Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-03-05
CONGRESS IoNAL.
Proceedings Of she Second Session oil Gnc
EOrty.Sccond Congress.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Feb, %.
SENATE.
The Senate, at half past o'clock this
morning, tabled the bill reported by the
committee of Privileges and Elections for
, new election in Louisiana, There were
some Wonderful scenes. CARPENTER aban-
! doncd his report about o'clock, then Car.
pentor, Morton and Conllliug drew their
chairs close together. almost Rugged each
| other and the three giggled gleefully,
while Trumbull was delivering q tremen-
dous denunciation Of Carpenter for boiling
the majority report.
At this stage the amendment continu-
ing kellogg in power during the election,
passed, Carpenter voting aye Carpenter
made rather n touching defence that il was
better TO endure the usurpation for four
weeks than for four years, and il was evil
dent to him that all hope was lost for any
thing better Upon the final vote to table
the bill, which leaves Louisiana statue quo,
Carpenter voted nay, when the issue be-
came evident the Democrats gave full
vent to their views.
The lovers Of pure Democracy should
read the Globe of to-day.
In the Senate to-day the credentials of
Patterson, of South Carolina, and Howe,
of Wisconsin, were presented and laid on
the table.
The Nice-President submitted resolu-
lions eXonorating Senator Bogy, of Mis-
souri,, from all charges in connection with
his election, which was ordered printed.
The sundry civil appropriation bill was
discussed.
The Senate Morrill, amendment that no
part Of the appropriations for Judgments of
the Court Of Claims shall be paid TO claim
ants who have not proved their loyalty
! without being first submitted to Congress
came up In the legislative bill. Tho
amendment was sustained by Hale, of
Maine, and opposed by Beck, of Georgia,
Young, of Georgia, Shellabarger, of Ohio,
Perez, of Mississippi, Keer, Of Indiana,
and Garfield, of Ohio.
Garfield stated that the committee on
appropriations was divided on the ,lues-
ton, but the majority was in favor ofnOn-
concurrence. This amendment was an
old foe with new face. Why did the
Senate ask that this class OF judgments of
the Court of Claims should not be paid, as
Others were paid? The disguise was so
thin that nobody could be deceived Man
itestly it was that Congress might refuse to
appropriate, when judgments in this class
OF cases were referred to it. lie liked a
direct better than an indirect action. If
this class of claims were not to be paid, let
Congress say it. In all the various phases
which the question presented, he preferred
that Hanilets advice to the players should
he followed: leave Off your damnable
faces and begin.D
If Congress meant TO say that certain
awards of the court should not be paid,
why not say so in words and let the issue
he met? This amendment of the Senate
was a mere subterfuge. If Congress pro-
posed now to throttle the courts, to crush the
judiciary, to make itself the Court of APP
pealS from the decisions of the Supreme
Court, then in that case the independence
of the Judiciary was for ever at an end and
the only reason fOritwas that men had once
been rebels and must, therefore, not I've
heard, and because they are heard the Jus
dietary must be stricken down.
Banks of Massachusetts, also opposed
the amendment as an unworthy subter-
fuge and evasion of law. Smith, Of New
York, sustained the amendment. After
further discussion the Senate amendment
was referred
WASHINGTON, March 3.
SENATE.
The Vice President laid before the SEN
ate n dispatch addressed To him from John
McEnery, claiming TO be Governor of Lou
isiana, announcing the election of VIM.
l.. Mcmillan rs Senator from Louisiana
and that his credentials have been for
warded.
West said that, while he would not OBJ
iect to the receipt Of the credentials, if reg
ularly presented, he must object to the re-
ccipt OF this irregular notification.
Iidmunds said it was in the nature of a
petition and might be received az such
Trumbull said he did not attach much
Importance to the matter bu: thought it
ought to be received.
Morton said the dispatch was merely an
announcement that Mcmillan had been
elected by mob Legislature, and he did
not think the information important. If
it was so regarded it might have been sent
to the Evening Star, for 10 certainly had no
business in Congress,
Sherman moved 10 lay the 'communica-
tion on the table Agreed 10.
The committee of Conference agreed to
extend the time of the Southern Claims
Commission four years. They have TWEEN
~ Thousand unheard claims before them.