The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-03-14
XLVth Congress-Regular Session.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON. Mar. 10.

Mr.. Window, from the appropriation committee,
reported without amendment the House bill making
cal year ending June 6Oth, 1879 Placed on the cal
endar.
Mr.. Merrimon introduced bill to provide for and
regulate the counting Of votes for President and Vice
President and the decision of questions arising here
on. Referred to special committee. Mr.. Merrimon
expressed the hope that rep, TT from that commit
tee would be maze. as four months Of the ses-
sion ha eassed and action should be had upon the
matter at is Sc. sion.
Mr.. Kellogg introduced a bill to establish mint
at new Orleaas, authorizing the coinage OF gold and
silver and making appropriations therefor. Referred
Mr. Gordon introduced bill to promote deposits
OF savings banks and the refundng of the national
debt. Referred to the committee onIinance In in
PRODUCING the bill Mr.. Gordon said he wished to say
for It that should it become law it would give us
all the benefits OF specie payments without the en-
barrassment incident to an attempt at actual le-
sum pton which il now practicable This BILL if it
becomes law, will secure uniformity of value in all
our currencies interchangablty Of the legal ten
paper wit b coin. remove the premium on gold and
the necessity OF any forced resumpti)n
Mr.. Morgan from the committee claims re-
Methodist Episcopal Church South. Placed on
the calendar 1t aDpropriates $l5U 900 to compen-
safe the parties tor damage done their properly at
Mr. Matthews called up the motion to refer the
communicate" Of the Secretary Of the Interior in
public lanus, and have it p inted in the record as
matter ofjustice. as the department fom which it
emanated had been attacked yesterday iu the SEN
ate
Mr. Blaine said he thought it fair that the secreta-
ry of the Interior be heard but at the time the
was asking an extraordinary privilege to have this
document SO printed. He reserved to imself the
right to reply to it because the document was in
casiOn.
Mr.. Sargent opposed the printing of the document
N she record as setting bad precedent He argued
spies who followed men into their places of business
and reported their nyersaions He referred to the
nf IN 1,AIah
service and said Congress then put the stamp OF con
dennation upon using Pouches method of spies.
After some further debate Mr.. Matthews read the
reply Of the Secretary OF the Interior as part of his
remarks.
After the communication had been read Mr. Blaine
spoke at length OF the action Of the Secretary of the
INTERIOR and during bis remarks said the Secretary
did not happen to be native of this country. He
it as reproach to him He was born in the ' king
dom of Prussia which was $4,000 square miles less in
extent than Montana, and the Secretary, perhaps
with the instinct OF his boyhood, applied the land
laws of Prussia to Montana and not the land laws
which have been used in settling the United States.
MI Blaine argued tina. the Secretary Of the IoteIor
was charged with the administration OF that depart
ment which should study it carefully and tina! the
the people of Montana was excessive. The wood
land Within sight Of the spire of Trinity Church,
New York city. would not bring the stumpage which
the Secretary of the Interior demanded of the people
OF Montana It was thing conce fed by the govern
ment that the harry pioneer who went forward to
the wood free. Referring to the abolition of the IN
formers system in the customs service, abolished
Of the In, error, then member of the Senate, and
said he waxed wrotd because the rich importer was
jnterfered with by detectives, but now the lonely
settler in Montana would be visited by spies and
pimps.
Pending discussion the subject WAS laid aside and
the Senate took up the West Point appropriation
The various amendments reported by the COM
m1ttee on appropriations were agreed to as follows:
off for IOyanax Ito Nc
cadets from $4,000 to Is $751; appropratng sci $780,
ton for completing sewerage from $1,000 to $l525
and approprlating 1856 for procuring adequate
water supp ", purchase Of the lake, &c.
The committee reported in favor of striking out
the Sd section of the House bill which provides that
only such number of graduates of the ACADEMY in
any one year shall be entitled to appointment as
second eu,enants in the army required to fill
vacancies OF that grade existing The LIST of July of
each year. IN appointment to said vacancies to be
determined by the academic board on basis of their
standing in the graduating class, and hereafter no
supernumerary officers sh III be attached to any COM
academy who were not appointed to the army un Ter
the provisions of this act shall be discharged upon
graduation of their class
Mr.. Sargent of California submitted the following
substitute for that section:
"ihe CADETS at large at the military academy shall
meut at Large shall be made till the number OF such
cadets heretofore appointed falls below ten"
1t appeared from the debate which followed that
but the custom has grown of appointing ten eyery
year instead of every four years. SO there were forty
cadets at large-ten in each class.
Mr. Blame submitted the following as an amend
ment to that of Mr.. SARGENT
THAT the ten cadets appointed at large shall in
all cases be taken from among he descendants of
those who have served in the army or navy Of the
United States"
Mr.. sargent said he did not think it nroner
to amend the bill now SO to cut OF from the ap-
poniment of cadets at large those of at least one
halt The States of the Union Ceerring to the SOUTH
ern slates). Of course he knew Senator Blaine did
not mean to do that, but the amendment would have
that effect.
;, Mr.. Blaine said he had no such intention and he
effect "A