The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-23
How Cunning Carpenter Outflanked
Sleeping Sumner.
The House and the Sundry Civil
Appropriations.
MULLETT'S LITTLE DIFFICULTY.
The Senate Committee Tugging at
the Tariff

The Great All-Night Session or the
Scnate-Three Important Bills Passed.
Summers Nap.
At twenty minutes past ten o'clock this morn
ing yesterdays session of the Senate ended. 1t
had lasted twenty-three hours and twenty minutes,
during which more important work of a political
character was accomplished than In any preceding
week OF this Congress- IL opened yesterday morn
ing with debate the Ku Klux bill, which lasted
| until four O'Clock this morning when the bill
| was passed.
In the meantime Senatorial dignity had relapsed
to such extent that the sofas both in the area
the rear of the seats and In the cloak rooms were
occupied with snoozing Solons, while the appur-
! tenances OF the more comfortable committee rooms
were brought into requisiton for the same purpose
| Not a few were tired that they left the Capitol
entirely, and retired to their vrtuous couches like
| ordinary citizens In ordinary times The vote on
the bill was % yeas to Is nays. At this
juncture Mr.. Sumner left, and pending his absence
Mr.. Carpenter, with customary shrewdness, forced
the passage OF Summers everlasting Civil Rights
bill in an amended FORM providing that it shall not
apply to schools cemeteries or juries, any further
than is required by existing laws. When 1t is re-
membered that this bill, under Mr.. Summers man
agement, has been the political 66te 1loir Of the
session. and been used by him to defeat amnesty
half dozen times, the full force of the trick
will be appreciated. In fact his entire sessions
work was lost by one hours sweet sleep He was
caught mapping on his post, and that. too, by new
| Senator, against whose shrewdness he has more
than once had occasion to combat. General Blair,
speaking for the democratic side of the House. said
he believed the friends OF civil rights were honest
In their promises to vote for amnesty, and, there
fore, RETAINED from flibustering against the BILL
There regular call of the Senate,
but there was an understanding that in the event
OF an important VOTE the seepers to be
awakened and brought in. Ofllcers were accord
ingy sent hither and thther for that purpose and
invaded the quiet dwellings, well the COM
| Portable committee rooms, with the startling
| nouncement, "They are voting civil rightsn
| The postal wagon was brought into to convey
Morrill,, Of Maine, from his house, and other alb
sentees were dragged IN by the memorable demands
OF duty.
Mr.. Sumner did not arrive until after the vote
yeas 81, nays 14-had been taken. lie was In q
towering rage as he approached his seat, and made
but little effort to conceal his feelings He fumbled
for his desk key for some time, and,
| finding 1t, was SO nervous that he had
great difficulty In getting it into the
| keyhole. Then he moved to reconsider,
but that little game had been blocked by the
customary parliamentary motions, and he was
forced to remain and stine his anger, while the
House General Amnesty bill. His ill-humor con-
tinued up to the adjournment, and induced him to
join Mr.. Nye in his vote against amnesty, which
was carried by vote of 80 to-
The news Of Summers defeat spread about town
with great rapidity, and the laugh which followed
was nearly as unanimous as that occasioned by the
news Of Greecy's nomination at Cincinnati. Mr..
Carpenter received the congratulations Of number
of friends.
After recess until three O'Clock this afternoon
the Senate reassembled with a comparatively full
attendance. and although the members appeared
worn and jadcd by their previous nights work,
they proceeded at to business, and after pass
ing large number of private and other bills OF
minor Importance, began consideration OF the APP
portionment bill. No final conclusion was reached
up TO the hour of adjournment.
The Senate Finance Committee Working
Hard MT the Tariff.
The Finance Committee Of the Senate has been in
almost continuous session since 1t received the
House Tariff bill and the members have taken their
meals served from the Senate restaurant in the
committee room.
Commissioner Douglas and Mr. Kimball, Chief of
the Tobacco DIVISION called In for consultation
| regarding the changes in the whiskey and tobacco
taxes. Several delegations, including one headed by
| George II. Brooks of Cincinnati, representing the
|
result of the Committees deliberations will doubt
less be further reduction OF both customs and In
ternal duties, including some changes OF sufficient
Importance to send the bill to conference commit
tee There are many stories anoat tonight regarding
these changes, among which Is one that 1t has been
decided to put coal the free list 1t Is probably
fact that recti1ers special taxes will be conso
dated with the general tax spirits and that only
q sufficient rectihers tax will remain to enable the
officers of the law to trace the liquor from the dis
1 tillery to the purchasers.
! Architect MuIlctt and the House-In-
vestigation Ordered.
1 In the House to-day Mr.. Garfield offered resou
ton directing the Secretary OF the Treasury to in
vestgate the charges OF corruption and ineniccncy
against Supervising Architect Mullett, which were
made in debate yesterday by Mr.. Farnsworth.
There is some objection to this investigation being
made by the Secretary of the Treasury, but only
one opinion exists as the advisabillty of invest-
Political Disabilities.
The President this afternoon signed the bill to re-
move political disabilities imposed by the fourteenth
article OF the amendments to the constitution OF the
United States. This article provides that no per-
son shall be Senator or Representative In Con-
gress, or elector OF President and Vice Presl-
dent, or hold any ONCE civil or military un-
der the United States, or under any State, who,
having previously taken oath as member OF Con-
gress or as officer Of the United States, or as
member OF any State Legislature, or as an execu-
tive or judicial oicer Of any state, TO support the
constitution Of the United States, shall have been
engaged In Instruction or rebellion against the
same or giving aid and comfort to tho enemies
thereof. Congress has by the bill just passed.
which obtained the requisite two-thirds vote
in each House, removed the disabilities from all per-
sons whomsoever, except the Senators and Repre-
sentatives Of the Thirty-slxth and Thirty-seyenth
Congresses officers in the judicial, military and
naval services OF the United States heads Of depart
ments and foreign Ministers OF the United States.
The executions WILL 1t Is supposed. cover lesa than