Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-03-11
FORTY SECOND CONGRESS.
This Afternoons PROCEEDINGS.
MONDAY. March II.


erai delegations representing the lumber inter
ests of Michigan now on their way to washing
ton to protest against this bill
Mr.. Anthony, from Committee on Printing.
reported resolution TO print Il, 600 : ltional
copies OF the first eight tables OF the CEN us re-
PORT. Passed.
Mr.. Pomeroy called up the resolution to
amend rule "a, so as TO provide that hereafter
mat petition and memorials other than those OF
state legislature, shall be presented TO the
secretary, entered in the journal, and referred
or laid on the table, as the Senator presenting
Mr.. Sumner asked the reason for this proposed
radical change, the expediency of which he
doubted. The question was whether 1t had not
lnterfeIed with the sacred right of petition.
Mr.. Pomeroy said the simple reason was Ia
economic time. This practice as recon mended
had prevailed i'm the House for some 'ime The
day.
MIR. Hamlin said the increase in the numberot
PetitiOns has Of late years been very great. A
haif an hour every day was occupied in present
ing these petitions, when il only used 10 take :,
or ten minutes. This Senate had only passed
one important appropriation bill this session.
anu haii an hour saved every morning would be
OF some consequence.
Mr.. Wright thought the best way to econo-
mlze time would be to cut of debate.
penoing debate the morning hour expired and
subject went over
The legislative. executive and judicial appro-
pIlation bill came up as unfinished business,
Mr.. Sherman said there were most imnor,an.
and weighfy reasons why the tariff bill which
was set as special order to-day, should be pro-
ceeded with at once; but III there was an under
standing that the appropriation bill should be
nnally disposed Of witheu delay, he would not
to- day antagonize the tariff bill against il.
MIR. Cole expected that the appropriation bill
wonid be finally acted on to- day.
Mr.. Trumbull, who was entitled to the floor
on the civil service reform amendment denied
the intimations, which he said had been thrown
ont by Mr.. Howe and other Senators. that he
(Mr. L. had Illuminated
ANATHEMAs AGAINST THE PRESIDENT
he challenged any man 10 say that he had ever
OF had assailed him. He had not uttered fulsome
Esnegyrics on the President, because he be-
heved the President to have too much sound
sense to be pleased by any such adulation The
Senator from Wisconsin ridicules the civil ser
vice commission and the plan for reform As in
dtcated by that commission. The Senator
(Howe) proposes grand national university to
THE CIVIL SERVICE.
This is his panacea, which, like Townsend's
sarsapariila, is to cure everything. He then
spoke at some length OF the corruption in the
civil service, and contended that his bill prohi-
biting congressman from making recommend
atoms TO ONCE would have been an important
Mr.. Carpenter asked Mr.. Trumbull to leave
on his gloomy generalities and descend to de-
Mr.. Trumbull said there was no lack of de-
tails, or Of credible witnesses. He then cited
the utterances Of George William Curtis, prom
inent friend Of the President and OF ex-Secre-
tary Cox to show abuses in the civil service. 1t
was the system he Mr.. T. had attacked, but he
mad not attacked men, yet his motives
bad been assailed as personal, and the con
the departments to have a table prepared
purporting to show the number OF recommen-
cations to office that he hal made
matter Of Off ce, after the time that Mr. Lincoln
came into power, and had been complained OF
in his own State because he would not recon
mend men who were competent to Office. 1t has
been and is the most common practice for mem
bers OF Congress to make reco lamentations for
ONCE. and even If he had made as MANY recon-
mendations, C03,) as stated by the Senator from
IHulana, tMorton,) that would be no argument
against civil service reform. But it was not
true in fact that in all the departments of the
fions.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the
House this morning the states were called a.
usual for bills and resolutions for reference,
and the following were introduced among Others
and referred to the committees indicated, viz:
BY Mr.. Frye (Me.) -Bill for the relief of s. ID.
Cochran; Claims. Also, memorials and resOu-
tons OF the legislature OF Maine, which were
referred to appropriate committees, as follows:
In relation to Indian affairs; i'm relation to shin
building; in relation to the shipping interests,
and in relation to the Niagara ship canal.
s. Barnes. Military Affairs.
By Mr.. Banks Mass. bill to place the name
OF Mary A. Morris, widow of Gen. VIM. W.
Morris, on the pension roll at $50 per month.
By Mr.. Brooks (SIase. bill in relation to the
freedmen In the Choctaw and Chickasaw ma
By MI. Starkweather Conn )-Bil for the
relief of the officers Of the L. s. steamer wyo-
ming. Naval Affairs.
By Mr.. buell. IN. Y.)-Bm to authorize the
accounting officers OF the Treasury to revise the
account OF j. j. Pitchett. Foreign Affairs.
By Mr.. Merrick (Md.l-Joint resolution pro-
viding for survey Of the harbor at the mouth
of the Patuxent river. Commerce. Also reso-
luton Of the Maryland legislature on the same
subject. Commerce.
BY Mr.. CIiteher va.CJoint resolution of the
arms under the law. Military Affairs.
BY MIR. Terry (Va.)-Joint resolusion author
iZing the Secretary OF War 20 issue arms and
Affairs. - >'- 'A''
By Mr.. Dox ala )-BilI to reimburse the NJ
+. Church at Huntsville, Ala. for the occupa-
By MIR. Sloss (Aia. )-Bill in relation TO land
grants to railroads in Alabama. Public
Lands. Also, memorial of the Alabama legisla
Of Mexico and the Atlantic ocean across the
Florida Peninsula. Commerce.
By Mr.. Morey (La.l-Bill in relation to the
Monroe; r nlton and oklahama Railroad Com
pany. Railways and Canals.
By Mr.. Morgan (Ohio)-Bill to abolish the Of
hces OF admiral, vice admiral, and rear admiral
in the navy, and to correct other abuses. Naval
By MIR. Garfield (Ohio)-Bul to amend the
act establishing a department Of justice. judi
ciary.
By Mr.. Grassland (Ky.)-Bin to appropriate
q sum of money for the construction of a dam
across the Ohio river, at the mouth Of the Cum
berland river. Commerce.
By MIR. McHenry Ky. )-Bill for the construc-
ton Of bridge across the Ohio ct Henderson,
KY. Commerce.
By MIR. Adams (Ky.) -Rill to amend the joint
resolution in relation to officers of the army
approved July rs, 1866, Military Affairs.
By Mr.. Rice Ky. bill in relation to the COL
lection OF tax on incomes in excess Of $4,000
Ways and Means.
BY Mr.. Palmer (Iowa)-Bill to connect the
telegraph with the postal service, and reduce
the rates Of postage, &C. Appropriations
By Mr Hazleton wis Memorial OF. the leo
niature Of wisconsin ion the repeal of the banf.
rupt law. Revision Of Laws.
BY Mr.. HOughton (CaL HReeolution of the
California legislature In relation to Chinese en-
fgration. Foreign Affairs
BY Mr.. Chapman ID. C.)-Bill defining the
meaning Of the -four million loan act OF the Dis.
Gict OF Columbia. District Committee. Also
bill authorizing the Washington City and Point
Lookout Railroad Company to extend into the
District. District COMMITTEES. Also. bill auth
or1zing the Commissioner of Patents to sell the
OMcial Gazette at cost in certain cases. Pat
By Mr.. Beck (Ky.}-Bill to regulate the com.
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