Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-25
CONGRESSIONAL.
The senate Passes Several Bills, and
Then Takes Up the Fiiz John
Porter Bill for Debate.
The Bouse mt Last Sfahes Progress Win
the suudry civil Appropriation Bill.
Defends Adams.
XIX congress
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/ AhOAlpHF ~ Ahb hOtoS NiAh h'NfN
been increased to an aggregate of SO, 4s3,.
275 and others have been decreased to an
aggregate Of sGl5,500. Net Increase
| S2,6G7 ,775. The total appropriation by
the senate bill is SlS,040,975. After
routine morning business in the senate
the bill repeating the presumption timber
culture law was laid before the senate.
On the request OF Mr.. Pugh IL was In
formally laid aside to permit considera-
ton Of the bill providing for the appoint
ment and compensation of a United
States district Judge for the Southern dis
trict OF Alabama
Mr.. Logan moved as an amendment a
provision Of the bill heretofore passed by
the senate fixing all district judges sala-
ries at $4,000 per year. Mr. Logan adyo-
Gated tnis amendment, which was agreed
to, the trst division (felating TO salaries)
by a vote of 80 yeas to 20 nays, and the
second division prohibiting nepot SIN by a
viva voce vote.
The bill as amended was then passed.
The bill repeating presumption and tim
ber-culture laws was then proceeded
with.
Mr.. George addressed the senate on the
bill In the course of his remarks Mr..
George denounced the frauds committed
on the public lands.
Mr.. Mitchell thought the department
had been mistaken in many cases as to
what was called "fTaud."
Mr. Plumb cited figures TO show that
the enormous transactions in public
lsnds in 1884 were 55,945 entries under
the homestead laws, embracing nearly
LOCO, 900 acres, and the figures for 1885
were nearly the same, In this enormous
aggregate of entries there had no doubt
been some frauds, meaning thereby fail
ures to make strict technical compliance
with the regulations made by the govern
ment with regard to the absorption Il
the public lands OF the South, Mr.. Plumb
inquired why the land department should
single out the poor settler in the
wilds Of Dakota while ignoring organ
izations that are absorbing public
lands In the Southern states. 1t
seemed singular TO Mr. Plumb
thatlan officer OF the government should
be so seriously affected by what Mr.. |
Plumb could only denominate as political
geographical isothermal strabismus.
Mr. George said the absorption re- |
ierred to in the South, so far at least as
was concerned, was not in |
of law, but in pursuance of law.
Mr.. Stanford stated tnat the provisions
Of the bill as amended in the senate
would absolutely prevent the reclamation
Of desert land There were enormous
quantities of such land he said, not
worth penny an acre, and they could
only be reclaimed by the expenditure of
arge sums Of money In order to make
exclamation possible he moved TO restore
GER ain words already struck ont by the
senate.
Mr., Plumb feared this amendment might
lead to fraud and opposed it,
MIR, Staniord's motion was rejected.
The bill them came to vote and was
passed, yeas 81, nays 90,
Onmotion of Mr.. Dolph committee of
conference was ordered on the disagree
ing votes of the house ans senate on this
oil.
The Fitz John Porter bill was then laid
before the senate.
Mr.. Sewell said 1t was the same bill
hat had passed before, and there was
nothing To- be said now that would throw
any new light on It's subject matter. The
mere statement of the facts was sufficient.
Mr.. Sewell then recited the salient facts
n the military history of Gen. Porter.
MIR. Sewell had the clerk read num-
Der OF resolutions of Grand Army posts
lrging the passage of the bill. Peopla,
ne continued, had finally come to see that
instead Of being criminal Gen. Porter
was martyr. Mr.. Sewell said in con-
fusion; "He comes now before You, |
rust, Tor the last time TO ask for Justice;
nay, Mr.. President, to demand It The
lihe mas gone by TO ask that favors may
DO granted to this man, who has been
"ronged' l., who know him as q citizen
d my state ana as man whom | have
seen IN the forefront of many fight, |
now demand justice of the senate OF the
United States for this man who has been
80 grossly wronged."
Mr.. Logan obtained the floor to reply
10 Mr.. Sewell, and after executive session
The senate adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, June "a Mr.. Long of
Massachusetts, rising to a correction of
me Record, SAID that In speech made
son weeks ago the gentleman from Cali
Iornia (Mr, Henley had charged that
Charles Francis Adams OF the Union Pa
,ibe railroad had committed gross
of law. In extending his remarks
IN the Record, Mr. Henley had made
WHAT purporteu 20 DC quotation from
Mr., Adams himself consisting of some
itty-eight lines containing very severe
reflections on the Union Pacific and on
Mr., Ames and the gentlemen connected
with him In the construction of the
road II seemed to be quotation from A
book or pamphlet written by Mr.. Adams
70 1869. " was found upon examination
that the first twenty-four lines of that
alleged quotation were words which were
taken from that book or pamphlet, but
-he remaining thlrty-four lines were
words which Mr. Adams never utterad
aud had never written, aud which were
incorrectly and improperly attributed to
aim by the gentleman from California
About eighteen months ago an anonP-
nous pamphlet had been published con.
aiming severe criticism on Mr.. Adams
md In this pamphlet appeared The hfstl
.wenty four lines OF the quotation. and
hen followed in different tyne certain
disconnected passages which had been
put In Adams mouth. He knew that the
Gentleman from California had not lntep.
ionaily been guilty OF putting in Adams
mouth words that he had never uttered,
md knew that the gentleman would have