Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-04-12
CONGRESSIONAL.
Conclusion Of Festerdav's ProoeeAtso,
81 NATE.-After our report closed

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Mr.. DO, -sey offered an amendment .uthoriz
| ing the Sec. 'etary of the Treasury to adva,%ce
$4,000 for the support of the schools Of the
| any funds at the disposal Of the District Com
missiOners not neeocd fOy actual expenses.
Mr.. Beck questioned whether this could be
consldered as proper def. ency.
| dent OF the school board sho wing that the
schools must stop without aid froI,1 the govern
Mr.. Sargent said the schools must be closed
unless the government would aid them. These
schools were attended by large class of
children of non resident members Of Cong res>.
Perhaps Senators sent their children to The
schools, and he desired to avert what would ne
a great calamity on any community it the
schools were closed for any considerable time.
MP. NlnSlOw admitted that the item was
hardly deficiency of the government but he
thought that as the government owned a per
cent. OF all the property IN the District. and
paid nothing in support the schools. il was not
asking great deal to ask tire loan of 5000
Mr.. Beck said the Commissioners of the Dis
trlct could have made large appropriation
OF the revenues of the District for the support
OF the schools. 1t had not been done, n order
TO put this pressure on Congress now.
MT; Allison said the Senate should renfem-
Der that all legislation for the District was
now in the hands of Congress. Although not
perhaps strictly in the rules, this was the best
time to put it on.
quired to submit estimates for schools and
other purposes, as much as any other branch
OF the government.
Mr. Anthony said it was enough for him to
know that the schools were i'm danger of stop.
ping, and that the government, with its large
property, pald scarcely anything towards the
Mr.. Herman opposed the amendment. hold
ing that provisions should be made at the be-
ginning OF the year If there was to be an APP
preparation to be made let it be done in a pro
per way.
Mr. Dorsey said the Senate had the same
Information on this subject as on other mat
M m of
SiOnerS as they had the estimates of other
officers OF the government.
Mr. ingalls, said this was not a loan. The
government was just as much bound to sup
port the schools as to run the Treasury or War
departments. The government had assumed
the control of the District and were bound to
and education was one of them. Ii was no
more loan to the people of the District of
Columbia than the money for the support of
country. Hundreds of thousands of dollars
could be voted for other purposes but when
anything for tie strict of Columbia was pro
posed every possible obstacle was thrown in
Mr. Blaine, in reply to the argument that
Their should be separate bill introduced, said
to refuse to adopt he amendment now was
practically to refuse e entirely for the schools
wonld be closed before Independent action
could be perfected.
After further debate the amendment was
agreed to-yeas % nays p The bill was then
passed.
Inc vote In detail was as follows:
YEAS Messrs. Allison, Anthony, Barnum
Blaine, Booth, Burnside, Cameron of wis.,, Cam
eIon of Penn, Ghafteei ConoveT; Dawes Dorsey,
Ian, Matthews Merrimon, morrill,, Patterson R,n-
som Rollins Sargent. Saunders, Teller, Wadleigh,
NAYS Messrs: Armstrong Bailey Blyard Beck,
cf Hill Sr1Re GSrd9n
CreeIy, Mcpherson. MaSey, Morgan, Salisbury,
The deficiency bill was then passed
. The conference committee on the bill to au-
thorize the Secretary of the Treasury to EN-
mittee had agreed upon all except two of the
Senate amendments, appropriating $4,000 for
salaries and expenses OF collectors of internal
The Senate insisted on these two amendments,
and new conference was ordered. The Sem
ate adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE.-After our report closed
MIR: COnger said that the report of Mr..
Woods speech in presenting the tariff bill as
published in the Record did not contain a
letter read by MIR. Wood from a hay fork manu-
facturer disdaining any need for protection
forks were the product of convict labor. As
soon as he could procure copy of the letter
he would ask that the omission in the Record
The pension appropriation bill was taken
up, Mr.. Hanna, of Indiana. opposed the bill.
and a colloquy occurred with Mr.. Sparks, of
Illinois, during which both got excited. Mr..
Spar ks accused Mr.. Hanna of opposing the
provision dispensing with pension agencies
because his law partner was pension agent at
Indianapolis, closing with the apt slang term
of land that's what's the matter with Hanna"
which brought down the House. The bill was
amended increasing the amount for carrying
changing the mode of paying pensions, fixing
their salaries at $4,000, and allowing fees for
vouchers and actual expenses for rent, clerk
hire, etc. An amendment was added requiring
that after July next the pension agencies shall
be filled by wounded or disabled Union soldiers.
The committee then rose, and the bill as
amended was passed.
The Post Office appropriation bill was taken
up in committee of the whole, and the House
adjourned.