New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-09
FORGED DRAFTS IN LoNDo.
New Hampshire Republican Convention
CONGRESS.

NOminatiOns-NO Bounty Laws for Freed
men-LOuisiana Presidential BilI-Pas-
sage of POstOffice Appropriation Bill
Amnesty BilI-Sumner's Civil Rights
BiIl-The Supplemental AppOrtiOnment
Bill Passed-Tarif BiII-Night Session.
WASHINGTON, May 8-The House military
committee agreed to report against the ap-
plication of the bounty laws to freedmen.
The following nominations were sent to
the Senate Franklin Haven, Jr., assistant
treasurer at Boston Daniel Ammon, com
mOdOre, and Mr.. HargraVe, postmaster at
Rome, Georgia.
SenGte.-The Louisiana Presidential bill,
after long discussion to-day, again went
over.
The postofice appropriation bill passed,
and goes to the House for concurrence.
The amnesty bill was then called up, and
Mr.. Sumner renewed his supplemental civil
rights bill. A point of order was raised
against it, but President COlfax Overruled
the point of order. Mr.. Trumbull appealed
from the decision. The appeal was tabled
Messrs. Hill and Morton moved to amend
the bill so as to provide that before any per-
son shall be entitled to the benefits of the
act, he shall swear that he is not, and he
has not been for any time within two years
preceding the passage of this act, member
of either of the organizations commonly
known by the names of the 'Invisible En-
pire of America" the white Brotherhood;
or, the Constitutional Union Guard" nor
any branch of the 'Ku-klux Khan"
Mr.. Hill moved to amend the bill so as to
grant universal amnesty.
Mr.. Sherman advocated the adoption of
Mr.. Summers bill as substitute for the
amnesty bill, for the purpose of giving the
House an opportunity for fair vote on the
question of civil rights, and said that he be-
heved that if that question were out of the
way general amnesty bill would pass the
Senate by three-fOurths vote. He thought,
however, that there was very little chance
of an amnesty bill passing the Senate until
the House should have an opportunity to
vote on the civil rights bill.
Mr.. Trumbull said that when he had
heard Mr.. BOreman, one of the earliest and
most Jealous advocates of prescription, call
up and advocate the amnesty bill this
morning, he had hailed it as a sign that the
time had come at last when all political
disabilities were to be removed, but he saw
now that he was mistaken.
The bill comes up tomorrow, with the
understanding that general debate shall
close at three o'clock
Mr.. BOreman said there were some things
in the civil rights bill that he favored but
he certainly would not vote to substitute it
for the amnesty bill Mr.. Morton then with
drew his amendment.
An arrangement was made that general
debate on the bill and its amendments shall
terminate at three o'clock tomorrow, and
that the bill shall be sat out, after which
the Senate adjourned.
Mr.. Kellogg called up the bill providing
that the presidential election shall be held
in Louisiana on the same day with the
State election, the first Monday of NOvem-
Der, 1872. He said that the object of the
bill was to avoid the tHouble and expense
of two elections in succession.
On motion of Mr.. Cameron, Wednesday
next was set for the consideration of the
Baltimore and Potomac depot bill.
Mr.. Morton said that an additional ad-
vantage of the pending bill would be that
the presidential election would get the ad-
vantage of the supervision and protection
now provided by law for the State cleo
tiOns.
Mr. Trumbull said that this statement
was an admission that this bill was designed
to enable Congress to control by indirec-
tiOn the Presidential election in violation
of the constitution.
Mr. Morton denied that he had admitted
any such thing, and asked Mr. Trumbuu
whether he wanted to have the scenes of
1868 in Louisiana renewed, and the Presi-
Dental election held under such circum-
stances that it could be controlled by the
Ku-Kltlx. If he did, he might fitly oppose
this bill; but if he was in favor of an hon
est election, he ought to support it.
Mr. Trumbull said Mr.. Morton had stated
that tile object of the bill was to place the
election under the protection of an act of
Congress, and he asked where Congress got
authority to interfere with the Presidential
election, in the fact of the express provision
of the constitution that it is to beld in each
State in such manner as the Legislature
thereof may direct. He knew what the pro-
lection spoken of by Mr.. Morton might
mean. 1t might mean the protection af-
fOrded by the suspension of the writ of ha-
beas corpus and the presence of military
power. He was in favor of an honest cleo
ton by free people, and for that reason he
was opposed to unconstitutional congress
siOnal supervision.
Dir. Morton said Mr.. Trumbull was in IA
vor of an honest election, but was opposed
to the means by which it could be secured.
After much further discussion, the bill
went over.
HouSe-The supplemental apportionment
bill passed, giving New Hampshire, Yer
mont, New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana,
Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama and Florida
each member of Congress at large to the
forty-third Congress.
The tariff bill was then resumed, Mr..
which the bill involved exceeded $40, ,OOO,-
OOO. The biggest item was the tax on WOOL
which amounted to nearly $3,500,0O0. The
duties on tea and coffee were stricken from |
the bill, and the duty on bituminous coal |
was fixed at seventy-five cents per ton. -.
The House is in session tonight on mill
tary affairs.
In the tariff discussion, Mr.. Dawes stateu
the reductions in the revenue when ne ne
estimated would be effected If tne Dill
should become a law. These were on coai
s322, ,8SI; on salt $615, 5,522; on leather and
leather manufactures $529, 400; on cotton
81, or, ,2S3; on wool manutac-
tures s3.358. 1874; on iron manufactures
81 ,23l $50; on other metals s6 So' IOQ on INDIA
$50; on straw manufactures
s65 S 347: on oiI-oloths $2786; lumber $751;
S0i. On ali other articles $6l4,6 sos; free list,
oOai nJinc- tea and coffee $17, ,500,976. Re-
Inction of tariff revenue $26, 6,l40,S32. Re
5nction of internal revenue $l3,9SS, ,0O0 |
Total, $40, ,l2S,832.
WASHINGTON.