The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-08
CONGRESS AGAIN AT WORK.
TRYING TO VOTE r.. ". s. PTNCHBAC
A SEAT ~ THE SENATE.
Judge Tburmnn's Answer to Morton's Parti-
| san Appeal-Schenck aud the District Ring
| TO be InvcstiRnted-The Greek Mission.

WASHIN0TON, req. I-lno OnhlT ihiu |
before the Senate memorial Of the New York |
Board OF Trade, showing the inexpediency OF |
attem ptlng the resumption Of specie payments |
before the requisite conditions are ripe for II.
Mr.. Conkling (tep., N. " presented the me- |
mortal Of the Now York Chamber Of Commerce. |
reviewing the history and creation OF the Japan |
ese indemnity fund aud, recommending that II, |
with any accumulation, be paid back to the
japanese Government, after deducting expenses.
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr. Conkllng, from the Judiciary Committee,
reported with verbal amendments the House
bill providing for the payment Of judgments
rendered bv the Court OF Alabama Commission
ers and asked for Its immediate consideration.
He said the object OF the bill was to provide
that nothing In the act recently passed, extend
ing the duration Of the ALBANIA Court unGil July
@, 1875, should operate to keep claimants ose
claims were allowed prior to jan q, out Of their
money.
Mr.. Sargent rep, CALI said this bill provided
for four per cent. interest on such judgments. He
moved to make the rate Of interest six per cent;
but, after some discussion, he withdrew the
amendment and gave notice that he would offer
II here after to some other bill relating to the
Alabama court.
The amendments proposed by the committee
were concurred In, and the bill passed.
Mr.. Morrill, CRep, Me) gave notice that at
| p. NJ. tomorrow he would ask the Senate to pro-
ceed with the consideration OF the bill appropri-
ating sl.50oOoO to aid the Centennial Exhibition,
| and he hoped that whatever the Senate proposed
| to do II would do then.
PUBLIC LANDS.
Mr.. Clayton Rep.. Ark) called up the bill to
| repeal section 2,S9 OF the Revised statutes. max
Ing restrictions In the disposal OF public linds In
the states OF Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
| Arkansas, and Florida.
| The amendment proposed by Mr. sargent
| (Rep.. CALI, that nothing In the act should be
| construed to revive the law commonly called
| the Graduation act, was rejected without a divi-
Mr. Thurman's amendment, that the repeal OF
said section shall not have tho eject to impair
the right. complete or inchoate, Of any home
stead settler, and no land occupied by such set
tier at the time this act shall take effect shall be
subject to entry, preumption or sale, was reject
Mr. Edmunds Rep., VIZ submitted an amend
ment And provided, that the public land
affected by t9s act shall n9t be open to p5ybaiis pbi
Mr. CLAYTON opposed the amendment, and said
the lands had been open FOR sale at l23 cents
per acre before tho passage OF the law which IL
was now proposed to repeal
Mr. Eimunds said the ii nber Of the land was
the property of the United States, and the
Treasury needed all the money which could be
0oI for 1t. II the. bill should be passed as It
petition by purchasers, and any person quick
enough could take w the land AZ sl25 per acre,
per acre for ii. II he did not know the Senator
from Arkansas Clayton SO well, he would think
there was aOm0 schafne in IL but ne knew tnat
that Sen ator would not be engaged In anything
VI that Alnd. Suppressed laughter'I
PIScHBAcK.
Pending discussion, the morning hour ex-
pirsd, and the Chair lsid before the senate the
p. ID. ). Pnchoack as Senator from louisiana,
the pending question being on the amend ment
of Mr.. Edmunds to insert the word " not" be-
fore the word I" admitted"
Mr. Thurman Dem, Ohio) said tho question
before the Senate was in Its nature judicial
! one, and should be judicially considered. Il
was question Of legal right, and there was no
legal right to the seat he ought to be admit
ted but II. on the other, he had no such right.
/, no party consideration should be allowed TO
; give him the seat. The tirst point made by the
Senator from Indiana was that Pinch back had a
seated NJ once any Investigation as TO the man
ner OF his election to DO made aitetward. II this
an act Of thei 0rossest injustice TO Pinchback
= and tagrant wrong to the state he represent
D on the Goor Tor several wears. First came John
, Roy and bfterward came L. d. :. Pinchback. Both
; OF them were elected by the same body, the
Q former 10 nil the unexpired term of Kellogg
II Mr.; Piah6sek had prims iacie csc 9. SO now Sc
had R@y Why vas pe4 ray ss.ss OF on s
7. years Mr.. Plnchback's claim last March wa.
= postponed for nine m9nt9s non, a. the instanee &C., o.
!. Indiana (Mr. Morton) vote for tnat postpone
y ment II MIR. Pinchhaek had prlma facie case
:, IL the forty odd lawyers in the Senate could now
= be persuaded that Mr. Pinchback had all the re
. quirements Of prlma face, the sooner they re
=. the better It would be for the country. WI,
had Ray been kept out Of his seat, and why had
Pnchback been suffered To wander through
= these halls and corridors three long years, like
q detected ghost on the banks Of the Sty1 and m,
e no majority TO do him iusticef There was hu
y one answer to this. The Senate, without respec
u to party had not been able 10 see that ne had I
prima facie case. Nine months ago the friend
OF MIR. Pinchback were unwilling that decisive
vote should be taken on his case. HAD he beef
TeJTeep men no aeuScsn IIu Would % have bee
III elected Ia his stead but now, as result OF th
Wheeler compromise, Democratic Legislator
existed I'm Louisiana, nnd the senator from In
y diana mir MOrtoni fastened to inform the Sen
~ ate that II pnchDack was not admitted Demo
"A cratic Senator would be let In. Were Republi
W can Senators to ht mble their convictions an
ms smother their consC Ciences1 II so, seat In thl
n body, sometimes He'd august, had fallen yer
- low Indeed. lie (Mr. thurman agreed that Pinch
IL back had not primA facie case, and to say tina
10 he had such a case II wv was to attribute 70 III
in senate the grossest stupidity and groN inJus
or tioe. MIR. Thurman zen read from the repol
OF the committee thu 30 years ago, that ther
n. was no lawful Government in Louisiana, an
It that neither John Ray or Macmillan were law
" fully elected. L Ry was not elected, l., f,3ca I
ne Carpenter Joh9 A. Logan >; L. Acorn sId ana ,h
II & yee tSe4 yates wn1
10 Herewith. there would be an end to this Hhol
te question. Aiterwad Mr.. Carpenter Introduce
y. bill to organize Government In louisidn
a. and the only basis for II was the resolution u
ng ported by the committee that no legal staII
TO after long debate, came to a vote, and lS sem
"a tors voted for It to % against T. seventeen
W eight OF them arc members Of the Senate u
en- day. IL those Senators would stand by the
ny record, this question would be decided.
81 WILL NOT sTULTFY HIMSELF.
IT, Mr.. Chrlstianoy (Rep., Mich) said when Il
en-. caes was up ast March he expressed his view
Of aud he did not wish to take back or change OF
Gu word he said then. He stood now where
N stood then. lie thought the question had be-
M fairly stated by the Senator from Ohio (Ihu
. mani. In his (Christiancy's) view, the par
'he policy had nothing to do with the case. III
0l allowed his party feeling to influence him
os. this matter lie would feel that he was deseTv
the OF eternal infamy, II in the Senate when yo
KIN should be taken, he would vote against the Il
mission OF pinchbAok
Mr.. Howe (Rop Wis) said when he shou
vote for the admission Of pinchback, he won
vote according to The honest conviction OF /
conscience and would do 80 believing that the
he- was not man on the 1oor, holding n seat, VI
the had better right to IL than Mr.. lnchhack n
in. to his lie INT. Howell hoped all the Senate al
an all tho world would be assured, as he knew
Re- OF the angels In heaven were assured, that
he would give his vote through no personal co
nlY sderat!2., He argued that Mr., Plnohbeck ne'
the had anything but priml facie case. In r, ga
to his signature to the report II the commit
Ia 1872, lie said he had signed that report b
he had done penance for IL since, IA far a.
49,. Senator could do penance for mistaken vo