Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-06-30
FORTE-FOURTH CONGRESS,
FRIDAY, June 30.


tropolitan Police Of the District Of Columbia
In response to resolution OF the Senate In
relation to appointments on the police force
The Chair appointed as members of the
new conference committee on the Post Office
appropriation bill Messrs. West, Hamlin and
Mr.: Anthony introduced bill to author.
lie the Congressional Printer TO continue
work required by law, In ad vance of regular
Passed.
Mr.. Cameron, from the Committee on For.
eign Relations, reported the House Hawaiian
treaty Dill and asked that 1t be placed on the
calendar.
Mr.. Morrill, (vt.) suggested the reference to
the Committee on Finance SO ordered.
Mr.. Haulin callet up the bill 10 amend
sections 1898 and 1894 revised statutes pro
viding penalty for mailing ohsence books
and other matters therein contained and
prohibiting lottery circulars passi lg through
the mail.
Mr.. Whyte md. moved to strike out the
second section relating TO lotteries, the same
being legalized IN some of the states.
Mr.. Hamlin opposed the motion TO strike
Mr.. Mayey said lotteries were one of the
greatest evils Inflicted on the country, en-
cOuraging vice and fraud and robbing the
poor. In his state they were prohibited, but
they were supplemented by gift enterprises
which were almost as bad. The mails were
for the whole people, and IL Congress had
power to protect them against obscene books
1t had the power TO protect against lotteries.
this kind great care should be used. The
word obscene was well defined, but there
might be question as to what was moral or
imoral. DE remembered when certain news
papers were deemed imoral and incendiary
in certain sections Of the country Happily
those those views had now passed away.
Mr.. Logan denOuced the lotteries as swind.
lers, and said the lotteries OF Baltimore and
Louisville were base frauds.
Mr.. Whyte reminded the republican Seua-
tors that during the war lotteries were rec
government And
lected from them. He had for a long time
opposed them; they were game of chance
the gentleman (Mr. Logan) said the Mary
land lotteries were frauds, he said what he
knew nothing about. They were conducted
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but the system was not to be tolerated, for
{ n top of It grew what was known as the pol
icy system, based on the lottery drawings.
Mr.. Logan argued that the mails were for
all the states, and that II one state legaliz ed
lotteries and their circulars were to go
through the mails, 1t neutralized all the
prohibitions OF the other thirty-six states.
He deemed lotteries immoral, and would
sooner license a faro bank than a lottery, for
himself robbed, while by the lotteries he was
robbed without knowing when or how.
The motion TO strike out the second section
was rejected, and the bill passed.
THE CONFERENCE ON THE LEGISLATIVE
APPROPRIATION BILL.
Mr.. Morrill,, (Me.,) from the Commit
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ton bill, submitted report that the com
mittee had been unable TO agree. He said
taat on former conference the two princf-
pal points OF difference were IN relation to
the reduction of salaries and the proposed
changes In the civil service. AS 10 the
amounts appropriated the Senate confer.
ence had IN almost every insta nee given
way to the House, but acting in what they
believed TO be the views of the Sen ate they
had resisted the proposition TO compel the
Senate TO exact as the law what they did not
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been an attempt TO overcome this di tficulty.
The House had submitted a proposition
that the sums herein Appropriated
should he In full for compensation for
the salaries OF the officers and employees
OF the govern ment respectively enumerated
in the act, unless Congress should here
after make further provision as herein speci-
fed; that joint commission of four, two
from each house, be appointed to inquire
into the proper number and salaries OF Off
GERS and employees Of the executive offices OF
the government, and report their views to
Congress on the list OF December next, with
power to sit during the recess of Congress.
The Senate conferees had met this with a
proposition to strike out section of the bill
and cODsenting to the joint commission,
with provision that any change made shall
oe construed TO take effect July 1, 1876, and
all persons affe cited shall be deemed to have
accepted and agreed TO these terms. On
these propositions no agreement was
The report was adopted and another con-
ference ordered.
THE TEN DAYS BILL OF THE HOUSE.
Mr.. Sherman asked that the House bill ex-
tending the appropriations OF the year end
ing June 30, 1876, ten days into the succeed
Ing fiscal scar be taken from the table and
Mr.. Edmunds criticised the action of the
House in sending a new bill here when the
Senate had yesterday passed q joint resolu-
subject. Instead Of amending that they had
sent q new bill. Pursuing the same policy
as the House, the Senate, he supposed,
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send IL to the House, and SO the two bodies
might 60 on. He thought 1t better. however,
To act on the House bill. The bill was re-
ferred.
The Senate then, at LILO p. NJ, took q re-
cess till O'Clock.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
Randall, from the Committee on Appropria-
lions, reported bill providing for the ex-
penses Of the government. III provides that
for ten days after the 30th day OF June, un-
ously passed, 1t shall be lawful for the sew
eral departments Of the government to use
any unexpended balance which may exist
for the service Of the current fiscal yearl
that the President in his recent message rec
commended, without limit as to time, that
the balance held at the expiration of the
current fiscal yeaI be used for tue next
fiscal year, in case of the failure of the
regular appropriation bills. Yesterday the
Senate had passed and sent to the House q
pose as In this bill, but extending the time
Tor thirty days. The Committee on Appro-
pr1ations are Of opiniOn-frst, that the Sen.
ate has no night to originate a bill appropri-
ating money; and second, that the time pro.
posed In the pending bill, viz: ten days, win
be all that will be required. Four appropri-
alton bills had already passed; six were In
committees OF conference, and twohad not
yet been reported to the Senate. They
thought, however, that within ten days the
two houses will be aole to settle all differ.
ences. Last night, however, the conference
on the legislative bill were unable to agree.
and the reasons would hereafter be further
stated to the House.
Mr.. Holman said that 20 far O. the Post
Once department was concerned. there
could be no embarrassment, as the surplus
to the credit Of that department Was over
one million dollars.
NJ; Foster l0hio] inquired II there Wa .
certainty Of that.
Mr.. Holman said the surplus was over .
million.
Mr.. Wilson iowa, inquired II the unex.
pended balances alone would be sufficient to
meet the ordinary expeneo9.
MT. Randall said that the President In his
recent message recommended the use OF the
unexpended balances, and, after consulta-
ton with the heads Of Departments, c0nsid.
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