Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-01-14
Forty-First Congress Second Session
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 10.
SENATE

Mr.. Thurman submitted Il bill directing the
secretary of the treasury 10 inform the senate
whether an account Of the receipts and eXpendi-
lures of the government for any fiscal year since
that ending June, 1866, had been published as
required by the constitution and laws, and il
not why not.
Mr. Sherman objected to the present consid-
Grafton of the resolution, when it was laid over.
The senate took up the house resolution tor a
joint ocean cable committee.
Mr. Bayard said that the passage of the bill
through the house had been effected without the
deiiberation essential to the dignity of public
business. He preferred to wait some legitimate
expression of the house on the subject
HOUSE.
At the close of the morning hour, the house
went into committee of the whole on the APP
preparations.
The appropriations for the department of ag-
rculture and deduction gave rise to protracted
discussion. On the subject of education, Mr..
Hoar declared that there were more ignorant
people to-day in the district of Columbia than in
the whole kingdom of Sweden, and that, out of
population Of 900 persons in the territories,
under exclusive jurisdiction of congress- there
were only 10000 children being educated in the
schools. England had said: owe want men to
work for us, and, to do it, they must be thor
oughly educated" Russia had said eve want
men TO fight for us, and to do that, they must
be educated; and the United States is now
saying: eve want men to govern us, but there
is no need at all of their being educated" All
over the south, the colored people wee stretch
ing out their hands to the government, saying
"Tell us how we may acquire information and
intelligence that will fit us to discharge the high
functions of free men,"
Mr.. Garfield referred to the prison statistics,
showing that ninety-eght per cent of the crimi-
mails had learned no trade or handicratt and
twenty-four per cent had not learned to read
Mr.. Farnsworth thought, if that argument
was worth anything, it would justify the estab-
lshment by congress of department of me-
chanics, rather than bureau of education.
Mr.. Cox moved to strike out the whole para
graph relating to the bureau of education, and
remarked that Il party was coming into power
which would regulate that bureau by abolishing
it. He argued that the commentator which
the American system of common schools had
received abroad, was owing TO the fact that edu-
cation had been provided for by the states,
counties, cities, townships and villages, instead
of the federal central power.
Mr.. Butler of Massachusetts said, although
his state could derive no benefit from the bureau
of education, he would vote to sustain that bu-
reau for the sake of those parts of the Union
which had no system of free common schools.
The committee rose, and Mr. Bufflnton intro
duced a bill providing for commission to audit
all the claims for damages by steamers Alabama,
Shenandoah, Florida and Georgia, with their
tenders, and for issuing bonds of the United
States for payment thereof. Referred to the
committee on foreign affairs.
Mr.. Porter asked leave to offer a resolution
directing the committee on military affairs to
inquire what legislation is necessary TO prevent
Cadet Smith, of West Point military academy,
from being ill-treated and prosecuted on account
of his color.
Mr.. Randall-"Let him behave himself"
Mr.. Conner objected.
Adjourned.