Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-22
EVENING STAR.
FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS,
Closing Proceedings YESTERDAY,
Passage of The z az Rand RfII
: ATE.-After our report closed

| the employ OF the House dO0rkeeper, from
Decent Der 6, 1875, TO June 80, 1876. PASSED..
Mr.. Morrill, (Me) submitted the confer
| enee report on the District 3.65 bond Dill,
printed on the first page of The STAR to-
| day.
Mr. Cooper asked that the report be laid
over and printed.
Mr.. Sherman appealed to Mr.. Cooper not
TO delay action on this report. He hoped the
| Senate would not adjourn over the 22i OF
February with this Enacted on. For twen-
| ty-one days had the United States allowed
to go to protest the interest on bonds for
Mr.. morrill,, In answer TO a question OF Mr.
Bay ard, said the report recited that the acts
| OF June and December, 1874, were both re-
pealed, so far as TO any authority that they
conferred upon the board OF audit.
Mr.. Bayard opposed the report, which, he
| said, still did not come up to the sense OF the
| Senate as expressed deliberately by It's votes
That decision was that this board OF audit
should be stripped OF Its powers, and that no
bonds issued after January q should be re-
| cogDized. If the Senate agreed to this report
| 1T abandoned its position. Ga the 27th of
January the amount OF bonds issued were
something over Sl3,Is7 900. 1t was the opin-
ion OF the Senate that the debt should not
be IL creased beyond what IL was on that
day. II this report was adopted il would
admit about II, l25 0tO more.
Mr.. Morrill, (Me.) said the whole six men,
bers OF the conference committee who signed
this report thought that they were doing ex-
aclly what the Senator said they had not
done. If there was ever report OF a con-
ference committee that did conform 10 the
judgment of the body which created Al thai
report was here. The whole thing showed
that IL was simply impossible TO 90 any
thing TO please some people. Toe Senator
wants the board of audit prohi ted from
auditing any more claims; that is exactly
what has been done.
Mr.. Bayard proceeded to read the report.
as he supposed, when Mr.. Morrill, remarked
that the Senator was reading from the first
report, and all that he had read was in the
first report, all OF which had been left out in
the report now before the Senate.
Mr.. Sargent said after the resolution as il
now stood was passed and signed by the
President, IL would abolish the last yestige
of power OF the board of audit. He read from
the port providing that the Commissioners
snail forthwith stop all work OF every char
acter in the District which by law would be
paid for in the 3.65 bonds; that any further
issue OF 3.tJ bonds Is prohibited, and repeal
ing the acts OF June aud December, 1874 con-
1errlng any power upon the board OF audit,
aoollshlng all compensation To the board of
audit, and directing the board of audit TO
urn over, at tne end of thirty days, TO the
District Commissioners, all books, papers,
DC; also, prohibiting absolutely any In
crease OF the present funded Indebtedness of
the District OF Columbia. There was another
amendment adopted by the Senate To the
bill when IL was considered here-adopted at
the instance of the Senator from Conuecticut
IMr. Eaton)-that no bonds issued after
January z should be recognized. This
amendment was Offered and adopted in con-
sequence of Information furnished to the
Senator from Connecticut, and which il ap-
amendment was adopted IL was understood
as the sense of the Senate that. II necessary
II could be fixed in conference committees
The committee OF conference had not con-
sidered the amendment as expressing the
sense OF the Senate because il was adopted
on erroneous Information.
Mr.. Eaton said II he had his way he would
rot pay one dollar of any of these bonds until
there was thorough investigation as TO
which were legally issued. He moved TO ad
jOurn. Lost.
Debate was continued by Mr.. Salisbury
and others.
Mr. Dawes said he was entirely satisfied
with the report, and regarded il as CARRYING
out the wishes of the senate. In regard TO
the amendment OF the Senator from Con-
necticut, which had not been included i'm the
report: he did not think il was practicable 10
carry 1t out. he did not think Congress had
the right to repudiate the acts of its own
officers.
Mr.. Wadleigh thought the report ought to
be printed. After ali the experience had, he
must ask the opportunity TO see, to read and
TO study this report, so as 10 know exactly
what 1t did do. IL the proper examination
had been bestowed on, the former bills we
would not be in the position We are in now.
The motion OF MIR. Cooper to print the con-
ference report was lost-yeas q, nays2S.
Mr.. COckrell moved to adjourn. Lost.
Mr.. Cooper expressed the opinion that a
large amoRnt of the bonds were frauduIently
Issued. A million and half, be believed,
had been illegally and fraudulently issued
and he did not believe we were In duty or
honor bound TO pay these bonds.
The question then being on the adoption of
The conference report, Mr.. Cockrell moved TO
adjourn, and called the ayes and noes.
Mr.. Sargent said IL the object was TO fllI-
buster he supposed he might as well yield,
as there was no remedy against IL. Lost
ayes %, noes %.
Mr.. Cockrell said he had great regard for
the distinguished gentleman who framed
this report, but they had made mistakes be-
fore, and Therefore he thought IL was not I'M
reasonable to ask that this report be printed
in order that all might have an opportunity
10 examine and vote upon ii intelligently.
Removed to make the report the special or
der for Wednesday, but he Withdrew the mo-
tion at the request OF Mr.. Withers.
Mr.. Patterson moved to postpone the fur
day at o'clock. Hostages %, noes %.
- The report was then adopted-ayes 81, noes
Messrs. Booth, Davis and Withers with the
republicans made the Affirmative, and
Messrs. Alcorn, Patterson and Hitchcock
with the democrats made up the negative.
Mr.. Wadleigh said he had voted In the af-
hrmative for the purpose of making mo-
ton TO reconsider, which he now entered,
and in the meantime he hoped the report
would be printed.
The Senate then went into executive ses-
sion, and then adjourned.
DISTRICT BUSINESS IN THE HOUSE.
HCUSE.-After our report closed
Mr.. Willard Mich.l reported a bill to reg
ulate the practice OF pharmacy In the District
OF Columbia.
Mr.. Willard said the committee was unanf-
nous IN reporting OIL, ana lLs sole pur-
pose was 10 benefit the community as
whole by requiring that pharmacists should
be skilled.
Mr.. Holman CInd.) opposed the bill on the
general ground that be was opposed to this
species of legislation, as 1t was an interior
eDce with a private industry.
Mr.. Lawrence (OhiO) said that there were
no more serious controversies than those be-
tween the different schools of medicine, and
he inquired il there was not danger of giving
one school an advantage over the other.
Mr.. Willard replied that the committee
had framed the bill after a consultation with
druggists and the Board of Health. They pro-
Jose u that the National College of Pharmacy
should nominate the examiners TO control
the business of pharmacy here. They did not
apprehend any such difficulty as that re-
ferred TO by Mr.. Lawrence, because the Board
of Health was made a controlling power,
and IL had upon IL representatives OF differ
ent schools OF medicine.
Mr.. Hepkle Md said that the whole pur-
pose of the bill was to guard against the
evils that might result from ignorant men
exercising the profession OF pharmacy, and
1t did no harm TO any one now in the BUSH
ness.
The bill was passed. Its provisions were
published in yesterdays starr
Mr.. Hendee (Vt) reported q bill TO incor-
porate the Villa and Suburban Railroad
company, to run through certain streets OF
the city of Georgetown and to Tennally-
town. Published in yesterdays starr The
committee recommend an amendment