Worcester daily spy., 1872-03-07
meet. and minge on the shores Of the great Pacific

meet and mingle on the shores OF the great Pacific
sea,
1t will be my pleasure to present to you personal
ly the representatives of the people and beg to as
sure YOU for them and for myselG that during youI
stay at our capital you will be at all times wecont
to the privileges and courtesies of TINS nOor'
At the close OF the speakers address the chci
ambassador was introduced, atid deliberately
unrolling parchment, he proceeded TO read an
address in his native tongue, which was inter
preted by Gen. Banks as iollOWsi
Mr. Speaker and Honorable Members Of the House
Of Representatives Of The United States
On behalf OF the ambassador of Japan, our SOW
ereign, and the people whom we represent, we ten
der to You our sineere thanks and warmest frlend-
ship. We fully appreciate the distinguished honOr
which places us face to face in presence OF that
mighty power which rules the great AMERICAN res
public. Governments are strong when 0ullt upei
the hearts of an enlightened people. We came for
enlightenment and gladly find 1t here. Journeying
eastward from the empire OF sunrise toward the
sun rising, we behold new sunrise beyond the one
We before enjoyed. New knowledge rises daily be,
fore and when completed trip shall have passed
in review an eneirced globe, we shall gather to-
gether treasures of knowledge, remembering
that however We have advanced towards the sources
of light, each onward move has revealed a further
step beyond. The government of Japan al
ready appreciates the value of an enlight-
enad policy towards itself. On our return
We will confirm to the people at large the
friendl1uess of feeling 50 frequently expressed
heretofore and now so generously exhibited to this
embassy In the future an extended commerce will
forms, as drops of water will eOmmingle, flowing
from our several rivers to that common ocean which
divides our Countries Let express the hope that
national friendship may be as difficult to sunder
or estrange as to divide the once blended drops
of our common Pacific ocean.
This concluded, the embassy faced the body
of the representatives, and the latter filed past
and were introduced. Vice President ColtaX
was first introduced, and Mr., Dawes was next
presented. AT half past eleven the embassy re-
tired, the members and those in the gallery APP
plauding.
AT twenty minutes of twelve the house adj
iourned Until twelve O'Clock.
The house on reassemhling spent an hour in
the consl Grafton Of the Yerba Buena bill, but
| without dsposug OF it went into committee OF
| the whole on the deficiency bill
| Mr. Wood, referring to the kukluS discussion
| yesterday, expressed disapprobatiOu Of tile
! speech of Mr.. Dawes, who, instead OF contnu9
| himself to figures Of arithmetic, INDUCED il
figures Of speech on political and partisan sub
| iects, intended to have their effect on the presi
Dental election The attention of the people
| was not to he attracted to an obsolete issue Ol
| the colored race. The democratic party intended
to put forward the issue of reforming corrup-
tions of every form of government; they in
| tended to den0unce and bring houle and prove
that from the presidential mansion down to The
humhlesi federal official, the whole concern was
reeking with corruption. That was the issue
which would be before the people at the next
| election.
Mr.. Dawes replied that the republican party
had no uneasineSs 10 respect to what was said
to be the issue. He had bat one theory and
one principle in regard to it, and that was to
hold every public iunetOndry TO strict account
ability. He thought il remarkable that the cry
against the corruption OIL the republican party
came constantly from representatives of Man
| haitian island, and intimated that ii must be OF
| the principle of the pickpOcket raising the cry
| of stop thief"
Mr. Brooks of New York suggested as an eX
PLANTATION of the TACT which so much surprised
| Mr.. Dawes that the Ne York custom llous'
WAS on Manhattan island. Whenever the demo
| cratic party discovered corruptions, it rose al
and overthrew them, whereas the repubhcai
| party only voted to confirm and strengthen cor
| ruptious in its own midst The democratic par
| ty struck down the robbers, while the republican
| party erected statues to them. As to the qnes
ton of the COlored race, he instanced, as proc
that the democrats entertained no prejudice oi
| account of color, the fact tnat his colleague
Mr. Wood, had walked into the hall to-day arm
in arm with a coored man-one Of the Chimes
| ambassadors. (Laugher.)
The discussion was continued bv MeSSrs. El
bridge, Butler of Massachusetts, Garrett, Town
send Of Pennsylvania, Beck, Coburn, bingham
and Garfield.
Mr.. Dawes offered an amendment for the pay
ment of laborers, workmen and mechanics il
the government employment, at the rate of
full days wages for eight hours work.
After a long discussion on the labor question
Mr.. Farnsworth offered provisO to Mr.. Dave:
amendment, that laborng men ir the Unite
States who work ten hours a day shall not /
taxed, to make up the deficiency for those wh
only worked eight hours. QLaughtcr.) Agree
to. Mr.. Dawes amendment as thus amendet
was rejected. Mr. Butler. of Massachusetts, r.
newed Mr.. Dawes proposition in a diffcreI
form, appropiiatng S450,000 for the purpuS
This was also reectcd-41 to S1-and the con
mittee rose and reported the bill to the hous
Without voting on it, the house adjourned