The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-02-01
WASHINGTON.
CONGRESSIONAL.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. %.
Mr.. harlan presented a memorial of the
Enoc'av Indians protesting against the estab-
4snment OF Territorial government in the
Indian Territory.
MI sawyer presented resolutions of the
SCUM carolina Legislature, instructing the
civil rights bill.
Mr. wilson introduced bill 10 prohibit
the importation of the South Sea Islanders
by American citizens, and said that a slave
trade h.d recently sprung up in these islands
The forenoon hour expiring The Amnes,v
ball came up, and Mr.. Merrill. OF Maine
addressed the Senate at length in favor ~
the bill, and in opposition to Summers
amendment.
Mr.. Flanagan followed. He said he was
in favor of the Amnesty bill, AMI also The
amendment; but there were men in the
South for whose relief he would not vote
jefferson Davis, for instance. He criticized
Horace Greeley for going bail for Davis, and
announced his own belief in the good old
doctrine that "Americans should rule
America
Finally the Amnesty bill was postponed
and made special order for Monday =,
o'clock. the final vote il TO, to he taken
till Tuesday.
A resolution to adjourn to Monday was
lost
The Apportionment bill was taken up and
the Senate went into executive session. and
soon after adjourned.
After tie introduction Of several petitions
and bills the educational fund bill was taken
up and Mr.. HOar spoke thereon.
Mr.. Hoar continued at length and ap-
peaied to the Government. whose States were
unfortunate in regard to illiteracy, to join in
the attempt TO remedy the evil.
Mr.. Bnrchard supported the bill, though
he favored some modification.
Mr.. Poland reported from the Join; Com
mittee on Southern Outragss. The report
recommends the adoption of q resolution
calling on the President for the information
on which he acted in exercising in the State
otSouth Carolina the powers conferred upon
him in the act of april Goth, 1871. The
ku klux Act with the names of the persons
imprisoned, and with all the particulars;
also, such other information as will convey a
correct idea of the State society and security
Of life and property in that State, in North
Carolina, Kentucky, Mississippi, Texas and
Louisiana, including the recen; Legislative
confic. there.
Mr.. Beck offered 4 substitute, coniining
the information asked to the Stale of South
Carolina, inasmuch as that was the only
State where martial law existed, and as it
would require monthsto give all the informa-
tion required in the original resolution.
After some discussion, Mr.. Beck's subs,i-
tute was rejected, and Mr.. Poland's resolu.
tion adopted.
Mr.. Hale, from the Committee on App-o-
priations, repor;eda naval appropriation bill,
which was made special order for Tuesday
next. The bill appropriates s., ,943,347
The House went into Committee of the
Whole on the general legislative apportion-
ment bill.
In reference to the punishment of frauds
in the pension office, Mr. Garfield stated that
the Committee of Ways and Means had been
assured By the Secretary of the Interior that
fully One-fourth Of the pensions now paid were
frands. He had been 50 startled by such an
extraordinary statement that he had written
TO the Commissioner of Pensions, who con-
frmed the statement.
Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts, and Mr..
Hale, of Maine, made remarks confrmatory
Of the statement.
Adjourned.