Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-01
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Civil Rights Bill Paved.
Goa cisston of Saturdays Proeeeaaag,.

SENATE-After our report closed
Mr.. Carpenter continued his argument l..
opposition 10 the civil rights bilI. lie thought
ii the bill was passed aud IL should b. de-
clarei unconstitutional. the only effect would
be 10 Tetard tic accomplishment OF the very
purposes it WAS designed 10 effect
Mr.. Hamilton Md also spoke against the
bill, and Mr.. Edmunds closed the debate in
Ia its faVor
The bill was then passed exactly as it came
from the House. toy the following vote.
lEAs-Messrs. Alcorn, Allison, Anthony. Bore
man, Boutwell,, Can eron, Chandler, Osytos. Conk-
ling, Conoysr, Cragia, Edmunds, Ferrr q Mich 4,
flanagan, Frrlinghuy.en, Harvey, Howe, lag sll-,
Jcnes, Logan, Mitchell, msTrlH 81 VT, MORON,
son, Sargent, SooIl,. sherman, Spencer, Stewart,
wsshburn, West, wind'm: Wri4ht-Ss.
Davis, Denni-, Eatpn Ferry OF C,.nn, Godth Wait,
Gordon, Hagrr, Hamilton q Nd Hamilton Il
VOID Ransom, Ssuis6uTy, scbari, spragas, Steven
con- Stockton, 1hurmsn, TiPton-s6.
EVENING SESSION.
Mr.. Lewis (Na-l called up bill eXplanato DRY
OF act of June 70, 1874. for government OF Dis
trict of Columbia. Passed. IL provides for
After short executive session the Senate
adjourned.
Passage OF the Force BILL
| HOU SE-After our report closed
Iibued. Among the republicans VINO
SPOKE against the measure were MaSSrS
| Pierce and George +. Hoar. OF Massschu-
| sets, and Judge Poland, of Vermont. Tue
| lS5 yeas to 10 nays.
GA ordering the main question the yeas and
nays were ordered. and II was decided In the
affirm alive yeas, l5I; nays, los.
After further discussion, at 4.a0 p. m.
| debate was closed. and the firSt question was
! the amendment of Mr.. Butler 10 amend the
| 18th section by limiting the suspension OF tht
| habeaS corpus 10 the states OF Louisiana
| Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama, and
prov iding that this section shall be operative
| only during the term OF two years and 10 the
1 N.afsn1 lf Faf
| thereafter and no longer; which was agreed
| to 10y a vote OF iGi yeas to90 nays.
| The republicans voting ia the negativ,
| were MeSSrS. CaSSOD, Darrail, Howe, Hynes
| LaflaId, Miles, Num-, Sener, sheldon
Smith, (ofNa.,) Smith, (of \. CD ST. Johr
| and SypheT.
The question then recurred upon the motion
| of MIR. Cannon to strike out the 18th section
| iiejeCted-yeaS III. nays l30.
| BLAINE rs. BUTLEE.
Pending the roll call on this motion, Mr.
| Butler was standing at the Clerks desk over
| looking the tally clerk, when some one on
| the democratic side called attention To thi
| fact and said il was i'm violation Of the raj,
forbidding members being at the desk whcl
| a vote is being taken.
Speaker Blaine CMrs. Cessna being in tn
chair was at the same time standing At tn
tally-clerk, when Mr.. Butler remarked tina
he had as much right 10 be there as tn
| Speaker had.
Mr. Blaine Immediately resumed the chat
|
| that remark?
| Mr.. Butler.-Because i am a member @
the House, and so are you.
| The Speaker replied that he hal no regula
seat assigned him on the floor, aud that whe
he left the Speakers chair he hal n right 3
occupy any position he pleased on the floor
| Mr.. Butler, returning TO his seat, remarke
that the Speaker had no right on any part Q
the floor other than his own chair
| The Speaker again calling Mr.. Cessna
the chair, resumed his position 1t the readin
clerks desk, whereupon Mr.. Butler returne
| to his former position, where he could Over
| look the tally clerk. The point of order wa
| raised. when Mr.. Cessna desifed him to tab
his seat; which he did.
| PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
| The engroSsment was then orle al h,
| vote of 1876 yeas to 100 nays. ~
The republicans voting II tbo naoa,i,
We're Messrs. Burchard, y ,-ia,ot Troo,,ns
Dawes, Foster, Garfield Hale NE tIar,
son, Hawley Comm. p Unar q; = Hoo
Kasson, kellogg .owndes, Merriam. Phelp
Tierce, foiano r.. III. Roberts, Scudder &
n.li Sener, Smith IN. ", Smith IN. G.
S6arkwea' .Ier, Willard (Vt.), Willard Mic
! fgan), ard Williams (Mich.)
The vote was then taken on the passage
the bill, and it was passed by a vote OF |
| yeas 10 ia nays.