Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-05-14
FORTY SECOND CONGRESS-.
This Afternoons Proceedings.

SENATE.-Mr. Trumbull called up bill TO
establish a district court in the Indian terri
tory.
Mr.. Nye commented at length on the Indian
lohey oil the government, and pronounced the
system of putting the Indians on reservations
complete failure. He advocated that railroad
should be built through the indian territory
and the Indian lands opened up to settlement.
The morning hour expiring the bill went
THE BILL TO AMEND THE ENFORCEMENT ACT
was then proceeded with, the question being OF
amnesty bill.
forcement bill
TO VOTE Down THIS AMNESTY AMENDMENT.
because If adopted, it would defeat the bill, a.
II would then require a two-thirds vote.
Mr.. Sawyer charged that the design of Mr.
1rumbull was to kill the enforcement bill. inst
as the civil rights bill had killed the amnesty
bill.
Messrs. Robertson, Sawyer and Rice then
stated that although in favor of amnesty, they
would not voc to put it into the pending bill.
Mr.. Trumbull said the only way TO get am
resty was for its friends to vote for it on every
possible occasion.
Mr.. Blair charged the professed friends of am
nesty with hypocrisy.
Mr.. Robt rtson thecc N moved as an amsniment
10 the amendment the civil rights bill, but with
drew it at the suggestion OF Mr.. Sumner to await
The action OF the Senate on the amnesty amend
ment, and in the event Ofamnesty carrying then
Mr.. Sumner stated, he should move
THE CIVIL RIGHTS AMENDMENT
Mr.. Trumbuil then reviewed the civil right
amendment, and said although opposed to il
himself, he moved it for the purpose OF seeing
who were its real friends, and whether thos.
who had so strenuously advocated Il had done
1t only for the purpose OF defeating amnesty.
MIR. Sumner SAID he should vote against the
amendment, tgTeat laughter because il was
offered with evil intent. Renewed laughter
Mr.. Morton said he had shown by his vote
from time to time that he a friend OF civil
=. AMI
ment.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Hale, (Me.,) from the Appropriation committee,
reported the naval appropriation bill with Sem
ate amendments.
There were 81 amendments put in the bill bv
the Senate, 10 OF which the committee recon.
mend concurrence, and II in which they rec
ommend non concurrence. The recommends
lions OF the committee were adopted, and "A
committee of conference on the disagreeins
votes ordered.
On motion of Mr.. Dawes, Mass, } the Ho1Se
went into committee of the whole on
THE TARIFF AND TAX BILL.
Mr.. Beatty (Ohio) offered series of am End.
ments looking to an increase of duty on wool
tiles.
After exhausting his stock of amendments.
Jected-ayes ,, noes I2l.
Mr.. Beatty then offered one more wool amend
menf, and tellers being again ordered, no quo-
rum voted, and the roll was called, aud Isl
members answered to their names.
The committee rose and reported to the
House, and a quorum having answered ID their
names, the House again went into committee of
the whole.
Several members objected TO debate, and a
vote was again taken on Mr.. Beattys amend
ment, and it was rejected-ayes 1913, noes s.
Mr.. Buckley (Ala.) moved to amend the par
agraph in relation TO iron and iron manufac
lures, by striking ont the words .'eScep- cotton
machinery" Agreed to-
A large number OF amendments were re-
jected,
Mr.. Dawes moved TO insert 'on al sized print
ing paper, in the section.
Mr.. Buchard (Ill.) moved to strike out the
word ''siZed."
The amendment to the amendment, ana the
amendment as amended, were agreed to.