The Portland daily press., 1884-03-29
FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS-.
SENATE.


| In the Senate today, Mr. Palmer from the
committee on woman suffrage, reported favor
| ably joint resolution proposiDs an amend
ment to the constitution to exter the right OF
| suffrage to women. minority the commit
| tee will hereafter present their ews
Mr.. Platt gave notice that at o CONCLUSION
| of the morning business on Mon ~ next, ne
| would ask unanimous consent tt address tue
Senate upon bill recently Intro iuced by MIN
to organize the patent office in separate oe-
| partment.
Mr.. Miller called up and the senate passed
| the bill authorizing the Secretary OF the Ma
| Wy to offer reward of $25 600 to be eQuitaDly
| paid or distributed to any ship or ships or pei
son or persons not in the military or naval ser
| vice of the United States who should discover
or satisfactorily, ss s,ertain the fate OF
the Greedy expedition. The bill as passed
| contains a proviso proposed by the committee
| on foreign affairs that such proclamation shall
not be made In terms that will involve the
| United States in any future liability beyond
| the said reward or that would induce any un-
| prepared vessel to incur extraordinary peril or
| risk. proSiso was proposed by Mr.. Hoar
| thas the determination of the Secretary OF the
Ntvy as to the right of sny pers, to said re-
ward or share thereof shall be conclusive and
| Anal upon all parties.
The hour Of two O'Clock having arrived, the
| chair laid before the Senate the education bill
| and Mr.. Lamar addressed the Senate in sup
| port of it. He had no doubt OF its constitn-
| was unconstitutional. The uuconstitutionality
| began where there was an intervention of the
general government in the rights and functions
II Site. the measure was fraught with al
mos IunsI eakable consequences 10 the people of
the South apart from the Question of money
involved as 1t would give common school ed
ucAtion there an i'm petus that il had never
before known, and it woDld stimulate the peo-
pie to erapple with difficulty in the presence
of which they had stood appalled,. This mag
Qniu0us ms xunn1d inf
Into the people of the South. IL would be a
manifestation OF respect and affection for them
d We uld, despel whatever impression past
vents ma, have producsd, tending to show
that this COVER lment stood in n tt une of aus
tere severity coward them. Mr.. Lamar quoted
OPINIONS Of distinguished Northern educators
going to show that the South had shown ex-
traordiDary energy in the establishment and
support OF Common schools and had been
impartial in the administration of then in re-
spect OF races. Among the opinions cited was
one expressed by DR.. Mayo of Boston, who had
said that the educational revival at the South
today Was as great revival as that which took
n.ac@ IN New England in the days of Horace
Mann.
Mr. Hoar interposed to say that he was hap-
pV to be able to bear testimony to the fact
fact that the name of MAYO deserved to be
ranked with Mann himself for what he had
done for common school education. Mr.. La
mar continued his speech at some length.
preparation confined to the Southern States
exclusively and 20 adjusted as to begin with
only about S6 600 600 and used for a few years
as the money could be proftably applied aud
then diminished year by year, as the States
themselves became able to carry on the work
He would make the total appropriations $40,-
100000 instead of the $105 900 600 of the bill
Mr. George, made strong argument in fav-
or OF the constitntionality of the bill basing it
nnon the general welfare clause. He said thst
hi hQ hal "a hot los Gt,ta Aa1
right TO secede from the Union. He believed
now that right had then existed, but it has
been irrevocably lost lost among the clang of
arms and horrors of war. He had once denied
that the Federal government W as the judge of
its own power, yet that had been formally es-
tabiished. "Fhose opinions" said Mr.. George
II have surrendered however uDwilirgly and
l will not feed on the dry hnsks aud emascul a.
ted remains OF constitutional theories, which,
however respectable they may have been, now
no longer control or influence the government
of this great nation.
At the end of Mr. Georges remarks a mo-
tion to adjourn WAS made which Mr.. Blair pre-
sen'ed and by calling the yeas and nays de-
feated, only to be himself defeated, however,
by the success of a motion Immediately made
to go into executive session. He expressed
wish that the session might be prolonged in
order that debate might progress IS far as pos
sible, as he did not wish the friends of the
measure to be put in the position of seeming to
soon be necessary.
TIE Senate went into executive session and
when the doors were opened adjouoned.
HOUSE.
In the House to-day Mr.. Anderson intro
duced concurrent resolution for the final adj
jaurnment of Congress at 10 O'Clock on the
second of June, 1884 II was referred TO the
committee on ways and means.
Alter the transaction of some unimpoTtant
miscellaneous business, the House, at 1l5
O'Clock, proceeded to the consideration of private
bills.
Mr.. Talbot, from the committee on naval
affairs, reported bills TO carry into effect the
recommendations of the boards of adlnirals ia
the cases OF Commanders Henry Glass, j. Fl.
Hands and Charles d. Sigsbee. Private
calendar.
At 1.15 the House went into committee of
the whole on the private calendar.
Two hours were consumed in discussion of
the bill for relief of certain soldiers of the late
war from the charge of desertion and it was
finally laid over without action and at 4 10
the com mmittee rose.
Several petitions were presented and referred.
Mr.. Randall of Pennsylvania moved that
when the House adjourn it be TO Monday next.
There we're about twenty members who op-
posed the motion and they manifested their OPP
position by raising the point of no quorum,
and it was only by casting the Speakers vote
that the motion was finally carried.
The House then took 8 recess until 30
O'Clock, the evening session to be for consider
alton of private bills
At the evening session % pension bills were
passed Among them were one giving pen
sion OF $50 per month 10 the widow of Gen.
James b. Sherman and bill grsntiug PEN
sion to Mrs. Sarah e. Esely who served as
so der for years under the assumed name of
franklin Thompson and when sick and about
to be sent to the hospital deserted to escape
detection of her sex.
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