Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-18
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SENATE.



COLUMBIA be prohibited, and that liquor and
ther polsons be dlspsnasd by drngglfta only,
Referred TO the Committee on the Dlstrlct o.
columbia. Itffsn - 40 lsaa as 4
CONSULAR AVID DtrtoAATfo NH. r'
Mr.. Chandler, from the Committee on
)ommerco, reported 4 bill 70 amend the acts
slatlng TO the coasAlar and Automatic SER
fee Of the United States.
sEaUsI rI1nkfao kAftunen.- IT a. &
On motIon OF Mr. Ramsey, the House bill
aboliah the Thanking privilege vas made
be special order fee Tuesday merit Afisr the
c6rSIbsaAfrou or rns,rus. n hi 81.
Mr.. Ferry called mp his resolution provld-
BIZ that treaties for the annexation Of tho
htire territory Of = foreign Power sAAn be
pnsldorcd IN open aeasion. .lgHaal
Midsummer Thought the Senate had al.
ays erred In establishing secrecy In lie de-
berations, and tho hrst year he came TO the
nnAis he had voted TO change the ruls.
Thla idea Of oecrscy wa q Traditional one,
mlng down % us from the old world. Per-
|nally, he favored the proposition OF the
lnAtor, but he had two considerations 10
1cseri-nrit, that evtn n The tuIs IaS
banged, Nouldih DO proper TO doh nov
lille an Important treaty Il Psndlngi and
pmmlttee on Foreign Relations,
NJ. Ferry had no ohjsctlon n the commit
would make lpeady report. rH
Mr., Pomeroy said theSe matters were com
uniaated 10 the Senate In eonndanes By
0 President, and the Senate had no right
violate that confidence.
Mr.. Hamlln said the position OF the Beua-
from KAusas, M. PoIneroyl was man
|srable. He (Mr H. had AiNays been Of
opinion that treaties were the only mat.
that should Be considered IN secret sss-
Pc, because frequently u would DO neither
pPer or polite that their terms should DO
hde public. Butto hia mind there was no
eson In me wofld why nomlnatiors for
ice should Dc considered with closed doors;
my timea unjust and upkind things wero
OF nominees which would not b said In
light OF day. ..|i' !. y
The resolution ives then referred 10 the
mmittee on Foreign Relations. pa iass..
DISTRIBUTION OF PATRONAGE.
The resolution looking 10 an equal dlttrl-
lion OF the Government patronage In
Arlington among the dlnersnt States was
Ten up.
Mr. ~, h9I.o1 ,s asvos.'eS ,hs dee q the Ee,o
ne syaallsy in thls matter. '5I7.l
nj. Wilson asked II he thought the Dis
,s SoIe.l'.,a enyvi y. $50 neNS Aonaro'
w. o.os sn 10 ~. N. y .nouiu.
NJ. saWyer telo tnete were many people
% came hure expressly 10 acquire once,
y added 10 the population Of the District,
contributed nothing 10 IL prosperity.
ey were nothing but Government paupers.
ere certainly should be . more equable
tTibution OF tho patronage among the
ties. He complained Of the lpjustics done
he Southern States. Their representa-
y were told that there were no Offices 70
given out when they applied for any
nR Tor their constituents. There were
ne States that had more men In ONCE here
all OF the reconstructed States put to-
hsri IN iaet, there were some Congress
Al ontleA mat mad more than all the
t e;s o. ,ee south. A Representative Of
otner houSo nAa PM seventeen men Ia
CO IN one Department, and complained
n. A 1t ssf.a 4; 1S S.' stat. ana .sl.
preventative come nom
ar. sawyer declined 70 state. 10 was TO
regretted that patronage was neceslary
help NE party . but vas certain that The
dst OOl''ssHDE PIP mpre than Ia any other
lr. stsweEtwishsd that these oflces could
be nlled BY these people 10 the District OF
amolas ho bad no ambition, ana were
Tor nothlng else put ne wanted no in-
femeiita held out to the Young men OF tho
ties tooome here. Let the young men OF
country stay a. home and engage In
nest iAhor ne did MOI want hm 70
pc here and y ru,ned. When = young
came 3 ere 70 WashlnEton and rSnAiued
one OF tpo DepArtmonl for teN years,
was tneVer NJ for work again When
y wore turued out Of once thoy had no
noy 70 Bst sway from hero. they were
70 do nothing, and 90 they became
pe1 and added 70 the poverty OF thIa
tTict, Now this was all wrong and he
TOO much regard for the young men OF
country 70 90 anything that would favor
IL comlng hare 10 10 through this tystem
destroying their usefulness for life.
IL. Nyo would AJAX his colleague whether
ping 10 Cougroaa did NOT also have the
ct 70 render . man mat for anything
u isa s,-t u .rsy isa tLIssgrf
fr. etsuaft- Well, I mnst admit Il u
Lty rough. fLaukhtet.1 IA. ~ sla.i
tr. WilSoh said . gsntlsman came 10 HIN
other day and eofnplAined that In one
IArtmant where ther5 were 100 CLERKS,
10 were only IS from Massachusetts. He
glad Of this, be also wanted thu young
b OF tho country 70 stay At home and en-
10 bnslnaaI occapGtlons. He Ma
- 0rlnw.6d Uhan any voana man fr,Yhn