New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-05-07
XLIsr CONGREsS-SEcoSp SESSION.
SENATE. WASHINGTON, May 6, !

SENATE. WASHINGTON, May 3, lsio
Mr.. SUMNER Rep Mass.), from the Com
mttee the District Of Columbia, reported with an
amendment a bill to establish uniform and impartial
system Of public schools in the District and to secure
equal rights in the said schools
The bills for increase OF the fees OF United States
Marshals and others Western District OF Arkan
and provide for special terms Of the Circuit Court
in the Southern District Of Ohio, were reported Oh al
The bin to reduce the number Of officers in the army of
the United states and for other purposes was taken up
and substitute on the same subject proposed by tine
Military Committee, was made the special order ior
Tuesday next
The House resolution for final adjournment on July
coming mp motions to postpone and to extend the time
Mr. SUMNER q9ep, Mass), at q few minutes before
sp pr sa that the
minority had resorted ~ hbusterng to delay action
thought however it was evident the subject could not
he acted upon to-day Laughter. lie therefore
moved 10 table the resolution, and called for the Yeas
The voted resulted, Yeas IL Nays o. when the morn
orders dispose Of the adjournment question Agreed
protracted discussion ensued touching the merits of
pending and the possibility OF disposng OF them
within the limited time indicated by the adjournment
MI STEWART Rep., NeyJ, as, a reason for taking up
the bill 10 enforce the Fifteenth Amendment, said the
Chinese had for 20 years been denied the protection OF
law They were excluded from esyng in our courts and
denied every other right and the Interpretation OF the
power Of the Government needed TO yindcate alike
the Fifteenth Amendment aud our treaty stipulatl0ns
feat Of the Utah Poygamy bill If so early day July
4was fixed for adjournment For the sake OF the Re-
devised for the system Of outrages begun under the dca
'3 ON u motion Of Mr. CHANDLER Rep, Mch) the reso-
luton was finally postponed until Friday May ~ py
Yeas, 81 4; Nays, IS.
THE LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE, AND JUDICIARY Afro
PRIATIoS BILL
was taken up and various amendments reported by the
Committee on Appropriations were agreed TO-.
The amendment to discontinue the publication OF the
laws in the newspapers was debated. oo,,,n,oroo
Mr. WILLIAMS tRep, oregon favored continuance
Of the system the most efficient means OF dlsing Ill
formation as what the laws were among the people.
Mr.. MORTON Qep Ind said, rather than abolish the
system, he would vote for newspaper publication IN
every Congressional District This might he expensive
but il it important to enact laws was equally i'm
portan TO give the people the means Of finding out what
Mr. ROSS Rep. Kansas) thought the public money
could be appropriated TO better purpose than In dis
semnating among the people knowledge OF the laws
MT ANTHONY REP. Il. ~, said the publication of the
laws in the newspapers, was in MS Judgment an entire
500 900 per year, and publication not completed in
most of the papers until long after the adjournment OF
session OF Congress- and often not until the next SEES
sion The condition Of things which led to this practice
was now greatly changed All the laws Of any conse-
passed and people kept well informed upon all
details Of important legislation in its various stages He
had useful for the Secretary Of state to
make compilation Of such legislation OF Congress as
might necessary for newspaper publication but, to
spread before the country at public cost the details OF
money Chocaws, Chckasaws, and other lndians and
all other items of appropriation IN every branch OF the
public service, much waste OF printers ink The
Secretary Of State and the Committee on Printing
agreed with him in this view: After all these pnbca-
ons were useful mainly To the legal profession People
generally applied not TO newspapers but to lawyers to
know the law His objection to the proposition as sug
gested by Mr. Norton that the cost TO Government
OF the publication in every Congressional District would
be Increased half million doars-perhaps million.
Further remarks made TO the effect that the low
price paid by Government not sufficient to secure
publication In the papers Of large circulation and conse
quently they appeared only In the smaller sheets .
The amendment was then agreed to by the Committee
of the Whole with the understanding that the Yeas and
Nays would be taken when the bill came before the Sen
ate
Mr.. ANTHONY gave notice Of the amendment to abo
ish the Blue Book published by the Government for
gratuitous distributions.