Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-18
FoRTY-F0URTB CoSGRESs.
Closing Proceedings Yesterday.

lying and abutting upon said avenue De paid
| out OF the general revenue Of the District
| lying between the tracks OF said railroad
| company and two feet each side thereDf
which shall be paid by said railroad com
| pany. The cost OF the said pavement living
| between the Botanic garden and a line two
| feet outside OF the westerly side OF the said
railroad track TO be paid by the United
| the residue of the cost TO be paid as follows:
| BY the owners OF private property IyiRg aud
| abutting on Pennsylvania avenue, in prO-
portion 20 their frontage thereon, one third,
! che third to be paid by the United States
and the remaining one third out ~ The gen
eral revenue OF the District OF Columbia
| Considerable discussion ensued on the
amendment. and Mr.. West submitted an
amendment. which Mr. Baysrd accepted. to
| provide that the United States shall paw the
cost OF paving in iront OF the public parks
Tie said the amendment as II then stood
WOULD make $4,000 To he paid by the D;S
| trict, $1,000 by the government, aud s54oD1
by The property holCer
Mr.. Allison thought the original PROPOSE
| ton OF MI BSyard was the better one OF the
Mr.. Ingalls, mentioned that petition hal
teen brought TO him, sigued by large mum
Der Of property. holders. repre- senttng a large
percentage OF the private proper, y on tue
Avenue, and the gentlemen who brought the
petition said they were perfectly satisfied
with the assessment a male In tue hill. lie
hops d, therefore, the bill would bc adhered to-
The amendment OF Mr.. Bayard was then
| n jected.
ID
| that the Washington Market company shall
| pay Tor the pavement In front OF their prop
erty. Agreed To.
Mr.. Salisbury offered an amendment
which was rejected.
Mr.. Dorsey offered an amendment reauir-
ing the notice of assessment % be published
IN one or more OF the District newspapers.
Carried.
Mr. Ingalls, asked II the fact had been taken
into consideration that some portions OF The
| Avenue was already paved.
Mr.. Dorsey said he bad thought OF that but
favored an entire new pavement.
The question was then on the passage of
Mr.. we.t said he should vote against Il as
an act OF injustice, because IL would make
The property owners along the Avenue, be-
| tween the Treasury department ana the
capitol, pay 50 per running foot along the
Avenue in the past five year, while resi-
dents on other portions OF the Avenue had
paid less than -.
Mr.. Dorsey reminded him that that was
| because the pavement had been paid FOR In
| 3.65 bonds which the government had paid
| for.
The bill having been considered in Com
mlttee of the Whole, was reported 10 the
| Senate, when
Mr.. Baysrd renewed his amendment aud
| said II was not just 10 impose SO much bur
den upon the property holders.
The amendment was atopted-ayes 30,
| noes =.
Mr.. Sherman thought that even with this
amendment too much was exacted OF the
District government ana of the property
| holders. He thought the United States should
pay the whole cost, except that part OF the
Avenue which fronted on private property.
| The amount to be assessed on the District
| government was excessive, and more than IL
was able TO stand.
Mr.. Bayard said his entire amendment had
not been read by the clerk. He asked for its
/ reading entire, as he had provided that after
The deductions made, the United states shall
pay one half of the residue and the District
| government and the property owners one
| fourth each.
Mr.. Dorsey said the effect OF this was to
rlrGa ffax
| United States.
Mr.. Logan said the position was neither
| just nor honest. IL Senators were going TO
| saddle the United States in this way, they
| might as well make a clean thing of IL, and
| MAKE the United States pay for the whole OF
| II. He had never heard OF such PROPOSE
| ton. lie knew IL was rather diff cult 10
| stand up here and oppose the spending OF
| the peoples money, but he had done ii, aud
| this District in the last 1--we years had cost
| the people nearly 5000 1900. Wealth was
exempt from taxation in this District; the
| banker is not taxed on his stocks or his
| bonds, alth ough he may have millions This
| Is done, il is said, for the purpose of inducing
| rich men II settle in the District. Thus YOU
| exempt these people from tax alton for their
| benefit upon your constituents. IL Is a legal
| robbery of the Treasury of the United States
| for the benefit of the people of the District of
| Columbia. This is setting a precedent TO
| pay for The paving of all the avenues Of this
| city out of the public treasury.
| Pending further consideration the Senate
1 "cHb ihto cScoAOus dul llcu NJ
| jouTDed
| HOUSE.-Aftero our report closed
De bate was continued on
| THE HALLEr KILBoURS HABEAs CORPUS
| CASE.
Mr.. Tucker, of Virginia, delivered quite an
extensive speech, favoring the production OF
| tie body.
In response to questions by Mr.. Blaine.
| Mr.. Tucker, in the course of his remarks,
made a rather curt reply that the gentleman
| again showed that he was no lawyer.
/ AT the conclusion his Mr
| Blaine rose and said the gentleman had taKen
occasion TO twit him upon being no lawyer.
| He thanked God that he was not a lawyer
trained in the same school with the gentle
man from Virginia, who, as attorney gen.
eral OF the state of Virginia, gave an opinion
| that the local authorities could u Ike posses
| sion of the United States mails. He thanked
God he was not such lawyer. He thanked
God further that he had not been traiDed in
| the school which the gentleman represented
| with great ability-the great state-rignts
school, derived from Jefferson and other Eir-
ginia statesmen. And yet he could stand
| here to day 10 maintain that the House pos
sessed power possessed by no other branch
! OF the Government, TO commit a prisoner
without the possibility Of a revision OF Us
| act. jefferson bad said In q letter that our
| Government was so constructed that that
absolute power never rested anywhere. No
| department was absolute. The Presidents
veto and the Supreme Court decisions were
| among the highest, yet provision was made
| for their reversal. The gentleman says this
| House has the power to take any person on
| any pretense, and imprison them AT the will
| of the House, and there is no redress. thank
| God again that 1 have not learned law in
/ that school. Applause
Mr. Tucker said that what the gentleman
bad taken as fling, in reply TO an under
| toned and conversational discussion, was
| not intended as offensive. The gentleman
| from Maine had, in discussion on points of
| law with Mr.. Lamar, short time since,
| shown that whatever else he might be, and
| whatever else he was fitted for, there was one
| thing he was not; that was, that he was not
| lawyer. He merely intended TO say that
| the gentleman had again shown, as he did
most signally on that occasion, that he was
| 10 lawyer. There was one thing he was-he
| was Pharisee. He thanked God he was not
| Pharisee. The gentleman says he thanks
1 God he is not as am. thank my Heavenly
| Father that there is no comparison between
| us. Renewed applause.
| Mr.. Hurd then, at i:30, demanded the pre-
| vious question, and IL was seconded. He
then yielded the first half OF the remaining
hour, reserving thirty minutes for himself TO
| close.
At the close Of Mr.. Hurd's remarks, the re-
| port OF the minority Of the Judiciary Com
| mittee. directing the Sereeant-at-Arms to
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