Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-02-05

fHIDAY
'AH .--.--...- February >. 1873.
CONGRESSIONAL
Conclusion Of Yesterdays P-oe-ed

fit was sdilSIlttl ltlat inc nTnfNh> II gnRSfrfl
! tional amendment. reported from the Com
! mittee ON Privileges and Elections. tpcllaage
/ The present method Of plecting the pr-~i tent
! ard Vice President, could not become D part
| OF the constitution before the next Pre>lian-
| tial election. He did not think it nasa->agy
to repeat what he had already said A. g. the
! danger of allowing the twenty-Sccouu Jnlnt
rule 10 remain intact. Under II. a. was
Known, the vote Of the state ri New York
might he thrown ont ny either House on the
| most frivolous objection. He would now
| modify his resolution 50 a. u amend the
twenty-Second joint rule by providing that
TO objection To the reception and counting or
The electoral vote of any state shall be valid
| unless said objection is sustained by an AZ
| firmative vote OF the two Houses
| After debate. the resolution was referred
| 60 the Committee on Privileges and Flee
tions.
sharp Discussion ON the Civil Rights
| RiII.
| HOCSE.-After our report clOSoI-
| Debate on the civil rights bin WAS COntif,-
| ued by MeSSrS. Crittenden IN. ", White
| (Ala) and Eldredge lWisD
| Mr.. Brown XVI said the bill was born in
nlalignity. passed i'm defiance and violation
OF the constitution and il would be- cNacut Il
IN violence and hlOOiShed. he feared IL he
| lcved a deliberate conspiracy had already
| been formed To- overthrow constitutional lib
| CTty i'm the states.
! Mr.. Brown was proceeding To speak 10 the
| republican side. when he was rcmn lcd by the
! Speaker that ne should address the chair.
| Mr. Brown. re>uming, Said.-GOlr con-
| duct. Nh. speaker, ilaughtCr,l i'm this and
| tIticr matters reminds me pf passage IN
| JunluS. where he described a bad tenant who
! had notice 10 quit. ana broke Up the furniture
| and damaged the house, ami did all in his
| power to VeN the Landlord.
| The people OF the south. hH sal were living
! in helplCSSnc>S and distress. their houses
! dilapidatei, their tlcil> wa~tNl ana GA the
/ verge of bankruptcy. Was there upthin. ia
| their condition 20 excite sympathy ar secure
| some degree Of Justice, In 1-72. ne said. "A
! conspiracy was formed 10y tn" Attorney G'u-
! cTal, Kellogg. and drunken Federal judge.
1 tfN which sovereign state
| That SuhiugatiOn had been pnrpetuatni by
| bayonCtS. and recently one of ypIr generals
| entcreda legislature a. Cromwell entered ana
! drove out the members. On and GA they
| went, i'm defiance 81 the sentiments oT me
! country, without pity or justice, TO Cypress
the peOpleCf the south and give their roofs Ia
| the flames. Their general hal sent a telc-
| gram To the world dcuouncing the people OF
| Louisiana as banditu. Elsewhere they Ia
heard that language repeated, with tine aiti-
| ton OF thieves and muTdcrer~. The clergy OF
| that state. both Jew aBd Gentle. hal denied
| NJ, and a committee of this House. With
| majority OF republicans, had given q solemn
| contradiction 60 IL and nailel the SANDER 10
| the counter. Such an accusation should
| come from one who is OUtlawed in his own
| nome by respectable society. Whose name H.
| the synonym of falSchODd. whose chiCT bl~i-
| ness had been To defend fraud; the apn,ogi~t
| OF thicVeS-Such an apOlogiSt OF vice that IA"
! imagination SicEcuS and iuyectiVg pNhau~lS
itself i'm attempting 10 describe. Ia Scotland
! years ago, there was a man whose trade was
| murder, and whose business was selling his
| victims for gold. He linked his name with
| his crime.
The speaker asked # the gentleman was
! speaking OF any member Oi this House,
Mr.. Brown said no. he was describing
| man he had in hiS minds eye.
| The Speakcr.-DOeS the gentleman refer 10
| any member of the House,
| Mr.. BrOwn.-NO, ! have called no names.
| and continued. saying This mans name was
! linked tOhiS crime. and throughout tin world
| 1t was known a. EUrkIng." IL H. was I'd de
| scribe everything puSlldulmOE~ in war i'm
| human IN igat-p. forbidden al
! famous in politics. he would cali -Bulic.-
! ISM lScnSatiOn.l
The Speaker said he did not think TN sen
| tiClnan had answered I'M good Faith.
| Mr.. BTOwn.-The Chair had I'D right 40 an
iicTate what ! was going 70 say.
| Mr.. Hale y. " demanded that the IAN
! Cuage used should ne taken down.
| The Speaker said he was nOtat the mpn'u.
! paying particular attention 20 jLy r'marN,
| OF The gent .oman from Kentucky. when The
gentleman was asked about the explanation
| OF his language he answered evdSiyeiy. Had
he known the purpose Of the gentleman =
| speech he would have been called d order.
The Chair deSucS 10 say. in Justice ID him
self, that he was mislCI Oy the gentleman IS
| CVaSiYe answer.
| The words complained o. were iLon taken
down and read at the Clerks desk.
| Nj. Hale N. " then offered rasO'VtiOl
| that the ms mbcr from Kentucky Nj. j Ola
| \. Brown. in the language uzet bE uiIl on
fhe floor. and taken down a the aes *. az " sil
| as in his pTCTaTIcaJIOn la answer ID tue
| question OF ghe Speaker. has been guilty Oi "a
hiCdllpN OF lilt Privileges Oh l'l' HOUSE. ID d Z
| merits The CanSUre Of t.ie House Tor the viola
| ton OF the same. and. further. That a. De
| brought 20 tine bar ot the House by LIe \ r.
| geant -at-Arins and publicly ctn>uIeJ D. the
RESOLUTION OF EXPULSION.
| Mr.. Dawes Mass mOvea ID adopt raS1-
| luton that John Young Brown. a member %!
| the House from Kentucky. he expelled from
the House of Representatives for Il gross VIC
lation of the rules and privileges of the
House. for the use. on The floor. Oi the Tau
| gUage Just read by the clerk Applause Oh
the floor ard in the galleries
| The House refused 10 second the a"nl9u
for the previous question Oh Nj. HA.r I-so-
Mr.. Dawes then offered his resolution ~ a
| substitute. He said there was nothing moro
| painful than the necessity which he tlDEg a.
| deyOlVed upon him OF offering this Tg>Olu-
ton. He bad served before with the gentle
man from Kentucky. and ms relations with
| ant character. lie Mr.. Brown came hero
| first before he was OF the age 10 eGt.tlC him
! 10 be representative. and hal TO wait uufll
| he became OF that age. Subsequently, and
| on another occasion ID became his lMr
| Dawes duty to report 1-GInS' his 3.iIni ~~ipu
! TO his seat. He afterwards offered a reSDlu-
| ton 10 qualify him by removing hlS political
| disabilities. When he tncn came here he
| Mr.. Dawes welcomed him a. a young man
! of great power and opportunity. IT, wa To-
| day PANIED and shocked AT the language TSe /
! by the gentleman. and nothing but feeling
| that ii was imperauvely demanded That the
| House should Vindicate itself induced h.m %
| offer this resolution.
| Mr.. Cox had read remarks made by Mr..
| Butler Yesterday, and said that they very
| Justly excited the southern Representatives.
| There had been a good deal or lntemperate
| language on this floor, bat 10 one before ha1
! thought Of expulsion. Why was NOT The cen
| sure not commenced last session. when MI
| Hale N. \ y alluded TO a member Mr.. Vii
son, OF Indiana. as "a dirty dog The be>,
course would be to drop this whole matter
and go on with the bill that HOu are 81
| anxious about, then take up The apprOfria-
! ton bills, pass them. and 20 home aud give
the country over 10 the popular party. lAp-
| plaGSel
| Mr.. Cox here sent 10 the Clerks desk and
| had read an extract from the E'aJId giving
| the remarks of Mr.. Hale, N. " descriptive
! of a dog which had wallOweu in the mire and
! then ran about shaking himself and Smirch-
| ing the clothes of people, ana after all the
| cur remains a dirty dog.
Mr. Cox.-Why did not the House CeusurJ
| that?
Mr.. Hale-Because il did not demand a
| cenSure.
Mr.. Cox.-Now let the Clerk read Mr.. VII
| son reply.
| The Clerk read:
"Mr. WilSon-Mr. Speaker, we have jGst
| had fine exhibition of the dirty dog"