, 1874-05-07

robbers worao thnn any that ovor infected my
civilized community on enrth llAvo Der by tho
throat. and ata faat sucking her llfo-hlood.
Throo hundred thousand Of hor ol'zona-do- y,
orr hthora tho battloH OF American indopend-
onoo and liborty-aro crying to ConErosa for ro-
dresa md ]lolU. TloY hayo suiroredut tint h,,-
manity eau endure thoy llavo exhausted ovory
10 rofuse thoir roquoHt Ia 10 dive thom to do
BpRir and run
noun or MEETING.
On motion Of Ai1. DAWES the House agreod
to meet at II o'clock IN Tho forenoon during tho
remainder Of this acRa!on.
|, - RELIEF HILL.
Mr. HAWLEY, from tho Committee On 1tll-
tary AHnira. reported back tho Aonnto bill for,
tho relief OF settlora on tho Fort nantal Military
Reservation, Dakota. 1t oontlrmn the right OF
so.tlors WHO had boon in occupation of their
laudH prior to juno, 1850. when tho reservation
was established and OF. those who 1nado Bottlo-
lnents in good faith betweon 1867 and 1870 when
tho reservation was not occupied for military
PURPOSES. Passed.
rttE CENTENNIAL nrLr.
-, Tho House thon won't into Committee Of tho
Whole, Mr.. HosK1Ns in tho chair, on
ass ns os1sssa 11 Xpr;Sprapb p Gobp 0 End s
oppositton. He believed that tho passage
of this bill would bo violation OF good faith,
and that tho country was in no wiso ab1o to Ut:
ford tho expenae Of such luxury. H1o should
bounds markol out for 1t by its carly projectors,
and its lato ouratorB-the field Of voluntary oon-
tributton-aud ho would mover consent to .
forced loan Of tho peoples money Tor such pur-
poses.
Speeches wero mado by Messrs. HARRISON,
FRYE, and BLANKS, ii, support Of tho bill
GUNoMEh Gu an;I.o opposed d, it: Tie The LAT Latter in
10 20 nowspapes IN M Ohio A;as lad 'e' advooatad tod
tho measure. Ho had eoou no editorial in favor
Of It, except QUO in q lato uumbor oi tho Clucin-
nati con'aercia', which ho would aak tho Clork
7nerctas s9as read, intimating among other
things. that tho Centennial ComrpiBMon lkopt q
gang Of lobbyists In Washington, and that the
money received for stock subscriptions was spent
in attempts to manufacture bogus public opin-
ION.
Ata subsequent poiut in tue discussion, this
article was denounced by Mr. RANDALL aa q
calamny.
During Mr.. auncl.el'a speech . little episode
ing tlat Guncsel should address, tho Chair. h1r.
DAWES having made some remark Ia criticism Of
Butler The lattor replied that he did not propose
70 loarn any thing from tho gentleman from
Mr.. DAWES iutimated TINT Butler might
learnla little mannera from Him. to which BUTLER
ratorted that Dawes had no manners limself,
but was always poking bis nose into mattera
which did not concern him.
when the sosalon was resumed with very slim
attendance OF members.
Mr. MCCORMICK mado m elaborate speech
in support Of tho bill.
Mr: WARD (Ill.) spoke against 1t. He pio-
turel the sulferings Of ;peoplo Of tho inundated
portions Of tile South, aud Of tho thousands OF
unemployed men all oyor the country, aud asked
whether lio could, in the face Of these scenoB,
vote 90, ,000. 600 for display.
Mr. MCCORMICK, In reply to Mr. Ward, road
some extracts from tho Chicago Inter- Ocean ad-
yoeatlng liberal response to tho appeal to tho
Finance Committee Of tho Centennial celobra-
tion.
MIR. MYERS reminded lfr. Watd Of the
generous response which went up from tho
whole people aftor the great ChicaBo fire. and
then proceeded to make a speech III support OF
the bill.
h1r. WHITE followed On tho same side.
Tho debate WIS continued By MoHsrs. AL
BRIGHT, LAFLAND, and HAZLETON, OF
Now Jersey, in support of the bill, and finally
the House, ut l035, adjourned.