The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-28
Minister Bancroft on Our Mon
etary Credit Abroad.
The Alabama Claims Of an
Insurance Company.
the QUESTION OF PRIVATE INDEMNITY.
The Resurrected Civil Rights
Bill Again Entombed.

WASHINGTON, Jan. q, 1874
Cabinet Discussion OF the Louisiana
0uestion-The Presidents Message Fur.
ther Delayed.
The Cabinet was fully attended TINS AFTERNOON.
The subject OF sending to Congress message upon
the condition OF affairs in Louisiana was submitted
and discussed al It's phases, and the result was
that the President concluded not TO transmit it TO
Congress to-day. II Is known that he has not
changed his mind concerning the tnegahty
OF The present state government. As he
do not intend to make any recommends
ton, but merely TO state the action
oil the federal authority in sustaining the DEGREES
OF the Courts, il now seems doubtful whether q
message on the subject will be transmitted to Con-
gress, his Cabinet advisers not thinking that the
condition OF aairs IN that State has 80 materially
changed within the past year as to require any
special communication, the main facts being al
ready known to Congress and covered by pre-
vious message.
The Louisiana Prisoners still Untried.
Senator Gordon. or Georgia, applied to the Presl-
dent to-day in behalf OF the Grant parish Nouls-
lana prisoners who arrested last fall by the
United States Marshal, and have ever since been
IN prison. MIR. Gordon asked that they be allowed
a speedy trial or released bail until the courts
shall be prepared TO proceed with their cases. The
President assured him that he would call the atten
lion OF the Attorney General TO the subject
compliance with the request is expected.
The Dureu impeachment.
The House Committee on the Judiciary has not
yet considered the Judge Durel impeachment
case, all the evidence not vet being in printed
form for the information of It's members. The
subject will not be reached this week.
A Smart Skirmish Over the Civil Rights
Biil In the Standardization of the
priv MI u III
Dental Election by Direct Popular
Vote.
In the Senate sundry special bills were presented
and Mr.. Morton spoke at considerable length on
the resolutions TO provide for railroad commits.
sion. The West and Southwest are almost unit
on this Mr.. Sherman announced that he wanted
vote on the finance question this week, and that
II would be injustice their constituents to post
pOne it further but further debate on that subject
was adjourned until tomorrow.
Quite breeze then sprang up, when the stately
Sumner, IN fine oratorlcal pronunciamento,
brought up his darling" wish, as he termed the
bill supplementary to the Civil Rights bill. and he
went over his theme with a fervid, unique and
rhetorical espousa, closing his apostrophe With
indignant objection to the reference OF the
bill to the judiciary Committee, who had
already reported twice adversely to it. Mr..
Ferry Of Connecticut, Messrs. Edmunds, Stewart,
Frelnghuysen and Morrill,, OF Maine, stoutly advO-
Gated the reference, and during the course OF their
remarks, which were animated and heroic, they
aroused Mr.. Sumner from his basking and easily
reclining attitude into the appearance OF grand
African hon, shaking his furlously and roar
ing with the voice OF the king OF the forest.
Aessrs. Edmunds and Morrill,, of Maine, superbly
vindicated themselves from the charges made by
M Sumner, OF hostility to the bill. until Mr.. FIRE.
Oft re N
him Dy the ever-ready manager. Mr.. Conklng,
poured oil on the troubled waters by avowlng that
he had always voted for civil rights, and
II the bill was referred TO the Judiciary
Committee of which he was a member
he would guarantee it would be reported
In two weeks at furthest and on this Mr.. Sumner
quieted down and accepted the proposition 20
REFER with the understanding thus given him by
M Frenghuysen, and the bill was accordingly
referred The object OF this Is to revise the fourth
section so that it Will stand the test in matters
pertaining to the empanneling OF Jurors and be
sustained by the courts within the line OF strong
constitutional safeguards. The South was heard
In the person OF Mr.. salisbury, who strongly OBJ
jected to the whole proposition, and, as in the
House, it will be found when it comes I'D for
debate that the colored individual in the wood
pile viii create considerable excitement among
those who want MIN kept there, and do not
want him developed into an importune, iull-
grown wood sawyer. Summers wrath and the
stately 1lnging back OF his aspersions by the
plucky Morrill, and the calm. deliberate Edmunds
were much enjoyed by the senate and galleries as
fine piece of parliamentary conflict, which was
crowned when Morrill,, Of Maine, going back Ia his
record said tauntingly that he annotated Mr.
Sumner in his advocacy OF civil rights. All round
At appears that poor Mr.. sumner, who has fathered
mart &c dtcou
admitted to caucus and by reason OF his course as
80 Grant and the liberal party, driven out OF his
estate ike King Lear. Ii makes one feel SAD to
see men OF his own party and kidney turn On him
CrueDy and unmercilully, as they do but ne bears
ii pnilosopmcay and may yet ride the
storm unframed. salisbury was pommelled
neatly by Edmunds, instancing slavery
practices, in response to an appeal OF
the former in behalf OF the white slaves of New
England.
MI Sumner subsequently spoke briefly on his bill
70 provide for the election of the President of the
United States by direct Of the people without
the Intervention OF the Electoral College. which he
hoped to supersede. Mr.. Morton stated that the
Committee of Privileges and Elections had q SINH
Gar measure under consideration, anc the bill was
uhereupon referred to that committee. Mr.. Ed
inunds gave notice that day after tomorrow, ar
soon thereafter possible. he would move to take
NJ the Bankrupt bill.
The bill to organize national banks without cir
cuEuoh was then taken up and discussed by
Aes1rs. sherman, Thurman, Crozier ana Merrimon.
MI. THURMAN took high ground, reading from the
CONSTITUTION and arguing that Congress had no
right under the constitution to grant char
ters 70 national banks. Every man had
now the right to engage In banking but the main
feature OF the bill as proposed, he commended was
TO withdraw the Aforesaid banks from state con
troll ana place them under that Of the United
States, and even II Congress had the right he
wouie object to 1t as not being expedient; but he
Nsio that 1t was clearly unconstitutional TO do 80.
tvozier and Nerrimon went over the present work
ina the banking system, and when the vote was
fakersOn che amendment Of Salisbury to strike out
che nrst'feu lines OF the bin, quorum not being
present &c went over. The main object of it is to
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