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WASHINGTON. Wednesday, Dec. 26ih, 1888.
IN THE SENATE,
Memorials and petitions presented.
Mr.. Allen. of Ohio, presented petition from
citizens of Erie county, Ohio, for National
Bank.
MIR. Clay, of Ala, introduced Bill for the re-
lief OF settlers on the public lands deprived Of
their presumption rights.
A Bill to renquish to the State of Alabama
tho two per cent fund, reserved by the act for
her admission into the union, to be applied to the
making Of road roads leading to the State,
was warmly discussed by Messrs. Walker, King,
Clay. Of Ala, and Niles, and then postponed.
The Senate spent short time in Executive
business and then adjourned
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
The Chair communicated letter from John
Fairfield, member from the State of Maine, re-
signing his seat in the House.
Mr. Haynes moved tina, the House GO into the
committee of the Whole the state Of tho
Union to take into consideration the Presidents
Message. Objections being made, Mr.. I1ayn,.s
moved suspension of the rules aud ,i,oI ouPon
asked the yeas and nays, which were Yeas, lO2,
Nays, %.
The House then went into Committee (Mr.
Adams in the Chair and, motion Of Mr.
Haynes, the several portions Of the message
were referred to the appropriate standing Com
mitiecs.
Mr.. Bell rose and commented upon some points
in the Presidents message. The President talks
of the dangers Of associated wealth, but he was
silent as to that source OF danger republics
which all writer's and historians considered as the
most formidable of all dangers-the tendency OF
power to accumulate in the hands of one man
1t was somewhat remarkable that, in a state pa
por protesting to warn the people Of free coun
try of the dangers 10 which it exposed
such danger should be left unnoticed.
hn unta Of Ia
it manifested recklessness in regard TO th
principles OF Executive action, that was alarm
ing. 1t might answer in the start for deua
gogucs TO undertake to sow dissension betwce
different classes of society, 61 in the chief Ma
istrate OF the country, it was objectionable.
AT no period in the history of this country ha
the powers of the government been extensive
and ut period. have the great mass of the CON
munitv been much subj ,cted to absolute col
troll. Party discipline had brought the govern
mcnt into the hands of n few men. The mass
the community had no hand in tho concerns
the government, but were mere machines in ii
hands of their leaders. The object of the me
sage appeared to be to give additional imp
tus to the democratic principles of the COVER
mcnt. 1t is held up the dIty of every ina
to give constitution democratic tendenc
and relieve IT from the principles with which OF
unenlightencd fathers encountered it. The ~
OF the majority Is too much restrained by Il
constitution, in the opinion of some OF these me
direct and constant control is sought TO be q
en- TO the ma Jority over every subject.
This was not the original design of cons
tuition. 1t was never intended by its trainers
be Il mere democracy. 1t had been asserted
this floor lately that mob which turns a legis
turc out of their seats is a legitimate assemb
of the people, and this of control is prop
and constitutional, and lies at the foundation
all popular institutions. An excited and rioto
assembly of people interfering with the regu
proceedings of this House, must accor ding to Il
doctrine, be recognized as n legitimate cxerc
Of the popular power.
In opposition to the Presidents declaratic
Mr.. Bell asserted that attachment to our inst,
tons had not Sincreased' Of late wears: on
contrary, public confidence in our institutions h
been shaken. Striking evidences of this Fl
had been afforded every day: instead of incre
ed attachment to institutions there was
increase of mistrust in them.
Mr.. B. passed 10 the views Of the passage
the finances. There were remedies necessa
TO prevent the frauds on the public, which We
not embraced IN the recommendations of this
per. The increasing tendency of the Cove
= ment to fraud and waste and extravaganza "
! felt and seen BY ell. We wanted some rene
for this tendency in government rob the p,
pie, by thsir profligate expenditures and palpal
frauds
The excuse for spending forty millions VI
was, hrst the Indian wars, and second the imp
sunises OF the Wigs, which they were obc
70 yield to. II was pretended that the admin
i1ation dad not recommend these great expea
suiCs He made attachments to cousroycrt Ii
Ihe remody for the frauds on the eovesnus,