The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-16
THE ARGUMENT I'M THE SENATE
Abolition Of the Payment Of Mileage tt
Members of Congress.
Relief for Starving School
Teachers.

WASHINGTON, April Is, 1874.


OF Representatives, appeared at the oar OF the
Senate and announced that the House had passed,
without amendment, the bill OF the Senate to tx
the amount OF United States notes and the circuia-
ton OF national banks, and for other purposes;
also that the House had passed bill amendatory
OF the acts to provide national currency and to
establish Tree banking. The latter bill was referred
TO the Committee on Finance.
Sid THE POOR DISTRICT TEACHERS
Mr.. SPENCER, trep.) OF Ala, this morning moved
that the Senate proceed to the consideration OF the
House bill making appropriation for the payment
Of teachers in the public schools Of the District OF
Columbia, and providing for the levy Of tax to
reimburse the same.
Mr.. CoNKLING (rep.) OF N, Y, said there was
certainly great hardship among the teachers
and great dereliction of duty somewhere. The
Senate should take up the bill, without delay, and
determine what its own duty was in the matter.
Mr.. SPENCER SAID 1T was important that this bill
be passed, as the teachers were almost In starv-
ing condition.
The bill was taken up. fc e
provides for an appropriation Of $97. $50 out OF
the National Treasury to pay the teachers salaries
from september, 1873, to March, 1874, and that the
District government shall levy and collect tax on
personal property to reimburse the Trea sury. The
Dill also provides that the money shall be dsbursed
under the direction OF the superintendent OF Edu-
cation.
Mr.. THURMAN, (dem.) OF Ohio, urged the passage
Of the Dill, and said that large number OF chill.
IN sne SCHOOLS mere were children
the District. In his Judgment when this matter
should be fully investigated it would be seen that
there was justice In the claim OF the District for
aid OF It's public schools. The general government
had never contributed anything IN lands or
just that It should bear some portion OF the bur-
den. He would support this bin, although it did
NOT 60 as lar as ne would like to have 1t.
MI. MORRILL,, (rep.) OF W., said there had never
been any system OF taxation here upon personal
property, and as the bill authorized such taxation
Mr.. SPENCER said the committee had taken this
en- came ine tho n Inc m
tlon for school purposes. which woul o0viate the
necessity Of any BIZ coming before Congress for
Mr.. STOCKTON, DENY Of N. j., offered an amend
ment to strike out the portion requiring levy
raise means to reimburse the Treasury and insert
IN lieu thereof provision that the money should
purposes to be collected.
Mr.. BAYARD tdem.l Of Del. said Congress was
the officers which the federal government had
placed over the people OF the District OF Columbia
as sns ana Se % nae
would perfect such measures as would prevent any
such state OF affairs In the future
MT. CARPENTER, rep) OF Wis.,, said he would
vote for the bill. He thought the mere declaration
IN the bill that the District government should levy
and collect tax on personal property was suf1i-
Gent Congress had exclusive jurisdiction over
the District. 1t was not an independent state but
corporated and created by Congress Tor govern
Mr.. MOTION. crep.) OF Ind, said, only yesterday
he two OF these teachers VINO had not money
enough to buy bread for their little families. He
hoped the bill would be passed as 1t came from the
Mr.. SPENCER said the adoption OF the amend
ment OF the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Stock
case Of ssty and Tor the relief Of very deserv.
ing class OF people, he hoped the bill would be
passed without amendment.
ofaA- ms
30, nays ~. The bill was then passed.
THE LOUISIANA ELECTION BILL.
The Senate resumed consideration Of the bill to
provide for q new election in Louisiana.
Mr.. WEST, trep.) OF La, said that all the infor-
gard to the form or the election Of November. 1872.
and did not relate to the fact. The testimony
establish the fact as to VINO was Governor, but az
TO which one OF the two contestants. Ray or
entitled to the seat in the Senate
point a. issue, but the testimony S' was vas
80 imperfect as not TO warrant any In
Congress to overthrow the State government until
it be known that such government was established
the majority OF the people. The right Of Congress
to interfere must be based upon TWO general
Constitution upon any given state OF facts, and
second. whether such state OF facts exists. The
the the co
mittee related entirely as to what was done
by certain returning boards The question
people OF Louisiana really vote, and Congress
must determine that before 1t had any right to
interfere. In the Br0ad-Seal case OF New Jersey,
IN 1910, Congress took direct method or sscer-
tanning the ACTS tits the voice OF the people that
and Congress mas not in its possession any evil
dence worthy Of regard 10 show that Kellogg is
erned. 1t would be an arbitrary assumption of
power. without proper knowledge OF the facts,
Tor Congress to order a new election.
LOUISIANA SINCE THE REBELLION.
He argued that since the war louisiana had
always been republican. In April 1868, WarmoIn
In the fall OF the same year Race, the Seymour and
Blair elector was returned by majority OF a. 900.
lana during that campaign were horrible to think
Oh The colored people we're inundated, and
assaied and beaten. In 1870, when everything
was again quiet and wholesome respect for federal
n ths haS
Auditor was elected by majority of N.5OO. The
testimony showed that the election returns in
lists, and was upon these fraudulent returns that
the Senator rom Wisconsin tMr: Carpenter) de-
clared that Mr.. McEnery appeared to have been
elected. That Senator had woven such a net OF
legal technicalities around the subject that one
the important TACT. who did the people OF Louisiana
elect Governor ? In the New Jersey case OF 1910,
Congress sent commissioners to examine the
votes themselves The returns went for nothing.
WHO rs GOVERNORS
The inquiry went as to how the ballots were cast
The bill OF senator Carpenter was predlcated upon
the assumption that there was no valid Executive
In Louisiana and the laws OF the State dio not per-
init one to be chosen until 1875; that there was
no valid Legislature but an invalid one now
acting laws. He (Mr. Vest desired to say that the
Legislature was not now enacting laws, and the
laws OF Louisiana would compel the election OF
new one quite as soon as Congress could provide
Tor it. Before new election for the Executive
could be ordered Congress must md not merely
that Kellogg was not elected, but that no one was
elected in 1872 Congress knew that an election
was held In that year, and that two candidates
premises 1t was to inquire which OF the two was
elected, and that question had not yet been
Tried, the investigation by the Committee on
rrlvieges and Elections being as to whether
mcMilian or Ray had been elected senator.
ncltner warranted by the facts nor applicable to
Inc the CONDITION o. political afrairs in louisiana
Inc opponents OF the present administration In
louisiana, championed here by Senator Carpenter.
were not insisting upon what they should calm as
c1elL Tignts' they had any at al-the instament