National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-05-22

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Mr.. FOSTER, Of Ohio, then entered motion
to recomwit, and proceeded TO speak upon the
bill. He said he Regretted the heaitn OF tee
gentleman from Massachusetts, (Mr. BUTLER(
prevented him froth being present, and should
he desire hereafter to reply, he trusted the
House would afford him an opportunity. He
reviewed tho circumstances attending the pas
sage of THE law under consideration, which he
said repealsd all moieties and gave monopoly
Of the business to three persons, at the heed OF
whom appeared John d. Sanborn. He next
sketched the prominent features of the testi-
mony taken by the Ways and Means Commit
tee- which has already been made public. He
cited the case Of the Delaware and Lackawans
railroad, and said here was a case where the
Information was obtained by officers of the
Government, and while Sanborn was in the
employ of the Government.
In relation to the order of the Secretary, in.
structing officers TO assist Sanborn, he said
that the law never contemplated that the rev
enues were to be collected by these parties To
the exclusion of the regular officers appointed
| for the purpose. Yet, he said, the head OF the
| internal revenue service appeared to have been
| Intentionally kept in Ignorance OF the opera
lions of Sanborn g. Co. and q letter from him
protesting against this interference LEFT un-
answered. Pointing out the law In relation TO
the necessary Information to be filed, and the
contract to be exc .uted before collection could
be made, he argued that It had been violated
by the fling of claims against railroads with
| out information having been obtained, and said
| that collections had been made of dues under
Schedule c, =" for which no contract had been
| made.
He said such a system could but re-
suit in the decentralization of the regu-
| lar force, and ia this connection he
| highly complimented Supervisor Tuition,
of Philadelphia, on his zeal and integrity in re-
| fusing to have dealings with Sanborn and his
| party. Commenting upon the expenditures of
Ssnborn in the collection of the sums, he said
| it was shown by the testimony that this large
sum could not have been legitimately expended.
| He did not agree with Mr.. BUTLER as to the
skill and capacity of Sanborn, and said that If
any man of common capacity was given the
whole machinery of the Treasury Department,
and the aid of the revenue officers with the
| estoppal of the payments 'of taxes, he
could do as much as Sanborn had done.
He severely censured the manner in which
the law had been administered, expressing his
regrets on having to do so as the Secretary Of
the Treasury was of his party. Yet his sense
The motive that led to this and to the attempt
to shift the responsibility he could not under
stand, but one thing he did know that had the
regular officers done their duty Sanborn eDuld
not have collected these large amounts.
He said the testimony of Mr.. Boutwell,
showed that contracts prior to the Sanborn con-
tracts-the contracts made by the Treasury
had been failures, and it was clear that if San
born had confined his operations to what the
lapu TINA oil he
also.
In conclusion, Mr.. FOSTER addressed himself
| to the members of the Republican party, a
party to which he was proud to belong to, and
said he knew they would join him in digging
deep, if necessary, and roofing out all the evils
found within it. The people would follow the
| flag, but the flag must be kept clean and pure.
The party had done much, could do and would
do, and were doing what no party had ever
done before in purifying itself. 1t was deter
mined that wherever a corrupt head was found
there should be Republican club to hit it.
At half-past one the bill for the admission
of New Mexico as a State came up, having
been made the special order to the exclusion
of all other business at that hour.
Pending its consideration, Mr.. MAYNARD,
of Tennessee, asked that the Senate amend
ment to the currency bill might be printed, and
gave notice that on Monday he would move to
| take it up.
Mr. MCKEE, of Miss, then briefly opened
the debate upon the New Mexico bill, and
| yielded to Mr.. ELKINs, the Delegate from that
Territory, who addressed the House in support
of the measure. He claimed the admission as
State on the ground Of loyalty and patriot
ism, and especially on the terms of the treaty
of Guadalupe Hidalgo, by which her admis.
sion was agreed upon, and q pledge made by
the Government to the people of New Mexico
for her admission at the earliest possible mo-
ment.
Referring to the history of New Mexico, he
said 1t was part of the territory acquired from
Mexico, and her capital, Santa Fe, was one OF
sources were very great, and to show this he
quoted from numerous reports relating to her
sol and her wonderful mineral wealth.
Mr.P0TTER, of N. Y, combatted the propo-
sition that the ninth article of the treaty con-
tanned an implied promise of admission as a
State, and held that territorial government
gave all that was guaranteed in that respect
by the treaty. He contended that the growth
of New Mexicoduring the twenty-six years she
had been a territory did not warrant her admis
sion, and that the people would derive no ad-
vantage from her being q State. He further
opposed the admission as giving States with
smalls population controlling power in the
Senate, and remarked that while the theory OF
our Government was a popular Government, II
of these new and small States was making it
more and more absurd.
During his remarks Mr.. POTTER was sur
rounded by members, and so frequently inter
rupted that the discussion took more the form
of colloquy rather than o speech.
Mr.. HOSKINS, of N. Y, contended that
there were but two questions to be considered,
and they were, whether New Mexico had
a population to entitle her to representation,
hath lof 1otf nf
character to be admitted as q STATED He ar
gued that the population was sufficient, and
that the census showed q sufficient growth Of
population since 1850, to warrant the belief
that her population now was over one hundred
and thirty thousand. The State Of New York,
was, he said, ready to admit this State and
take her by the hand.
Mr.. G. T. HOAR opposed admission on the
ground that the educational statistics of the
last census did not show a sufficient degree of
intelligence to warrant 1t, and favored q con-
tinuance of the territorial government until
the school system established within the past
three years had been more fully developed. He
disavowed all sympathy with the arguments of
the gentleman from New York.
Mr.. KASSON, of Iowa, reminded the gentle
man that the party of which he was so distin-
guished member had over and over refused
to apply any such rule to the States of the
South. The Republican party could not accept
such a doctrine without going back on its
record.
He referred to the speech just made by the
Delegate from New Mexico to show that, what
ever the education of the people of New Mexico
might be, they had shown intelligence in the
selection Of their representative. He instanced
the Senate, and claimed that the new States
had sent quite as able men there as the older
States.
Mr.. COX, of n. Y, said he might have rea-
sons for voting against the admission of New
Mexico, but they were not the reasons given
by his colleague, Mr.. POTTER. There was no
more right to expel State than there was for
State to withdraw, and no more right to
withdraw than there was to expel, neither
would he keep New Mexico out for the reasons
given by the gentleman from Massachusetts,,
but, while they had Texas, Louisiana, and
South Carolina to take care of, he thought 1t
best to admit them all at once.
On the passage of the bill the yeas and nays
were ordered, and it was passed. Yeas, 100;
nays 81.
Mr.. BECK, of KY, was then recognized as
entitled to the floor on the Sanborn bill, but
yielded for a motion to that effect, and at 4.40
D. m. the House adjourned.
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