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Show GENERAL. F0KTV-TH1H1) (ONMU-SS. SENATE. Morrill, of Vermont, from the oniniittee on finance, reported baclt the hriUMi tax aud Linll bill, and uta-t'-d tnat the committee wjs equally dividid upon the bill. Hi gave no lieu ho would call it up as soon a.s liie civil rk'hu bill was disposed of. l'liict.ti on the calendar. Scott, from thu committee on finance, reported adversely on the bill to securo ttie dfjioiitors ot the Kr'dmen'rf saving bank from ultimate ulti-mate lun, and it was indctiuittly poMtpOIll.il. Jxi:an ai-ked to take up the bill for the equalization of byuiilies, but ob-jei'tiuii ob-jei'tiuii was made. At the expiration of the morning hour thu co no id oration of the civil rigliL-i bill was re?mm'd. Thunnan ollervd an amendment eonfhiinjf the operation of the clause in regard to tlio qualification of jumrs to the l;nited States courU. He argued tint congress had no power under the fouriceuth ainenJment to prescribe pre-scribe tho qualification of jurors in the slate court. Morton contended that tho' fourth section didn't establish the qualifications qualifica-tions of a juror, it simply provide.! that he could not be disqualified on account of color, and only made all equal before the law. Thurmjtn said there was only one staUt or territory in the Union that permitted women to sit on tho jury, yet they received equal protection of tho laws; equal prutection of the laws was one thing, and political privileges another. He would never be wilhug to giv colored men of tho country more privileges than white women. Tho question being on the amendment amend-ment ot Thunnan, and no senator desiring to speak, the chair was about to order a vote when Bayard raised the point of order that under the agreement yesterday, a vote couldn't bo taken before 2 o'clock to-morrow. Edmunds, who had charge of the bill, said he felt bound to abide by the Hgreement, and it was -not in order to vote on the amendment under the agreemont. .Norwood was then allowed to re-sumo re-sumo his speech which he began some days ago on Louisiana. A resolution for recess from 5 till 7.30 p.m. was than adopted. The senate went into executive session ses-sion and at 5 took recess. The evening session was attended by fifteen senators. Norwood finished' his speech on Louisiana. Bayard made a speech against the constitutionality constitu-tionality of the civil rights bill and the sonute adjourned. HOUSE. Immediately after the meeting of the house this morning, Randall made a proposition that if the republicans would agree to take up the sundry civil appropriation bill and discuss it til! o'clock and then take a recess till ":oU and take up the lorce bill for bato only, the opposition would not i insist upon reading tiie journal, which would consume several hours. Coburn gavo notice that he would to-morrotv at 1 o'clock p.m., call the previous question on the force bill. Kluidall s proposition was then accepted, ac-cepted, and the house went into committee com-mittee on the sundry apnropriationbill. ' iv nen Uio t!..u3L3'titiu reaciieJ iVp propriating $10,000 for the purchase of Miss Ransom's picture of General Thomas, and $2o,000 for Carpenter's painting of signing tho emancipation proclamation, objection was made to the appropriations as not authorized by existing lav,?. Garfield suggested' that the points were not well Liken,' but the chair (Iloskms) ruled that they were, and the clauses were stricken out. Butler (Mass.) offered an amendment amend-ment to appropriate i5,000 to defray the expenses of tho suit ordered and brought by tho commissioner of the general land office, to recover possession posses-sion of the Panoehe Grande ranche in California. Without voto on the amendment the house took a recces till 7, the evening ecssion to be for dttbalo on the force bill. Evening Session. There was an average attendance of members, and the galleries were crowded. Coburn opened the debate on the force bill by an argument in its favor as absolutely necessary for the preservation of the peace of the south and the life of government. gov-ernment. Buckner characterized the bill as extraordinary, revolutionary and anti-republican, anti-republican, and nsserted his belief in the correctness of the statement made in the editorial columns of the iViii;ojiirZ lifpiiUicaii, the president's organ, to day, that the passage of tiie bill was requisite to preserve to the republican party the electoral votes of the southern states. Willard (Mich.) made an earnest, eloquent and impassioned speech against the bill. He deprecated any legislative action that would result in further inflaming the public mind, and that didn't restrain the present initiation by which the country was made a mere prey of opposing extremists. ex-tremists. Albright advocated tho bill as n-ictsary to protect the colored citizens citi-zens of the south. Sever apposed it as unnecessary for any purpose. Hayes, Ala., made a personal defense de-fense in connexi on with the Hawley letter. He confessed that he had been misled as to some minor acts, but the general charges of lawlessness and murder had been sustained. ! Hawley, Conn., said he had been: a radical in polities ail his life, but the time had corny to consider whether he could continue with bis radical accociaies. He didn't like to part company with them, but had to He could not agree to uutanv further or greater power in the hands of the president. He knew there were wrongs in the south, but they couldn't be righttd by such iatvs. He argued that the federal government, while it couldn't interfere to protect American Ameri-can citizens in foreign countries, bad no right or power to interfere witn the exercise of civil law within the states. He appealed tosouthern men to give an assurance that ku kluxaud white leagues should be put down and everything done to pre.-erve peace in oaler to prevent a rrkindliog of the spirit of uircord which might again provoke civil war. At midnight Berry rose to advocate the bill. Tnere were but few members mem-bers left to hear him. |