Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-02-11
WASHINGTON.
OUR REGULAR wEEkLyLsrrER.


TER own RIaHrs s,,.L Asp Irs pAseAox runouou
1Hs HOUSE paopApLr YArE or rur a,II~-so-
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interest continued to centre In tho House Of
Representative until ye.terdsv. tn Ina sure n
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~, =" ' 70" A"o"" AZ" 'o"s o.s'"saeu
VII tights question, but then the "dead lock"
was over and instenL Of the interminubIs calling
of tho yeas And nav. t,,ara wss . ,;y.,v 5.h., Il;
,.,.;,, A., ' "'""' :"
.m'" some Oh Tue leading members on either
side took prominent part. Il Afforded y OAR
hcularly good opportuniiv far The an, mic. a,
0anor.i p,,,.r =. ~. a., 49,. - 49,. an
.'' :" "o va" :" e""'6e Vi '"e o'i'
70 vent their long pent mp Indignation upon him
and he was At various times during the discus-
sion handled in tho mos, r,co,,,,,,no,,,.r 49,,
.'' 'i''''"'"'~'s "iA"
"er' 70 say the least, by the champions OF that
ante belinm spriG which still exists to \ great
extent throughout the South. Mclean, OF Tex
es, and John Young Brown, Of Kentucky, made
themselves noticeabIy conspicuous by their
reckless and abusive language the latter carry
Ing it to such All extent IN to draw upon himself
the censure Of tho House. Amidst il all Butler
rat the calmest Of the calm. retorting but once
when he WAS charged will, being a murderer for
hanging milford in New Orleans, BY saving II
that was murder he goried III it and moreover
he was satisfied now had he done a little more
hanging IN New Orleans at that time il would
have been much better for tho country,
Cain. from South Carolina, 4 genuine black
man, took the most active psrt in tie debate OF
any OF the colorcd members, and ut times made
some very good points His style WAS rather
dramatic and somewhxt wordy. but the earnest.
Of the appeal in behalf OF his race couid not
fail to excite the interest OF his hearers. Dur.
inu tl,o ttrn 81,
aud 1T times the mass swayed back aud forth
along the corridors, the onts endeayor,np to get
in aud the ms irving TO get ont The coloTed
population continued in possession Of tire gen
was futile. Whether thew understood the pro.
ceedings or not, other than that it was the OWL
Rights Bill that was up. msttered little. The
weather outside was raw and wintry. there It was
warm uncomfortable. They had no work and
plenty of time and NO thcy enioyed themse1yes
apparently much to the disgust Of many of their
white brethren who hadn't a show. and who
were compelled to kill time strollup nm and
down the long corridors
There IL an end to all things however and NO
1t has come to be with that discussion for tie
present. 80 far ~ the House il concerned. Az
il well known, on Friday tile bill passed by large
majority. II il by no means AZ radical measure
AZ chat which came over from the Senate Last
school clause in the latter, which met with tie
bltterest opposition, and which, If persisted in,
wonld have killed the hill WAS left mt A
passed il relates to liz tells places of amusement.
common carriers and iuries, Ii also reauires
United States Courts to act in casey where
State Courts fail to do on account of local preiu.
dice. After all il is very questionable whether
the bill will be disposed of before adiournment
unless the Senate agree TO pass it NJ il comes
from the House. The feeling in the senate ia
more radical than the House M shawn NV tLe
passage OF the original bill. Shonld tLey, how
ever, make any amendments to 1t, thereby re.
curing further Legislation by the Home. IL ia
scarcely possible with tile brief time remsininv
And the large smnnnt NJ imnortant hn.;,'a., hae
fore them. that any sati.factory a,rangemsnt
can be arrived at.
Tins being the last week nricr tn tho Te,to,
season, society has been making the most of II
and it has been very CAV one. In addition IN
the regular weakly rsceniion. of Tho isI;.s NJ
the cabinet the wives ~ Senstors s"S t"nara ol
men and prominen. citizens there were aeversl
germans. seR parties and baIis eli NJ which wore
fully attended and excep,onally atrractive The
Presidents levee Oh Tuesl Law evening and Mrs
Grants reception this afternoon we're both
crowded to excess 40 that nolice Ind IN la sta'
toned at various points to prevent blnckaIes
and keen the surpinp masses mnvin,, an ,rha
usual humber OF prominent ner.onsgas snj
beautiful ladies' were uresent md mamy " ,i,a
toilettes were both elegant and elsbnrsis - ''''
Senator Howe, OF the Lib,ary Gomm,tteo vo..
n rsfss bSSas p for tie erection Of fire
325o 600 ia asEei y,r h cn,n,nanoo ,ha ni ~
Il in In he erecsJ nndsr ,l,a .no anr
commission conrstinr nj tLe snmaru;s;,a
Architect of lie Treasmry the chsir,nap ~, .is
Joint Committee m the T;hrarv smd H.. r,. so
man Of tile senate Committed ~ p,IIic R,;ia-
ings and Grounds. aud the Librarian ~ Tnu-
aresa y,iio;.n', anu 'ho Lloiatiai OF con,
CITY Hall il located II mentianad W. tha ou
which il /. to be nlaced and whsn cnm'n,aip"n
all copy rights and Xii books Md mats,;ai az ~
library except such portion, not exceeding "a