Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-02


President, transmitting, in reply to the
House resolution of the oath ult., copies of
letters from the Secretary OF the Treasury
and the Chairman of the Civil Service Com.
mission, from wlich, the President states, it
will be seen that the appropriation of
$1,000 made at the last session of Congress
for the promotion OF efficiency In the civil
service, is still unexpended, and that in
order to execute the provisions of section
1853 Of the Revised Statutes an annual ap-
preparation Of S25. 900 will be necessary.
Referred.
Under the call OF committees, a number
OF bills were reported and referred to the
committee of the whole.
Mr.. Waite, of Connecticut, from the Com
mittee on Elections, reported a resolution
dismlssing the contested election case Of
Lanier VS.. King from the Fifth district of
Louisiana. Adopted.
The House at 2:15 went into committee of
the whole, Mr.. Page, of California, in the
chair, on the Indian appropriation bill The
total amount appropriated by the bill
is "a go DOB, an increase over last year
OF $35l 600, and a decrease of
1921, 600 from the estimates. The amount
is made up of the following items: For
pay of inspectors aud interpreters and for
contingencies, 81 S7I ,2S5 81; for transporta-
tiOu. S215, 900; for removal, settlement and
subsistence OF various tribes, 81, 135, 500: for
general incidentals and expenses, SI76. 600:
miscellaneous, 1868 200; interest on trust
funds and stocks, S99 ,2lS.
Several amendments were offered and re-
jected. At 4:45 the reading OF the bill was
completed, when the committee rose and
reported it to the House and It was passed.
Mr.. Hardenburg, Of NV jersey, by re-
quest, introduced a bill to extend inde fl
ntielY the existence OF the national bank
associations. Referred.
The House then adjourned,
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate, Mr.. Vest introduced a bill
20 prohibit the issue OF bank notes or cur
rency by national banks that NAV be
organized or reOrganized after the first
July, 1882 He said he saw by the papers this
morning that the Attorney General had de-
livered an official opinion TO the effect
that under existing laws, without addi-
tional legislation by Congress, the ma
tional banks could continue their
existence with the same privileges
and powers now conferred by existing stat
utes. By the report Of the Comptroller Of
the Currency, it appeared that 1893 of these
institutions would go out of existence he
bWo6u may l. 1909, anu bDfuary L, 1888.
Without legislation then, the present bank
log system must continue for an indefinite
period of time. He simply desired
to bring this question fairly aud
squarely before the representatives
OF the people, and for that reason intro
duced the bill, which provided that the
feature OF the present law, which c0nfers
upon national banks power to issue cur
rency upon bonds OF the United States, shall
fn hap1yo oF4 T,,I.- IL
1882 He believed, II he might be
permitted to say SO, that the Com
mittee on Finance was opposed to
any such legislation, and il they were, he
hoped his bill would not be consigned TO
the tomb of the Capulets, but that it would
be reported back either favorablY or uufa-
vorably.
The resolutions reported yesterday from
the Committee on Foreign Relations for an
investigation of the loss or abstraction from
the State Department of Diplomatic cores
pondence relating to Chilli and Peru, and as
to any improper connection of diplomatic or
other officers, or members of Congress with
contracts or arrangements 10 regard to
claims against or grants derived from those
countries, were taken up.
Mr.. Bsyard said the point to which the
the resolution introduced by himself refer
red, aud the one which he considered most
important, was whether or not the interven-
tiUn of the United States IN the affairs of
neutral governments had been implicitly or
expressly pledged? There, he said, was the
danger. The war making power was in the
Congress of the United States, and it was to
the Senate of the gravest moment that there
should be no implication of this great power
by way of mediation by any individual, or in
any manner other than in accordance with
the grave execution Of powers made by the
Con stitutiOn. He, therefore, moved to
amend by adding as a specific subject of in
qniry the following:
"Whether any promise or stipulation by
which the Intervention bv the United States
in the controversies existing between Chill
and Peru, or Chilli and Bolivia, has been ex-
pressly or imIliedly given by any person or
persons officially connected with the Gov
ernment of the United States, or whether
it's influence has been in any way eXerted,
promised or intimated, in connection with
or relation to said contracts by any one
officially connected with the Government of
the United States"
Messrs Window and Edmunds explained
that the language reported by the commit
tee had been carefully chosen, so as to make
the inquiry so full that no possible circum-
stance affecting the United States could es-
cape. Therefore, II had not been limited to
any specific matter. They had no objection
to the amendment II the Senator (Mr. Bay
srd) thought it necessary.
Mr. BaYard insisted upon bis motion, and
his amendment prevailed without objection.
The resolutions as amended were adopted
The following bills were introduced:
By Mr.. Kellogg-Appropriat $500, 900
for the construction of a public building
for court house and post Office purposes at
Opelousas, La, and appropriating $500, 900
for public building for like purposes at
Shreveport, La.
After the morning hour the unfinished
business, the Chinese bill, was temporarily
laid aside for a speech by Mr.. Voorhees,
upon the urgency of better accommodations
for the Library of Congress, the new library
bill being taken up informally for this pur-
pose. At the close of Mr.. Voorhees, re-
marks Mr.. BaYard suggested that, unless
some other Senator desired to discuss the
subjec', a vote should be at once taken
upon the bill.
Messrs Harris snd Ingalls, objected, the
latter giving notice of his intention here
after to move the recommittal OF the bill,
with instructiOnsto the committee to pro
vide for an enlargement of the library area
in the capitol. The bill was accordingly
laid aside.
The Senate resumed consideration of the
Chinese bill, and Mr., Hoar opposed the bill
at length.
Mr.. Hoar yielded the floor at 4:45, having
been attentively heard for over two hours.
The bill was then laid over as unfinished
business for tomorrow.
Messrs. Jonas, OF Louisiana, and Garland
introduced bills to provide for ocean mail
service between the United States and
foreign ports. (They are identical with the
bill reported in the House on the 255h ult.
by Mr.. Money, from the Committee on Post
Offices
Mr.. Kellogg introduced a resolution for
an appropriation for educational purposes,
as follows:
"WHEREAs, the prosperity and happiness
of the people, the preservation Of liberty
and of republican form of government,
depends upon the mental discipline and
general diffusion of knowledge, which, in
their turn, depend upon the education Of
the masses of the community: and whereas,
the preservation Of the National Govern
ment, republican in form, is as much de-
pendent upon the education of the people
as is that Of the States and whereas, IL ig-
norance is an evil the means for its re-
moval should be most strongly directed
where that evil is most extensive, especially
since illiteracy and poverty exist together,
while wealth and intelligence go hand in
hand; therefore, be it
"ReSolred, That it is the duty of the Gen
eraI Government, in self defense and for
self-preservatiOn, to provide the means
necessary whenever the people of the States,
as such. are unable or would be dispropor-
tionately burdened by the taxation requisite
or for any reason fail to give every child a
OOod common school education.