The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-02-25
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going on Indian lands with the purpose OF occu-
plying, the same. Mr.. Hoar introduced a bill
providing for the erection of a monuments ut
Washington TO General Grant The sum appro-
priated Is $500 The bill was sent 90 the
Committee ON Library for consi.L ration. Sena-
tor Morrill, introduced bill providing for the
establishment Of an educational fund by set
ting apart each year the receipts from the
sale OF public lands over and above the ex-
penses Of the land ONCE. together with one-half
the amount received from railroad companies.
under the provisions OF the Thurman act such
fund to be apportioned TO the several States and
Territories and the District OF Columbia upon
the basis Of population between the ages OF
and 20 years, the interest ON the sum apPor-
toned TO each State and Territory 70 DO paid TO
it's proper officers each year !, for educa-
tional purposes. The Blair educational
bin was , discussed and amended In the
from the Committee on Railways and Canals.
reported a bill providing for the acceptance by
Illinois md M;cb,gan Canal for the coastru me
ton Of the Illinois and Mississippi River Canal.
The bill was placed on the calendar The House
passed bills providing that all settlers within
railway limits restricted TO less than 100 acres.
who make an additional entry under the acts of
March and July, 1879, shall be entitled to have
the lands covered by the additional entry pat
ented without any further cost proof Of set
Element and cultivation, reducing from to
cents the fee for money orders not exceeding IS.
and making allowances for clerk-hire to post
masters at first and second class postoffices
cover the cost of clerical labor in the money
order business The Ftz-John Porter debate
Oates supporting and Messrs. Kelley
and Thomas opposing the bill Mr..
wholly unconstitutional. and that it's passage
would be an insult TO the living and outrage
to the dead. Mr.. Oates bases his argument
upon his personal knowledge of the incidents
OF Aug %, 1872 and was listened TO with great
attention. He thought that Mcdowell was
more to blame for not interposing TO prevent the
union Of the forces of Longstreet and Jackson
than Porter was.
Mr.. EDMUNDs, from the Judiciary Commit
tee reported the following resolutions to the
Senate on the 18th inst. They were accom-
panied by long report, q liberal abstract OF
which was given in these columns some days
ago RESOLVED, That the Senate hereby
presses its condemnation of the refusal of the
Attorney General. under whatever influence, to
send TO the Senate copies of papers called for
by its resolution of the 18th of January.
and set forth in the reports Of the
Committee on the Judiciary, in violation of
his official duty and subversve of the funda-
mental principles Of the Government and
OF a good administration thereof Resolved. That
IL is, under these circumstances, the duty Of the
Senate to refuse its advice and consent to pro-
posed removals Of officers, the documents and
papers in reference to the supposed official
personal misconduct of whom withheld by
the Executive or any head Of departm ent,
when deemed necessary by the Senate
and called for in considering the matter. Re
sotred, That the provision OF section 1854 of
the Revised Statutes declaring that persons
honorably discharged from the military naval
service by reason of disability resulting from
wounds or sickness incurred in the line OF duty,
shall be preferred for appointments TO civil
offices, provided that they are found TO possess
the business capacity necessary for the proper
discharge of the duties Of such office, ought to
be faithfully and fully put In execution, and
that 10 remove or 70 propose TO remove any such
soldier whose faithfulness, competency and
character are above reproach, and TO give place
20 another who has not rendered such service. is
violation of the spirit of the law and of the
practical gratitude the people and Government
of the United States owe to the defenders of
nnsft n al nd MT Crf Ia
Government The report recites the fact and
circumstances OF the removal of Mr. Dustin and
States Attorney for the Southern District Of
Alabama II declares that il has been the
uniform practice of the Judiciary Committee,
since the passage of the tenure-of-ofice act,
to call upon the heads OF departments for ali
papers and informatio In the poss sssion of the
departing nts touching the conduct and adj
ministration of the officer proposed to be re-
moved, and the character and conduct of the
person proposed TO be appointed This has
been done with the unanimous approval of
all the members. although the compostlonsof
the committee has been during the period
sometimes OF one political character and
sometimes OF another. In no instance until
this time has the committee met with any de-
lay denial in respect to furnishing such pa
pers and information, with a single exception,
and in which exception the delay and suggested
denial lasted only for two or three days. The
presidents are cited and discussed at great
length 1t was agreed that no discussion OF the
question should take place until the minority of
siGe of the question and for this purpose they
were given until NJ nday, the 1st Of March.
The House of Representatives, by vote
Of III to 49, passed the bill to restore
Fitz John Poroer TO the army. An ANALYSIS of
the vot, shows the following result: Yeas
Democrats 155: Republicans Is; Greenback-
Democrat, l. Nays-Republicans, Ill Demo
GRAFT Greenback- Republican, 1. During the
closing hours of the debate the galleries were
crowded. and the groups which surrounded the
speakers showed the deep interest felt by mem
bers ON the floor. Phelps, OF New Jersey Cur
tin OF Pennsylvania and Bragg, OF Wisconsin,
were the principal ST bakers, all 81 them advo-
eating thu passage Of the BILL Considerable ex-
citement was caused by a heated alteration
between Bragg and Cutcheon.
THE Blair educational bill was discussed again
in the Senate on Feb. 10. Senator Evarts sup
ported the bill. Senator Ingalls, opposedthe bill
as A Southern measure. He saw no reason why
the common schools should be turned over to
tho Federal Government. and he criticised the
South for calling on the General Government for
aid Senator Hoar denied that the bill was
n Southern measure. He himself drafted the
first of these education bills ten or fifteen years
ago. The measure was a Northern idea, sup
ported by Northern sentiment. only three
Southern votes were given TO the first bill OF the
kind Senators Wilson Md and Harris Oh
posed the bill on constitutional grounds. They
objected 70 interference on the part of the Cen
eral Government with the schools of n Stlte.
Senator Morrill,, from the Committee on Finance,
reported favorably Senator Buffers bill author
izing the Secretary of the Treasury to deliver
/ upon satisfactory proof of ownership, TO the
claimants thereof, the silverware jewelry ind
other property deposited in the Treasury by the
Secretary of War in jun, 1869. property
captured by the United States army during
the la:e war, and providing that all such
property remaining in the Treasury for two
yenrs after the passage of the act shall
be sold ut public auction, and the pro-
ceeds of the sale covered into the Treasury
The Senate passed bills 10 remove the political
| disabilities of Alexander u. Stewart Of Mfssis-
| sippi Thomas l.. Rosser OF Virginia. and Il. g.
Butler OF Missouri. A resolution was introduce
| cd directing the secretary Of War 70
port the facts Of the murder by Mexican
| troops Of Capt Emmett Crawford, Of the
| United States army. In the House OF
| Representatives, Mr. Scott, of Pennsylvania,
| delivered long speech ON the silver question.
| He defended the course of the President and
| Secretary Manning in the management OF toe
nat on g fnanc -, and regretted that his rarity
| OF the House TO attack the a ADMINISTRATION. He
| declared the charge that these officers were
under the influence of capitalists to be TN
| founded. They had violated no law and had
| confoimad To the very tt q the statutes.
| They had, indeed, recommended the sus-
| pension OF the silver co n1ge, but who coum
| saw that this advice might not prove to be wise
| and conducive to the public good2 Mr.. Kelley,
| OF Pennsylvania renewed his request To have
printed in the Re ord n review Of the testimony
| in the Fit John Porter ease, prepared by Judge
| Advocate Holt. Mr. Bragg. OF Wisconsin, who
| had previously objected, said that as the battle
was over, he was I'm favor of general ansnest Y,
and woula make no objection. The request was
| grant,d
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