Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-03-15
CONGRESSIONAL


OF Minnesota, IRON The Committed on
Appropriation, reported without
amendment House bill making appFO.
prlations for Notifications and other
WOFks Of defense and armament there
Of during the fiscal year ending June
3Otb, 1877. Placed on calendar.
MePFimOn, Of North Carolina, intro.
dUCed 9 bill to provide for and rsgu.
late the counting Of vOtes for President
and Vice. President, and decision If
questions arising thereon. Ref FRED o
Special Committee appointed 10 CON-
slider the question OF counting woes.
Aerrimon expressed the hope that q
report from that Committee would
be soon made, as four months Of ses.
sion had been passed and action should
DO had on the matter at the present SEES
sion OF Congress.
Kellogg, of Louisiana, introduced o
bill 10 aid the New Orleans Pacific
Railroad Company. Referred to the
Committee on Railroads. Also, 10
establish q mint ct New Orleans, au-
thorizing the coinage of gold and sil.
yer lhereat, and making an Hppropria.
ton therefor. Referred to Committee
GU Finance.
Dl'cuskIoN IN PICARD TO SECRETARY
tcHURZ AND TIMBER DEPREDATIoNs.
Mr.. Matthews, of Ohio, called up a
motion submitted by him yesterday, to
refer the communication Of the Secre-
lary Of the Interior, In regard 10 timber
depredations, 10 the Committee on
Public Lands, aud have It printed IN
the Record. He said he asked 10 have
the document printed In the Record 90
9 matter OF justice, q the Department
from which II emanated was attacked
yesterday in the Senate.
Blaine said he thought It fair that
the Secretary Of the Interior should be
heard, but ct the same time the Senator
from Ohio must be aware Of the fact
that he was asking an extraordinary
privilege TO have this document so
printed. He reserved the right - re.
ply 10 II, because the document was 10
reply 10 what be said In the Senate on
g recent occasion,
Mr.. Sargent, Of California, opposed
the printing OF the document 10 the
Record &c setting q bad precedent, and
not because the contents oil 1t were 90
very creditable to lie author that he
feared them. He argued the document
was made up from statements Of spies
who followed men In their places Of
business and reported convers atoms.
lie referred 10 the action Of Congress
In abolishing spies In the customs SER
vice, and said Congress then put the
stamp of condemnation on them IN
using Pouches method Of spies.
After some further debate, Mr.. Mat
thews read the reply OF the Secretary
Of the Interior as q part OF his remarks.
After the communication had been
read, Blaine spoke Of the action of the
Secretary Of the Interior, and during
his remarks said the Secretary did not
happen to be q native Of this country ;
be could not help that. Mr.. Blaine did
not mention that as Q reproaoh. He
wal born 10 Prussia, which was 10000
square miles less In extent than Mon.
tana, AMI the Secretary, perhaps with
the instinct Of his boyhood, applied the
land laws of Prussia to Montana, aud
not the land laws which have been used
In settling the United States. Mr.. B.
argued that the Secretary of the In.
terror forgot the magnitude OF our
country, although he was charged with
the administration of that Department
which should study II carefully, and
that the one dollar per acre stunlpage
exacled by him from the people Of
Montana was excessive. Woodland,
within sight Of the spire OF Trinity
Church, New York City, wouldn't
bring the slumpage which the Secre.
tary Of the Interior demanded OF the
people Of Montana. II was a thing
conceded by the Government, that the
hardy pioneer who went to settle the
country, should have the water, the air
and The wood free. Referring 10 the
abolition of the infOrmer's system in
the Custom service, abolished q lew
years ago, he spoke Of the course OF
tie Secretary OF the Interior, then a
member Of the Senate, and he waxed
wrolh because rich importers were in-
lerfered with by detectives, but now
the lands NJ Montana could be visited
BY spies and pimps. Pending discus
sion the subject was laid on the table.
YES POINT.
The Senate then took up the West
Point Appropriation Bill, aud the sew.
eral amendments OF the Committee on
Appropriations we're agreed to. Blaine
submitted au amendment that the ten
cadets appointed at large shall in all
cases oe taken rom among The descend
anis Of those who have served in the
army or navy of the United States.
Sargent said he did not think It would
be proper to amend the bill.
Conkliug thought there was necessi.
y for the change OF law In regard to
cadet appointments, but suggested 1t to
be done hereafter, aud with more de.
liberation.
Hereford said he was opposed to the
amendment, because the effect of Il was
10 build up q privileged class. Let
every man stand on bis merits. The
adoption Of the amendment would be
giving the sous Of officers, by law, an
inheritance 10 the rights of office.