Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-18
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-, Yesterdays Proceedings.

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- rsrEICr o5vRrN,HNr mn
hsnAIs - Try 'ur report cloz-i- -
500 -, Alter> his remsrss vffh rersr-
En-, e, - 49,. - he fully agreed gits
Mr. Mcrrn ~ TO TIE rrcru.. $780, ir.s ~nI lris-
dictcn Of Congress ever the ., = $3.50, -. s~la
that ~ could cslesste that pore. - - oI
A. few a. it pleased. It could - @lSt ,tufi gs
or withhold II, - 10 pies@ea. Tie Nl'eti meat
OF negro suffrage, which bad been Il "a asrs-
Rad been most s.ckerir . v1ic. ans - usness
N sht vel hesitate shout continuing thzs Sno-
rant and depraVed rule which had hr,~r- se ~
tbs District Tor sewers. years pa't. Mr.. DsVAra
then addressed himself - The q, -rfis1s whtsH
occurred 20 him O. tEH excise rrgaIsti0Ns.
Nhleh, he SAID, Was an attemut % uvsde ths
domain OF morals, under the cover OF l-yisls-
hoh' 70 regulate The SOFIA habits ~ men in
regulations O. collect revenue. sac pointed ont
iLSl me POWER 10 this excise bosNI % rsgalats
the conditions upon which liquor licenses .ra "a
be issuCd Vas unlimited. and ms arI-sf the -.
happy results which hal eusued an M sfate a
Maine m the attempts O. regulate the LIQUOR
uaric. Under the clause ia this hIu no -.
Who sold AquOr could bc secure - pr.vRcy In
MS house any hour in the N kht or Iav H.
moved 10 strike out nom line % % l'as 81 ia
C'usIye, on page 60, which provides tgsf b,ra
shall be gwen for the payment Ga TIE licsnS.
ana 20 observe the COutIr o1S under the license
provided by the board o. excise. and % insart a
prov sion requiring all fees tor licenses D be
paid IA advance ~ the Treasury. ke1ected
DIT. Congver moved an am Hnfmeut 10 s-rIke
out the nth, i,th ant is.h ser-ion. triny %
TIE Board OF Health, and insert therein = pro-
vision continuing the present Board.
Mr.. Thurman alluded Co the pNrravaraut Az
penduutes OF the present B1sri OF Healts,
amounting 20 over - 900, while IN AIS srxts
the entire NIeusss OF tbe ate govern en- vera
but 5000, not A. much - PAID by salaries by
this board.
The amendment was lost.
MT. Thurman moved 90 strike out All about
the Board OF Health. lie thought it tims 60
dlspCnse with some OF Thus erleu.i-e am 49,
less msohiuCry. he knew OF no city ia tl, rbnn-
uy which had sucE an extensive Board Of
Health, ana many thought tha- the -h,.f olteca
the hoard 81 ma.
tai.
Mr. Morton ssid he present Road OF Health
Lad been eminently successful IA preserving
ne healfh or tho city
Mr.. Howe submitted An amendment striking
ont that part OF the llth section regliring one
81 the members OF the Board ct Haslth . ne
appointed on the written rscOmuea.f .tlau az
the Surgeon General OF the army. Ibst
Mr. Morton moved % amend the 81 section
by providing thar the three Comm s.ionsr.
sha. he elected by the qualified voters OF tAs
District.
Nj. Bssyard said he believed that ,hs evils
under which the District hal suffered bai beer
caused Ia the main by the exercise OF the suf-
rage 10y those who we're entirely uudr TOR IT,
His sympathies were for those lf Tins n. .trieT
who had been despOiled Of their property
through this exercise or suffrage. lie believed
IN leaving this question OF suffrage where AZ
was intended that u should be leit-uith tAe
communities that were % be affected for good
or evil by t. He did nOt wish q stigmsuss
the recent government OF this DISTRICT, bat
when lac aid that be was q very bad and a ve-V
dishonest government ne sad merely what tue
almost unanimous voice OF Congress had said
m Wiping out that government. The party OF
which the honorable Senator Mr.. norton va
such an ornament was entirely respons bic for
al the evils forced upOn this ID strict AID upOn
the COuutTY by negro suffrage. He would nOt
vote 10 bring the cure OF negro slH-age again
on the people of thus District unlts. he Wa
convinced that they desired n.
Mr. Thurman said unless the bill was greatly
altered be could not vote Tor the amendment OF
the Senator from Indiana lie was a. murafa
favor OF home rule a. the Senator from Indiana
but under the constitution there could he no such
thing As home rule Ia this District. The resi-
cent IN the District stands precisely on the same
footing the msn within any OF the forts or
arssuals % the nited States. Congress msy,
n IL choose, create municipalities here. bat
when u withhOlds the suffrage it does not de-
rTiTe the people here OF one right. either natu-
raj OF created. lie did not say that gOverE-
nent might not he properly founded on SUI
rage. lie thought the Old municipalities OF
Washington and Georgetown did pretty wen,
sld he had opposed the territorial bill three
Pending discussion, the Senate went into ex.
ecutEe Session, and then adjourned.
HoJNE.-Atter cur report closed
i letter was read rom the surgeon general
setuTg forth the necessity Tor A grSster Clerical
force than was provided for in the bill and
Mr.. Kellogg moved an amendment % the iegis-
laiiOn bill increasing the force, but tue amend
ment was rejected. An amendment offered %
increase the clerical force Of the bureau OF
education a. $50 rejected. The clause for
rent tOr the building, No. 9l5 T. street. was
after debate, amended 10 read = 900 irs.eai OF
- 200
Mr.. Dawes introduced bin 20 previiefOr tbs
payment OF the sinking fund, sud for other
purposes, which was referred 10 the C0mmit-ea
OF Ways and Means. The bilI provides that the
duties and rate OF dC'F on all tea and coffee i'm
ported foreign countries OF and after tao first
day OF March, lsI5, shall be the same as WAS
provided Tor and levied prior 10 the passage of
the set 20 repeal the duty on tea and coffee sp-
proved March ], ISL Ihe effect OF this bin.
II passed, viii be To restore the duty on tea sad
cOfee.l
At p. m. the House adjourned