Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-04-30
CONGRESSIONAL
Conclusion Of Festerday,s proe..s<..
District RkIIs


SENATE-After our report closed
Ine uIII 10 reneve the churches OF the Dis
trlct OF Columbia and TO clear the title of trus
1.-The bill repeats the act OF the Rs,ric,
lSlature OF June "A, lS14, so far as relates =,
church property, and restores such property
Mr.. Edmunds objected TO the considerable,
OF the bill: He was not satisfied that churcs
property should not pay taxes as well as other
property Ii was estimated that the uncollect-
co taxes from this property aggreg gated $50 etl
Inc schools OF the District were now about 10
De closed for the want of funds. IL
s was In question whether it was not
eAPeulent TO make the churches pay their
taxes and let the schools be kept open
~ was one OF the duties OF Christianity 10 in
cnS uTt me young DE was not in favor of re
CoeulIng this defiance of law. Some of the
cnurch ofncers had set themselves rp I'm def
ance OF law and resisted the collection Of the
erfy S Sas h hoS & three years after the prop
repeal Of the law. Such a course enconr.sas
resistance to the law The property waSi.
gaily taxable, and the taxes should have been
paid. Had the money been paid the schools
could have been kept open. He supposed that
Lhe commissioners included this in their esti
lnate oil available resources, and upon this
estimate made their appOrtionment OF funds
Tor schools and other purposes, but the churches
had set the law at defiance and refused TO paw
neir taxes: He did not propose 70 cruelty the
Schot Is Tor the benefit of the churches lie
wanted an hour TO speak on this bill and in
sisted on its going over.
"A number OF bills, TO which no objection
mas inaIe, We're considered and passed
among them was House bill regulating the
appointment of justices OF the peace commits
sloners OF deeds and conStabies for the Ibis
wifs Oh mornmoia, and for other purposes,
increasing the number of justices 10 Is and
collStdoles 10 ~ and placing the appointment
Oh Inc iatter IN the hands of the Supreme
Court of the District. WI"
PASSAGE OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS APPRoPKI-
nr .,,..:-., ~. ~, Dill"
On motion OF Mr.. Window, the Senate took
up the House bill for the relief OF the publjc
schools OF the District of Columbia
Mr. Bailey asked if there was any certainty
that The money proposed to be advanced would
Mr.. Window said he had no very sanguins
expectations of its ever being paid He did
not thInk II ought ever 10 be paid.
MI. Bailey said he could see no reason wby
the people of the states should be taxed fo,.
the support of the schools of this District
The taxes in Washington were not as high an
IN many I oIner places Small places in his
large cllleS still more. The bill was passed
yeas ~: nays Z. Those voting i'm the negative
MerrlmOn, salisbury and Whyte.
quite number of amendments TO the river
and hal Dor appropriation bill were introduced
ana referred TO the committee on appropria-
At four pm, the Senate, on motion of Mr..
EQmGnds, went into executive session and
when the doors were again opened adjourned.
notSE-AIter our report Closed
On motion of Mr.. Fort, of Illinois the bill
fOrbidding the further retirement of United
States legal tender notes was taken up and
passed under suspension of the rules-yeas
III, nays 3.
The legislative appropriation bill was con-
sldered In committee of the whole An
amendment was adopted permitting the PreSi-
dent to designate which of the two officers
the First or the Fifth Auditor, shall be retained
In Office, and similar amendment regarding
the Second or Fourth Auditor, was adopted,
The committee then rose, and the conferences
report on the naval appropriation bill was
adopted. s
Night sessions were ordered for Wednesday
Thursday and Friday. The House then took
a recess.
Erenfn0 SeSSiOn:-The result of the call
showed that there were only 10 members
preSent-36 less than quorum. Thereupou
the doors were closed and the usual farcicaI
proceedings connected with calls of the House
closing the doors, sending deputy sergeants-at-
arms for the abSentees, arraigning them at
the bar OF the House, hearing the excuses
which they had TO offer for their absence and
then discharging them from cuStody-were
euacted to the great apparent amusement of a
majority OF those present who voted down all
motions to dispense with further proceedings
under the call, or to adjourn. Finally at ten
minutes past eleven. the House thought that it
had enough OF such proceedings and il ad-
iOufned,