The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-01-11

THE PRESIDENT ON MIR. SUMMERS CIVIL Rio

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BILL.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1O.-A delegation of col
ored men, advocating Mr.. Summers supple
mentary civil rights bill, visited the President
to-day, asking him to urge its passage in a mes
sage to Congress. The President in reply re-
marked that he had no doubt that the colored
men were deprived of some rights and privi-
leges they had clear clear claim to- His i'm
preston was that the recent amendments to the
constitution conferred upon them all the rights
of citizenship, and he thought that the courts
would accord all the legal rights withheld
With regard to amending the amnesty BILL by
the addition of the supplementary civil rights
bill, the President considered that such action
would jeopardize the passage of an amnesty
law, while from the knowledge of Mr.. Sum
ners bill he believed it could pass on its merits
as a seperate measure.
THE NUMBER OF CUSTOM OFFICIALS.
An official treasury communication, show
the collection of customs during the year end
ing June Both, 1871, to be 4,409, at a compensa-
ton of So, 457 ,450; revenue cutter service, 81,
$4,000; expenses of collection, $6,56O, 672; err
ection of custom houses, $750,359; repairs,
$135376; furniture, S 6S, 467; distributive shares
of fines, penalties and forfeitures $245 1913; rent
of buildings and rooms, $132, 574, are included
in the expense of collection, as is also $161, 474
as compensation and expenses of So special
agents. The number of persons employed in
LAND GRANTS TO STATE RAILROADS.
The official statement shows that land grants
were made by Congress to States and corpora
tions for railroad purposes namely the estima-
ted quantities embraced in the limits of grants,
reach total of POI OBJ acres. The estima-
| ted quantity the companies will receive from
the grants is 172 739, 430 acres; number of acres
certified and patented up to June Both last, Is,
| 995,907 acres.
| NATIONAL WoMAN'S SUFFRAGE CONVENTION.
The National Woman's Suffrage Convention
| held its sem-annual meeting to-day Delegates
are present from various States, prominent
among whom are Mrs. Elizabeth Stanton, SUI
san B. Anthony, Mrs. Joslyn Gage, Mrs DIR.
Mary Walker, Victoria c. Woodruff, Mrs
Sarah j. Spencer, Mrs. Matilda Meeker, Of
Dover, N. H., Mrs. Isabella B. Hooper.
Mrs. Stanton in an address, said that they
were assembled to consult with and solicit an
interchange of views between the first intellects
of the country. The new departure of woman
suffrage was the desire of the sex to participate
in the administration of the affairs of the
country and work with equal zeal with view
in the free trade of great principles. She fur
| Their stated that this convention had assembled
not to petition for their rights. Such men as
had hitherto championed only the rights Of
| the foreign riff-raff element of the country
while those of the women were ignored, bu
they proposed to petition to the1 courts She
complmented Gen. Butler for his recent intro
duction of bill in Congress for the enfranchis
ment of woman.
Mrs. Victoria G. Woodruff spoke of Spiritu
alism, of which she is a prominent advocate.
Mrs. Hooker advocated woman suffrage, up
on the basis of Spiritualism. Brief remark
were made by others.
The convention elected e. c. Stanton Presi
dent; Josephine E. Griffing, Secretary, and j
b. Hooker, Chairman of the Executive Com
mittee.
In the Woman's Convention tonight, lisa
bella BeeCler Hooker announced that SnnatO
Trumbull had consented that the Judiciar
Committee give hearing to delegation of tn
convention next Friday
Mrs. Hooker claimed this concession as tn
precursor of almost an immediate victory o
woman over prejudice and intolerance.
TARIFF PETITIONS.
Numerous petitions from various parts of tn
country for the reduction of the tariff to a rev
enue basis, especially for the removal of dutie
pig aH
lures, will be presented to the Senate to-mOl