New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-24
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HOW THE AMNESTY BILL Is TO BE KILLED-THE
NEW ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS NATIONAL EDU-
CATIONAL FUND-TlIE LEGISLATIVE APPRo-
PRIATION BILL.
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WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Jan. %, 1877.
Ne bln with 80 strong backing IA the Amnesty bill
has in the Senate managed by its friends
This bill came tho Senate with clear majority OF
twothrds in its favor, and nothing required but
skul engineering TO push IL through within day or
two. The friends OF the bill warned beforehand
what the tactics Of ts opponents would be. They knew
that the minority, who were determined that no Am
nesty bill should be passed, such men as Morton.
Conkng. Edmunds, Nye, and Chandler, would
attempt to load IL down with amendments and thus de-
feat IL. For while the friends Of amnesty stood to-
gether in opposition to all amendments and voted them
all down until the Senate evidently just the point
OF passing the bill II from the House, when
gentleman who claims a seat In the Senate, and who
feared that the passage OF the bill would prejudice his
appeared the floor and, by his personal appeals,
secured the adoption OF an amendment, and the
bill for the tno defeated. Mr.. Sumner spent
the recess in preparing TO urge upon the Senate
with redoubled zeal his Civil Rights bill as an amend
ment to the Amnesty bil and his gained many
friends, who saw In the arguments In It's favor the
strongest ground that could be taken against the orig
nal measure. Men who had effectively, II not openly,
opposed the bill in the last Congress; Administration
Senators, who, members OF theJudciary Committee,
must have voted against it, for the Judiciary Committee
OF the last Congress reported adyersey men who are
generally great sckers for the properties OF legsa-
ton, but who objection to loading
BILL which requires twothlrd vote to pass with an'
amendment which can be passed by bare majority,
and which everybody knows the majority in favor Of
so that 1t can be taken up any day and passed. All OF
these suddenly converted to Mr.. Summers way
OF thinking because it only way in which Amnesty
can be defeated without appearing to oppose the
President. "Why," said a shrewd observer In
the gallery to-day, " Conkng, Morton, and
the other Administration Republicans, who are
now clamorous for Civil Rights cannot surely be
honest in what they say or they would move to post
poue the pending bill aud all amendments, and take
up the first bill upon the calendar, which is identical
with Mr. Summers amendment. They could do that and
they could pass that bill in day, for the Democrats
would vote TO let them take it up though they would
against in the end, for they would like to see IL
disposed OF and out OF the way" The debate to-day
wandered off from the subjects Of Amnesty and Civil
Rights into acrimonious political discussion. Senator
Morton opposed amnesty with all the vgor he could
command turning aside from the argument to denounce
Rebels and paint the blacklist cOOrs the terrible cal
antilles which would attend the accession Of the Demo
Gratis again power Mr. Thurman took the floor In de-
Tense OF the Democracy, and gallant
defense he made OF terribly weak cause
Some parts Of his speech were, however, exceedingly
well taken. He could not understand the policy of this
Administration lie could not tel what 1t meant
when the President recommended amnesty that his par
tcuar friends in the Senate arrayed themselves against
It, he equally at loss to understand the tactics
the in regard 20 Civil Service Reform. Be
fore the debate over, two unsavory relics Of old
political campaigns dug up-Frank Blars letter
OF 1868 and Mr. MortOns 1855 speech. The Senate,
parenty,is not In hurry to get through with this
measure since agreement could be made TO vote upon
II tomorrow.
Mr. Trumbuli. from the Senate Committee on the JndI-
cary, reported to-day substitute for the House Ap
portionment bill. The bill leaves the number Of Rep
resentatives IN the House the same at present Ac
companying the bill was set Of tables showing The
which the conclusions OF the bill arrived
at The representation Of four States Delaware pOpuh
ton, 125Ol5, Nebraska population, 12292D, Nevada
population, 4249p, and oregan population, 9o932,
fixed by the Constitution, neither Of them having
population great enough 10 entitle II TO one member.
IL Il proposed to make the House-as
contain 2i3 members. and deducting four from
the states OF Delaware, Nebraska, Nevada
and Oregon. there are left 239 members who are
represent the 37,73i3l people Of the other States
Dividing the latter number by .the former gives
1883 77lOO, the number Of inhabitants which each
member is to represent. Dividing the population OF
each state by this ratio Of population TO representation
gives the result shown In the bill reported This cal
cuaOn is based the total population, ignoring the
provisions Of the Fourteenth Amendment, aud gives
equal division by the ratio of 222 members by fractions
II members and by the Constitutions Exactly the
result is arrived at when the calculation is based the
representative population OF the country after the de-
ducons made in accordance with the provisions OF
the Fourteenth Amendment The ratio I'm the latter
would be representative 10 I57,lO9 people.
This bill will be called up somelday this week II the
Amnesty bill does not occupy the whole time and there
is doubt that il will be hotly opposed by the Repre-
sentatyes Of nearly all those States which lose Repre-
senatyes, and il will not he passed without long and
excited debate The States which gain Representatives
according TO this plan of the Judiciary Committee
follows: California l. Georgia, j; Illinois, 2; Iowa, 2;
Kansas !; Michigan, l. Minnesota, D.; Missouri, 2; New
nect!cut, l; Kentucky, i; Massachusetts, l; New
Hampshire, l. Maine, NewYOrk, 3; Ohio, 2; Pennsyl
vania, 2; Rhode Island !; Vermont
skillful irliamenaran Of the Senate said, to-day.
that II he had charge OF the Amnesty BILL he would ask
his friends to vote for the Civil Rights amendment, and
for the bill amended When the bill went back to the
House that body would concur and Committee Of
Conference would be appointed The Senate could then
rcedc from the amendment, and agree 10 the confer
ence report OF the clean Amnesty bill by IA majority
vote.
long bill 10 promote the development OF the mining
resources OF the United States passed in the morn
ing hour In the House without opposition, nobody but
the Pacific coast members taking any interest in It.
The Education and Labor Committee reported their
bin TO devote the proceeds OF the sale of the public lands
TO educational purposes, which passed further than
the reading when the hour expired, and Gen. Garfield
called up the Miscellaneous Appropriation bill. which
was the special order, and the House went into
Committee OF the Whole. with Mr.. Wheeler OF New
York in the chair. Gen. Garfield, who IL lover
OF statistics, aud always find something interesting
In figures spoke hour explaining the bill and giving
some interesting information about the effect OF wars
Increasing ordinary Government expenditures long after
the dose OF hosttie He sad the history OF the coun-
try showed that 1t took about twice many years OF
peace there had been OF war 10 get back
to normal level Of expenditures. He looked
for a steady decrease from year 70 year, until
1876, when the lowest attainable level would
probably be reached, and thenceforward the expenses
would slowly increase with the growth OF population
and settled territory. The Committee had been able
to make Reduction u about 100000 on the total ap
preparations for th present fiscal year Or the tOtai