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down one OF the great educational influences d

ment conducted in star-chamber.
Mr. BUTLER (Mass.) also opposed III
subject, he said he would pass On to another ne
tangled notion Of men, whom the people ha
left out Of Congress. Iaughter). That wa
civil seevice reform. He ridiculed the question
put in competitive examination. One was to cor
rect the grammar in the sentence " lie ia gen
tlennan and a scholar" He did not profess
bo much Of grammarian, but he did not kno,
how to correct that sentence, unless he made
read: "He are . gentleman and q scholar.
uaughter).
Mr: BLANCHARD also opposed Mr.. Banks
amendment. md agreed that it did not folloD
that the franking privilege was abolishod, docu
ments and books would not be circulated by tn
members, who would pay postage on them. H
did not believe that such postage would aSerag
more than 800 or 2200 0 year;
hfr. FARN6W0RTH asked Mr. Burchard il h
did not think it better to make this reform, THAI
to add s., 900 q year to the salary of members OF
the pretense, that they would henceforth havs
| to pay postage.
nfraid that the salaries OF the mombers would b
raised on that account.
Mr. FARNSWORrH remarked that that waf
one OF the grounds on which the plea for an in
crease Of salaries Was put:
Mr. BANKS amendment was further opposed
Sy bSl% Messzs; 1s cobURS, DuNSELL, aud TOWN
MI NJ. b6NsEE1 16ssf} regarded the proposition AZ
mere demagoguism.
aIr. ". r. ROBERTS directed his attention tc
| the vote in Committee Of the Whole yesterday,
increasing the appropriation for naval station
which he denounced as O scheme for plum
| dering the Government and removing
the Brooklyn Nary Yard. The property there
could not be replaced elsewhere at cost OF
lot of real estate spectators in Brooklyn, who
had been for years casting their longing eyes at
the land occupied BY the navy:-yardB, waiting to
get it for docks and railroad purposes. Flo pro-
tested against it, and cautioned the gentlemen
as to what the result Of the vote on the New
London item was to be.
Mr. e. H. ROBERTS ridiculed the fears and
apprehenHions Of those members who saw in
Mr. Banks amendment an attempt to replace
Republican institutions by despotic ones. The
House was to be congratulated, he said, that
the great use Of miscellaneous public
documents had been discovered. The gentleman
from Massachusetts (Mr. Hoar) had assured the
House that was the barrier to cave the country
from government by the newspapers. He had
never known Of SO complete a barrier against
danger, except Mrs.: Partington's attempt to
sweep back the tide with broom. The news
papers circulated millions Of copies among tho
people: Now it Was proposed to preserve the
Republic from the power Of the newspapers, by
putting the Agricultural report into every corner
grocery to be used for packages or 60 to trunk
manufacturers. He moved to add to Alr. Banks
amendment, proyiso that the Secretary Of the
Interior shall place copy OF every public docu-
ment, deemed by him useful for that purpose
in two libraries in each Congressional District to
be accessible to any citizen On application.
Mr.. GARFIELD thought Mr. Banks amend
ment too important to Be- decided hastily He
was himself in favor Of it, but thought it wise
to let it go for tho present. He opposed Mr.
Buffers amendment.
Mr. cox advocated Mr. Banks amendment.
The House then proceeded to vote on f. h.
Roberts amendmant-rojected+ Then tho
amendment offered by Mr~ Banks was also re~
jected without a division, the yeas and nays
being called TOR. but refused.
The amendment by 31r. Butler that none Of
the money should be used in the expenses OF tho
competitive Civil Service examination Was ro-
jected-yeas, IS; nays, 1o3.
Tho amendments agreed to in Committee OF
the Whole were then read and acted on. Tho
first vote By yeas mud nays was On the amend
ment requiring the Secretary Of the Treasury to
report to Congress how he disburees the Secret
Service fund appropriation for preventing nnd
which was opposed BY Garfield and sustained By
Beck-rejeesed, yeas, q; nays, 1872; THO
q Government building at Raleigh,
N. c., Was adopted. The amendment
site Of the Boston Post Office, on condition OF
the streets being widened, was adopted. An
amendment requiring contracts on public build
inga to be made with lowest responsible bidders
after advertisement, was rejected without yeas
3 naval station at New London, Conn.,, from
q, 600 to &50, 600 was eectodyeas, o. nays, 80.
Tho bill WIS then passed.
TIE WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
Mr.. CH1PMAN called for tho report Of the
Committee OF twelve appointed to confer with !
the officers OF the Washington National Monu-
ment Society on the practicahility Of the compile
lion Of the Washington monument by the ap- |
preaching centennial Gnniycrsary-
Mr. SAWYER, who wanted to take up the
River and Harbor Appropriation bill, moTed to
the Washington monument matter till |
II Wednesday next. The motion was agreed to.
sypHEn-
MI. KERR, rising to a question Of privilege
offered . resolution reciting the testimony taken
before the Senate Committee on Elections, to
he effect that j. H Sypher, momber from
Louisiana, before the general election
at year, While! while he was can;
and eHqpy to b. faa made
votes to be cast for himself, and
'ther gross frauds to be committed in conuec-
ion with such election, referring the matter to
he Committee on Elections, with power to take
Mr. sYPuER eaid that Theodore Jacques, the
gitness who testified against him, had come to
he Capital, hired by the Democrats Of Louisiana
0 testify falsely. He (sypher) wont before the
enato COMMITTEE and asked the privilege OF
ebutting that testimony, but the Committee
enied him that right, stating that his case Was
ot before the Committee. 10 hoped the reso-
at;on would be adopted. He would prove that
acques was perjured scoundrel, aud that he :
ad been sent to Washington with Democratic
,oney after having forged certificates in the
,terest Of the Democratic party. He called for
Il investigation. He thanked Mr.. Kerr for the
esolution.
A Democratic memher-Then you ought to
ave offered it yourself
The resolution WAS adopted,
The House then took up the
RIVER AND HARBOR
ppropriation bill, which appropriatcs $780, I
ID, including the following items For d1edg-
,g out the Bay Of Superior to the docks Of Su- (
arior and Duluth, 31O0,000 for tho Marquette
I'D Menominee harborB, Michigan, S4o, ,001 for
ther harbors in Michigan, S197 600 harbors in
TlBconsn, s120, 900 Chicago harbor, SCI, 900;
zlumet Harbor, ILL.,, $40, 600 Michigan City :
arbors. Ind, S50, 600; Fox l. Wisconsin Rivera,
Boo, 600 St. 1iary's Falls Canal 5000, 600; st.
lair River, at the mouth OF the Black River, :
L, 900; Ha1bor Refuge on Lake Huron, ,375 600;
:. Clair Flats Cnnal, $100, 600 Toledo Harbor, I
hio, 500, 900 other ha1bors Of Ohio, $4,000;
w swego; 5I Harbor, N. 7, 81 S1oo s2a 900 Dnn- !
arbor New York, ST., 600; other lake harbors