The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-05-03

assumed any such dictation on this floor will not
submit to any such assertion without refuting it
the spot.
Mr.. Conger-Let the gentleman rest. The gentle-
has turned against his party friends and against
the Republicans here in shape unworthy OF the
chairman of the appropriation committee because
they have seen fit to introduce amendments.
Mr.. Atkins said that if he had uttered one unkind
word he was not aware of it, He did not think
there was gentleman who would accuse him of do
ing so unless it were the gentleman from Michigan
CoDger) That gentleman's remarks had been very
personal. and it was in the warmth OF his lAtkins)
feeling that he used the expression he had. This
no place to settle matters of personal nature He
did not intend to indulge in personal matters, but
desired TO proceed to business without feeling, with
out anger and without passion.
Alter further discussion the amendment was
rejected.
When the sections in regard to surveyors general
were reached Mr.. Wigginton offered an amendment
declaring that and after July l. 1872 the offices of
surveyors general shall be abolished and the archives
of the offices turned over to thegovernments of the
several states and that all further necessary surveys
be made by competent engineers to be employed by
the commissioner of the general land ONCE:
Mr.. Page made point OF order that the amend
ment lchanged the existing law and could not be
Mr. Wigginton said those offices were utterly use
less to the government, and were against the in
| terest of the settlers.
Mr.. Patterson said the proposition had been before
| the committee public lands, and had been voted
| down injurious to the public lands.
The chair sustained the point of order and amend
ment was not received.
|
ment in regard to the number of CLERKS in the post
| office department said his idea of economy was to
relieve the people OF taxation by statemanship The
leaders OF the Democrat party had never yet found
means to relieve the people, but only cut down the
machinery OF the government, and give the saw
1ngs t0the Paris exhibition the Philadelphia show
After dispOsing of ten pages in the bill the CON-
| mittee rose and the House took recess.
EVENING SESSION.
Mr.. Wright made speech in advocacy Of the bill
introduced by him in the early part of the session fol-
government loan to aid the iaboring classes make
| settlements on public lands He drew picture O
want restitution and hunger that are abroadiin sb
country, and said it bread that the halt starved
| mutitudes demanded. The cause of that want an(
distress which might lead to sediton should be
removed. He predicted that unless relief were
granted to the suffering people they would exchant
seats with some OF the present members in the 46tl
| Congress.
Mr.. Chalmers spoke in favor of the Texas AM
Pacific railroad measures and of other Southern i'm
| provements. If a Democratic Congress Yves afraid +
| do justice to Democratic South, Southern Demo
Gratis may be defeated and Republicans sent in thei
places. To the silver men he said that the South
the producer Of her gold staple but he united witt
them through sympathy, and now appeals to them t
sympathize with her. Build up the waste places 0
the South give tone and vigor to that portion of
body polite enefvated by war and currency accumu
1 lated at the money centres like blood unnaturall
forced to the heart will be gently diffused through
the paralyized limbs.