Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-02-11
EVENING STAR.
I ....Eebrunry III 1875.
CONGRESSIONkI.
Conci.sion Of Yesterdays Proceedings.
Ihe sorriii BiIi Discussed i'm The Sen


SENATE.-Aftero our r>Vorf clo>af
Z senate tlli 10 establish commission u
'sulate steam railway trains and horse rail
WAYS IN the District OF Columbia was passed.
The unfinished business. being tnc 80, N
: loaf bill. came w. and, after debate. was
J rvc' nmltteu 10 tie Committee on Com
Nit Morrill,. Of Me. then called up the nil!
/ FIR The government of the District ~ Column
4 bia. reported nom the select committee. 81
WHlch he - chairman, tac question being o.
The amendment of Mr.. Morton. proviiing
/ tliHt The boaTd Of Commissioners shall b.
Sitctou by the qualified voters Of t8e District.
! instead OF APPRECIATED hy the President
| Mr. Morton said IL this Congress should re
fuse 10 PROV idle for suffrage ian this District IL
would he accepted everywhere ~ an ac-
| Encouragement that negro suffrage was \
failure ia this District. ami IL would return
! To plague them from the states. IL would
result IN consequences over which ~ wousI
! not get for years.
Mr. Morrill,. of Ne. said the arcrmea, that
| This would hc a declaration against nag-,
suffrage was rldiculuUS Sufira.a Was moth
! ing but a sham i'm This District. any way.
! Ihl> was the Capital and Congress hal oN.
elusive jurisdiction over ~ in every rpSp.,.t.
| II there wcr" only white people here, his
friend Mr.. Nortonl would not have opened
MS mouth Ou this subject, and hr M VI d
was not 10 be frightened hy this huEbaa.. l.
would bc an outrage GA This people NJ they
were e." he Itit without proper form ot gov
eminent, but he gave notice THAI iT tsa
amendment OF Mr.. Morton was adopted M
should abandon tine hill.
Mr.. SteWH-r conCUrrcl i'm the Vi syv~ of Mr.
MorrilL lie said TO man had taken ~irsn .-..r
ground than hc for negro >uiiSaEH. hUt mo-
such question WAS involved here TlawloIe
government hgT" had been a uptcl-ppfrl Of
Inconsistencies amt ap~UUtiiieS. thpTr WAS mo-
responsibility hNW!a-e. ~ surpassed any
thing that could be- described. he held that
| There should hc Np suffrage hero, bHctg-. fhr
! large majority ul the people here were only
/ temporary Tc-litnj>- their interests WEI. not
! mere. VI hon there MAS a change OF aIuiu!~-
btton IheN There was % change I1 tBn PEG
/ pile. but although they are mere ~aipurlar>
I mere ili'y are American citizens AMI have
I itt right To- hU governed according Ip - com
>titUtiun ana the laws. Tuey have NOT I,.,r,
governed by law, but by caprice. Tha ppp-
lD who live here have had their prppsrfv
taken rom them without law. aud tler
/ should he protected. tie riliculei the iI,-l
| that there was any danger u negro -ufTraE.
! ~ ttiS BIZ. The constitution was sufficient
20 protect The negro. He hoped the bill would
| he passed ma the shape M which IL came from
the committee.
Mr. Allison said hc did not take the view
! thar all government in This District would
| cease ~ the end OF this session limo other act
was passed, although Congress must max,
| some provision for the levyinS and collection
Mr.. Sargent said the present Commission
| CrS would remain IN Office, bat they would
! TIE without any power ~ they could not
| levy taxes they could not carry Ou the wheels
| OF the government. He Mr.. - recognized
| the necessity 81 action, and would NOT AXE
up the precious time OF the Senate now. lie
! agreed with the Senator from Indiana Mr..
! MOrtonl that IL this bill was passed without
| amendment. il would be accepted at the
| south as evidence that Congress had ahtu-
| donc1 the experiment Of negro suffrage in
/ this District. But the principle of Sutfr3 -
| could be preserved by adopting an amend
| ment for the election OF a delegate in Con
gTeSS. and If this was done he would Toe WI =
| ing TO vote for this bill, although n con-
! sideTed his own bill the best.
| Mr.. Allison thought that the principle Of
| suffrage should Toe preserved. and ne would
| insist ON some amendment To that effect,
| but he could not vote for the amendment OF
| Mr. Morton, which would place the whole
| machinery OF the government i'm the hands of
| the people of the District, while, ascending
! 10 the bill, the United States would have TO
| bear One-half OF the expenses Of the govern
| ment and were also made liable for the debt
| OF this District, which, in his opinion, was
| from eighteen to twenty millions of dollars.
| Mr.. Morton said ib was perfectly absurd.
| AFTER local self-government had prevailed in
| TINS District for Seveuty-iive years, II say
| That Congress had no constitutional right TO
| invest the people with the suffrage. He said
| he would sooner trust an elective gOyern-
| llehI lidn an appOlnjei one. lie said that
| The pending Dill was most complex: IL was 4
| book Of two hundred pages and he did not
believe any one but the man who wrote 1t
! had ever read il.
Mr.. Sargent gave notice Of an amendn ant
| TO provide for the election OF a delegate 10
| Congress.
| Mr.. Wright said that he had submitted a
| substitute for this bill, and he would address
| himself TO that subject. He yielded the ilOOI
| for motion for an executive session.
| MI fSdlEtll Sldlttl lildI llo WOUil llhe 10
| take the floor tomorrow 10 submit some re-
| marks on the Louisiana question. and asked
| that The resolution OF Mr.. SchurZ might be
| taken up SO a. TO be made the unfinished
| business.
Mr.. Morton said that as soon as the pend
| ing bill was disposed OF, he would move 10
| take up the resolution for the admission OF
| Mr.. Pinchback. and Mr.. Sargent could make
| his remarks Oh that as he would yield the
| floor TO him.
| Mr.. Sargent said that would be perfectly
| satisfactory 10 him.
The Senate then went into executive >es-
| sion and then adjourned.
| HOU SE.-After our report closet
Debate on the post office appropriation bill
| was continued in Committee Of the Whole.
| Mr.. Merriam n. " offered an amendment
| proposing that the advertisement of mail
| letting shall be published in one paper in
| each Congressional district where the mails
| are 10 be let, and said that he believed by
| bringing the advertisements directly before
| the people of the locality where the mails are
| 10 De carried million dollars annually could
| be saved.
Mr.. Holman (Ind.} offered a substitute.
| which was agreed 10. requiring the adVer-
| tiscmcntS Of mail lettings in each state and
| territory 10 be cOnSpicuOusly posted in each
| post office in such state and Territory for at
! least thirty days prior to such lettings.
| Mr.. Smith (OhiO) offered an ameudma nt
| repeating so much of the post office appUo-
| priatiOn bill Of June I. lSI2, as authorizes a
| contract for carrying the mails between san
| Francisco anu Japan and China. and
annulling any contract under such act.
| Adopted.
MessrS. Cobum Ind1 and For. llg Of
| f6Ted amendments in favor of the free trans
| mission Of public documents and agricultural
| seeds through the mails.
| Pending debate. on motion Of Mr. Tyncr,
| tne commute rose. ana at 30 D. M, the
| House took recess till 80, the evening Sos
| sion to be devoted To debate only. Ho business
| whatever to be done.
| EVENING SESSION.
| At the evening session quite Il number OF
| members on the democratic side. and Mr..
| Cain, IS. G. on the republican side, spoke
| upon southern affairs. Mr.. Ward n. j. al
| vOcated prOtectiVetaTiff. Several others
! spoke upon general topics, and six or eight
| obtained leave 10 print their speeches. At
| 10 p. m. the House adjourned.
| Snow Il A Gnnn EERrIIIZER hncansn IN