The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-04-29

this fact. History void bear out statements b
tThurman) had made.
When the San Domingo question was befor,
the senate the opinion of the Executive wa
very wellknown and the exertions of the PreSi
dent on its behalf were felt; but now wbeI
IL came to the great question of the currency
whether we should drift into a sea of ire
oeemaDe paper money, or whether, by wiSt
legislation, the country should be brought bach
to sound currency, it is said that the duty O.
the President is to wrap himself up in clout
and let members OF his party array themselves
against each other and pass measures, he was
bound to arrest by the Presidential veto.
Mr.. Edmunds said his friend Thurman had
defended the influence of an administration
over Congress. That influence in the past his
tory of the Democrat party meant that I'M
less the Democratic Senators stood by the ad
mlnistratiOn, this or that friend would be re-
moved from Office and they could have no in
nuence with the administration.
Mr.. Thurman said it meant nothing of the
Mr.. Edmunds said the President was to be
commended for not interfering in legislation
Inc non-election of Mr.. Sumner to the chair
Mansnlp OF the Committee on Foreign Rela-
IONS was not for the cause stated by the gen.
sieman but solely for personal reason. The
senator mad no right to say that Sumner or any
mnlstraton or any of his party,
Mr Howe said the very Senate which refus-
ca TO put Sumner at the head of the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations tended him at the
same time the craftsmanship of one of the most
amP1 T committees OF the Senate, Privileges
| Nr. Logan said the friends of the finance bill
were willing to keep silent and vote but he
warned his friends on the other side not to
| commence the war
| ha MI, cameron SAID he was not placed at the
mead OF the Foreign Relations COMMITTEES at
| ms own request. He came to be made chair
man because he was second on the COMMITTEES
| ana was given that position at the request of
n! Mr; sumner when chairman. He was at home
III pennsylvania when assigned to the chair
manship. he came here at the earliest oppor.
tunlIy intending to decline, but upou entering
the senate chamber and hearing the remarks
OF Senator over Jealous in behalf of
Mr.. sumner, which were not complimentary to
MN lCameroul. He considered his determine
| ton and accepted. He had seen it announced
| id the newspapers that he had robbed Mr.
Sumner of his place OF the committee. Great
heaven, he did nothing of the kind The feel
ing between himself and Mr.. Sumner was of
the most friendly kind. When he (Cameron)
had to go home to a sick family he asked Mr.
Sumner to pair with him on the bill then up.
| Mr.. Sumner replied, eyes, Cameron. glajlv"
and he shook hands. He said, :tGod bless
YOU" and said, Good bless you.'
Messrs. Hamlln, Howe, Anthony and others,
said that Mr.. Sumner was not taken from he
Foreign Committee because of his opposition
to the San Domingo treaty, but because he
lSumner) was not on speaking terms with the
State Department.
The undelivered speech of Mr.. Sumner being
referred to, by MIR. Thurman, Mr.. Anthony
said that it was not speech Of Mr.. Summers.
Hejwrote it and decided not to deliver it. and
the man who violated his confidence over his
new made grave committed an act of perfidy
which will not be forgotten. Mr.. Sumner dim
him (Anthony) the honor to show him that
frlon i, half don
given ou., each one contained a memorandum.
This is.in strict confidence" If Mr. Sumner
had lived no man would have dared to make it
public.
A vote was then taken on Mr. Wright's mo-
ton to lay aside the Louisiana bill and take up
the finance bill with the Presidents message
and 1t was agreed to, yeas 30, nays q.
The chair announced the finance bill before
the Senate and the question was. should it
pass notwithstanding the Presidents objection
Upon this question the constitution required a
vote to be taken by yeas and yeas. No one tax
ing the floor. the roll was called and resulted,
yeas "a, nays 80, as follows
Yeas--Allison, Bogy, Boreman, Cameron,
Ferry of Michigan, Goldthwaite, Gordon, Har-
vey, Hitchcock, ingalls,, Johnston, Lewis, Lo-
gan, McCreery, Merrimon, Mitchell, NORWOOD,
Oglesby, Patterson, Pease, Pratt, Ramsey Rob-
ertsoa, spencer M sprague, Upton, West, Win
Nays-Anthony, Bayard, Boutwell,, Buck
ingham, Chandler, Conkling, Cragn, Davis,
Edmunds, Fenton, Ferry of Connecticut, Elan.
agan, Frelinghuysen, Gilbert, Hager, Hamll-
ton OF Maryland, Hamilton of Texas, Hamlin,
Howe, Jones, Kelly, Morrill, of Vermont, Sar-
gent, Scott, Sherman, Stevenson, Stewart,
Stockton, Thurman and Wadleigh-3O.
Two-thirds not votisg in the affirmative the
bill was lost.
Mr.. Morrill, Of Maine was paired with Mr..
Marion, and Mr.. Ransom of North Carolina
paired himself with Mr.. Schurz.
MT. treiinghuysen moved to take up the civil
rights bill, but the Senate went into executive
session and shortly adjourned.
HOUSE.
A bill was passed appropriating 100000 for
rations, ETC., for the Louisiana sufferers.
resolution was introduced by Mr.. Wood of
New York, that the Ways and Means Commit
tee inquire how many government officials of
New York city are at Albany influencing State
legislation. Referred to the Ways and Means
Committee.
JadcaPy9 1uaa 1t tMss N MsHn To-
whether Judge William Story, U. S. District
Judge for the western district of Arkansas
should be impeached for high crimes and mis-
demeanors.
The House then took up the legislative appro-
prlatlOn bill and the chairman of the commits
tee Mr.. Garfield of Oho) addressed the House.
giving resume of the provisions of the bill
and the changes made in it by the committee
of the whole.
The amendment increasing the salaries of
some officers of the House was agreed to, with
out the yeas and nays
The amendment appropriating $4,000 for the
purchase of official stamps for the Treasury
Department instead of 100000 the object be-
ing to break up the system of requiring each
department to pay its own postage was agreed
TO, yeas 100, nays 80.
The House refused to agree to the amend
ment making the maximum nav Of gaugers 81
a day instead of S..
The House also refused to agree to an amend
ment striking out the appropriation for the AS
say Office at Charlotte, N. G.. yeas II, nays 1876.
The House also refused to agree to amend
ments striking out the items for horses and,
carriages for the Department of Justice, yeas
100, nays 103.
The amendment offered by Mr. Speer of Pa,
requiring the Attorney General to report in de.
was agreed to; also the amendment requiring
clerbs and marshals of the District Courts to
be residents of the district
The amendment in reference to the engrav
ing and printing of notes and bonds by the
Treasury Department increasing the amount
from $4,000 to $125, 700, was adopted, yeas 1903,
nays 50.
The paragraph appropriating $625,OOO for
printing notes, bonds, etc., was struck out with
out division. The provision on that subject
now stands as follows: For labor (by the day
or piece or contract) including the labor Of
workmeD skilled in engraving, transferring,
plate printing and other specalities necessary
for carrying on the work of engraving and
printing notes, bonds and other securities. of the
United States, the pay for such labor to be fix
ed by the Secretary of the Treasury at rates not
exceeding the rates usually paid for such work,
and for other expenses of engraving and print
ing notes, bonds and other securities of the
United States, 81, 125, 900"
The amendments striking out the paragraph
requiring the department clerks to work seven
hours a day instead of six hours, was struck
out withous the yeas and nays. ~
The amendment: exempting appropriations
for river and harbor Improvements, lighthouses
and certain public works from the law which
requires unexpended balances of appropra-
tons to be carried to the surplus fund and GOV
cred into the treasury at the expiration of two
years, was then passed, and the House at a