Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-02-08
FOrty-Second Congressional Session
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. I.
SENATE

SENATE
MI; ConkHng made a personal explanation
passed on an editorial in the Chicago Tribunc an
t Tns suppression OF the proposition of Mr.. Ham
| M ~, 70 sing odd Hundred" which represented
| Question SueSuoh,
a letter was read from the senate reuorter de-
nyin% That MIR. Conklng had either called for
! stricken from the report '' ct
Mr.. Hamlin said that Tor the first time in bis
life, and he trusted the last he lose In make a
personal statement. He narrated the nrocecd'
| lngS referred to, and said that his obiect tben
was % rebuke legislative buncomb and II hod
its effect. He directed ,the remark of his In he
stricken out, ut the suggestion of several soma
tors who thought it severe, and it was so done
Mr.. Sumner complained that his efforts in he
halfof equal rights should be designated as leg
iSlatve buncomb, and severely criticised Mr.
HamlinS statement.
Mr.. Hamlin reiterated his belief that fine reso.
luton of Mr. Sumner was legislative buDcomb
and also declared that he had ordered the re-
mark to be restored the moment he heard that
its cXgurgation was objected to.
The amnesty bill came up
Mr.. Conkling asked why Mr.. Ferry thouobt
the bill, 1t amended, must fail.
MIR. Ferry replied that the constitution of the
house between the two political parties was
such that bill could not pass if encountered
with this amendment
passed the bill, and it would not require a two
thirds vote to concur in any amendment that
might be made by the senate. "And,' said he
is the senator from Connecticut authorized 70
say, or prepared to believe, that, with a working
majority OF the party to which he and | belong
III the house, proper bill, iusuring civil
rights, VIII ial of Il majority vote?"
MI ferry-"l don't agree with the senator
from New York as to parliamentary law. do
llot oelleve TINS amendment, if adopted here,
can become law without a two-thirds vote of the
house. But, If | am in error in this respect |
say further do believe that, as the house of
representatives is constituted, majority vote
cannot be obtained for tue amendment pro-
posed by the senator from Massachusetts. The
senator asks whether proper bill, securing
| eNli rights, cannot pass the house.
| That is very different question The amend
! ment OF the senator from Massachusetts is NOT
| proper bill to secure civil rights Ii strikes
| down very bulwark OF civil rights throughout
the country. 1t takes away the foundation
| principle upon which our federal system rests
by striking at the principle of self-government3
the most fatal blow it has ever received"
Mr. carpenters substitute was rejected-ye cas-,
II; nays, 80.
After some discussion, Mr.. Summer, at the re-
quest of the friends of the bill, consented thar
the It'll section be struck out
MIR. Harlan objected to striking out the Sec
ton without vote.
The amendment was discussed, without reach
ing vote, until 4:15, when the senate went into
executive session, and soon alterward adj
journed.
ROUSE.
An amendment was adopted to the education
bill, providing that, for the first ten years, the
distribution OF the said fund, to and among the
several states and territories, including the dis
trlct of Columbia, shall be made according TO
the ratio of the iitcracy OF their respective pop
ulation, as shown from time to time by the last
preceding published census of the United States.
also an amendment providing that no moneys
belonging to any state or territory shall be
Withheld for the reason that the laws thereof
provide for separate schools for white children
and black children, or refuse to organize sys-
tenn of mixed schools.
The house then proceeded to yOte on the va
rious substitutes offered by Messrs McIntyre.
Burchard, King, Bright, Campbell and Coburn.
All the substitutes on which votes were taken
were rejected, but motion was made by Mr..
Perce to reconsider the vote by which Mr..
Burchard s substitute was rejected.
Pending that question, tine house, at 4:45, ad.
Journed-1l5 to 94-the democrats generally
voting against adjournment so as to defeat the
reconsideration of Mr. Burchard's substitute,
preierring the original bill, as amended, on the
subject OF mixed-schools.