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at the capitol to-day was fully as large as
yesterday The house met at 10 o'clock,
but long before that hour every seat in the
galleries was occupied and hundreds of
persons fingered around the doors in the |
hope of being able to get inside the cham |
Der. The mems gallery, covering about
one fourth of the gallery space, was entire |
ly occupied by colored persons, who pre-
sented themselves for admission as soon as
the doors opened. The Civil Rights bill |
was taken up at 1920, when interesting
ten minute speeches were made.
| MrPinchback has resorted to the unusu-
al means of addressing memorial to, and
distributing it among the senators, urging
them to take speedy action on his creden-
tials as senator from Louisiana, and saying
that his own good name and the interests
4 of that state suffer by delay.
The Civil Rights bill passed by the
house to-day goes to the senate to be acted
on irrespective of the bill passed by the lat
ter body Doubts are expressed whether
the senate will decidedly act on the matter.
owing to the press OF business.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-HOUsE.-At a
lquarter after twelve, after several speech
es had been made, Gen, Butler called the
previous question on the Civil Rights BILL
Mr.. Shanks caused the equal rights plank
of the Democratic platform of 1872 to be
read, which created burst of laughter all
lover the house, which was again and again
renewed when he announced that he
would offer it as preamble to the bill.
The following is the plank:
We the Democratic electors OF the United States
in conyention assembled, do present the following
preamble, ready adopted at Cincinnati, as essen
/. We recognize the equality of all men before
the law and hold that it is the duty OF government
and exact justice to ALL of whatever vlty race
COLOR OR Persuasi IN, religious or political
The vote was taken on the adoption Of
the preamble moved by Mr. Shanks, sever
al Democrats voting in favor of it.
! The preamble to the bill was adopted by
2l9 to %, and at o'clock the bill was
placed upon its passage. The vote on the
passage of the Civil Rights bill was yeas
l62, nays 100.
j. Amber Smith, Stanard, Cruch6eld,
F. Lowndes, Roderick R. Butler, Sloan, ,Brom-
berg and Phelps, Republicans, voted IN the
negative. No demonstration, either on
the floor or in the galleries, followed the
announcement of the vote.
!, The following is the bill as it passed
i without the preamble:
Resolved That all persons within the
:. jurisdiction of the United States. shall be
entitled to the full and equal enjoyment
- of the accommodations, advantages, facil-
titles and privileges of inns, public convey
is ances on land or water, theatres and other
[[ss places of public amusement, subject only
x to the conditions and limitations establish
ed by law and applicable alike to citizens
of every race and color, regardless of any
Sc previous condition of servitude.
ldt Sec. 2. That any person who shall VIC
IN late the foregoing section by denying tt
any citizen, except tor reasons by law ap.
plicable to citizens OF every race, color anc
m, regardless of any previous condition Of
of servitude the full enjoyment of any ac
commodations, advantages, facilities Of
privileges in said section enumerated, ol
ir, by aiding or melting such denial. shall fo
every such offense forfeit and pay tn,
'' sum of $500 to the person aggrieved there
-lby, to be recovered In an action for debt
with full costs, and shall also for ever,
Ter such offense be deemed guilty of misde
es meanor, and upon conviction thereof b.
mr. fined not less than nor more than 5 ,OOU
he or shall be imprisoned not less than thlr
W we ty days nor more than one year, To thi
re section is attached a proviso conhnin
nd persons to the right to proceed in law t
pss lps only one jurisdiction which they may elec
Isl and that the Judgment for the penalty i
nd favor of the party aggrieved, or judgmen
5I. 5It upon an indictment, shall be bar to eth
md er prosecution respectively.
sh. Sec. s. That district and circuit court
IS nce of the United States shall have, exclusiy
hat of the courts OF the several states, COS
ess nizance of all crimes and offences again'
- and violations of the provisions OF tn
: act, and action for the penalty given /
= the preceding section may be prosecute
~ in The territorial, district or circuit cour
y of the United States wherever the defen
6 ant may be found. without regard to ii
y other party, and the district attorue
marshal and deputy marshal of the Unite
- States and the commissioners appointe
ID by the circuit and territorial cour
a the United States, with the pow
60 of arresting and imprisoning or ba
= ing offenders against the laws
- the United States, are heret
" especially authorized and required to i
q stitute proceedings against every pers'
, ! who shall violate the provisions of this a
and cause him to be arrested and impri
= ;. oned or bailed, as the case may be, for tri
ieb. before such cour. of the United States
S re- territorial court as has cognizance of {
i s'. y offense, except in respect of the right
sns- action occurring to the person aggrieve
and such district attorney shall cause su
n. proceedings to be prosecuted to their t.