The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-12-24
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CIVIL service OF the OnltcQ states, ans
promote the efficiency thereof.
Also, bill to prohibit federal officers
INFANTS and contractors, from maxim!
OF receiving assessments or contribu
tions for political purposes.
Senator Ingalls,. from the COMMITTEES
ON Indian affairs, reported, with amenC!
ment, the house bill for the relief of Tia
settlers upon the absentee Shawnee land
in Kansas, and for other purposes
Placed on the calendar.
Senator Coke announced that on Tues
day next he will ask the consideration
of the senate bill providing for the allot
ment of lands in seycralty to the Indians
and extending the laws OF the states ant
territories over the Indians. He saiC
the bill was thought important By thu
interior department.
The senate resumed the consideration
of the bill deyoting part of the pro
ceeds Of the sales of public lands to pub
lie education, and Senator Burnside, il,
introducer, advocated II. He was fol
lowed by Senator Morrill,, also in sup
port of the bill. Senator Brown, Of
Georgia, followed Senator Morrill, in The
support of the bill. He pointed out that
nearly all our prominent men, from
Washington to Garfield, lad been OF
poor parentage, and had by their thirsl
for knowledge and their industry worked
their way up to the top. Doubtless thou.
sands of boys of equal capacity with
those he had mentioned had remained
mute and inglorious through the ALSO
Lutte impossibilIty of overcoming unfa
vorable circumstances and obtaining the
necessary education to lift them above
the masses. 1t was wise to do away with
this lack of facility, and to enable every
boy to sharpen his faculties to the ut.
most.
Senator Brown stood at desk upon
the Republican side of the chamber and
faced the Republican members while
speaking, but he was listened to with
marked interest by all present.
The bill was then informally put aside
till tomorrow when it is designated 10
reach a vote upon it at four o'clock.
WAsHINGTON, ID. c.. Dec. 16.-SENATE
Senator Maxey introduced bill for
General Ord, authorizing the president
TO place him on the retired list, accord.
ing to his brevet rank of major general,
with the pay and endowments thereof
Senator Hoar presented petitions for
woman's suffrage in the territories
which he said was signed by ladies OF
the highest attachments and occupying
places of the highest responsibility in
society, and which contained arguments
that to his mind had never received any
answer worthy the name of respectable
argument.
The senate refused to adjourn over un
til Monday by vote of IL to 81.
The Notifications appropriations bill
was received from the house, read twice
and referred to the committee on appro.
priatiOns; also the joint resolution pro-
viding for the adjournment of congress
from December 22d to January 5th.
The morning hour having expired, the
educational bill came up again.
Senator Hoar defended the bill in op.
position to senator Teller's suggestions.
Senator Pugh advocated the bill in a
written speech.
est champion of universal education, but
thought it matter for the state and not
the national government.
While senator Vest was speaking sen.
ator EdmOnds went over and spoke to
him.
Upon senator Vest expressing his will
ingness to yield the floor senator Ed
munds said:
The senator from Missouri yields to
me to make the announcement that the
ex-president of the United States is in
the chamber; and after his long absence
from this country, have no doubt that
many senators would be glad to paw
their respects to him, l move that the
senate take a recess of ten minutes.
There being no objection, presiding
officer Rollins announced that recess
would be taken for ten minutes.
General Grant was seated upon "a sofa
in the rear of the desks on the Republi-
can side of the chamber, conversing
with several senators. When recess was
taken he arose and shook hands with
various senators, both Republicans and
Democrats, who gathered around A
great many people, apparently all who
could gain access TO the floor, also came
into the room. and the people in the
galleries stood up and leaned over the
balustrade, crowding one another in
their curiosity to see the distinguished
visitor.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-SENATB-Th
house joint resolution, providing for an
adjournment from December 22d 10
January 9th, was disagreed to by 81 to 81
The bill appropriating $3.50, 900 for
rebuilding the custom house at Pensa.
cola, passed.
A bill was introduced by senator Wal.
lace, and referred, establishing a uni
form system OF bankruptcy.
Senator Blaine offered a resolution di.
recting the committee on judiciary to in.
qiure into the expediency of increasing
court TO to thirteen. Agreed to.
Senator Ingalls,, after consultation
with several senators, entered motion
to reconsider the vote by which the sen
ate disagreed to the joint resolution for
the holiday adjournment
Consideration was resumed of the ed.
ucational bill, and general debate took
place.
Senator Ingalls, thought the surplus
money in the patent office was money
unjustly taken from inventors. This
government should not be run as d mon
ey-making and dividend paying bust
ness, and no more money should be
raised than is necessary to pay the OK
penses of the government He did moi
want to establish permanent educa.
tional bureau or find that the amount oI
interest proposed was 100000. This
would not buy slate pencils for the
children of the country. 1t was idle t.
talk of curing the disease of illiteracy
with 100000 a year Every illiteraie
man in this country was II menace and
danger TO free institutions. lew oul
right and duty to appropriate a large
enough sum to cope with this danger a
once. We owe nothing to posterity
poSterity can take care of itself. Per
haps the greatest gift we can give pos
terity is an educated generation Let u.
make sufficient annual appropriation
leaving future congresses to do the same
as they see fit.
HoUsE-The morning hour was dis
pensed with, and the house went int
committee of the whole on the private
calendar, At $40 the committee rose
and the house passed several bills grant
ing pensions.
The Oklahoma Boom.
CALDWELL, Kans., Dec 15.-The sol
diers and settlers remained in camp to
day. Lieutenant Wood arrived with
two companies of cavalry from Oklaho
ma and the soldiers present aformidabl,
appearance.
Capt. Payne has received numerous
letters from the colonists at differen
points, offering to come Immediately
necessary. Couriers are in from the
western counties, where the people ART
said TO he literally starved out, and re
port the whole counties ready to move
as soon as they return and say the word
The settlers say they will await new,
from DIR. Wilson, who has gone to Wash
ington, before they make another move
Every settler is worked up to the belle
that they have lawful right TO go, anC
it is an outrage that they are restrained
They surround every newcomer or Wis
itor and quote law, constitution anC
treaties as though each member was
constitutional lawyer. The opinion O
Broadhead, Krum and Phillips, the ST
Louis lawyers who reported the lanC
open to settlement, is relied on by til,
settlers to sustain them. There are NJ
colonists amongst the settlers, hut ever,
other man is major or captain
A mass meeting of citizens, presided
over BY mayor Megher, was held at tn,
school house tonight Speeches wer,
made by captain Payne, George III
jackson and major Bloss, explaining til,
situation Resolutions were adopted en-
dorsing the movement to settle the lands
and asking the president to order tn,