Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-02-04
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
PClH.Flnl COnGr.s. -Set0nd RsEulal sssIl0
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Mr.. AbAott offered = renoinhon, totllng
Of fpeanont occurrences IN. various southern
Btates, ADD that protection OF liie and Prop.
ctty By the General 90 wen ment ~ ths tight
Commlitse to Inquire what IL the power Of
the qsasral qoyssnnsnt "a ne nIsnl,St and
also ioinqults toto The sensut sioeailt hnd
iofss Tor the bsItsf sniafcssent o. isw.
Adopted. ~
Posimaster General TO eommuuieate what In
formation be may have relative 10 the claim
Foster Biodgett, late postmAster ~ Augusta,
g. fO sSpsgp;ssS,Ss qG ,,s b.,
az oA,h prescribed By act o. coRSrs''
% motion Of Mr. kell9Es, ~. ooE = !: e
the expsdienoy Of abolishlns ports ofdellys,y
whetelhe sans ean % ai,psnssa WIN WIN
NJ, ssstSssh, ifSSi oomHittre On Finance.
reported The fundinz bin.
MSSi o. ss sssSstST, ~ sSs NAVY 70
transfer certain unexpended balances Of Ap.
preparations 70 that Department 70 bureaus q
ttsim sinssrIng, equi gmeus OF vessels yA'd'
Mr, Iheralan remafRod that at tho last ses-
slou Oongress had appropriated all the troneI
bureau Of eansilae,iou aud Tspairs, bit YhS
Navy Dep art nient had contracted Tor expendl
tyres 10 twloc the amount .pproprAied.
without authority 70 a grcaf extent. Accord.
Ing 10 The books Of the Treasury thpre was
eiIs,o0o,O0o or ubtxpended balances Tor the
when iii, 900 bsiooEsd to the Navy Depart
meat, His idea was that Oongrsss should put
an end to all these tfsn,ierh and All uneH-
ksoGi year DO esrriod TO surplus fund. The
present bill was proper beoause II would
sn,Sls ths Dsg.Lt.%s1ss to proceed VIII ne
isf insoSpIste would teSult ia foisiO the Gov.
NJ, Morrill, Of No, said the bill did not pro.
pose the expenditure Of a slaslsl dollar, Su,
Amply proposed the distribution Of the money
airesdy appropriated. .......,
Secretary 81 the Navy had called the attention
Of the Naval Dom mitteea Of both Housos TO
this matter, In order To praVent the dlseharre
y no O fss
the present fores o. workAeu, nov reduced 10
one half, might be continued. o..
Mr.. TTumbull said that after having gone
through a great war aud expended vast sums
o. money In bulldog a navy, now that We
hAVs pssee, what 10 the use Of retaining seven
Thousand msn 10 employment for the con'truo'
NJ com mon consent the bill 10 extend tho
time for thhSompletion Of the Iatetal branch
the DlIttlst Of OoiunbiA was taken up and
nv. uragIn s,dit was iIus that At the be-
RlnpfnK Of tho present fiscal yeAr there we're
more Snen employed In the navy yards than
1sts nnossseiv. but in the udEment OF the
Navy Department the eSiEeneieg Of the ser
Vice reqaited the extra number. The vessels
built dhtiuE the war were mostly ifon-clads
and Vsasrls TO navigate the rivers OF the eoun'
try, while our foreiEn squAdronl we're not re-
sy NY al Ssen oyerhasi.3
and repairs 10 This class OF vessels were fur.
ther required. The present force would not
answer to aquiry Of AIT. Trumbull, he SAID he
did not know how many vessels we're undsr-
ss o'IhssSpSi,, st.Is. And the abrupt rspen
no." A = sss %--s"--~s, 1917
~ N2,. b., .g. ' s5;,. ,,1, ., .s aa.al3
MAJ 3 .. No Em6gn rr7nrs.- o.. 70. t-Hr'.
foTtsf
ths 40. g.r'. ..,,r obs .ugsyn1r. 1r,tltugi9as
lie Zoo. sn.r- lsus sgnfHEr,slInU uss f"s
the Gvou "a sac ,ivssss-sat, yat ~ pas .aSs.
- III ~ seven thonsapd tgofkmpu who were
unn.ccsssTiIy empIoysd, - -
RfteT oonstdefable further discussion, MT
NORTH, Of Vi, submitted 40 amSndmsnt thai
n.snIuh VA ~ rosnsctiva Iocaiities akali IL
nsid ID tha navy yarJ emoloyeeG
This Aneadmsnt was adopted, as follows
Rn,I,nThsm' 1S.msron. 0sfpcntsr, CHANDLER,
DsXIs' EimundS, FeTry, Fosisf, Gilbert, HAF.
ilS, Howard, Howe, Howell, Ksllogg, Mo
Rossl sshurs, Scott, sherman, sumner, fipton
ana TsImbull-1o. I'D 80 ~ IT ~ I.
Nays messrs, Foreman, oas.srly, Qols,
SsIiiSoop~ M Iotton, Nye' o.bofa, PomaroJ
nnh o, m' ASaisb5rv fhayer, Thnfmsn
vi.is WsI5s1, %liIa%s aud w ,ISS %s1s !,
49, 100 Ssciinsd 10 vote,
Tha mi Wa thea laid aside, and the bill
the more sifssIpally 70 prsservs ne nsatT Ta.
M Garpenter took the Moor, and read /
i.asthy yvriiton aTRument quoting eopioubly
toh ~ t,2s,s' ~ tSnhag "'''s''' -
~, n.snanlas tSsvsl.d al ar.t over IN,
,,onna tssateG tipon yestsrday bJ hiS col
is,t ShS naatel iron, he speeohes Of Nj
M, s ana gaiSsrs n ina dms' lie then nc.
SisS,.s ~ srost iepsth ths posture OF AFFAIR
10 Osss, s nS.S snd aver SS.ia reeossifed III,
Ioh ,hst 80 exiStsd in Ouba RsfeTfinE Il
NJ Snmneris statement that no war existed
hponyht forth b. that ssuator were unworthy
no ntSomsnt TO answer his opponsnts, he pu
on nt 11tx sISnifyine nothInG. He (hIr. o. con
.sNasa n am Wa und DUBBED that according
10 III me ruies Of International law Cubh val
spuuer ~ SHa pTomised before wher
NJ ~ on thIS subiect 10 Be conservative
spt ~ g5uid be 90 90 longer, aad nusl rsturn
70 ~ ~ snant.h 9unbosts In this eountry
iu na 80 MAJ the fact OF ouF 0oVernmsnt Al
Ia%ina men to depart from our shores shoult
LA
uhSs T.hsme n was stTAnRe indeed thu
o lush Nina vnnboata for one bOlllgOren
MsSo ss liz otheT, There gunboAts yer
and by ~ ~ ae,srt- not by the law, but II
awnt noen yioialion OF the law. = o. Ia
49, sarion va nhould not stop to eonnlde
~ YIs Al aims, there wAS no danger 0
sampponising them. Our duty was to a.slI
ali colonies on this continent who desired y
throw OF their allegiance TO the monArohle
Of the old world. MI.
MI sumner would not reply 70 the gee :; II
Sstor. hui he would say that he should haV
thought II more courteous had the Senator ~
missed him Of his Intention 10 eritletso the un
premedItated words he (Mr. 81 had spoke
aomo weeks slnce. He denied that MT, Oar
poater had stAted his position correctly; II
asserted that the CubAnS did not come VITA
the requlFementB Necessary for We accord {
beIliEofent rights they had no toWns,
provinces, no prize courts.
The House bill to admit the state OF Mlall
sippI to representation In oongISSI Wa :.
usiVed, read twice, and referred 10 ho Son
MT. Howard did not undetatAnd thai thei
was any actual bolliEerenoy In OubAi did p'
think there was any party so numerous {
well organized as to deserve The name o. I Pc