New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-03-06

had evidently been pledged while neither eo an nre
pared Of course the scheme went through and S pa
Senators SSPSse tine SS each received
lamn, 39 Carpenter, 40 Sawyer So logan ~
ticket received 81 vctcs After the vote was taken and
the result announced Stevenson asked 10 PC excuoe
tsS ySS @o on os ali That
before gained Stevenson had been e1cuseu the roll
called Ccuklng was as busy as q pee runmt nistra
me TsamGe or p to and page was
the greatest haste TO the Committee on did not
know how great was the matter st stake anu aac was
once retrn the Senate Chamber, anothes ENGAGED
sent he was informed that the Cenmt,Se doorReepcf
and cosid not Co. whereupon the venerable eiaue
BassS sent by eonn fp sS remarked that The
country seemed need them and moHso S was Kent off
the commtSe The Is az oes
by all of those not In the mn Of dsgraceful
az S the Justice isHse to senator Wilson o = be
S1own that he could whipped into any OF C1nk
iinC,s sided arrangements, and he Loted tne loI9M
tmg ticket: Carpenter Trunbu Coikhng' sehorH' Eu'
munds, Ferry. ,,,, ,
The two Senators from Kansas, Nessrs. CaldTel ana
! pororoy have NJ last seen III 10 speak IN thelr
places in the Senate with reference 10 'no
| very damaging charges which have oeeh ih"uo
! against them aud apparently proven win Regard
TO their improper conduct in obtaining ses's III "'V
bodv In the first place, Mr. Caldwell reminded INC
Senate that he "hurled back with scorn ane Indignation
the charge made against him, ana thattV inc poPoi
time h would have good deal TO say upon these u"s
| dlv
scpted no proof which the Senate seemed to thinK as
proved the evidence taken by the COmml',ee od .o az
sas Legislature against him. MI ch npaS made
except what was contained "a tne papers ~
tbc COMMITTEES on Privileges and Elections, and wanted
that Committee to advise the two senators %nat 10 I
seemed out of the general order for the Senate OF COR
ttee thereof instruct Senators VINO were Snargoa
with serious crimes what do. After the resolution was
20 hsying apy acton taken by senate what they
|
POmeroy had produced in Kansas paper, "n"' 81, N
Mr Hamlm then moved to reconsider the vote by which
the whole matter referred to the Comnttee on rFHl
leges and Elections, aud this vote was passed. l a
matter rests until official information Is received
from the Kansas Legislature
After the passage of Disability bill. to which any
member had the privilege of adding names in the House.
this morning, Mr. Wheeler, from the Committee on he
Pacific Railroad reported the bill granting onehalf OF
Goat Island, in the harbor of San Francisco TO the
Central Pacific Railroad for use as western terminus
of the road. The bill does not give title 10 the aho
but simply grants the railroad the privilege OF erecting
h its depos and wharves at that place. Should the
United states hereafter have need OF the island as
8 defensive point the railroad must abandon IT,
| Tie bill, as modified, does not meet with as muel
r | objection it did two years ago, when IL was
prODOsed the railroad company an absolute ute
to the island. No vote reached nponit when inc
morning hour expired it Will probably be passed to
e | morrow next dav. An amendment Is pending re
II curing the company TO rental of $4,000 per annun
TO the Government There seems 10 he no question tu
the use of island by the railroad for its depots anc
J. wharvcs would be great convenience TO Travellers and
It a material advantage to commerce. The only thine
about which there is likely to be contest IL whether
Government shall grant the road the iree use OF ohe
OF me ne eT,n b % tbe House went into Committee
of the Whole, and the consideration of the Deficiency
bill was resumed. After some debate between MI par
gent and Mr. shanks an amendment of the latter pro
hlbting any person acting In the capacity OF attorney
agent from receiving any money 'h
number of other amendments, makingup the deficiencies
by the Committee on AUTHORIZATIONS and were adopted
u The Committee offered one amendment however which
y. provided for the appropriation Of 100000 pay
c 9s H enoTenc the KaKx law Mr. Duke of Viz
GINA denounced the LAM ana dened the 0
as the Northern states people were lawabidng
C citizens. Mr.. Platt Virginia Republican charged the
q and committing tother misdeeds Mr. Raney colored
msde s iTS speech sS% III the
= people and IN support Of the law Mr.; 10Y cox
political debate took place. Gon Rsi1sv r 4na
me hour OF 40 n pPSf9ona made by Tim that
the democrats were the of the blacks that
le when the Cyl Rights bin should come up the e0orGd
people Would learn Who Their on m '@ a%
- other hits Mr. Ianey made at ms anita oo1
a Carolina The spectacle of Mr. Cox engaged in
encounter amused the House immensely ana there
frequent bursts Of laughter Mr G1 nTsS Seems
rs attention TO Mr. Dawes ana MI Garfield, and succeeded
in getting up diversion by attacking them in half
N serious and hafcomical manner accusing them OF in
and holding them beautiful par Of
n eve in what they voted for Mr. Dawes retorted anC
rcpartees between the two began TO be acrimonious
When MIR Wood rose order, and objected to
VI tnng purely personal debate Mr. Cox restored good
humOr by rctoring in the manner OF schO0Doy Il III III
&c order why you call the Ways and Means TO order
No vote taken the question before the Committee
d rose, and the House adjourned.
Il The House Committee Commerce, to-day, agreed tC
e allow Mr. Sheldon to report his bill for steamship line
le from NewOrleans Mexico. 1t provides that con
e tract shall made by the POstmaserGeneral with the
T. lowest bidder terms most advantageous and the
~ least expensive the Government convey mails from
y the L. g TO Mexico, the service beng senim0nhly
The section provides that the contractor shall
rtcass seagOing ships wholly constructed within the
United states OF not less than 800 ns burden subject
10 the Government to have the right to take
a | such steamships in case or war or threateIed
is authorized by the third section
d pay the contractor reasonable sum during the first
e until constructed. The fourth section pro
vides that the contract shall be for 10 years and shall
not involve an expenditure on inc part OF the Unteo
= States exceeding 100000 per annum
The Banking and Currency Committee to-day decided
l. to report adversely the bill Of Senator Sherman
which passed the Senate recently, providing that the
| Secretary of the Treasury shall redeem and canoe
s3OOo per month the per temporary loan
certificates under OF March 1861 and july
u.s. 1868, Ia addition to the amount authorized by pre-
: | yiOus laws
The House POst-Ofice Committee to-day agreed TO re
port the hill OF Mr. Hill of New7Jersey providing for the
issue by the Postmaster General, of suitable penny
postal cards to be sold by the Department through the
pOstOffcesnt cost.
John Roach, steamboat contractor in NewYork, and
in whose interest bill is pending in the House,
was before the Commerce Committee to-day, and made
an argument the general subject OF ship building
being against drawbacks Oh iron and opposed TO the bill