections to the
| steamboat bill passed by the senate last week
| and moved to reconsider the vote. The vice
| president ruled the motion out of order, the
house having already acted on the bill, but said
| it would be in order TO send message to the
house, asking it to reconsider its former. action
| on the bill.
Mr. Cameron, chairman of the committee on
foreign relations, gave notice that he would ask
for an executive session at noon Wednesday.
Mr.. Wilson introduced bill authorizing the
adoption of a system Of general regulations for
the army, after which a recess was taken.
At the evening session consideration of the
habeaS corpus bill was resumed, MesSrs. Osborn,
Acorn and Ames taking part nlthe discussion :,
the main feature of which was coloquy be-
tween the two Mississippi senator's AlcOrn
charging Ames with really being a resident of
the state, and with assailing its people as muir
derers in former speech, wherein he said sixty
eight murders were committed within three
months OF Alcorn's administration rs governor
when but eighteen were really committed.
Mr.. Ames said that ever since his colleague
had been in the senate he had talked of nothing
but himself until tonight, and now that he had
brought in him (Ames) he would reply 1t
proper time.
MIR. Acorn contrasted the peace which pre-
vailed during his term as governor with the
violence and disorder when Ames was military
governor, and claimed that there had been no
kuklux convictions under his administration
nor under the rule of bayOnets. He protested
against the lives and liberties of the people of
Mississippi being placed under the heel of the
bayOnet; southern people won't come to the sup
port of any president who has the power placed
in his hands by congress to deprive them of their
liberties
Mr.. Pratt followed, reading from the test-
mOny of Governor Powers before the sub ku-
kluX committee TO the effect that the passage of
the kuklux law had most salutaiy effect in
Mississippi
The sharp and abusive personal discussion be-
tween Messrs. Ames and AlcGrn was kept up
until midnight, when the senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Hale introduced a bill to change the name
of the schooner Benjamin of Denneysvile, Me-
to Sea Lark, Referred to committee on com
merce.
Mr.. Bell of New Hampshire introduced bill
authorizing the proper accounting officers of the
treasury to adjust and pay the accounts Of such
railroad and transportation companies as rem
dered service in the transportation of troops and
military stores of the United States from August
/, 1861, to- August /, 1861, at the then current
tariff rates A number of railroad companies
in New England are interested in this BILL 1t
WAS ItltTFtu 10 tue cO0ll0lttec on Claims.
The states were called this morning as usual
for bills and resolutions for reference only
What remained of the morning hour was con-
sumed IN hlbustering motions to prevent ac-
ton on the supplemental civil rights bill.
The house refused to 90 into committee of the
whole on the tariff and tax BILL Is to 1885,
MIR. Snapp moved to suspend the rules and
pass resolution instructing the committee on
ways and means to report forthwith the senate
concurrent resolution for adjournment on the
10Th of May; rejected, yeas 1919, nays s2-less
than two-thirds in the affirmative.
Mr. Dawes moved that the rules be sus-
pended, and the committee Of the whole dis
charged from further consideration of the tariff
and tax bill, and that bill, as amended by the
committee, do pass. This includes the internal
revenue sections, and was all agreed to-, t47 to
90.
Following is the estimated reduction of duties
which the tariff bill effects Coal, S215 1854; salt,
S6i5,522; leather, 1929, 400; chicory, SOP $50 II ,
cotton, manufactures of, 81 OF ,3S3.25; wool
and manufactures of, S3,35s, 247.03 iron and
manufactures of, S1,376,61213; metals and
manufactures of, 1854 ,966.11 india rubber and
manufactures of, S53, 207 81; gutta percha and
manufactures of, $1,000; straw and manufac-
turers of, S65,S41.57; oil cloths and manufactur.
ers of, 2,7S6.61; steel and manufacturers of
$3.50 25626; burlaps, &C., and fax dressed no
estimate can be made; lumber and manufac-
lures Of, iS59S0.57; all other articles includ-
ing chemicals, &C., 1854 ,944.52; books printed.
&C., no estimate newspapers, periodicals, &C.,
ditt0i vermuth ditto; mustard, ground $40.
1926; currants, figs and raisins 81 086 517. so
copper and manufacturers Of, S87 1853 90; plate
glass, including silvered, S94 ,291 06; lin in
sheets or plates, S949, 017.S2; screws, embraced
in iron reduction; moisie iron, no estimate:
paper, manufactures of not inclnded So ,lO1 10 I;
total reduction, dutiable, S11 ,076 ,629.56: free
list, sis569 1885, total reduction, s29, 645, RS,
06.
Mr.. Dawes then moved to suspend the rules
and concur in the senate resolution for anal adj.
lournment on the 29th of May; agreed TO, yeas
1862, nays 81.
with clappng Of hands aud general jubilation
among the members.
The negative votes were by AyerIll, Barber,