The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-11
Civil! Rights Put on the Sem
ate Calendar.
TIIB FIGHT FOR GOAT ISLAND.
Louisiana and the Presidential
Election.
The FOf.tisicatioH ApprO-
P5'isatfOnS PASSED.
..IG IRONS pION S
~ a~.5 -. l.,
.IG IRONS CHAMPIONS
The Liberal Candidates Friends
in the Majority.
SENATE
WAsEINGToY, Maybe, 1872.

On motion OF Mr.. CHANDLER, lrep.} OF Mich. Tues
day evening next waa assigned for the constdera-
ton OF bills reported from the Committee on Com
mercc.
Mr.. MORRILL, irep.l OF vt, reported from the
Committee Puhic Buildings ana Grounds q bill
authorizing the Secretary OF the Treasury TO par
chase site in Fall River Mass, for the United
States public buildings, not to cost more than
s2pU,0oo.
cfyII. RIGHTS
Mr.. SUMNER, psp3 OF Mass, introduced anew his
supplementary Civil Rights bill and moved TO have
II placed on the calendar
MIR. BhYARD, tdem.) or Del, moved to refer it 10
tn e Committee on the Judiciary.
At the expiration of the morning hour the bill
was ordered TO be prntoc and placed on the calen-
lar, subject to the molten so refer
Mr. MORRILL,. by consents reported bin anthoriz-
ing the Secretary of the Treasury TO urchase pa
site for United States publsc buildings at Rockland
Me, and appropriatng $4,000 for the object
THE GOAT ISLAND JOB
Mr. COLE, rep.) OF Cal, offered the following, and
asked It's immediate considers tiOn:-
a the a. oS S s ns aTer as1 to
teInation in his possessios hearing upon the
poses including information relating the expe-
;lusysy and az also relating . the effect i The
the mats land with railroad structures
Mr. STEWART, Ucp.) OF New, said that the inform
alton asked for was already before the Senate and
he objected to the consideration or the resolution
unless the Senators from California would agree
that the Hoase bill should be referred TO the Com
mittee on Pacific Railroads.
Mr.. CAssERLy, (dcm.) OF Cal-Thst IL a singular
bargain for the Senator to ask us to make.
The resolution went over.
INDIAN DEFENCE.
Mr.. WILSON, (rep.) OF Mass, called mp the bill
authorizing the issue OF 1000 breecI0ading arms
TO the inhabitants OF Montana for defence against
the Indians. Passed.
THE LOUISIANA ELECTIONS.
Mr. KELLOGG, (rep.i OF La, called up the Louisiana
Election bill.
Mr. CAssERIY denounced it as one more step
toward general iorcibie Congressional control Of
length knowing that its passage was foreordained
by the Senatorial caucus.
Mr.. BAyARD questioned the constitutional power
of Congress to pass the bill, and incidentally said
that having examined the election laws of
Louisiana he was satisfied that they were framed
Tor the purpose OF facilitating fraud in the interest
OF the dominant party.
Mr.. TRUMBULL, trepl Of H., opposed the bin on
the same ground.
Mr.. CARPENTER, rep) OF Wis, denied that the
bill had any other object than to save the ex-
pense and trouble of two elections.
Mr. MORTON, trep.) OF Ind, expressed the same
view and in reply to MT. Bayard said that the
election laws of Louisiana vested extraordinary
powers in the Governor OF the State and that as
the present Governor had now abandoned the
republican party and joined its opponents, they
were probably expecting to have those powers eX-
ercised for their benefit
Mr.. BAYARD said he would object just as strongly
10 giving such powers TO political friend as to an
opponent.
Mr.. MORTON read extracts from the report OF the
House Committee on the Louisiana riots to show
u. disturbed condition Of taat State prior to the
last Presidential election and argued that his bill
was necessary to guard against similar outrages at
the next election.
Mr.. BLAIR, tiem1 OF No. said that the report
from which Mr. Morton read partisan docu-
ment, and charged that the majority of the Ku
KlnX Committee appointed to investigate the con.
aiton of the South last year had oyerruled all
attempts by the minority TO investigate the state Of
affairs IN Louisiana, because they were afraid to
face the facts
Messrs PRATT rep) OF Ind, and SCOTT (repD
OF Pa, denied this, and said that the reason the
majority refused to investigate Louisiana was that
they Thought 1t their duty to do first what the
committee was appointed TO do-inquire into the
Ku Klux outrages-and had not time 70 do
more.
After desutory political discussion the bill was
passed.
The Senate then held brief executive session,
after which the open session was resumed and the
bill to
AMEND THE ENFORCEMENT ACT
was taken up The act provides for the appoint
ment of supervisors OF election at Congressional
elections in each voting precinct, and where re-
quest is made for such by two citizens.
In the discussion that cnsued Mr.. KELLOGG re-
ferred to State onicals and other .'liberal repub
cans from Louisiana who attended the Cincin-
natl Convention as .sthieves and rascas,n who had
oppressed and plundered the State, and said it was
they, with 1.-The rag, tag and bobtailn from other
States, who turned the scale in that Convention.
Mr.. CAssERLY-I wish the Senator would state
whether these persons whom he denounces commit
ted the outrage which he denounces before after
they became liberalized. uanghter)
Mr. KELLoGG-Before and after.
Mr.. KELLOGG again intimated that many of the
delegates TO Cincinnati were no better than those
from Louisiana, and called upon the Senators from
Georgia and Texas to state who the men that
assumed TO represent those States In the Conven-
ton.
Mr.. HAMILTON, trep.l of Texas can say for the
delegates from Texas that there was not a capet-
Dagger among them. UaughtcrD
Mr.. KELLOGG, at quarter past five O'Clock,
yielded to motion to adjourn, and without acting