Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-01-27
FORTY-sECOED CON6REss.
Proceedings in the ssnats and House Of
Representatives Yestsrdsy'
WAsH1EoroN, January q.
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railroad companies, and the city o.
Evansville.
Senator Morton moved to take up
his resolution providing for adjourn
ment 29th OF May.
Senators Sumner and Trumbull Op
posed the motion, but the resolution
was taken up.
Senator Sehurz modified his amend
ment so as to provide that congress
shall not adjourn without passing the
civil service reform law. The rejection
oft he amendment, he thought, would
indicate that the senate did not care
about reform, and that IL adjourn
ment was fixed now the minority
would have the power TO prevent leg
islation.
The amendment was rejected by
two to sixteen.
Senator Trumbull moved to amend
the amendment by adding ''nOr until
the senate shall have come to vote
upon the bill from the house of repre-
sentatives to repeal the duty on coal. !"
Senator Sumner asked Senator Nor
ton his reasons for urging an adjourn
ment resolution.
Senator Morton did not wish to dis
cuss the question, and said he hoped
Senator Sumner would not attempt to
prevent final action upon 1t by inter-
posing amendments OF this character.
l am for his civil rights bill, as he
knows, but il we cannot pass It by
the 18th of May we cannot pass 1t at
all. I am opposed to saying that We
shall stay here until we do pass 1t.
Senator Morton continued: / be-
Iieve we can do the business by the
18th of May. If we can fix the time
We can work no to ii, but II we do
not, we shall continue to waste time
as we have done already during this
session. do not think it necessary
to debate this resolution further, as
the will Of the senate In regard to it
has been repeatedly indicated.
Senator Sumner MIR. President, !
am glad that Senator Morton has ex-
pressed himself. You have heard him,
and now yoE shall hear the answer;
and l know that neither the Senator
himself, nor any other senstor, can
answer the answer that l shall now
make to his remarks. have before
me the Globe of May 6, 1870. When
there was a resolution before us to ad-
| jOurn sine die on the 4th of July-mark
| you, sir, that resolution was discussed
not on the 26th of January. as this is,
but on the 9th of Msy-and how was
It encountered by my friend IndianaS
Why, sir, he pleaded against it with
his accustomed eloquence, because we
| could not do Justice to the tarih-the
very subject that is now presented by
| the Senator from Illinois.
| Senator Sumner continued TO Fead
from Senator Morton's remarks to the
same { fleet until the expiration of the
morning hour.
Senator Trumbull then called Tor the
regular Order-the 6ppOrtionment bill.
Senator Morton-I move to suspend
the regular order and all other busi-
ness Tor the purpose of proceeding
with this resolution.
Senator TrumbuIl said the subject
is now before Us. 1t is urgent ana 1t
is practical, and the senator now pro
poses to cut OF the opportunity for
that tull discussion OF It which, on
former occasion, he invoked.
Senator Morrill,, OF VermOnt-DOes
not the senator from Massachusetts
know that since that time the tariff
has been acted upon? Have We not
reduced the revenue very largely?
Senator Trumbull-pher revenue was
larger last year than it ever was be-
fore,
Senator sumner-The senator will
find himself answered by the senator
from Indiana.
Senstor Trumbul then addressed
the senate on the sppOrtiOnment bill
and explained the amendments re.
ported by the Judiciary committee
and the table accompanying the re-
port. He said that the only States
losing members, either under the
house bill or its substitute reported
by the committee, were Vermont and
New Hampshire, which would each
lose one
Senator Sherman thought the
house bill IS near perfection IS posi-
bic, and said the house should be left
to regulate everything pertaining to
itslOWn organization.
He favored the house bill also for
practical reasons relating to his own
State. The senate of Ohio was COM
posed Of eightsen Republicans and
eighteen Democrats, which would
make 1t difficult to secure an immedi-
ate apportiopment, and the probable
result and passage OF the bill reported |
bv she judiciary committee would De
that Ohio Snuid have 40 representa-
tiyes in the next con sress, The house
bill, however, would let the old aPs
portiOnment stand until the new one !
should be made, and there would, |
therefore, be no difficulty under 1t.
Senator Morton favored a house of |
at least three hundred members. He |
also favored the house bill as fairer |
than the senate substitute, and aid |
the latter went out Of Its way to make |
an unfair discrimination against the /
Republican party. He had made
ealculatiOn--assuming that the Repub-
licans would be sure to carry certain
States at the next electiOn-which |
showed that the adoption of the SEN
ate substitute instead Of tEe house
bill would cause loss to the Repub-
lican party Of twenty-five electoral /
votes and twenty-five members OF the
house. The States assumed as certain
to go Republican were New York,
Massachusetts,, New Jersey, North /
Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi,
Arkansas, Ohio, Illinois, iowa, Mich i
iRan, Wisconsin, California, Minneso-
ta and Kansas. OF course, If the
house bill was not a fair one, he should
not ask the senate to support it no
matter how advantageous il might be
to the predominant party, but It was
really more fair and Just one on ev-
cry principle than the senate amend.
ment.
Senator Patterson said he wished
to see the members OF the house In
creased to three hundred, and II the
house bill could be amended In that
particular he would prefer It to the
senate amendment.
Senator Thurman said that while
the house bill Was more favorable to
his own State than the senate substl-
tute, he was convinced that the latter
was fairer bill and more in accord
ance with the constitution. AS to
his colleagues CSenstOF Shermanl
appFehensions that II the senate
bill was adopted the senate
might be left without represen-
tatiOn In the next congress,
he did not think them well founded.
On the contrary, he believed that the
tie Ia the Ohio senate, far from pre-
venting the passage of the bill redis-
trlcting the State, would have the
effect Of securing the passage Of fair
bill and save the State from being
''lerrymandered. The senator from
Indiana Mortonl had presented a
very alarming calculation ss 70 the
effect upon the interests of the DOM
inant party Of the passage of the SEN
ste bill. but he frhurman1 could