MR. SUMNER. I did not suppose the Senator was.
MR. EDMUNDS. My punch is not quite so case-hardened as that of
my friend.
And he insisted upon its reference to the Committee on the
Judiciary, “so that there may be that examination which will
make the bill perfect, if it is not now perfect, to answer the
end that my friend from Massachusetts and myself both want to
reach.” The bill was referred accordingly.
February 17, 1869, Mr. Stewart, of Nevada, reported the bill
from the Committee adversely. In the few remaining days of the
session Mr. Sumner was unable to call it up.