The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-02-09
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THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL PASSED.
CROWDED HoUsE-BUTLER's APPEARANCE
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM ADOPTED AS
PREAABLE-PAssAGE OF THE SCHOOL
AMEEDkENT.
WAsHINaToN, Feb 5-The attendance at
the capitol to-day was fully as large as yes
terdsy. The House met at 10, but long be-
fore that hour every seat in the galleries
was occu pied, and hundreds OF persons lin
gered around the doors in the hope of being
able TO get inside the chamber. The mems
gallery, covering about one fourth of the
gallery space, was entirely occupied by col
ored persons, who presented themselves tor
admission as soon as the doors were opened.
The civil rights bill was taken up at 1920,
when upinteresting ten minute speeches
were made.
At q quarter after II, after several speeches
had been made, the most noticeable OF which
were those of Phelps and Shanks, Gen. Butler
called the previous question. In the course
of his speech Shanks caused the equal rights
plank of the democratic platform of 1872 to
be read, which created burst of laughter
sll over the House, which was renewed when
he announced that he would offer it as pre-
ambie to the bill. Mr.. Butler accepted the
substitute. At twenty minutes TO Gen.
Butler rose TO close the debate on the bill
been surpassed. Every gallery, in
GLIDING the diplomatic, the ladies'
ETC., was crowded, and nearly a
Thousand persons were crowded around
the doors endesvoring to obtain admission
Before Butler commenced his speech a mo-
ton was made to admit ladies 20 the floor
but objection was made By Niblsck. In TIE
course Of bis speech Mr.. ButlercauSed to be
read petition TO the Mississippi legislature
In which white man asked that seven diff
ferent children, by six different coloreC
women, be legitimatized. The reading o
the names was greeted with a burst of laugh
ter. De followed up this point by asking
tho clerk TO read letter received by hin
from colored man in Richmond
In which he declared that colored
children l2 years old, and even under, were
outraged in that and other states by whit,
men snd bows and no redress could be OBJ
tanned in court. John Amber Smith, of The
Richmond district, pronounced the state
ment utterly false, which drew forth the ap
plause OF the democratic side of the house
Butler maintained that the passage of th'
civil rights bill was imperatively demanded
to correct this
CONDITION OF SOCIETY
under the guise Of showing the struggl
though which the question of equal right
for the people has passed. Butler endeavore'
to square accounts with John Young Brown
who sssailed him yesterday, drawing al
eulogistical portrait Of John Brown. III
closed by saying that it was John Brown
the elder and not the younger to whom h
alluded Butler then sent 70 the clerk
desk to be read a reasonable letter writer
by Brown at the beginning of the war. Hale
of New York, objected. Points of or
der were made by various member
on the democrat side, but the letter wa
nnslly reed. Hale moved that the lette
De stricken from the record. pending which
Sutler having declared that the language n
used yesterday, in reference TO minority 0
the southern people, was entirely justified
EldrloGe demanded that Buffers words b
taken down. Thespeaker decided that But
Ter hsd not violated the rules, and Eldridg
~itnorew his motion. Gen. Butler close
bis speech at fifteen minutes OF 2. n
demonstration, either of approval or dissI
proTsi, took place either in the sgalleries O
on the ho.r. The vote was then take
on the school amendment to the bill