Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-05-17
EAST Err N.
COngressIOnal.

ATE.-COckrill introduced a joint
resolution authorizing and request
ing the President of the United
States to open correspondence with
the Republic of France with view
and for the purpose of negotiating
q proper treaty of reciprocity and
commerce with that government,
on terms alike honorable and just.
Three Commissioners are to be ap-
pointed on behalf of the United
States preliminary to the making
of such treaty. Their compensation
to be fixed by the Secretary of
State. Referred.
Farley introduced O bill for the
relief of John H. Sutter, on account
of lands taken from and services
rendered by him to the United
States.
Consideration was then resumed
of the Legislative, Executive and
Judicial bill.
Beck explained the provisions of
the bill as it had been amended,
stating that the increase by the
Senate was $94, sou, making the en-
tire sum SIT, SAL 900. Among the
amendments were SIS, 900 for rents,
and $4,000 for the interior De-
partment, additional to the appro-
priations in the bill for these pur-
poses. He suggested that reforms
should be made. BY reduction of
the number Of storekeepers and
gaugers under the Commissioner
Of Internal Revenue. $4,000 annu-
ally could be saved. He thought
hundreds of thousands of dollars
could be saved by re-adjusting the
machinery of the Customs Depart
ment, as in many cases the eX-
pense of collecting the revenue far
exceeds the receipts. He hoped
the Committee on Appropriations
would consult with the proper
Committees of the House 80 that
the next session of Congress should
have data on which to act intelli-
gently. He would prefer to have
reforms now, instead of waiting
until the Democrats came into
power, which they expected to do.
Thurman said they had before
them an appropriation bill for the
support of the Legislative, Execu-
tive and Judicial branches of the
Government. Nobody denied that
the amount was sufficient, but op-
position had been made to the bill
because of provisions relating to
trial by jury and elections. Rather
than agree to these the minority
say in effect that they will stop ap-
propriations and defeat the bill.
Scarcely any word had been uttered
by the minority on the merits of
this question. 1t was said these
provisions had no proper place in
the appropriation bill, and that
they were dictated by the South,
because gentlemen in their imag-
ination supposed there was huge
conspiracy to produce anarchy, as
If the majority here, and the DEM
ocratic people of the United States,
have not as much interest in the
order, peace and prosperity of the
country and the perpetuity of gov.
ernment as any men belonging to
the Republican or any other party.
The most infiammatory, unbound.
ed and unjustifiable attempt had
been made to array one portion of
the people against the other, thus
endeavoring to make sectionalism
permanent as the continent itself.
Why did not these gentleman point
out the defects of the provisions II
they believe they exist ? They
were told these provisions were in.
serted at the command of Southern
domination, but there was not a
word of truth in it. They were not
in the interest of Southern men or
of Northern men particularly, but
in the interest of all the people of
the country. The laws which
these provisions intended to repeal
were passed originally TO oppress
the people of the South, and to dis.
franchise, imprisen and persecute
naturalizsd citizens of the North.
He proposed to speak on the sub
ject of the Constitution, if that in.
strument may be mentioned with
irreverence. He then argued that
the trial by jury law was the shield
Of the people and the safeguard to
liberty, and that the laws proposed
to be repealed were enacted in the
interest of the Republican party.
HoUsE.-In the morning hour
discussion was resumed of the bill
to amend the statutes relating to
the removal of cases from the
State to the United States courts,
and Orth concluded his argument
against the bill.
McLane followed in support of
the bill.
The morning hour expired before
any action was taken upon the bill
relating to removal Of causes from
State 10 Federal Courts.
Consideration was then resumed
of Warmers Silver bill, the pend
ing question being the motion of
Killinger to lay the bill and
, amendments on the table, Oh
which the yeas and nays had beeh
ordered. The roll was called, and
the vote resulted: Yeas, 109; nays,
l26, and the motion to lay the bill
on the table was detected.