, 1874-12-18
Present Condition Of tho Vari0u
Transportation Bills.
Speoulations Regarding the E1amina.
tion Of Mr. Irwin.
PerIfs OF the Future---The Confederate
Speech Of DR.. Garnett.
THE SYSTEM OF BUREAUCRACY,
l.EDATE IN THE HOUSE.
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DEBATE IN THE HOUSE,
rHosrEcTtyE DoUnnoN nL1ss.
Sptctat dispatch to TAe CHICAGO Tribune.
WAsn1SoroS, D. c., Doc. 17.--1Io Democrats
to-dny formally gave notice in tho House that,
upon tho advent Of Bourbonism to puwos, all
efforts Of tho General Government to assiHt in
the elucntiop Of tho people will be discontinued.
The witficism has proved true that Tho Demo-
crats intsna 10 abolish educational institutions.
They found, to their surprise. that some Of tho
beat Republicans in tho House woro az strongly
opposed as they to tho continuance of tho bureau
system, though not quito 10 loud III their do
nuuciatious or it. III tho debate OH tho Lcgisla-
tive bill, hIr. Monroe, Of Ohio, spoke OF tho
Educational Bureau aa "a most uAcloss instsi-
aIr. 8. s. Coz who laat winter profesacd himself
q political cctoctic. but las become n
bourbon leader sinco tho elections, Haid
that tle Democrats propose to cenu out tho
bureau system, root and branch and it it could
not bo done tila session it Nonid bo tho next, for
his pRrty, il it cannot control the Sunata aud
lass laws, eau prevent tlo passago OF lawa This
was accepted as pretty impndcnt statement Of
Democratic policy. Another Doinocrat gave this
classical bourbon definition Of tho function Of
the Educational Dureau. 1T in tho means Of
rolling all education into the hands of tho led
eral Government" Tic Grsugers will 10 glad
to know that Sam Cox, Dourbon-EcIectio cailtli-
date for tho SpeaEorshp declares thHt it will also
~
tural bureau.
ITO tho Assoctattd p,e.s1
WAsH1So1oS, u. e.. Doc. l7.-Tho House. in
Committee Of tho Whole. With i. IL. Roberts in
iii. w. - '''0 -N'*''0 >@H'>N''~''''''''
Nothing Of public interest occurred iu tho con-
aidoration OF the hill until tho Paragraph wna
reaclied whicl, makes provision Tor tho Bureau
Of Education 4 proposition to increnso tho
clerical force OF the Bureau was malo by Mr..
Monroe. and advocated by hinlself Messrs.
Hour, md Townsend, anil WINS opposed By Frye
and Cox. Tho latter avowed 1is hostility to the
oil thoso buroaus which hua no warrant in the
Constitution
WOULD he AHoLrsMEp ny TIE NEXT COMPRESS,
because. if tho Democratic party Ind not power
i'll the Senate, 1t had power in thu House to pro-
won't tue passage Of laws.
DR. Garfield fnyore,t tho ,ncrcnao proposed by
Mr. Monroe, and defended tho bureau of Edu-
cation NJ necessary instrument for obtaining
and publishing educational Statistics. II the
Democratic party proposed to bogln its now
carcer Of power BY putting ont tho oya Of tho
| Government, by destroying tho methods OF nb-
| timing intelligence nj to the condition Of the
| pooplo: If tho Government wna to onter on
6y6TEM WHICH EulLDH PES1TESTlAnIEY.
| and WIS to take no steps to get information Az
to whether It was not possible BY hottor sya-
| tom to avoid tho necessity for poniteutIares,
thon he thought 1t WAS vol that they should
| Aayo timely uotico.
! s1r. Willnrd W. argued against the Bureau
or Edncaton as On nnwnrrantcd interfo, oneo
with matter which tue people themAoyoa could
and did better take caro- of, md declared tint
| there Nhs no moro reason for tho l}uroau Of
Etucation or lurcan of agriculture than there
wan for Bureau OF Surgery, or bouts aud Shoes,
Finally. Mr.. MonsoeH proposition was re-
tcctcd.
nIr. Hereford moved to strife ont tho whole
| appropriation for tie Duroun Of Education, and
argued against tho whole system Of sentsalizn.
tion. lie referred to Spain aB illustrating TINT
| hYstem. By which d nation might become power
ful, but by which individuals wore dwarfcd.
The motion was ro1octol.