New-York tribune., 1872-04-12
CURRENT TOPICS AT THE CAPITAL.
PROCEEDINGS IN CoNGREss-THE CASE OF EX-
SENATOR vANCE-REGULATING THE TRANS
PORTATION OF LIVE sTOCK-A LABOR RE-
FORM VICTORY.

PROCEEDINGS IN CONGREsS-TUE CASE OF EN-
SENATOR vANCE-REGULATING THE TRANS
PORTATION OF LIVE sTOCK-A LABOR RE-
FORM VICTORY.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNB.l
WAsHINGToS, Thursday, April II, 1872.
The Abbott Vance contested election occupied the
greater part of the afternoon In the Senate to-day, MI
Logan making speech of two and half hours in favor
the majority report excluding Abbott from the seat
This whole case familiar TO all readers Of Congress
proceedings The two candidates before the Legislature
of North Carolina Abbott and Vance. The latter
received threeourths of all the votes cast in the Senate
the remainder But Vance ineligible as his political
dsal es had never been removed, and Abbott claimed
were nutes, because those who cast them knew that
he could not take the oath Of office and that he Abbotp
Votes 1 c1 Vance ts must naYs Be s
This just what Mr. Logan contends cannot be legally
done, aud what NJ Carpenter thinks can; Mr. Logan
in England to show that there not which could
be fairly cited to sustain Mr.. Carpenters position and
then took up the law OF 1896 regulating the election OF
United states Senators, and proved that all the pre-,
cedents had sustained Abbot's pretensions THAT law
would exclude him. Mr. Carpenter has the floor fer TO-
morrow. Between and o'clock this afternoon the
Senate passed the Consular and Dipomaiic P SUB
Customhouse bill Is still the regular ORDER and i. only
informally laid aside to allow the Abbott case to be dis
posed Of.
MI Hill of Georgia attempted TO get the Senate TO
bill, to-day, removing political disabilities from man
In his State who has been elected to some small local
office No objection was made, and 1t was ordered to
third reading, and viva vOce vote taken on Its final
passage. division being called for, Mr. Trumbull dis
covered what going and moved to reconsider in
order that he might Offer s. a. an
objected, and the matter went over.
Mr. Wilson of Ohio passed through the House, to-day,
bill to prohibit cruelty 10 animals while in transit
railroads and other means Of communication. The Dem
ocrats opposed the ground that it was trenching
upon field of legislation belonging to the States. and
following out the evil tendency OF the times TO con-
more and more power in the General Govern.
ment. long debate occurred on the amendment Of
the two squares Which lie and southeast Of
the Capitol. This amendment finally agreed to with
the proviso that the amount of money to be expended
shall not exceed 100000 The bill finished and re-
ported from Committee Of the Whole to the House be-
fore adjournment. separate "Yea' and May vote
will be taken tomorrow Oh this amendment.
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs agreed,
to-day, to report back and recommend the pas
sage Of Randal's resolution declaring 1t to be the
sense Of the House that Dr. HOuard is an Amer
lean citizen, and requesting the President to take
measures his release from the Spanish au-
thorities Messrs. willard and Amber disscnted from
the view the majority Of the Committee and held that
Houard by his long residence in Cuba and his complete
identdcaon with the people of that island forfeited
his right 10 be considered citizen of the United States
The resolution was reported by Gen. Banks just before
adjournment. g., - 80 = > = ~
The Labor Reforiers have won victory in their con-
test with Supervising Architect Muett about the num
Der OF hours of work TO performed by the workmen
upon the Government building at Columbia, 6. G. These
workmen demanded full pay for eight hours work
claiming as their right under the Eight Hour law o
Congress- Mr.. Mullet receiving their request. I'M
mediately discharged them. They sent delegation 10
this city, and Secretary boutwell, by direction OF the
the affair The result Is that Mr. Mullef mas
been obliged TO give way, and the men have resumed
work. with the rights they claimed fully recognized by
| the Government.
wB Palmer President Of the Tenth National Bank of
New York, was examined to-day by the House Commit
tee on Banking and Currency and the first witnes
I'm the investigation Of the alleged attempt by that bank
10 aid In producing money panic by locking up large
amount OF currency. Palmer testified that he knew
nothing about the scheme; Smith was, he sad director
of the bank. When he brought in the &ooo to de
pOsit Palmer made no inquiry about the extraordinary
magnitude Of the sum- According to his statement
when the money paid out Palmer admitted the
place in the private Office OF the bank
and not over s but the closest questioning
the part OF the Committee elected nothing fom him that
| could be construed into admission Of any knOwl
edge Of the purpose Of Smith. either In depOsitiDg
Withdrawing the money He admitted however, that
bank had increased Its ordinary balance by calling In III
call loans, that the morning when the scheme wal
TO have been cOnsuinmated ~ had In It's vaults more
| than $500 900 In excess Of its usual balance Nine
hundred thousand dollars had been called In but
between $500 900 and 100000 had been obtained Pal
meTs XpanatOn of this transaction WAS thAt ne ex
pected to be called upon to pay Two % ely aceountt
impressed the Committee with the DeheI that ne wa
eonceang than lie revealed. They DO not think 4
credible that . bank director could deposit IN yanl
bAAh aAiDs say inquiry, VI expressing any more sas