The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-04-14
THE WASHINGTON UNION

mr. MAkbHAIL4 OF kentucky, raised point n ort1cl
Tho CHAIRMAN stted thai it wss la order To discuss
anything Ia Commttce Of the Whole the stale OF the
Union. ~, - = =. ~ "a
z Mr. CLEMENS did not licar Mr. FLoRsscs r, -
Mr. FLORENCE sahl If the gentleman lad been hers
OF the afternoons they had been talking upon Kan
ss hc could have spoken The dchccncy bill but he
was not present, and the committee
Mr. ChEMENS would talk abont the police bill The
gentleman had said there instances where gen
HeInen lsd acted independent of party II wss difficult
TO designate whether he American republican On
democrat Whether he was seventy four gun ship OF
one of those baltimore clippers, with raking sides
Mr. CAMPBELL replied that ne would sooner lie Que
of the gentleman slaves than ta be the slave of any
party power earth Increased laughterJ 'a't
Mr.. CLEMENS said the gentleman had nsntle decls
ration that sounded magnanimous, "When the devil
got well devil monk was he When had he been
a party many ~ t 9Hf
Mr.. CAMPBELL Always Is
Mr.. CLEMENS said whatever reputation the gentle
had had been derived from his allegiance to party
and party alone.
Mr.. CAMPBELL stated that ii the old party led
by Henry Clay lie had followed the great principles Of
Henry Clay Ia
Mr.. CLEMENS asked whether he had followed the
substance OF the shadow, --t-.----- go
Mr. CAMPBELL. replied that he was as much In power
as Mr. CLEMENS. Tremendous laughterl
Mt CLEMENS did not know whether he was, for his
seat WAS not contested
Mr.. CAMPBELL. replied that bis not much in dan
ger. The gentleman had abandoned his party aud he
knew ii. Laughter tt
Mr. CLEMENS Admit that TO be ttue-----
Mr.. CAMPBELL. Well, them you out Of your par
ty Loud laughter 81 "E
Mr.. CLEMENS said Mr.. CAMPBELL had no party TO
abandon CONTINUED laughter *
The CHAIRMAN said II the Committee did not keep
better order. he would report to the House. sA
Mr.. CLEMENS said be attempting to show that
Mr.. C,ArnE,r the embodiment Of the police bill
MIR. CAMtBEiL had this to say to the gentleman; If
upon the deficiency BILL which proposed to sustain the
army already sent to the frontier he could not trust him
with the experience he had personally in the city to reg
uIate the police. Laughter
Mr.. CLEMENS replied, that still the gentleman had
voted 10 give the cxExecutive absolute control of eight
nine millions of dollars. And yet no was no party
man. s---+-- vt
MFR. CAMPBELL, said II was declared by the Execu-
tive that that r-on Territory was in rebellion He
had endeavored to take comprehensive view of the ues
ton and without regard to section and did sustain the
gentlenans colleague, Mr. LErcnEH who took the lead
the honorable chairman of the Committee of Ways aud
Means not being present and ii he remaining silent
He separated himself from his party friends. XII
Mr. CLEMENS. / thought You had no party. DQ
Mr.. CAMPBELL. Why, yes, sir Great laughter !
Bat il for the gentleman to settle his accounts with
the administration not for him. GA
Mr.. CLEMENS replied that to read the Washington
Union and hear the gentleman from Ohio the subject
pretty well blown.
Mr. BURNETT, Of Kentucky, merely wished TO make
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his side Of the House. Suppose the gentleman
confnc himself to the police bill. TGrcat laughter
The CHAIRMAN stated that he reminded that the
bill under consideration special order. As such,
the debate must strictly be confined to Ills merits.
Mr. CAMPBELL desired to PROFOUND an inquiry. AT
what time and where the Of tho party TO
be held including the particular portion of the late
firm Iousros, JosEs, and LErcIIEni Laughter. ~
Mr. BURNETT replied That the gentleman belonged to
party which claimed the right to bind its members to
the most solemn secrecy and he hoped he would pardon
him ii he could not tell him. Laughter. eH
Mr. CLEMENS then advocated the passage of the pc-
lice BILL cunendng that it necessary for the protec
ton OF life aud property in the city ~
Mr. BLISS Ohio said he desired TO amend the bill
that sprovso,s should not into effect until the city
Washington should have provided police force equal
that provided by Congress. He did not propose to
evc the inhabitants from the responsibility Of their
government
Mr. SEWARD opposed the bill because Congress did
not have the power under the constitution to pass it,
Besides, It would cost Slf7 600 and more money
paid for the support of this city than paid ia any city
Of the Union outside OF New York.
Mr.. MARSHALL, Of kentucky opposed to the
bill because it would confer upon the President the power
that conferred upon the mayor under the city char
ter He opposed to 1t that ground to say moth
ing Of the partisan character which had grown out Of it,
If they wanted to give the city auxiliary guard they
should expand the laws already in operation.
Mr.. BURNETT inquired whether the gentleman would
vote for the bill If the appointing power conferred
on the mayor.
Mr. MARSHALL replied that ne would have no oh.
lection except to the magnitude of the force He
lessed that Che power should proceed from board Of
commissioners.
Mr. BURNETT said il conceded ON all sides that
legislation protect life and property absolutely
necessary and he expressed his profound regret that Mr.
CoMISs had given to the bipartisan character.
II there abuses Ia the administration Of justice, il
that gentleman any Others would introduce bill to
correct those abuses he would go fur the iurthest
in wipng them out The constitution conferred the sole
power upon Congress TO legislae for the District and
they would find that this not only conferred the power
to abolish the municipal government, hut the sole and
exclusive right to lcgisae for the District Besides the
bill repealed all laws conflicting with it, He would asS
how the police regulations carried ont Murder
u matter OF y-day Every crime known
10 the catalogue Ind been committed and YET the mayor
was totally inefficient to suppress them If they
ferred this power upon the mayor they could only Judge
the future by the past,
Mr.. SINGLETON, Of Mississippi, said II was we'll
settled fact that man could walk the streets after dark
i'm security Crimes increased from day 90 day, and were
they this state Of things without oHerin; come
rcmely2 II the legislation not sufficient, II their
duty 20 apply the remedy. The difficulty, to cx
tent rested with the people of Washington for they had
$50 licensed groceries for every 60 men IN the city
and III grocery stores selling liquor in quantities cf not
less than pint Besides in passing along Pennsyvans
avenue they could step i'm and get rid OF their money
Just al soon MS they penscd These things were going
in daylight and could not be unknown to the police.
Mr.. QUTTMAN, of Mississippi, sad there was nobody
that could be deeply impressed with the pcpriety
of taking active to prevent these nightly
sinaticns than himself However, he had no familiarity
with the getting rid Of their money. but took
Il for granted that his young friends better inform
ed than himself The question was whether OF not the
measure before them calculated 10 peace and
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