Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-02-14
Proceedings of Congress.



| The only business done in the House was
the adoption Of the rule preventing niibusteI
ing motions. The debate was sharp and acri
rnonious, and resulted in Randall and Cox re
/ signing from the Committee on Rules. FOL
lowing is the rule as adopted;
Whenever question is pending before the
/ House, the Speaker shall not entertain an!
motion Of dilatory character except one mo
/ ton to adjourn, and thu motion to Tx day 10
which the House shall adjourn but the pre-,
vious question on engrossmeut ana third
reading Of any bill or Joint resolution SHAH
not be ordered during the first day OF It's con
sidcration unless two-thirds of the members
present shall second the demand; provided
+ that this rule shall not apply to House reso-
/ lutions and provided further, that it shall not
apply to any proposition to appropriate mon,
/ ey, credit or other property OF the United
States, except the regular annual approprla-
ton bills"
After its adoption, Butler moved to go to
business on the Speaker table, to take up the
Senate Civil Rights Bill
Ward, OF New jersey, moved to suspend
the rules and pass the bill giving the heirs oil
soldiers killed in battle who had enlisted for
less than year, the same bOunties as II they
had enlisted for three years. Without action
on either motion the House adjourned.
/ The Civil Rights bill came up, and the Sen
ate bill was offered as a substitute. Various
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were made by members, but Butler oil Mas
sachusetts insisted on the regular order,
which was on present consideration OF MS mo-
ton TO reconsider the vote of last session by
which the Civil Rights Bill was referred to the
Judiciary Committee. The vote resulted,
yeas 147, nays 81, and reconsideration was then
carried, Isl to 49,
Butler asked if the previous question could
be seconded today under the new rule, and
the speaker replied that it could only be by
a two-thirds vote. Butler then announced his
proposed management Of the bill. He would
first yield to the motion to substitute theSen-
ate for the House bill; then yield to White Of
Alabama, to offer a substitute; then yield to
motion to amend by striking out all relations
to schools. In this way all shades of Repub.
lican opinion might have their ideas voted
upon. This programme was carried out, and
Butler then gave notice that he would let the
debate run all day, or as long as the House
chose to sit, dividing the time equally between
the friends and the opponents of the bill,
and would move the previous question at /
o'clock tomorrow.
Lynch (colored) of Mississippi, then read a
speech in favor of the bill, at the conclusion
Of which recess was taken till 1870 p. NJ
The evening session was occupied exclu-
svely in debate on the Civil Rights Bill.
The attendance of spectators was fully as
large as yesterday, large portion being col
ored people. The Civil Rights Bill was taken
up at 1890 A. NJ, and number OF uninterest-
ing speeches were made
At 2:l5 Butler called fer the previous ques-
ton.
Shanks, in the course Of his speech had the
Equal Rights plank of the Cincinnati plat
form Of 1872 read, causing laughter all over
the House, which was renewed when he an
nounced that he would offer it as preamble
to the bill.
Butler accepted the substitute, and the bill |
is now in that shape before the House.
At 1910 Butler rose to close the debate /
The scene presented in the House has rarely |
been surpassed. Every gallery, including the |
and ladies' galleries, was crowded,
and nearly thousand people crowded around |
the doors attempting to gain entrance. But /
ler's speech presented no notable points be
yond an attempt to retaliate on John Young |
Brown, by having read reasonable letter |
written by him at the beginning of the war,
in spite of the objections Of Hale of New York |
and others. Hale moved that the letter be |
stricken from The record but no vote was
taken. Butler concluded his speech, and a
vote was then taken on the school amendment .
which was carried, 12S to IS
The next vote was on the motion to insert |
the amendment of White as a substitute for |
Cessna's amendment which was practically |
the Senate bill. Whites amendment was
rejected, as was Cessna's.
A vote was then taken on the adoption of |
the preamble moved by Shanks, several Dem |
oerats voting for it. The preamble was adopt
ed by PIG to %; and at o'clock the bill was |
placed upon its passage.
The vote on its passage was-ayes, 153; |
noes, IS. J. Amber Smith Standard, Crutch- |
field Lowndes, Roderick R. Butler, Sloan, |
Bromberg and Phelps, Republicans voted in
The negative.
No demonstrations either on the floor or in
.hc galleries followed the announcement Of
he vote.
Butler of Massachusetts, introduced an Act |
restrictions on the right Of Repre-
'entatiyes elect TO receive pay during the re-
;ess of Congress. Referred