The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-07

MO anu yeas anu nays were called on orderi ng
hn h,, main question, which was ordered, and the
bill passed.
Mr.. Young, Of Tennessee, from the Commit,
tee on Public Buildings and Grounds, reported
back the BIZ authorizing the erection Of a IRE
proof building for a national museum referred
lie also reported from the same committee the
Senate bill to authorize the purchase Of land
Tor 70, he use Of the government at Providence
X. |. : referred.
Mr.. Briggs. Of New HAMPSHIRE from the
authorizing the employment Of an additional
messenger in the folding room
Ma.,n mr Gx nf e., qh2 {i, oppressed the resolution,
Ing hour expired and the resolution went over.
The Speaker laid before the House q message
ti Eom TIE ha p1he,siident h,i retnrning with his obeo
special term Of the United States Coutt in Mis-
sissippi for the trial nf persons charged with
depredations on timber lands.
The veto messa was read, and then it, with
the bill was referred to the Committee on the
judiciary, with leave tn report ut any time
The House then went into committee Of the
WHOLE on the bill to authorize the experiment
oil L mporary Clerk.
le a..eo,r1ance witt, arrangement. N, .ar-
tor one hour In reply to the speech made by Mr..
Kelly on yesterday. Mr.. Garfield said he would
tan noa 1ave asked to MIKE speech now but f9r the
criticized speech made by him lMr Garaeldl
1Ue days ago.
oasaS There nothing II his spG1eh Which
nothing therefore which had more sed
him than The, speech of Mr.. Kelly YESTERDAY,
and which closed with statement which was
coarse and unchfistian. if not profane. and
branded him (G ,rfeldl n an arrogant, oone5it-
ed and egotistica member. ri
Such statement, coming from gentlenAn
whose colossal self eonceit had aways heeA Il,
theme for regularity. need not be replied toS0n
this floor: These personal matters are not ifn-
pnftan. but it s important to know If The facts
and arguments which he lGarfleldl had id
vanoed were true and worthy. and it was to that
rni q n lad tn anil fh,o lfnfxf ff
House: He labofed now under the same diff
Guilty that he labored under months ago. when
hs n 1sP raped to speech Of Mr. kly
In lhe Keeord. and he could only reply irom bis
afnolleatl9n To-day he Was i, i M he 81 same pga
Ia the Record He wanted. also. to call atten-3
ton to the fact that the gentleman was not now
here. ali hough he was in the committee room
Tor two hours this morning.
Mr. Garfield then went on to reafIlrm the u.s.
sertinns which were denied by Mr. Kelly yes
terday hat the year 1860 was not Que Of peace
aud prosperity, and quoted statstes to show
,hat Ms stntenen'F we're oorreet Hs au9t9sd. aues1.
IN so ha bs be pr6 sgn u M
iron In ls6o was greater than many years prior
7 thereto. This speeGh' said Mr. Garfield, waf
by N Mr. ks Kelly ia 1870 t his It
views on the tariff, which have done more IN
lpry 70 proteotion in this country than all of
the theories OF free trade men.
speech seriatim, Mr. Garfield went on to quote
MIR. Kelly to show that be had at one time ops
gentleman who assumes to attack his fellow
members for differing from him should first
look at bis own house and see how many panes
He characterized Mr. Kelley,s speech peedi as a
mere criticism Of the small details of his tMr
h He ha picked out the w
was orltieIsIas He sad hat Mr.. X kely % had not "s
@ sSst Of that n WITCH r ss wsa sssf % ov yf m
silver Legislation. The gentleman from Massa.
chnsetts Mr.. Butlerl had thrown out the obisct
they were aiming at In his speech the other day,
when he advocate paper money woich coull
not be exported. which foreign countries would
not I,, re-, receive and which SHOULD be irredeemable.
OF the new movement in America, which is
called the American system of finance. They
want to strike out the, power Of government to
silver by paper money. This is the yer very ''eas es
sence OF communism IN America, They want
oarrsney cur en- y WI which Is .exportable and which
Will be 50 bad that no foreign nation will take It.
That idnh Of q non exportabls paper money
orignated g Cd II the & brain OF John Lazy The
Garfield had attacked the paper money theory.
He believed the time wns ut hand when men OF
al al parties ~ would unite against, the movement.
paign speeches in Ohio few years ago, and
said bis speeches then. arraylng labor agapst
capital, came near resulting in riots and blood
diagusted Mr. Kely'is own constiiuents
and 1t was in tho reco lection Of gentlemen now
on the floor that they had written letters to Kel-
OF bis age. to trust him again. and on that ap-
peal he is here to day to denounce men who
want to pay their debts In the money Of the
Ho tGarfeld) did not care in what party It
might land him. or in what company it would
Of the constitution as against what was stated
to be the American system OF finance lap
plause.l
The consideration of the pending bill WAS
than proceeded with on Its merits.
Mr.. Hooker, OF Mississippi. said he had no
objection to any section Of the bill except that
Land ONCE. because it was to be used In the
prosecution Of persons charged with dep
relations on their lands. He referred to
tho Interior in, relation to those timber
lands as without authority OF law.
and Opposed to tbs practice of civilized govern
thrown out Of employment rs II consequences Of
this policy. and whom 1t was proposed to give
the people arrested speedy trial the President
tho veto was that tho government. could not go
on with tho prosecution In tho absence Of IN
and tho amount now proposed
was to prosecute those suits and TO send out
spies and ngents to find other causes Of action. |
Mr.. Patterson. Of California, opposed the
great injury had been done in the matter of
these nrre SITS and shzures
Mr.. Foster. Of Ohio, road n list Of railroads
md other corporations which had been sued |
for depredajng on public nnds. and shid they |
were the poor misguided thieves for whom |
such sympathy WIS excited. He believed the
Secretary Of tho Interior was only doing his |
iuty in tho effort hs had made to arrest the
partes guilty ~ timber depredations.
Mr.. Frye. Of Maine. had voted for the act to |
allow ~ special term OF tho Mississippi court, |
not because he wanted to protect the thieves but
because he wanted 70 do Justice and upon the |
same principle he would vote for the appropri-
alton.
raj clerks was hen read for amendment and |
several amendments were offered looking |
oward decrease in the number Of clerks and |
IN increase in theamOunt Of the appropriation,
)ut pending their consideration and without |
v tion the committee rose.
Military Arrss. reported the BIZ bii TO relorganl M
za tho army. Ordered printed and recon-
Ditted