The Portland daily press., 1871-02-22
XLIst COMMENSURATE Session.
SENATE.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-Mr. Rice's bill for 6
new judicial district in Arkansas was defeated
~ to ~ This result is regarded as an expires.
sion that the Senate is averse to any action al
the present session upon dozen similar meas
ures for the creation of new judicial districts
and the appointment of additional United
States district Judges
Mr. Stewards bill to provide for solicitor
for the Department of the Interior was passed
ana Inc legislative, executive ind judicial APP
prIation bills were proceeded with. 49,,
MIR. Casserly continued his remarks OF inc
previous day against the appropriation OF SI2,-
goo 10 the Bureau of EducatioU, because OF its
lnefhcieney and inutility. He criticised IN de-
tail the defects aud misrepreee utatons OF the
report OF the commissioner, and said that much
OF me report was only rehash of the reports
OF State school superIntendents and CONNIE mt
ed upon the alleged attempt of the commits
soner to override the lazy prescribing the lin
lis OF the bureau by the general supervision OF
the common school system of the country.
MIR. Thurman said the collection of school
the bureau, and denied the right of Congress
under the constitution to build up great de-
partmeDt of education or enter upon the work
OF educating the American people.
MT. Sawyer defended the report of the COM
missioner and advocated the increase as IN
TENDED to make the subsequent report more
valuable.
Mr., Cole, in closing the debate, spoke of uni
versal education as Que of the principles of the
hepuo'ican party, 10 which the Democrats
were lnstinctlvely opposed.
Mr. Casserly's amendment to strike out the
increase to the educational bureau was then
rejected; and Mr. Williams, to increase the
salaries of comptroller and auditors of the ln-
terror and Treasury departments, Assistant
Postmaster General and Commissioners of
Customs and Pensions to $4,000 per aunum was
adopted, 80 to 81.
Pittsburg and Mobile were in the bill as
places to which goods may be imported in bond
under the law of last session. The bill passed
and the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
The Speaker stated that the business before
the House would be on the suspending of the
rule for the passage of the resolution offered by
Mr. Dawes as follows;
ResOtOed, That the rules be SO suspended that
the Committee of the Whole be discharged
from further consideration of the several regu-
lar appropriation bills and that they be consld-
cred in the House as in the Committee of the
Whole in the order reported from The Com nit
tee on Appropriations. and that after 2 O clock
to day they take Precedence of all other orders
until disposed o. After some conversation as
to the effect of the resolution it was agreed to,
127 to 80.
Mr. Wheeler of New York reported back the
Senate bill to incorporate Texas Pacific Rail-
road Co. and aid in constructing the road.
Mr.. Wheeler Of New York exclaimed that
the amendment reported by him to the
bill from the Senate provided fer six different
lines: The amendment provides for a single
trunk from point on the Eastern boundary of
Texas at or near Marshall to the ship channel
in the Bay OF San Diego, CAL, pursuing the
route Known as the 32d parallel of north latti-
tude.
The Senate amendment provided for guage
of five feet. The main question was then Or
dered.
Mr.. Allisons amendment excluding from
consolidation such railroads rs may hereafter
be chartered was agreed TO, "a to 81, and the
bill as reported from the committee passed,
! "a to 20; the only New Englan members vot-
ing nay being Messrs. Hale, Stevens, Willard,
Burlington, StrOng and Stark weather, and the
only Southern members were Adams, Jones.
Rice and Degener.
The resolution from the Committee on Elec-
tons on the Shields-Vau Horn election case
from Missouri. giving the seat tosVau Horn,
The sitting member, and $4,000 to Shields Tor
expenses was adopted and the House adjourn
ed,