Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-04-21

upon the petition of their creditor. The sub
ject was resumed yesterday, Senator Davis, of
Illinois, opposing the bill as we'll as the sub
stitute of Matthew'S He said if the repeal bill
was to pass there was no need of devotlng
to the perfection OF the other bill; but If 1t
was rejected he would ask its recommitment
to the judiciary Committee. No further de-
bate took place, and the bill will come up on
Monday as unfinished business. Senator
Dennis presented the Blair resolutions of the
Maryland Legislature in relation to the Eec-
toral count; but in so doing declared that he
would oppose any action i'll furtherance Of
their intent. The Senate adjourned to Mon
day
The following somewhat extraordinary, if
not entirely bewidering bill was brought in
the Senate by General Burnside on Tuesday.
Its inside history is as follows Maryland
er of unsound mind of the rare name Of Smith
at one time owned large number of slaves
and much other valuable property; but man
omission and other foolishness brought him
he has been eloquent to everybody whose
attention he could arrest in the various plans
by which he proposes to right the wrongs of all
mankind, and Senator burnside is his latest
victim.
Accompanying the bill is an address de
iivered before the Committee on Education
and Labor by Mrs Matilda Fletcher; but
Smith is the person who aided the guieless
Rhode Island Senator to wreathe the faces of
his colleagues in smiles, and who came near
rendering him nearly if not quite ridiculous,
"A Bill To introduce moral and social science
into the schools of the District of Columbia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United State of
America IN Congress assembled, That the
school officers shall Introduce, as part of the
daily exercises # each school in their iur-
isdicton, instruction i'll the elements of So
cial and moral science, including industry,
order, economy, puncttulIty, patience,
self denial, health, purity, temperance,
cleanliness, honesty, truth, Justice, po-
htcness, peace, fidelity, philanthrophy, pat
riotism, self-respect, hope, perseverance,,
cheerfulneSs, courage, self-rtliance, gratitude,
pity, mercy, kindness, conscience, reflection
and the will.
SEC. . That it shall be the duty Of the
teachers To give short oral lesson every day
upon one OF the topics mentioned in section
oneotthi3 act, and 10 require each pupil to fur
nlsh thought or otherillustration of the same
upon the following morning.
SEC. :. That emulation shall be cherished
between the pupils in accommodating thoughts
and facts III recl~d to the noble traits possible,
and illustrating them by their daily conduct.
The House, on Monday, in order to get
even with General Butler for his nomination
of General Shields as Doorkeeper, passed
LII - l&ce Shields on tho retired list Of the
army with the rank Of brigadier-geno1aI by
d hurrau, only votes being cast against it,
1t was sent to the Senate, and Senator Gordon
to get It through in the Same man
ner; hut Senator Edmunds objected, and it
went to the Judiciary Committee. The ques-
ton is now raised whether Congress has the
right to place anybody on the retired list; but |
as God is good to the Irish, Shields may
succeed Since then the House has boenoc |
pied in the consideration of the tariff BILL aI- |
preparation bills and miscellaneous business.
The letter OF Mr. George C. Gorham, Soore- |
tary of the Senate, has fairly set Republicans |
to thinking i'll relation to the coming contest. |
His motto seems to be, albeit he is a radical,
n5d5o tuti&SimuS ibis; and he has pointed to
way out of the dangers into which the party
has been plunged by the extraordinary course
If the President without denouncing that
but by affirming and stoutly up
holding Republican doctrines.
At the Congressional caucus on Wednesday,
Slr. Sargent submitted e preamble and res
buttons which seem to embody in brief the
doas set forth in Mr. Gorham letter They
we're referred to a committee, and will no
loubt furnish base on which to rebuild the
almost demolished Republican fabric
PALTA.
The suggestion is made that in erecting
Territory into State its name
,e changed. Columbia has been suggested.
The matter will come up for consideration in
ne Constitutional Convention.
Emerson says that man touches hard-pan
vhen he gets beyond wondering how he can
eep his neighbor from cheating him and be-