Show DOINGS IN CONGRESS A i washington MAY 17 the senate met and took a recess till 11 2 only ten members were present the senate senatore assembled reassembled re at a quarter past one no quorum was present the bill for the relief of anson dart was taken up and postponed till half rast rast past 12 tomorrow to morrow mr anthony made an explanation in regard to the historical allusion contained in the speech of mr air davis on the ath of may and proceeded to show that at the time referred to rhode island was the only spot on the chiv ilzel globe where religious toleration was practised practiced the resolutions of mr davis were taken up mr davia davis resumed his speech lie he said that the democratic party of the union unless they stood on principle ought to be defeated and destroyed the ile senator from illinois had assailed every prominent democrat in the country not even exempting the president of the united states whose position should have sealed his lips mr davis speech was said to be very able and eloquent and was listened to with attention rDouglas mcdouglas Mr Af Douglas replied and said lie be would make any personal sacrifice for the sake of the unity of the party but the senator prescribed the terms on which that unity was to be effected he ile had prescribed no terms he only wanted to fight under the flag which waved over their triumph ill in 1856 1836 he le had been told today to day he was outside the party because he differed with the executive ile he had yet to learn that the Administration or cabinet or senators or representatives constituted the democratic party the senator from georgia differed with the administration on or the tariff or the pacific railroad ac and yet lie he was in good fellowship bestany test any man in this kayin way in the senate and they would find him outside the party would the senator from virginia sustain the president on the pacific railroad ile he had not done it yet if they would search the record they would find he had bad cast more votes for the administration pol poi policy lck ick than any an other man no president had a rig right t to tell him how t to vote it showed folly to erect an idol to bow down to and worship ile he had appealed from the presidential edict to a convention of the party it was not an outside party only those were outside who refused to obey the will of the majority who bolted because the convention did not adopt the principles that were rejected in 1848 1852 1832 in 1850 and again in 1860 the senator from mississippi loved the party but wanted it to agree with him the democratic organization was the only one competent to preserve the union and he who sought to break it up tip looked with complacency on dissolution of the union mcdoug las lag then went into an argument n t to show that tho at the south had no right to object b c t to a platform to which she agreed in 1856 and ad expressed the belief that the people of the cotton states would not sustain the course of the seceding delegates this struggle came from the senat trial triai trial caucus if senators would attend to i heir business and let the convention alone the party would be anted lie he had been ask pd od to define squatter sovereignty the ile people of oregon had bad been left by the government govern mert to set up a government for themselves calhoun called this squatter sovereignty one of the laws of oregon was the prohibition of slavery they had the same authority now in dacotah and nevada if the south are opposed to this why do they not brin brid bring 11 in bills to correct it it was for the great principle of popular sovere bovere sovereignty g nty that he contended mr davis replied and then the subject was postponed until tomorrow to morrow after an executive session the senate adjourned in the house very few members were in attendance tn dance and the house took a recess till 2 to enable the members to attend the presentation of the japanese embassy to the president mr air curtis f from rom nom the military committee reported arted a bill regulating army contracts and a eill bill hlll for retiring supernumerary and other disabled officers from from the army mr air winslow from the covode committee made a report in reference to the testimony of cornelius wendell and F IV walker moving that it be printed and recommended the passage of a resolution that F IV walker be aellen expelled from the house and the reporters gallery a lery mr sherman said he would expel any reporter fa 0 arter who acted as a lobby agent thus violating t ing the condition on which they are admitted to the reporters gallery the resolution was ado adopted pied pled the house resumed the consideration of and passed the po post pot t office deficiency bill the total amount ap appropriated r by the bill is thirteen millions al and n ta a half the ilie committee acted on the senates amend merits to the deficiency and consular and diplomatic plo matic appropriation bills and then proceeded to the consideration of the legislative executive and judiciary expenses of the government ern melt ment 1 without con concluding gluding the subject how however e ver the committee rose and the house adjourned adjourn eda edi MAY 18 mr mason from the committee on foreign relations reported a bill carrying into effect the treaties with wilh china japan siam persia ac ordered to be printed the message from the president relative to mr davids daviss resolutions were taken up and mr air mason addressed the senate at length his views on the resolutions were similar to io those enunciated by mr davis the house proceeded to the consideration of the nebraska contested election case of daily against eastabrook campbell and davis dans advocated the claim of the contestant while the latter was speaking there was much confusion of tongues and the republicans were standing in groups talking about the news from chicago the speaker requested gentlemen to preserve order mr air dawes to quiet the confusion sald said that mr air abraham lincoln will be the next president and be he hoped this announcement would be satisfactory Eastabrook Mr spoke in defence of his right to a seat the house passed a resolution that mr air eastabrook is not and mr air daily is entitled to a seat mr eastabrook retired and mr air daily was sworn in MAY 19 in the senate mr air sebastian of ark from the committee on indian affairs reported the house bill to appoint a superintendent for indian affairs in washington territory and also indian agents el mr air collamer of vt moved to amend that all temporary agents be dismissed and no others appointed pon POD ted which was agreed to and the bill passed A message from the president in relation to the capture of the slaver wildfire with five hundred and seven negroes by captain cragin in of the steamer Aloba mohawk wk on the of g A april ri 1 the question was what should be done with the negroes the president suggested in his message that an arrangement be made with the colonization society to take them back to africa and that a general provision be made to cover coverall all ali future cases the message was referred to the judiciary committee the house went into committee of the whole on the state of the union and discussed the slavery question but noth interesting rig ng or new was advanced in regard to it and at the time of the adjournment but eight members were present MAY 21 in the senate mr hale offered a joint resolution that both houses adjourn on monday the loth of june laid over on motion of mr green the resolution to defer the hours of meeting of the senate to eleven was taken up and carried by yeas 32 nays 11 A large number of house bills were read twice and referred the remainder of the day was taken up in the discussion of mr air davis resolutions by toombs hammond pu puh pugh b brown and hale in the house mr montgomery introduced a resolution providing for the adjournment of CO congress Dress on the lith of june arich much confusion vas was consequent and an ineffectual motion was made to table it mr sherman proposed an amendment substituting sti the which mr montgomery accepted but refused a further amendment by air mrk sherman shermany providing for evening sessions the resolution was waa adopted against 35 33 on motion of mr air curtis the pacific railroad bili hill was made the special order on and after thursday the proceedings throughout 0 were more than ordinarily turbulent at 5 mr air stanton said the reputation of the house and country would be promoted by an adjournment MAY 22 in the senate after the introduction of a few bills and memorials mr davis territorial resolutions were taken up and discussed in the house mr air grow called up the bill heretofore introduced by him to prevent the sale of public lands except to actual settlers until ten years after the same shall have been surveyed and it was passed the speaker laid before the house a special message from the president communicating L the fact of the capture by the wyandotte 0 of f another cargo of africans making with those of the wildfire over 1000 at key west under the charge of the federal marshal it suggests Z immediate action for their accommodation and health and says that more may daily be expected to be brought in the message nes sage was referred to the committee Com committee littee on judiciary MAY 23 in the senate a message from the president similar to the one sent to the house the day previous was received in relation to the capture of more negroes off the isle of Pi pines nesby by the united states steamer wyandotte referred to the judiciary committee mr air grimes introduced a resolution of inquiry addressed to the secretary of war in regard to the sale of the fort snelling reservation which caused some discussion the japanese arrived at a quarter past twelve and created a decided sensation they were introduced to the senators mr air davis territorial resolutions came up tip mr air wigfall defended the action orthe southern delegates at charleston and pronounced mr douglas to be politically dead ile he was not the choice of the party nor of his own friends and if I 1 lie ile ie wanted harmony lie he should withdraw the south would take most any other man roan if a republican were elected be he would never uever be president of 33 states mr doolittle said if a vote could be taken he would say nothing but if the discussion was to go on lie he should feel it his duty to say sav something the senator from texas had said something thattie that the senator from illinois was politically dead if so this was wag the longest funeral ceremony he had bad ever heald in the house the senate pacific telegraph bill was tinder under consideration and a number of oft gentlemen gen lemen earnestly sought the floor amid the usual coref confusion aslom after the speaker succeeded in effecting comparative para tive quiet mr cochrane moved to table the belll bill which was 80 against 91 mr air wash Vash washburne burne of ill iii desired to obtain the floor at an early period to engage the attention of the house relative to a distinguished citizen of his state mr lincoln who had bad just been nominated for president and who would be elected at 7 the doors were closed to hear the excuses of absentees some of which were on account of sickness or absence from the city other reasons were also given of a comical character characters which excited much merriment mr bouligny said he lie had paired off for life and was now on his bis wedding tour mr air winslow it was said had been very assiduous in his attendance on the japanese and therefore it was reasonable to suppose that lie he was absent extending national courtesies to ja the great tycoon laughter mr air florence Is it the same old coon renewed merriment mr air winslow was not excused the sergeant at arms repeatedly brought in absentees among them mr barr who as as an excuse said that there had been such continued noise and infusion that it had bad caused bis his head to ache and that he had gone out to see if the fresh air would not restore him this assemblage he lie added was like a town meeting and had bad almost turned his head mr air john cochrane thought his colleague ought to be excused unconditionally without payment of fine or fees it was evident he was deranged deraris ed or he would not have returned mr houston wanted a recess foran for fon an hour in order to give the sergeant at arms an opportunity to chase up outsiders in the meantime the members there could go home to dinner after further noisy proceedings the house adjourned |