The Portland daily press., 1886-03-05
PORTLAND, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 5, 1886.

$15,000,0OO; second, $17,5OO,OOO; third, 800,
100000; fourth, $1SO00,OO0; fifth, $4,000, 900
sixth, .$14,000O00; seventh, $12,000,000
eighth, $10000,000; ninth, $8,000,000; tenth
$6,000,000. Mr.. Logan spoke in support OF
his amendment. If we were going to dc
anything for education, he said, we shoulc
have the nerve to do enough to do somt
good. Before we get through with the edu
catlonal subject we will find we shall have
expended $3.50, 100000, and he would not bt
surprised if it proved to be double that sum
MIR. Blair repeated his former statement;
as to the undoubted sufficiency of $77, 900 900
but said it had been thought best by the
friends of the bill not to make too large al
appropriation at first. He had no doubt
experience under the bill would be such as
to encourage the making of further apprO
priation when the $77 1000, 600 is exhausted;
Mr. Logan,s amendment was rejected
yeas II, nays 30
Mr.. Logan then, "to see,' he said
whether our educational friends mean
what they say" moved another amendment
already suggested by him, approprlatlng
$2.000,000 to aid in building schoolhouses II
communities of sparse population among
people who would find it comparatively dlffl-
cult to erect schoolhouses.
Mr.. Blair expressed himself strongly Ii
favor of this amendment.
After some debate Mr. Logan increased
the limit of the expenditure under his own
amendment to $3.50 instead of 500.
Mr.. Logan's amendment was adopted. II
provides for $2000,000 to aid in the building
of schoolhouses in localities where the pop
ulation is SPARSE not more than one-half OF
the expense of the building to come from the
fund, and not more than $3.50 in any event.
The debate for the day then closed.
Mr. Platt said that owing to desire OF
many Senators to express sympathy With
his colleague (Mr. Hawley) in his sad aftiic-
tion in the death of Mrs. Hawley, he Would
now 4.10 p. m.) move the adjournment of the
Senate This, he said, would give the Sen
ators the opportunity of attending the
funeral services.
The Senate then adjourned till tomorrow.
HOUSE.
The morning hour being under control of
committee on public buildings and grounds,
the bill was called up and passed apppopriat-
ing $4,000 for the extension and repairs Of
the public building at Belfast, Me-
AT the expiration of the morning hour, Mr.
Townshend of Illinois suggested that some
limit be placed on the general debate ON the
pension bill, and three hours was agreed to-.
The House then went into committee, but
Mr. Cannon of Illinois moved to lay aside
the pension appropriation bill, for the pur-
pose of taking up the urgent deficiency bill.
This motion was reported to the House. Mr..
Cannon stated that the object of his motion
was that the deficiency bill might be lmme-
diately passed in order that work at the
navy yards, which had been stopped, might
be resumed, and that the men who had been
thrown out of employment might again OBJ
tain work.
The House refused, yeas 103, nays 14S, to
proceed to the consideration of the deficiency
bill, and again went into committee on the
pension appropriation bill.
The debate in the committee wandered
from the pension bill into politics, and after
much sharp sparring between the members
the committee rose and reported the bill to
the House.
Mr.. Townshend of Illinois, who had charge
of the bill, took the floor but expressed his
desire of yielding to a motion to adjourn, as
he might wish to make some remarks on the
bill tomorrow. But the House would not
listen to his idea and cries of ''yote, VOTE, y
came from all sides. Mr.. Townshend, how
ever, stood his ground and delared the yeas
and nays must be taken on the bill. The
roll call. he said, would demonstrate that the
inhammatory and unjust speeches made on
the other side were uncalled for and waste
of valuable time. He then went into argu-
ments to show that the charge that Commits
sioner Dudley had turned the pension bu-
reau into partisan machine was true, and
read from affidaYits and letters on file in the
pension bureau.
Mr.. Reed inquired where he had gotten
the affidayits, to which Mr., Springer rejolned
81 know this evidence hurts you, but |
propose to state it, said Mr. Townshend as
he resumed his reading. General Black had
been assailed here, he said, and it was his
(Mr Townshend's s. duty to defend him. The
cruelest instrument ever devised for the
purpose of corrupting the ballot box was
that set up by the Republican party to steal
the vote of Democratic soldiers, and to drive
them into the Republican party by threaten
ing to deprive them of the means of support.
General Black had told him (Mr.Townshend)
that he regretted he had not been able to re-
move at least one-half of the Republicans in
the pension Office in order that both parties
might be rel resented there, and Democratic
soldiers have an opportunity to get favor
able consideration of their cases. (Applause
on the Democratic side.) He hoped General
Black would go on in the work till he had
as many Democrats as Republicans in the
pension office. In conclusion, Mr., Town
shend read from the record to maintain his
assertion that the Democratic party had
been more liberal than the Republican party
in its treatment of Union soldiers.
Mr.. Reed of Maine, hoped the previous
question would not be moved till an Opportu-
nifty had been afforded to reply to the on
slaught just made, that no one had dared
to make while there was legitimate oppor
tunity for reply
Mr. Randall OF Pennsylvania. however,
moved the previous question which was Or
dered. The ayes and nays were then taken,
and the bill was passed, ayes 241, nays l.
Mr.. Bennett of North Carolina, cast the
only dissenting vote.
Mr. Randall then moved to reconsider he
vote and to table that motion, but Mr., Re ed
nterpoSed with an amendment to strike 0 ut
the last three words of the title.
Mr.. Holman of Indiana, said the gentle
man assumed that the affidayits which We're
read were public records.
Mr.. Reed denied that he assumed anything
1t had been so stated by the gentleman from
Illinois of his responsibility as member of
the House.
Mr.. Townshend remarked that if he had
said they were part of the records he might
have been mistaken.
Mr.. Reed-If the gentleman regrets it is
very well.
MIR. Holman said the affidavits were the
personal property of the head of the pension
bureau.
Mr.. Reed suggested that the letter books
from which the gentleman from Illinois had
read were part of the record.
Mr.. Holman thought they were the private
letter books of the commissioner.
Mr.. Reed remarked that if the reading was
not violation of public decency it was a
of private decency. He then with
drew the amendment and the motion to re-
consider and lay on the table prevailed with
out further objection.
Mr.. Wilson Of West Virginia, from the
committee on appropriations, reported the
District of Columbia appropriation bill and
it was referred to the committee of the
whole.
The speaker announced the special COM
mittee to investigate the facts concerning the
ownership of the Pan Electric telephone
stock by certain public officers as follows:
BOYLE, Oates, Eden, Hall, Hale, Ranney,
Millard, Hanback, and Moffatt.