Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-06-09
The Struggle Opens in the House.
The Issue Postponed TIL Monday.


SENATE.
IWe take up The proceedings where the
telegraph broke off Friday night. The pend
ing question being on Kellog's amendment
lacking the supplemental enforcement bill
on the sundry appropriation bill, and Sum-
ner having offered bis inevitable civil rights
bill as an additional atnendment.l
Mr.. Casserly concluded: What spec
tacle for the great majority party In Con-
gress to put their bayonet election law into
an appropriation bill, for the benefit OF their
chief, who is the head Of the armies.
Mr.. Trumbull called attention to the fact
that there was no quorum In the chamber,
and moved to adjourn. Rejected.
Mr.. Stockton argued that the amend
ment was new legislation, and charged that
the action of the majority was bad faith to
the minority.
Mr.. Anthony was willing to rescind the
rule limiting debate ITO five minutes5
Mr.. Thurman said no one complained of
the rule il it were adhered to, and amend
ments not germane were excluded,
Mr.. Blair at 11;40 r. NJ. moved to ad-
iourn, Lost. -.4 ---..e -
Mr.. Salisbury denounced the action of
the majority as bad faith and oppression, in
hCCpiAlE Will bAlO WnOAO hLoJOts VI bAC LtC-
publican party since ite conception.
At O'Clock A. NJ. another motion was
made to adjourn. Rejected.
Mr.. Edmunds inquired why not pass the
bill before a1journing.
Mr.. Thurman said many amendments
were yet to be offered. He should offer
the steamboat bill and the bill relative to
public buildings in Cincinnati.
l., to1 1T
session prolonged this way over 30 small
matter. The pending amendment ought
not to occupy'an hour. Its very plain,
simple provision. .nr 4
Mr.. Edmunds-Merely to appoint two
supervisors Of elections, one from each
party.
A motion to adjourn was again lost. The
Senate is still in session at A. NJ.
Mr.. Upton was much urprised at the
remarks of Mr.. Sherman. Each Senator
was pledged as an honorable man not to at
tempt to place riders On the appropriation
bills. The Senator from Louisiana would
not have introduced this matter unless he
had assurance that it would be considered
germane by the majority.
Mr.. Salisbury spoke upon the enforce
ment amendment, when another motion to
adjourn was made, which, after colloquy,
was lost.
Mr.. Hamilton, of Maryland, protested
against such legislation. He, as well as
Mr.. Upton, argued that under the rule ex-
Guiding new legislation and amendments
not germane to bill before the Senate,
this amendment ought not to have been re-
ceived.
Another motion 10 adjourn was here (3:l0
P. NJ put and lost, and Mr.. Hamilton re-
sumed. He commended that Maryland
would indorse the Baltimore nominees, and
the forty thousand negro Republican voters
of that State would be oUtYoted by white
Democrats.
Messrs. Stevenson, Edmunds and Stock
ton continued.
At $50 Mr.. Hill suggested recess, but
it was not entertained.
At 6:55 the question to indefinitely post
pUne the bill was lost.
Sumner sent up bis Supplementary Civil
Rights bill as an amendment.
The Chair ruled it out of order.
Sumner appealed, and his appeal was
tabled.
Kellcgg's enforcement amendment was
then adopted; yeas 81, nays II.
Several amendments were offered but
tabled.
A bill then passed; yeas 80, nays 10.
The Conference Committee on the bill
was then appointed, and at 8 O'Clock this
morning the Senate adjourned till six this
evening. e.. " E
Thanks TO COIfax.
The Senate reassembled at 6P.M.
Mr.. Anthony was chosen President pro
tenn. and a resolution Of thanks to Vice
President Colfax for the courtesy, dignity,
ability and impartiality exhibited by him as
the presiding officer, was unanimously
passed.
Memorial of Anna Ella Carroll asking
compensation for valuable information fur
nished the War Department during the war
was ordered printed.
Bill authorizing the President to appoint
commissioners to the Vienna International
Exhibition in 1873, passed.
After some debate on the ADacostia Rail-
road bill, without action, the Senate went
into executive session, and adjourned to Q
O'Clock Monday morning.
HOUSE.
The bill to remove the political disabilities
of Judge L. NJ. Curry, of Richmond, Va,
passed with amendments, adding the names
of half dozen other residents Of Virginia,
and of G. 3. Memminger, OF Charleston,
S. c.
The amendments of the Senate to the
Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill having been
sent to the House, Mr.. Garfield moved that
they be referred to the Committee on Ap-
preparations.
This was opposed by Mr.. Brooks, on the
ground that it would be facilitating the pass
age of the bill with the Objectionable amend
ment known as
The Enforcement act.
The Speaker, in reply to question,
stated that the bill was now on the Speak
er's table, and could not be reached with
out a twO-third's majority, while it would
only require majority vote TO pass it after
it came from the Committee on Appropria-
tiOns.
The bill restoring the right of homestead
entry to certain soldiers and sailors who
had forfeited that right on technical grounds,
passed.
The morning hour having expired, Mr..
Garfield moved, at $3.50 P. M, to proceed to
the business on the Speakers table, mo-
ton which required only a majority vote,
and which would enable the House to reach
the sundry civil appropriation bill. This
motion started a
FiIibusteriBg
movement on the part of the Democrats
commencing with motion by Holmes that
the House take recess till Z O'Clock p. NJ.
and one by Mr.. Eldridge that the House
adjourn, on each of which motions the
yeas and nays were demanded.
After wasting another hour in voting by
yeas and nays, Mr.. Garfield moved to nom
concur in the Senate amendments, aud re-
fer them TO a conference committee.
Mr.. Campbell favored the motion.
Mr.. Beck stated that the Democrats
would vote for everything but the Bayonet
amendment, and suggested that the Com
mittee on Aspirations take the bill as it
now stood, with the exception Of that OBJ
noXious amendment, and pass it as an
original bill and send it to the Senate.
Mr.. Garfield said in objection that there
were many other amendments which ought
[not] to be agreed to. They increased the
appropriations by 81, 100000.
Mr.. Beck thought it better to let that
amounted be wasted than to place bayonets
at every polling place in the country.
Mr. Framework oru11ad that fbo r,iDor