The Portland daily press., 1874-12-18
Forty Third Congressional Session
SENATE.

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Mr.. Cameron, from the joint committee to
wait on King Kalakaua and inTite him to visit
the capital, reported that the King would be In
the Presidents room in rear of the Senate
chamber at 1l.30 IN. tomorrow, when the
Senators will be presented to him.
An order was adopted that the Senate at
1915 m. tomorrow to take a recess and proceed
to the House and join in the ceremony OF re-
ceiying King Kalakaua,
The bill revising and consolidating thelaTs re-
lating to the security of life on steamers was
taken up but on motion of Mr.. Boutwell, It's
farther consideration was postponed till Tues
day.
A bill amending the act for he development
of mining interests was briefly considered
andlaid over.
A memorial calling attention to the grievan-
ces existing in the tariff on silk and alpaca
from umbrella makers was referred to the Com
mittee on Finance.
A bill passed granting $780, 900 to enable the
Commissioner of Agriculture to make special
distribution of seeds.
The bill for the better government of the Dis
trict of Columbia was taken up. Mr. Morton
opposed one portion of the bill as tending to
disfranchise the voters of the district by. really
putting into the hands of three men the con-
trolling power of the whole District. On the
matter of suffrage he should offer an amend
ment that the three Commissioners be elected
by the people instead Of being appointed by the
President.
Mr. Morrill, responded, contending that no
principle of local self-government is violated IN
the bill as it never was intended there should
be any local government the real government
of the District being vested in Congress.
Several amendments were offered and reject
Mr.. Morton moved to strike out the clause
recurring the board of commissioners to be APP
pointed BY the President by ard with the adj
vice and onsent of the Senate, and insert in
lieu thereof clause requiring said commls.
sioners to be elected by the qualified voters OF
the district.
the bill to amend act entitled IAN act to
promote the development of the mining re-
sources of the United States" Approved May
TO- 1872 which was passed
1t provides that the 9th section OF that act
he amended so that where person or company
has or may run a tunnel for the purpose of de-
veloping lode or lOdes owned by SAID person
or company, the money so expended IN sald
tunnel shall be considered as. expended on said
lode or lodes, whether located prior or since
the passage of said act, and such person. or
company shall not be required to perform work
on the service of said lode or lodes in order to
hold the SINE as required by said act.
Pending the discussion of the district bill the
Senate at 4 10 went into executive session. AT
AS the doors were re-Opened.
Senator Logan introduced joint resolution
providing that so much of the act entitled AN
act recognizing the several staff corps of the
army" approved June 3d. 1874, as applies to
the contract surgeons be and is hereby sus-
pended until the first day of February, 1879.
Ordered to be printed. Adjourned until to-
morrow.
Mr.. Orth of Ind, from the Joint Committee
in the reception of King Kalakaua, reported a
recommendation for his presentation to the
House tomorrow. Agreed to.
The House went into Committee Of the
Az lou. 1af.x iaftn hi
Nothing of public interest occurred in the
consideration of the bill until the paragraph
was reached which makes provision for the
Bureau of Education. proposition to IL
crease the clerical force of the Bureau was
made by Mr.. Monroe of Ohio, and was advo-
Gated by himself, G.. F. Hoar of Mass and
Townsend of Pa, and opposed by Messrs. Frye
of Maine and Cox of New York. The latter
avowed his hostility to the whole system of
bureau ocracy, and declared that all those
bureaus which had no warrant in the constitu-
ton would be abolished by the next Congress,
because if the Democratic party had not power
in the Senate, it had power in the House to
prevent the passage of laws.
Mr.. Garfield of Ohio favored the increase
proposed by Mr.. Monroe, and defended the
for obtaining and publishing educational stauis-
tics. If the Democratic party proposed to be-
gin its new career of power by putting out the
eyes of the government, by destroying the
methods of obtaining intelligence as to the
condition of the people, if the government was
to enter on a system which builds penitentiaries
and was to take no steps to get information as
to whether it was not possible by better sys-
TEN to avoid the system for penltentiaries, then
he thong ht it was well that they should have
timely notice of it.
Mr.. Willard of VT. argued against the Bureau
of Education as unwarranted interference with
matter which the people themselves could and
did take better care of, and declared that there
was no more reason for the Bureau of Educa-
ton or Bureau of Agriculture than for Bureau
for surgery, or boots and shoes.
Mr.. Monroe's proposition was rejected.
Mr.. Hereford of West Virginia moved to
strike out the whole appropriation for the Blu
>reau of Education, and argued against the
whole system of Capitalization. He referred to
Spain as illustrating that system by which a
nation might become powerful, but by which
individuals were dwarfed.
The motion was rejected.
The committee progressed as far as page 64.
4 Mr. Dawes of Mass. introduced a bill making
provision for the payment of the sinking fund.-
Referred by the Committee of Ways and
Means.
The House at o'clock adjourned.