The Portland daily press., 1872-03-07
XLIId CONGRESS.-SECOND SESSION.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, March 6--Mr Morrill, of Yer
mont, had a document read signed by Giles A
Smith, which is being sent to all the leadin!
railroad men in the country urging them t. =
unite in demanding 80 per cent advalorum TO
carrying mails on their road. 1t shows tina
Vanderbilt, Tom Scott and Jay Gould hat
agreed to the plan.
Mr.. Bayard gave notice that at an early da!
| he would move to take up the resolution asking
| the President what instructions have beer
given to the District Attorney at New York il
relation to the prosecution of persons who CAV,
gratuities to custom house officials. Cores
pendence he said was already in the hands OF
the Committee on Retrenchment but he wished
the resolution taken up as also to give Mr.
Conkling and others an opportunity to discuss
it. .......II-
Mr.. Conkling said he had no desire to discus.
the resolution. He had no objection whatever
to its adoption. His only desire was to show
that the instructions given to District Attorney.
were given in obedience to the imperative man
date of the State andetheir form is determined
by statutes.
Mr., Nye from the Naval Committee, reported
the prize money dre to captors of the rebel ran
Albemarle. ~ . ..y .-'...
Mr.. Logan called up the bill to authorize the
appointment of certain officers to the Quarter
master Department. 1t was amended so to ap
ply also to the Inspector Generals Department
and was passed. t .f
The Senate resumed the consideration of the
legislative appropriation bill.
The amendment to increase the salary of the
supervising architect of the Treasury, to $1,000
was lost. taE 4I-a u-
Mr.. Pomeroy moved an amendment to give
the Land Office forty additional clerks OF
class. Adopted.
Mr. Sawyer, from the Committee on Educa
ton and Labor reported an amendment in
creasing the appropriation for the bureau Of
education from $26, 500 to $36, $50.
Mr., Carpenter asked him to state under what
n IyriS 1pfin h,tra &c IL,
cation came.
Mr.. Sawyer would do so if the Senator would
tell him under what head the Agricultural
bureau came.
Mr. Carpenter said he could, still he thought
that neither bareaus had any warrant whatever
under the constitution. We are sensibly trav
cling, said he, towards the concentration Of
power in the federal government and it would
be well to stop and look around us and ask what
authority we have to establish bureau OF
Education. We have beureau of Agriculture.
What more authority have we to establish
either of these bureaus than to establish bur.
eau of boots and shoes. (Laughter.) bureau
of silk goods or any other industry in the coun.
try. These bureaus of agriculture and educa.
tion are in my Judgment, an innovation and
usurpation of this government Ihave never
knowingly voted for bill which contained an
appropriation for either of these bureaus and
knowingly l never will.
Mr.. Sawyer did not propose to reply on the
CONSTITUTION pOlHt, DuI uVSeu tne dlnenumenl
because 1T was necessary to enable the bureau
to work satisfactorily. If the Senator objected
to the bureau as unconstitutional, the proper
course for him would be to move to strike out
the provision for it inserted by the House OF
Representatives.
Mr. Carpenter said that Mr.. sawyer's argu.
ment seemed to be this: If we are going to dc
an unconstitutional thing let us do it handsome
ly. (LaughterJ -..s
Mr.. Thurman agreed with Mr. Carpenter on
this subject. The central government was
gradually eneroaching ON the power of States
The Department ofAgriculture began as a mere
Bureau for the collection of statistics, but il
grew to be Department and the next thing
would be that the head of it would be made q
Cabinet officer. So too the Bureau of Educa-
ton was growing into Department of Public
Instruction and before long we would have q
Minister of Public Instruction who would be a
member of the Cabinet, unless the people nut
a stop to this centralizing movement. II
would never end till it had absorbed every pow
er eff the States and assumed the right to regu-
late every industry in the country, This fed
eral education scheme had another place. The
people of this country were already more heav-
lily FAXED by the States for educational purposes
than any other people in the world, but If the
federal government should levy tax upon
them for the same purpose then they viii be
doubly and unexpectedly taxed for education,
and further, il the federal government had
a constitutional right to take charge of the sub
Ject 1t would DC unwise to 90 so because IT
woulo place tne Whoie cuuca!ion OF the coun-
great mistake. .f .H1+1ne. 2
Mr. Frelinghuysen thought there was author
ity IN the Constttuton tor establishing a
bureau OF agriculture ana t9und IN the provis-
ION oI the otn seetlon llas congress snail nave
power to levy taxes, etc., 10 promote the gem
eral welfare .s-n l..1 t..t0 N
After some further discussion by Messrs. Car
pehter, Eulnunus ana rei ~ nshuysen the amend
ment was releeteu-yeas 4. nays -
ME rren,ngnuyse no oi.elsa ~ anshdment IN
greasins saIries III '.,e "sreu1,utai departments
L1St-yees II, nays 20, ns
A., ~ p .ne i.e,i apppopi'asnE @ov,vvo 70 enable
s cue aies''e"' W curry 'o' 'e OWL service re-
FORM .
4, Mi. snuSsen oleteu an "nienumeht au'
.iioiaa .is 'pe liesiueht 70 MAKE some com
pensa .sso 20 sae ,h ,eoers OIL tne e service
commission us otherwise We're IN the service OF
w. ne onit a' sts'es, 1ie saiu tnree members OF
tne COMMISSION $40, Were aiso etnpioyees Oh depart
nyn.S "lo .hls aiienuiiient Was oesigheu 10 en-
"o. .nemu 70 hese,se pay Wv spsF eA'r services
va NJ s,.' Sbann,s H. ,.l.rA,.. -
LII na' Is sae pes. coninehtary
t on IVA sei'''e ietof'" we nave haos
NJ Co,. .,.o .,,a,,,.,,. =. :. ..uu., -
III, n.pslser ~ !. II serh,hg II
and sa;d that i, "s IS ns;s patsie 90 QUIZ on
snr AIS nrnosa 10 M apprpp,u1oh y. SovoOs
tbs aud ~ oe "
bxye -
formers 10 Draw two gss I frn tb TO
ment for the same time the nrosnect WAS yery
aood that tbe naonia wania a daIsrhtnS n9.2I
civil service reform. .,.rHInJ..
~, Mt. rFeilnHSnuysen sa'a tnat tnese gentlemen
NY W w snfpe " toui ilouts eAlta work uais
w,rie On W. bne o9hhissioh ana argued that they
'" Tfhe "a Amendment was d.c,ared ,o,+ sc or,0,
~ nc aou'oH' was ueei"reo .out Oh oroel
anu "ltnu oll
,t l tfosais saI9 noslss 'Sas Nh9l we phi go
III s,,o nt. anu oslore tne senate nj
go oo auS ;nsert tiNe ous sne EXPERIMENTATION o.
%nder which tIa e;ygl sorr;n we la~
sn Nv Mnism tas p.Hla service reform commas
n1r ma0 a. a Was as nu9n IN FAVOR o.
~ h; .i'' pNtt ssttinse % Ahyeouy, Dnt MOI
IN uiiis way III iacs, .lle REFORM as organized
nv ~" mas q ns as Mas wen iiiustIated py
Sn1 appo ot ieoo.s't " one OF the CIV
service Goiliililssonsls 70 hilotneT oHce without
Of tbe cnnsm;Ss;on ''''" "''opui''s W 'he ruie'
- NJ So,n,,ar fon s,.x,,.s
soat NJ ofssysed' ~, nni, n9n,eI' VINO was 40
SEn0o ~ ano%io ~ Sn,,',,';4ten e "PpiopIiatlis
%renare an acco ,5 o} w ~ U
~ 1900 Statos =, W n,I iVn . sehools .
.ne i,t'eu States ~ WIN the re
quWes. VI r aie sosel ll an: vi oapan.
MI. oole opposed thls as unnecessary an'
say 'i.elE ~sIs aIeauf IN eAstence report
m; wIa,u g Ely ie eoapalpst ~ tllp Ii5ot
NATION 'iey couiu set rom tlie proposed puoll
ca HtI Inc e alnenunaens was leJecteu; .o,
tt i;m , Mgre onefeS anu
at 4.4o +, NJ, We4s lRIo EXECUTIVE session "n
soon atter adjourned. .44f
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