The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-07
Mr.. CoNKlINa said he had no oblec.

1
desire was TO show that the instructions
given TO the District Attorney were giver
in obedience to the imperative mandate
of a statute, and their form was deter
mined by statute.
Mr.. LOGAN called up the bill TO author.
ize the appointment OF certain .offlcers
in the Quartermaster's Department.
On motion n Mr.. THURMAN It was
amended so as to apply also to the Inspec'
tor Generals Department, and passed
A resolution Of the Philosophical Soci.
ETY. oi Philadelphia wGs presented, asking
Congress TO make an appropriation Ia
enable American astronomers TO ioin
those Of other nations In observing the
transit Of tho planet Venus across the
suns disk In December, 1874. Referred
to Committee on Library.
The Senate then resumed the consider.
alton Of the legislative appropriation bill.
The pending amendment was to increase
the salary oil the supervising architect OF
the Treasury to $1,000. Lost.
MIR. PoMERoY moved an amendment to
give the land Office forty additional clerks
VI Slt1o buSs G1hbllkCNs
Mr.. SAWYER, from the Committee on
Education aud Labor, reported an amend
ment increasing the appropriation for the
Bureau Of Education from $2G,500 70
$780, $50.
MIR. CARPENTER said he thought that
neither the Bureau Of Education nor the
Bureau OF Agriculture had any warrant
under the Constitution. We had no more
authority to establish these bureaus than
to establish bureau ior boots and shoes
and OF other industries in the country.
lie never had and never would vote for
an appropriation for either of these bu.
reaus.
Mr.. THURMAN said the central govern
ment was gradually encroaching on the
powers Of the States. The next thing
would probably be that the head OF the
Agricultural Bureau would be made a
cabinet officer.
After some further discussion on this
subject by Messrs. CARPENTER, Ed.
MUNDs and FRELINGHUYsEN, the amend.
ment was rejected. Yeas II, nays 22.
MIR. FRELINGuUYsEN offered an amend.
ment increasing the salaries in the Agri
cultural Department. Lost. Yeas 25;
nays II.
Mr.. FRELINGTTUYsEN offered an amend
mcnt authorizing the President to make
suitable compensation TO such members of
the Civil Service Commission as are other
wise in service. Tie said that the men,
bers of the Commission were also en-
ployees OF the departments, and that this
amendment was designed to enable, them
to receive pay for their extra services on
the Commission.
Mr.. SHERMAN-That Is the best com.
mentary on civil service reform that we
have had yet. Laughter.
MIR. CARPENTER also thought ii q strik-
ing Illustration Of reform as 1t was being
carried out, and said that with an appro.
prlation of $4,000 for this purpose, to be
spent at the pleasure OF the President,
and with the precedent set for its expen.
diturc by allowing each of these reform.
ers to draw two salaries from the govern.
ment at the same time, the feat was so
very good that the people would be dc.
lighted with civil reform.
MIR. FRELTNGHUYsEN said these gent le.
men had spoken from three to four hours
daily while on the commission, and ar.
gued that they ought to be paid.
The amendment was declared out of
order and Withdrawn.
Mr.. LOGAN gave notice that when the
bill should get out of the Committees
hands and before the Senate, he would
move to strike out the appropriation of
fifty thousand dollars and insert q proyi.
sion repeating the law under which the
civil service reform commission had been
created. He was as much in favor of re-
forming the civil service as anybody, but
not this way. In fact, the reform as now
organized was a humbug, as was well
illustrated by the appointm ent recently
Of one Of the civil service commissioners
10 another office without undergoing an
examination.
MIR. SAWYER for Mr.. SUMNER, who was
absent, offered an amendment appropriate
ing 5000 to enable the Commissioner oi
Education to prepare an account of the
common schools, in compliance with the
request Of Japan.
MIR. COLE opposed this, and said there
were already in existence many books and
reports which would give the japanese
all the information they could get from
the proposed publication. The amend
ment was rejected.
Mr.. KELLOGG offered an amendment,
authorizing the sale of the branch mint
property at New Orleans, but after some
discussion withdrew it, and other amend.
ments were offered and rejected, and the,
bill was then reported TO the Senate.
The Senate then went into executive
session, and soon after adjourned.