Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-07
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ANOTHER AMENDMENT.
Representative Poland to-day, introduced an
amendment TO the constitution of the United
States, providing that no senator or representa-.
tive shall, during the time for which he was
elected, he chosen president or vice president
nor shall any Judge OF any United States court
be chosen president or vice president within two
years of the termination of his Judicial office.
The house committee on appropriations, this
morning, had under consideration the senate
amendments to the deficiency appropriation
bill, and voted TO recommend concurrence in
the one which relates to the pay of government
workmen, and non-cOncuTrenCe in the so called
morrill, amendment" restricting the iurisdic-
uon OF the court OF claims TO cases commenced
within two years after the suppression of the
rebellion by constantly loyal claimants
Inc house committee on patents has under
consideration the propricty of extending Fowle'S
| rock drill patent, which expired last mouth
| after an existence of twenty-onc wears There
is strong opposition TO further extension as til,
matter affects the interests of all railroad anC
| mining companies.
DEMOCRATIC POPULARITY.
In the house the democrats as usual resorieC
| to eXpedients to consume time, TO prevent ac
| ton on the supplemental civil rights bill In
order to do this, Mr.. Eldridge offered Mr.. Kel-
| ley's tariff bill, and in desperate effort to b.
| funny changed its total TO bill to further
! increase taxation and protect monOpolies, with
out increasing the revenues.
Mr., Acker of Pennsylvania, from the minority
of the committee on expenditures in the war
department, submitted report to-day in refer
ence to the sale of arms to France The report
states that greater number Of witnesses eX-
ahmed were officers of the war and ordnance
department, or were connected Herewith, and
insists, in the first place, that the war depart
ment gave a latitudinarian construction TO the
act of congress of July goth, 1868, authorizing
the SAFE OF damaged arms, ordnance, stores, &C.,
which is dangerous to republican form Of gov
| ernment, where strict construction of all acts
| OF congress ought to be the rule; secondly that
| the war and ordnance departments must have
| or could haYe-known, it they had made in
| quiry, that the bulk of arms were noinp 10
France, as they were delivered at pier in New
YORK city which was the pier of French steam
| ers, and at which French vessels were in the
habit of loading; that some OF these arms were
| delivered directly on board French Steam
ers, from lighters, in the presence of
persons in the employ Of the ordnance bureau
| at New York city, and that some were delivered
| IN boxes marked IL. f., which was generally un.
derStoOd 10 mean French republic; also, that
some OF the guns were delivered after October
| 18Th, 1870, the day on which il became uDmis-
| takably known that the Remingtons were the
| agents OF the French government Leaving the
| question Of violation of the neutrality laws to
nc argued, this proceeding might have
government more captious than Prns-
| STA, and the country might become
involved in all the horrors.of war. As to fnan-
cial transactions, it appears that the whole
| amount for which the guns were stated to have
Deen sold was paid into the treasury depart
| ment, except S219, 1888, which is said to have
| been expended in transportation and getting
| the guns ready But the itcmSRof this eXpendi-
| ture are not given. There is no evidence that
any person, except one, received any pay or
commission from this sale; and he was not con-
| neced with any department of the government
lie received $4,000 from firm Of arms dealers
| IN Baltimore, on account of sale to it from
the navy department. He states that he re-
| ceNed the money as commissions, and that no
other person got any portion of the money.
MISCELLANEOUS
A memorial was presented in the house to-
day from about 5000 citizens of Utah. protesting
against the admission of that territory into the
Union. 1t was accompanied by an affidavts of
thirty apostate MormOns against Brigham
Young and the Mormon church.
telegram received at the department of
Justice from the United States district attorney
at charleston, 5: G., says deputy marshal just
returned from Marietta, Ga, reports that Ca
pers Scott, Wesley Scott and VIM. Harris, whom
he arrested on bench warrant issued by the
circuit court, were forciby taken from him by a
crowd Of thirty or forty men. The men arrest
Ell are duly indicted for violating the enforce
ment act
The crcnit court at Charleston has adjourned
and special term is ordered for August.
WINE the democrats ia congress are agreed
that the fourth of July shall be the time for the
assembling of the national convention, they are
not IN harmony as to the place St. Louis,
LOUISVILLE, and indianapolis are respectively
named.
The supreme court delivered a few decisions
OF minor Importance and Adjourned till October
2Sth. number Of important cases 20 over till
the fall session.