Middletown transcript., 1875-02-06
Proceedings Of Congress.

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Massachusetts, were fled Bills were
introduced to incorporate the Wash
ington and Suitland railroad, and
to amend the act Of June 20, 1874. for
the government of the District Of
Columbia. An adverse report was
made on the bill granting pensions to
survivors Of the Mexican war; also
upon the bill to aid the Southern Mary
land railroad. A bill was introduced
to prohibit the manufacture, importa-
ton or sale Of spirituous liquors in the
District Of Columbia. Mr.. West dis
cussed Louisiana affairs, and was fol-
lowed by Mr.. Morrill,, Of Vermont, on
the same subject.
House. The bill to provide for pay
ment Of interest on the 3.65 District Of
Columbia bonds was passed also a
bill appropriating $3.50, 900 to purchas Sc
seeds, &c., for sufferers by the grass
hopper plague. After considerable
parliamentary skirmishing in Intellectual
endeavor to reach action upon the rules,
so as to prevent dilatory motions, the
House took recess until ten o'clock
next morning.
TuEsDAY-Senate. e.-The credentials
Of Mr.. Wallace, Senator-elect from
Pennsylvania, we're placed on file.
Governor Brooks, of Arkansas, in a
memorial, claimed to have been elected
Governor Of that State 10 1872, and
that his Office is now usurped through
armed force and by fraud, and he asks
such congressional action as will pro-
tect the lawful government Of that
State. The committee on the judiciary
was directed to inquire whether bill
shall be prepared to suppress gambling
in the District Of Columbia. There
was no discussion on Louisiana affairs,
Mr.. Sargent, who was entitled to the
floor. being too unwell to proceed.
House se.-After protracted discussion
and wearisome 6libustering, a rule was
adopted to prevent dilatory motions.
The action was by strict party vote,
except that Mr.. Butler. Of Massachu-
setts voted in the negative. The en-
tire preliminaries, which have occupied
the sessions of the House since We'd
nesday last, were mainly intended to
prevent the majority from foisting the
odious civil rights bill upon the coun-
try. An appropriation Of $4,000. was
made to pay the expenses Of the Louis
lana investigating committee.
WEDNEsDAY-Senate. Presi-
dent was asked for all the information
be possesses in reference to Arkansas
affairs not therefore, communicated to
the Senate. The Secretary Of the Trea-
sury communicated tabular statement
of cotton seizures made by government
officers. A bill was passed appropriat-
ing $25, 900 for the expense attending
King Kalakaua's entertainment. Mr..
Morrill,, Of Vermont, spoke at length
in opposition to the Canadian. rscipro-
city treaty.
House. Mr.. Buffers motion to re-
consider the vote by which the civil
rights bill was recommitted to the
judiciary committee was agreed to,
several republicans voting in the mega
tive, among them Messrs. Lowndes Of
Maryland, Sener of Virginia, and Lof-
land Of Delaware. Mr.. Butler then in
termed the House that he would allow
debate and call the previous question
at one o'clock next day; also that the
time for debate should be equally divid-
ed between the friends and opponents
Of the bill. The debate was then COM
menced and kept up in spirited man.
ner until Eve o'clock, when recess
was taken until 730 P M. Mr.. But
ler led off, and was repeatedly ques-
toned in pertinent style, many person.
alities being INDUCED in by him and
repudiated when he was called to ac-
count for them. Several times per-
sonal collisions seemed imminent, on
one occasion a Southern republican
profanely indicating that he was "spoil-
ing for fight After the recess
speeches we're made by Messrs. Storm
Of Pennsylvania, Whitehead Of Vir-
ginia, and Cain and Rainey OF South
Carolina
THURsDAY-Senate.-A memorial Of
fifteen hundred depositors in the Balti-
more branch of the Freedman's Bank
asks that they be reimbursed their los
ses. The House bill for the relief of
sufferers by grasshoppers was passed.
The bill for the relief Of Mrs Octavia
LeVert and her children was consider
ed, with view to getting test vote Of
the Senate on the class Of claims to
which it belongs-that Of Southern
claims growing out Of the war. Mr..
Conkling opposed the consideration,
because if such claims were passed the
President would veto them, and the
consideration was laid over.
House The discussion Of the civil
rights bill was resumed. Speeches
were made in opposition by Messrs.
Blount Of Georgia, Sener Of Virginia,
Eldredge Of Wisconsin, Brown Of Ken
tucky, and others, and in favor Of it by
Hoar Of Massachusetts, and Cain Of
South Carolina. During Mr.. Browns
speech he said s'if he were to describe
everything pusillanimous in war, inhu-
man in peace, forbidding in morals, and
Infamous in politics, be would call il
Butlerism," whereupon Mr.. Hale, Of
New York, offered resolution that
Mr.. Brown be censured for violation
Of the privileges Of the House in using
such language, and upon that resolu-
ton he demanded the previous ques-
ton, but the House refused to second
the demand. Mr.. Dawes then refused
a resolution that Mr. Brown be ex.
pelled from the House for gross viola.
ton Of the rules and privileges. This
gave rise to extended and bitter discus.
sion, in which were quoted expressions
used at previous sessions by some o.
the advocates of the resolution to expe