Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-01-13

of the President, so as to render it inn
possible for him to execute the laws.
SENATE, Jan. Little was done
in this branch except the presenting
of bills, offering protests to bills for
merly presented, after which they
went into executive session.
HoUsE.-The same may be said of
this body with the exception of a
message from the President presented
and read by the Speaker, declaring
sympathy with the suffering people
of Crete, which was referred TO the
committee on Foreign Affairs.
SENATE, Jan. SIN this branch
the day was occupied in allowances
of claims after which they adjourned
till Monday.
The House went into committee of
the whole on the state of the Union,
Mr.. Hulburd ofNew York in the chair
on military academy bill, an hour and
a half being allowed for general debate
Mr.. LOGANaddressed the committee
in opposition to Mr.. Jencks's civil SER
vice bill, discussing the whole matter
and declaring that he desired the bus
mess of the government to be dischar-
| ged with the Observation-Disclosures fidel-
lily and dispatch, and upon the prin-
| ciples of scTupulOus economy, and that
the employees shall receive such COM
%pensation as will make them proof
/ against dishonesty. He would vote
for any practicable measure to bring
about such reform, but he was opposed
to the establishment of life tenure
in office, 4 system so opposed to the
genius and spirit of our Institutions
| and people, and regarded with so much
apprehension by the debaters on the
! constitution. He held that the people
are the rulers of the country, and that
/ their representatives have no right TO
| create adower not liable to their decis-
ion. The whole bill he declared to be
an opening wedge to an aristocracy
which, ionce established by law, would
result in two schools in this country,
one for military and the other civil
education, which schools WOULD mo-
nopoliZe all avenues of APPROACH to
/ the government, and might in the
| event of another war prove a most
formidable enemy. He appealed to
the friends of those who died on theiI
country's altar that this government
might be preserved republican in form
and in name, to see that law should
never again adopt another code that
would make less free.
Mr.. JENCKs replied: The key note
of the gentleman's speech has been
that the bill creates officers with a life
tenure, and therefore should not be
countenanced. The bill proposed nc
such thing. 1t proposes that the in
cumbent of an office should hold il
only during efficiency of his service,
which was an entirely different thing.
In other words it proposed that every
person in the service of the govern
ment should render to the people an
equivalent for his compensation.
He ridiculed the idea ofthe bill crea-
ting an aristocracy, saying that il
merely provided b means Of knowl-
edge for the president, and of presen-
ting to him the names of persons quail
flied for the various offices.
General debate being closed, the
military appropriation bill was con.
sidered and ordered reported TO the
house. 1t apprOpriates S27l,55 The
committee rose and the bill was passed
by the house.
SENATE, Jan. ii. Among the
numerous bills and petitions presen-
was one by Mr.. FRELINGHUSEN, from
the citizens of Georgia, setting forth
that it is impossible for avowed Union
men to live in the rural districts Of
that state; that it is impossible tC
bring tojustice the murderers ofUniOn
men that intimidatin and force has
been used to make a certain class Of
people vote contrary to their interest
palpable violationsO of the14th amend
mentare cosntantly occurring and thai
legislation of some kind is absolutely
necessary TO remedy this state o
things. Referred to the judiciary com
mittee.
HoUsE.-By Mr.. ROBINSON - Fol
the acknowledgement of Cuba or Sc
curing its annexation to the United
States without purchase. Referred K
committee on foreign affairs,