The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-05-11
CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, May 10.
SENATE.

tNtOlOS next Was dsoikueu ioA c
reported from the Committee on Com
merce.
Mr.. Morrill, reported, from the Com.
mittee on Public Buildings, q bill au
thorizing the Secretary OF the Treasury
to purchase a site in Fall River, Massa
chusetts, ior the United States public
buildings. not to cost more than two
hundred thousand dollars.
Mr.. Sumner introduced anew his
supplementary civil rights bill, and
moved to have it placed on the calen-
dar.
Mr.. Bayard moved to refer it to the
Committee on the Judiciary, which was
lost and the bill placed on file.
Mr.. Morrill,, of Vermont, by consent,
reported bill authorizing the Secretary
OF the Treasury to purchase a site for
United States public buildings at Rock
land, Maine, aud appropriating $4,000
for the object. Passed.
Mr.. Cole offered the following, and
asked it's immediate consideration:
Resolved, That the Secretary OF War
be direc ed to communicate to the Sem
ate as soon as practicable any informa-
ton now in his possession bearing upon
the House bill relating to the use OF
Goat Island TOR railroad purposes, in
cluding any information relating to the
expediency of reserving said island for
military purposes exclusively, and also
relating to the effects, if any, upon the
harbor of San Francisco ofapproaching
said island from the main land with
railroad structures.
Mr.. Stewart said the information
asked for was already before the Sen.
ate and he objected to the consideration
of the resolution unless the Senator
from California would argue that the
House bill should be referred to the
Committee on the Pacific Railroad.
Mr.. Casserly-That is singular
bargain for the Senator to ask us to
make.
The resolution went over
Mr.. Kellogg called up the Louisiana
election bill.
Mr.. Casserly denounced it as one
more step towards general forclble
Congressional control of the State
elections, but forbore to discuss it at
length, knowing that its passage was
foreordained by Senatorial caucus.
Mr.. Bayard questioned the constitu.
tional power OF Congress to pass the
bill, and incidentally said that having
examined the election laws Of Louis.
lana, he was satisfied that they were
framed for the purpose Of foul dealing
and fraud in the interest of the domi-
nant party.
MIR. Trumbull opposed the bill on the
same grounds.
Mr.. Carpenter denied that the bill
had any other object than to save the
expense and trouble oftwo elections.
Mr.. Morton expressed the same view,
and in reply to Mr.. Bayard. said that
the election laws OF Louisiana vested
extraordinary powers in the Governor
Of that State, and that as the present
Governor had now abandoned the
Republican party and Joined its oppo-
nents, they were probably expecting to
have those powers exercised for their
benefit
Mr. Bayard said he would object just
as strongly to giving such powers to
a political friend as to an opponent.
Mr.. Morton read extracts from the
report Of the House Committee on the
Louisiana Riots to show the disturbed
condition Of the State pr or to the last
Presidential election, and argued that
his bill was necessary to guard against
similar outrages at the next election.
Mr.. Blair said that the report from
which Mr.. Morton hal read was
partisan document, and argued that the
majority Of the Ku Klux Committee
appointed to investigate the condition of
the South last year had overruled all
all attempts by the minority to invest
gate the state OF affairs in louisiana
because they were afraid of the facts.
Messrs. Pratt and Scott denied this,
and said that the reason the majority
refused to investigate Louisiana was
that they thought it their dury to do
frat what their Committee was appointed
to do-inquire into the Ku-Klux out
rages-sud had not time 10 do more.
After some further discussion the
Louisiana election bill passed.
Mr.. Morton then called up the bill TO
amend the enforcement act, providing
that at any Congressional election two
Supervisors Of Election shsll be ap.
pointed for any voting precinct when
ever two citizens make application for
such appointment.
Mr.. Kellogg took the floor and ami
madverted on the character ofthe dele
gates from Louisiana and other States OF
the South to the Cincinnati Convention
He said the Republican party was glad
to be rid of them; that they represented
no one but themselves; were rag tag
and bob tail, and were thieves The
Lou siana officials who were at Cincin-
natl had hel ped themselves to thirty
millions Of the peoples money, and i
q Grand Jury got the chance to do it,
they would be tried Tor their robberies.
He quoted from the New Orleans Bee
in deuunciation OF the Louisiana State
officials and the Cincinnati Convention
and in favor Of the pending bill.
Mr.. CasserIy asked if those officials
did not commit the robberies OF the
people before they became Liberal Re
publicans.
Mr.. Kellogg replied that they had
been committed both before and since.
Mr.. Hamilton, Of Texas, said he
would inform Mr.. Kellogg that none OF
the Texas delegates to Cincinnati were
carpetbaggers, which was received with
great laughter.
Mr.. Thurman called attention to the
fact that none Of the Liberal Republican
Senators were present, and suggested to
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