Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-02-07
Illinois. voting with the Republl-

subsequent censuses taken up.
Morrill, explained the bill.
Herman offered an amendment
that superintendents and supervis-
ors shall take an oath for the faith
full discharge of their duties.
Agreed to.
Conkling submitted an amend
ment that each subdivision shall
contain not less than 5000 inhab.
itants, where the last preceding
census shows the inhabitants there.
of. Agreed to and the bill passed;
yeas Al, nays 4-being Cameron, of
Pennsylvania, Mitchell, Spencer
and Teller.
The Vice-President presented the
message of the President with the
report of the Paris Monetary Con-
ference. Referred to the Finance
Committee.
Adjourned after executive ses.
sion.
HoUSE.-Hayes introduced a bill
for half million to improve the
Illinois river. Referred.
mings introduced a resolu-
ton asking for q statement from
the Com of Pensions re-
gardirg the amount required to pay
arrearages of pensions. Adopted.
Eden, Chairman Of the Commit.
tee on War Claims, reported back
the bill making an appropriation
for the payment of claims reported
| by the Commissioner of Claims,
but declined to yield to WaddelPs s
amendment that no war claim
shall hereafter be paid to anybody.
The bill was then passed.
The House then went into Com
mittee of the Whole on the Army
Appropriation bill.
Beebe's amendment authorizing
the President to appoint George
Foster Robinson, Paymaster in the
army was rejected.
Garfield opposed Whyte's amend.
ment, which comprises the main
features of the Army Re-organiza-
lion bill, as it was improper to add
1t to the appropriation bill.
Ewing supported the amendment
as improving the army and saving
a million of dollars at once and
gradually three or four millions.
Fort opposed it.
Banning said that Garfield who,
as Chairman of the Committee on
Appropriations, had reduced the
number Of the army, should not
complain now of the reduction of
officers.
Garfield asked Whyte what the
bill meant by saying that general
officers must be selected from the
army.
Whyte-Just what it says.
Garfield-That would exclude
Washington.
Whyte = Washington is in
heaven.
Garfield-And Grant.
Whyts-Mr. Grant will be the
next President, probably.
A vote was then taken on the
Whyte amendment. Agreed to,
ayes 10l, noes 81.
| Whitthorn made point of order
on the section allowing every Off
GER who has been thirty years in
the service to be placed on the re.
tired list by application. The point
was sustained and the section
stricken out. Also, the section
providing for the resignation OF
officers prior TO January, 1880, with
three years pay.
| On motion of Hewitt, the provis-
ion of the Revised Statutes was ex-
plunged which permits the army to
be at the polls on election day to
keep the peace, by vote of SO to
80.
Boone submitted an amendment
for the transfer of the Indian Bu-
reau to the War Department.
Garfield said the system of tack
Ing everything on the appropria-
ton bills was making all other
committees superf1uities. The
House had here totally revolution
lied the army and restricted the
mode of appointments and it was
now proposed to cut out one of the
great departments of the govern
ment and say it was in order be-
cause some technical words de.
clared it economy, The House had
never done more fatal thing to
its business than when it passed
rule 120. If this amendment were
ruled in order, the House could
abolish all the departments of the
government, or break down the
Judiciary, or work revolution by a
vote, and it would be in order. He
hoped that the Chairman of that
Committee would rule upon this as
o matter of discretion and patriot
ism and prevent flood of business
being poured upon the Appropria.
tion Committee, which would, ere
long, break down that committee
and array against 1t every other
committee of the House. The
time would not be far distant when
the other committees would see
their business taken out of their
hands. He did not think the Com
mittee on Appropriations desired
it. IT. simply made in conven-
fence of all sorts of schemes, but, if
it did desire it, it would be
made an usurper of the authority
of the House.
Randall said that rule 120 had
saved from twenty to thirty mil
lions to the country in three years
and was adopted to prevent extTav-
agancs and encourage economy.
Garfield said this would enlarge
the expenses by making new ma
chinery.
A colloquy arose between the
Speaker and Garfield, in which
each accused the side of his oppo-
nent with want OF economy.
Conger said nobody expected the
Speaker to decide in favor of Re-
publicans on this question.
The Chair overruled Garfield's
point and declared the amendment
in order.
Sage offered as q substitute an
amendment authorizing the Presi-
dent to transfer the care and con-
troll of any tribes to the War De-