Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-02-13
CONGRESSIONAL.
Conclusion Of Yesterdays Proceedings.
DISCUSSION or she District Govern.
mRnI RiIN

the amendment DI Mr.. sargent prnyi Iin, f.,r
The election OF a Delegate 10 CongrcS>
Mr. EdmundS said ne understood thar tn
expense of every election here was all the
way from fifty 10 seventy thousand dol
lars. and he did not think. for tajS mere ora
.ihtntaI ceremony ~ was necessary - inn
THIS District.
Mr.. Sargent said registration tended n Tho
security OF the ballot. and 10 wa particular
" hseded here, where there was such a large
floating population.
No HELEGATE IN CONGRESS-
ei- as follows:
yE,A--M-,s,rs. Allison, authouy, Brennan. Clay.
ton. Cooper. raEiu. dorsey, Perry e.. " .ra ~,
llnghmyse Giih-rt, auil.ou Of 81 HsIin n ar
~ Robcfison sargent SCI :, .Mslhtr-T,9i Ham
-NAhs-MessTs. Bay ard { aurror, Davis Efn3unl..
Hamilton of Texas. Hi'chcacS. Inralls. Irhl-71a
hety' Nc're.ry, Neu.mgn, Norwood. UEis-H,
Pcas". Pratt. kalssUru saul bur. S.lrry So
son, thurman. Tiptou.M sdieigh. W., Wrirht-sl
| ANOTHER SUFFRAGE Propositions.
Mr.. Morton moved an am rulll rut I'D Che
| third section. providing that tua Boar! OF
Commissioners shall consist OF three mrrn-
| hers. one To serve six years, and o. ba elected
I by the people, one tn serve four years. Gnl ro
/ be appointed hy the President. auF one ID
| serve Two years. and To be elected hy the pno-
/ pie ana after the expiration @. thn FIRST term
| the term of each CpmmIS> Toner shall b. six
/ years. and one shall bc appointed hy tGe
| President and two elected 10y the people.
Nj MoulN va said IN was prepoSterBu~
! 10 attempt H. bring suffrage into This uUeS-
non, with which u had nothing az an % 10.
Mr.. Hamilton iI,N3S' said the suffrage hal
am 10 do " lth This question. H looked Unpl
/ n n AN attempt TO strike down the right oi
/ suffrage IA TINS iiS,cicl, and hC believed d.
was on account or Tie large nl7mitarnr coll
! ored people here. lie would sooner trust inc
officers elected by the people than any ar,-
/ pointed officers. We had n goyrrgTo e-i !, ~,
appointed 10y the President. ana f. han Inn
| defiance Of law. expended millions. ami
| plunged the District into bankruptcy. aul
1 ih'n jhey come here aud ask Congress - pay
the debt they have accumulated This Tin
! proposes that the people OF The United States
shall pay one halfOf THIS debt and i'm arlpt her
! year moIe there viii he a proposition for the
! government 10 pay the whole OF this debt.
re lBI!natcu That spectators hat been
! benentted almost entirely by the improve
| mentS made here and the government eN-
| peudlturrS in conH0Ctipn herewith While
| ne favored suffrage, he would impose prop
! Crty qualification for white and black alike
! say 80 to 500. This was entirely proper in
| municipal government.
Mr.. sargent moved an amendment 10 Mr..
| Morton : amendment, that two OF fua Com
| nhISSioncrS shall be appointed 10y the pre>i-
| dent, and one elected 10y the people.
| MT. Allison said he should support This
| amendment. because he thought tie govern
! ment should retain the control over The cN-
| peLditnre> 10 be made here. as ii was 10 pro-
| vide 80 large portion of the means.
Mr.. Morrill, tMe) asked did MIR. Morton
| Know That the government paid for tine
| water works. the gas works, the whole aI-
! mlnl>tratiOn Of Justice in the District two
! thirS of the Metropolitan police. and sup
I
| whole argument of the Senator was that the
! government should pay the bills. and the
| people should spend the money.
Mr.. Morton agreed with the senator from
| Texas that an elective government l. better
| than an appointed one. This bill male the
| President as absolute a ruler Of this District
| as the Car Of Russia. lie could turn ont any
| Commissioner in case his policy did not suit
| him. II any such misfortune should come
| upon the country as the election OF a demo
| cratic President IN l-.G Mr.. Thurman. \
consummation dcyoutly TO b. wished for ne
could turn out these Commissioners in nf-
| teen minutes.
Mr.. Thurman said there was no politics in
| The consideration Of this bill, and he had no
| desire 10 Introduce party politics In the bill .
| although there had been abundant OppOr.u-
| llty 10 speak OF the government OF the Dis
! trlct for two years. From what ne Knew
| ofthe Senator from Indiana he did not re-
gard him as the proper champion OF free in
| StltUtiOnS.
The amendment of Mr.. Sargent was then
! agreed tO-ayes p, noes Band the amend
| ment of Mr.. Morton, as thus amended, was
| then reJected-ayeS l., noes ., including Mr.
| Morton.
CLAIMS AGAINST THE DISTRICT
| Mr.. Allison moved further amendment
| that all claims TO De filed and audited under
the sixth section of the act Of June, lS74. shall
| be presented for exchange aS provided I'm the
| seventh section OF said act, in four months
| from the passage of this act, and the Com
| Inissioners are prohibited from exchanging
| any OF said claims not presented within four
months, and the United States shall not De
| liable for any debt of the District OF Column
bia or the cities OF Washington and George
town other than for the indebtedness for
| which the 5-yCaT bonds authorized by the
act Of lS12 are to be issued.
GOVERNOR SHEPHERD.
MI. cameron objected 10 the amendment.
| and did not think il proper that these poor
| people should be limited 10 the time in which
| they could get the money they had earned.
| he said that in thirteen years Governor Shep-
herd would be canoniZed by the people Of 1hIs
| District.
| Mr.. Thurman said i'm that good Old church
| where they canOniZed saints they waited q.
| hundred years. He did not think Governor
| shepherd would be c3nOniZcd in this Dis
| trict in hundred years. When in year or
| TWO more the fifty odd miles OF wooden pave
ment here were Totted and worn out aud in
| such condition a. 10 be worse than cOriU-
| roy, he did not think there would be any dis
| position TO canOniZe any member Of the
| Board of Public Works
Mr.. Cameron said he had said Gov. Shap-
| herd would be caEOniZed i'm thirty. not thir-
| teen. II Gov. Shepherd had been a demo-
crat he did not doubt that his friend from
| Ohio would have patted him on the back and
| thought he was great fellow.
Mr.. Upton said Mr.. Cameron probably
| meant that Gov. Shepherd would be can
| nonaded. tLaughteT,l
Mr.. Cameron said in the report OF the in
| Nestigating committee not one word hal been
| said against the integrity of Gov. Shepherd.
| Mr.. Thurman said he had heard this state
| ment made before. There We're no specific
| charges against individuals, because the re-
| Port was made at the close of the session.
| from bankruptcy and from an inefficient gov
| eminent which had proved its uufitnesS 10
| rule. The committee wished TO avoid all
| questions that would excite any ..-,,-f,,,t or
| heated discussion on the moor OF Congress-
! and they therefore submitted a unanimous
| report, and with the understanding that no
| member of the committee should fOrgo his
| opinion as 10 the guilt or innocence OF any in
| dlvidual The committee did not consider
| itself grand jury.
| Mr. Hamlin expressed the opinion that il
| was utterly impossible for this bill. even il
| II passed the Senate, TO pass the House at
| this session.
| Mr. Morton gave notice that tomorrow he
| should move TO take up the case Of Mr.. Pinch
| back.
| The Senate then. after an executive ses-
| sion, adjourned.
| HOC SE.-After our report closed
| The House went into the Committee Of the
| Whole on the private calendar, Mr.. Dunnell
| in the chair.
| y number of bills We're agreed upon i'm
| committee and ordered 10 be reported 20 the
| House. Adjourned.
a CHILD'S PRAYER.-The Danville (KyD
| Advocate relates this incident can inter
esting little daughter OF Prof. c., of this city,
| last summer, in eating a watermelon, got
| one of the seed lodged in her windpipe. The
| effort was made TO remove IL, but proved in