Evening star., 1877-11-19
FORTE-FEFTH CONGRESS.



teeh removed since the session OF Friday
thus removing the last link connecting him
. win lie Senaiv chamber. sadly iuiica,iuv
mat be has gone out forever.
Bills, petitions, &c, were preSentA,i AMI
+ referred a. follows: BY Mr.. WltherS-A ne
/ tition OF the Mexican Veteran ASsoci.Jioi or
B Noriol K, king for pension To the Survivors
/ OF thelMeNican war. By Mr.. Wallace-A ps-
/ tiilon from citizens OF Pennsylvania as kinr
/ ior The remonitizstion OF silver. By M
J faton-A bill 10 incorporate the CtiiEanS'
. Mutual Fire InSurace Company of Wash
I 1ng'on, II. 4. BY Mr.. Sargent-A Rll i'm r.
lStlon 10 The compensation OF government
/ clerks. by Mr.. DenntS-A bill for the relief
| Of the Metropolitan Police force OF Washing
{ ION, II. &. By Mr.. Dorsey-A bill u amend
. The set Incorporating the Capitol, North 6.h
street and South Washington railroad COM
pauy.
/ Mr.. Dawes, from committee on public
f buildings and grounds, reported back favor
ably the bill 10 authorize the Secretary OF
. The Treasury TO purchase a parcel or ground
+ Ina Providence, r. J., for uses OF the govern
ient, and after amendments IL was passed
! Mr; Bailey Introduced a bHl~Or the relief
OF The Southern Methodist Publication
3 House. Referred.
Tie Chair laid before the Senate the un-
. finished business OF Friday last, being the
resolution offered by Mr. Davis, OF Wsst
/ Virginia, in relation 10 the discrep tucy iu
tbe nnance statements Of the Treasury. on
which the amendment offered by Mr.. Mar
4 rill was pending, viz; To limit the c Dmmit-
/ lee 10 one clerk aud one stenogrOpher. Toe
matter was briefly debated by MesSrS. DAVIS
f Dawes, Bayard and MOnill. when the pre-
ambIe was stricken out Iue resolution was
amended soas TO continue the committee be
. yond The present session Till it shall nave
( completed lis duties and madeits report ani
/ The resolution was then adopted.
The Chair laid before the Senate COM
I mOnlcatlon transmitting a letter from Ma
. iCr General W. y. Hancock in relation 10
changing the l0ith article OF war. Com nit
tee on military affairs.
By Mr.. Spencer-A bill 10 amend an act
/ incorporating the Washington Market Com
pany. Also, bill in relation To the Wash
lngton Market Company. Both referred To
committee on District OF Columbia.
Z THE ARMY AUTHORIZATIONS BILL PASSED.
3 The chair laid before the Senate the army
/ appropriation bill, returned from the House
/ ments.
Mr.. Window moved that the Senate receie
/ from its amendments non-COncurrel ia by
the House. Agreed 10, and the bill was
passed.
Mr.. mgalls called up the bill to enable In
I dians 10 become citizens OF the United
states. After short discussion the bill was
laid over as unfinished business, and, on mo
ton OF MIR. Thurman, the Senate, at I:45.
/ went iniO exec uJive session, and at Dos the
doors were leopened and the Senate ad-
JOurned.
HOUSE-Mr. Swami novel, after the
reading OF the Journal, that the House go
into committee of the whole on the Paris ex-
position bill.
Mr.. BuckI er inquired how il happened that
the exposition bill could TAX precedence OF
. the bill 10 repeal the resumption act, which
was the special order under the suspension
OF the rules?
= The Speaker said that because appropria-
tiou bills were excepted, and besides this was
. ore OF the spec al matters referred 10 IN the
. Presidents message.
Mr. Buckner desired 10 call attention 20 TIA
. fact that the repeal OF the resump ptiOn ac-
I was made the special order under Suspsl
sion OF me rules. lie was OF opinion thit
lne exception was In iayor OF regular apprO-
/ priatlon bills and not of ali Bills that apprO-
I Priated money.
The Speaker said that it applied to any ap-
/ Mr.. Buckner thought that such a ruling
. Was unfair in a legal sense. Il was the iuteQ-
tion to let the resumption act take prece-
dence of all but regular apprOpriat on bills.
The Speaker said that was the fault of the
t person who drew the resolution making the
, special order. Besides, this was one of tae
| matters referred to in the Presidents mes
/ sage.
Mr.. Buckner was not aware that anything
IN the rules required matters referred u IN
/ The Presidents message 10 have precedence
/ of oiher matters.
I TIE Speaker said there was nothing except
the Difference due the Executive. II was WI iih
/ the sjority of the House 10 determine whe-
! ther il would go into com miJtee or not.
Mr.. Vance inquired what become OF the
call OF the states in the morning hour OF Mon-
, day?
The Speaker said the suspension OF the
rules set that aside.
The House then, by a vote Of 133 to79, went
-
Mr., Springer in the Chair.
cox ON THE PAEIS EXPOSITION.
Mr.. Cox n. " said that ne regretted he
was obliged 10 oppose the bill. for he repre-
sented district OF ariizans. But he doubted
the propriety, expediency, as well as the
consIitutionality of making appropria iatious
for this purpose He doubted the real bene-
ht OF such exhibitions. When the exposition
OF Paris was opened in 1855 the Emperor Ma
poleon said that Il proclaimed peace TO the
world, but IL did not do so, for the French
German war soon followed. The only au-
Ihority claimed for this appropriation was
that the Constitution authorized Congress 10
provide for the general welfare. But he de-
MED that this was for the general welfare.
These eXpositions could De best carried on:
Z without an appropriation For the great Lon
don exhibition of 1851 there was not 8 penny
Appropriated by the government. This COM
try made an appropriations for Vienna, and he
insisted that Ine American exhibit there
was a disgrace 10 the n alton. He had before
h m book relating TO the Vienna exposi-
tion, and the main thing in that seemed TO
. products along the Northern Pacific rail-
. II al, naked Indians, buffalo bulls aud a n, d,
fIom Duluth 10 the Pacific ocean. In this
( connection Mr.. Cox quoted from Mr.. Kpott's
I speech describing Duluth, and created much
7 amusement. Such legislation as was pro-
/ postd here was what Herbert Spencer said
when he spoke OF our legislation. There was
too much of this sort OF thing in this cOun.
I try. IL would not encourage industry. That
could be encouraged without an approprla-
/ tion. When Franklin invented. the light
ming rod, when Whitney invented the cot
ton gin. and when Folton applied steam TO
heats, they did not ask for an appropriation.
Trade and enterprise will always regulate
themselves. Our crops and manufactures
will go where they were most required with
out an appropriation.
Mr.. Cox then proceeded TO ridicule Mr.
Hewitt's idea of having a kitchen, SC for
the exhibition OF American corn at Paris.
or course the corn kitchen was constitu-
tioDal. Laughter But il presupposes tue
idea that no country but our own understood
the culture of maize. That was a great mis-
take. But IL was proposed To dish up the
corn from the corn kitchen in all the Ian
guages OF the world. Just think of H. Cora
In all its forms is 10 be distrib buted In Chinee,
Japanee, Patagonian and Choctaw Ian
guages. lLaughterl He pictured Mr.. Hewitt
as the grand chief and manipulstor OF the
kitchen, and a Chinaman going up 10 b. m
and saying: "Melican man givee me coln
eakee, me eatee." Laughter Then he pic
tured the ChiDaman suffering with the collie
produced by eating stale corn and going
about doubled up and crying in agony.
"Melican man givee me colne. Helleei"
(Renewed laughter
He further alluded to the fact that his col
league (Mr. Hewitt and Governor Tilien
! had rffUrned from EurODe tOgethar- They