The Portland daily press., 1874-06-09

against that firm. One who had been employ
| gu py the hrm went to a special agent of the
department and laid before him what he called
evidence OF the differentiation of goods i'm
| ported by the house of Phelps, Dodge & Co.
| ne submitted documents to the agent and
when these documents were compared with the
| books OF the firm, the evidence wss conclusive
| no matter what the motive was of the person
| formerly employed by the firm. The agent of
the department neverhad any knowledge of
the relations of that clerk with the house until
AFTER the evidence referred to was presented
lie tBoutwelD advised Dodge to go into court
%here his testimony could be heard and if it
should then turn out there was no intentional
violation of law the Secretary of the Treasury
mad authority to remit the penalty in whole or
| iii part. There was no pressure brought by the
treasury department upon this house, but on
the contrary the Department delayed and post
poned to oblige the firm. Eminent counsel
was employed to represent the house. He did
not belleve Dodge himself was responsible for
tne 1ault but there was a mystery connected
WIN the transactions of the firm. The invoices
given at the custom house did not conform to
1nose on the private books of the firm. The
treasury did, from beginning to end, delay and
postpone the payment of this money to suit the
convenience of the firm. If ever a law was
mercIfuliy administered it was in this case
follows: ~ 80
Yeas-Anthony, Borman, Boutwell,, Buck
iHngiham, Chandler, Ferry of Mich, Flanagan,
uiiDert, Hamiin, Harvey, Morrill, of VT, Nor
Ion, oglesby, Pease. Pratt, Ramsey, Sargent,
scott, Sherman, Window and Wright-21.
cd maayy;s-Aleorn, Bayard, Cameron, Carpenter,
Haser, Hamilton of Md, Howe, johnson,
Lewis, McCreery, Merrmon. Mitchell, Nor
WOOD, Patterson, Robertson, Salisbury, Steven
sou, stockton, Upton, Wadleigh and Wash
Mr.. Sargent, from the Committee on Naval
AHalrs submitted a report regarding promo
tl0n 10 the grade of Rear Admiral, asserting
SUBSTANTIALLY that promotion from the rank
OF commodore to that of Rear Admiral need
not be preceded by an examination as in cases
OIL promotions to lower grades In the navy.
Inc Chair announced as Committee on Con-
terence on the deficiency bill, Messrs. Sargent,
Morrill, of Maine, and Kelley.
Inc House bill to provide for the publication
or the revised statutes of the United States was
passed.
Pending the discussion on the moiety bill the
Senate adjourned.
Bills were introduced and referred, including
+ the following:
By Mr.. Starkweather to increase the revenue
and restrain stock gambling imposing tax of
l-Z0th OF one per cent. on all sales of stocks,
bonds, &c.
Mr. Butler moved to refer the civil rights bill
to the Judiciary Committee with the right to
report at any time. Lost, not wo-thirds voting
| in favor.
Mr.. Chaffee moved to suspend the rules and
pass the bill for the admission of Colorado as a
State. Passed, yeas 40 nays Go.
Mr.. Gunckel of Ohio, from the Committee
| on Military Affairs, reported bill relative to
bounties, and moved to suspend the rules and
pass it. The bill proposes to pay to all of the
rank and file who served faithfully in the army.
including those borne on the rolls as slaves,
US l-3 month for the whole time of service.
The House refused to second the motion to
| suspend the rules 80 to "a
Line House then took up the Louisiana con
tested election case of Sheridan and Pinchback
The majority report is that the evidence is
sufficient to establish the right of either Pinch
back or Sheridan, and that they be permitted
| to take further testimony.
! The minority report, signed by Lamar, Cross
| land and Spear, is that Sheridan was, and
| Pinchback not, elected a member from the
| state-atlarge. a
| Speeches in support of the majority report
| were made by Messrs. Smith of New York and
| Sypher of La and against by Mr.. Lamar of
| Miss, who declared his belied that the Inter
| ests of the great Republican party were not
| identified with the maintenance of the so call
| ed government in louisiana or of the kindred
| establishments in the Southern states. No
party could endure the infamy and disgrace
| that has been brought upon the American
| name by those grotesque caricatures of the
| government. The result of the war had been
to establish the indissolubility of the Ameri-
| can Union and the universally of freedom in
| the American continent, but the North was
not satisfied with that Congress had passed
| the reconstruction measures and had sunk the
| iron deep into the heart and soul of the South
| ern people, but the position of the Southern
| people was that the doctrine of secession, the
| right of withdrawing from the Union was ex-
tinguished and eliminated from the American
| system and no longer constituted part of the
| elements of American government. The in
stitution of slavery wi tn all its incidents was
dead, extinct, sunk in that sea which never
| gives up its dead, and the people of the South
did not ask for its restoration. The enlighten-
| ed people of the South would not if they could
! identify the interests of the country with an
| institution which stood utterly antagonistic to
| all the elements and living force OF modern
| civilization (Appause.) They regarded the
| three last amendments of the constitution as
| inviolable and sacred as the articles that ere
| written by their forefathers
| Mr.. Lamars speech was listened to with
| CLOSE attention by members on both sides, who
formed circle around him while he was
speaking.
The discussion closed with speeches from the
contestants, Sheridan and Pinchback
! Mr.. Darrall of La, moved as substitute
Tor the minority resolutions a resolution that
Pinchback is entitled to the seat prima facie.
The question was passed over to be voted on
| Tomorrow.
Mr. Rusk of Wis, presented the conference
reports on the bills to revise the pension laws,
and the bill regulating pensions for total disa-
bllities, which were agreed to- The House at
o'clock adjourned.