Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-05-21
FORTY SECOND CONGRESS.
This After Moons Proceedings.
TUESDAY, Nav o.

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SENATE.-The Vice President presented q
petition o. one hundred and seventy-sis co,ored
citizens OF Georgia, asking aid TO emigr ate to
Liberia. Referred to committee on appropria-
tons.
Mr.. Sherman asked and obtaIned leave for the
committee on finance TO sit during the session Of
the Senate, in order to consider the tax and
tariff bill.
Mr.. Edmunds called up the House supple
mentary apportionment bill, giving an add
tional representative in the House 70 the states
Of New Hampshire, Vermont, New York. Penn
sylyanla, Indiana, Tennesse, louisiana, Ala
bama and Florida.
Mr. Morton moved an amendment leaving Il
10 the option OF the states allowed an additional
representative to elect the same on 3 general
ticket.
Mr.. Casserly was willing that this option to
the states should attain in the election of MEM
bers to the 43d Congress, but he was unwilling
TO leave IL open indefinitely. He held that a
Representative having whole state for his
constituency, would not be in the proper ser Se a
representative of the people.
MIR. Vickeis alsoopposed the am sndment. and
discussion continued rntil the expiration of the
morning hour, when;the bill went over.
The Vice President announced as the commit
tee Of conference on the steamboat bill Messrs
Chandler, Corbett. and Blair.
Mr.. Patterson called up bill to adjust the
claims OF New Hamr shire for money advanced
passed.
The unfinished business, being the bill to sus-
10.
Mr.. Alcorn then made a general denial of the
statements of Mr. Ames last night, repeating
that the latter had no residence In Mississippi,
and that he had never paid dollar of taxes
would never want anything more with Missis-
sippi. He lAmesl would never be reelected
for no white man in Missi- 'ippi would vote for
him, ard there were hundreds of black men
there who would get more votes OF that class
than he.
Mr.. Bayard said that he had charged that the
original ku- klux bill was one of series of acts
designed to put under the control of the admin
istration the whole machinery of the elections.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Beck, (Ky.,l from the conference committee
on the bill to provide for the abatement or re-
payment of taxes on distilled spirits DESTROYED
oy casualties, submittedsa report; which was
agreed TO.
NJ. Palmer, Iowa,) from the committee on
appropris lions, repol led the post office appro-
priation bill, with Senate amendments.
The committee recommended concurrence in
the amer DIR ent granting additional subsidy Il
the p life mail Steamship company.
Mr.. Randall (Pa.) called attention TO the fact
that the committee had inserted a proposition
that the House had by direct vote rejected.
Mr.. Holman (Ind) moved to strike out the
portion Of the amendment giving the Sjc9, 0O(
additional subsidy.
Mr.. Sargent (Cal) advocated the adoption o.
the Senate amendment, and pointed out the i'm
portance of securing the Asiatic trade.
Il Mr.. Morgan (Ohio) denounced the PROPOSE
ton as unconstitutional, and at variance witt
the principles of common justice and honesty.
Mr.. Garfield (0hio) contended that the
amendment of the Senate was not the PROPOSE.
ton voted down by the House, as il leftthe
trade open TO competition, not combining il tc
the Pacific steamship 'Des He urged that IL
our government did not act promptly English
steamers WEI ready TO be set upon the line ID
monOpoltZe the trade.
Mr.. Raj dali charged that the Senate amend
ment was mere subter uge unworthy of Con-
gress, and said there were wicked influences at
work inside and outside Of Congre ID secure
its passage.
NJ. Morgau (ohio) SAID there was a big lobby
at work here using their influence with mem
bers.
Mr.: Sargent asked who was m can't by the
charges made He had advocated the measure
Did the gentleman mean TO charge Nicked in
fuerces upon him?
Mr.. Randall said he did not propose to be
n ade his genel al charges, and he would prove
lem II an oppoItuni was offered.
Mr.. Morgar.-"Yes; and will back then
up
Mr.. Banks (Mass.) reviewed the importance
Of the trade proposed TO be secured, and pointed
out the danger of its being snatched from Us By
foreign compel ton.
MIR. Wood (N.Y.) concurred with Mr.. Gar
field that this was a different proposition rom
that acted upon by the House. 1t was far worse
and more pernicious than the one rejected by
the House. That gave an annual subsidy OF
one million dollars, while this guarantees that
sum for ten years. The proposition was at va
rance with sound legislation. and was a dis
elimination in FAVOR of capital against labor
He believed this mode of artificial stimulants
nJuI Gus to healthy deyelopmentof our COM
Mr.. shellabsrger (ohio) maintained that the
glory and importance of a nation was ID a con-
siderable extent in proportion to its commerce,
pnd pointed out the surrounding circum stances
mat invited our country to take take the lead
OF the commerce Of the world. He held that
England, France and Germany, our compet-
tors, supported their commerce with money;
and to put our people upon an equality, subsidy
must be given, but this subsidy must be given
by general line of policy. This was proposed
to be done by bill reported from the commit
tee on commerce providing for commissioner
OF commerce. This line, in its $500 900 subsidy,
had as much as could be afforded under the
plan of general subsidy, and he therefore should
Ieei constrained to vote against giving the in
and thought legislation should be directed to,
L general way.
Mr.. Coburn (Ind) argued that there was a
ulnerence between commerce aud transpol "a
ton, and that the way TO build up Commerce
was to secure the means of transportation. The
house had recognized this fact in the provision
t tSr the sdmissl9n free Of ship building ma,
would be revived.
Mr. Brooks IN. " contended that the allow
ance proposed was the lowest price paid for
cerrying our mails. He then referred 70 the
provision that required that the ships should
be adapted TO naval purposes, and said il wa ;
not to be expected or desired that our stlnd-
ing army or naval force should be equal %
that Of foreign despotisms. This would give
us on the ocean what was our coast on the
land, militia on the sea worth a thousand
standing armies. This ocean militia aside from
its con- nerc al importance, would enable the
navy to be Kept upon a small scale, and he
therefore appealed to members TO sustain the
measure as one of economy.
Mr.. Marshall (Iil.1 opposed the measure .s
entering upon a system Of commercial legisla-
ton radically wrong in Irincipie.
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