Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-06-18
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY
THE STANTON DEBATE AGAIN.
Another Letter of the War Secretary
CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES.
Mr.. Ingalls, Resolution Passed.

Mr.. Ingalls, Resolution Passed.
The Senate.
After morning business in the Senate Mr..
Beck desired to call up the Hawey motion to
reconsider the vote by which the Senate passed
the bill prohibiting members of Congress from
accepting fees or employment from railroad
companies that had received government aid.
Mr.. ingalls, thought his resolution of yester-
day, requesting the President to furnish infor-
nation as to appointments and removals under
| the civil service law, mad precedence.
The Chair so decided, and the resolution was
placed before the Senate. HA
Mr.. Vance offered an amendment requesting
Information as to the appointments made
within the scope Of the civil! service act between
July 18th. 1883, when it went into effect.
The resolution as amended was agreed to.
Mr.. Beck said he had been trying for ten days
to get up the Hawley resolution to reconsider
the bill already referred " by him. After some
debate, Mr.. Beck said he would call it up on
Tuesday next.
Mr.. ingalls, entered motion to reconsider the
bill passed yesterday securing to the Cherokee
sea nheir OF the OF
A resolution, offered by Mr.. Sawyer, was
agreed to calling on the Secretary OF the Treas
ury to furnish the Senate information as to
claims tor djustment OF pOstmasterS' salaries
not heretofore reported.
Mr.. Chace offered resolution calling on the
postmaster General for information as to the
amount of additional compensation asserted to
be due postmasters and late postrnasters under
the act OF March g. 1883, for the payment of
which no provision had been made.
In Offering the resolution Mr.. Chace said he
had reason to believe that the statements made
yesterday by the Senator from Kansas (Mr. In
| CALLS were correct and that the accounts re-
ferred to We're adjusted and the Information
called for by the Senate required merely trans
CRYPT from the books OF the department.
SUSPICION OF COLLISION.
Mr.. Chace stated that some correspondence
placed in his hands between certain claim
agents in Washington and claimants outside
pointed very strongly to the suspicion that
there might possibly be some collision between
parties IN the Post Office department and Ger.
tain claim agents in Washington, particularly
one such agent. who assumed to be above, not
only the department., but Congress itself, and
dictated to claimants what proportion of their
claims they should pay him. That agent had
even gone So far us to give his own name to an
act OF Congress passed in relation to the claims
in question Mr.. Chace believed that the POST
master General owed it to himself and to the
lieve the department from the grave suspicion
that rested on it in connection with those
claims. Mr.. Chace did not mean to charge-he
could not charge, because he was not prepared
to prove-that any body in the department was
guilty; but he would say that the circumstances
the M haee adaad
should need no "agent" for their presentation
or payment. II u bill were honest it should be
u
to say to a claimant, "Stand and deliver!'
Mr.. Butler thought it due to the present Post
master General to say that claimants had been
repeatedly notified that no agents were
necessary in dealing with those claims He did
not think any one claim agent had any better
standing in the department. than any other
Mr.. Chaces resolution was agreed to.
The Senate then proceeded TO the considera-
ton OF bills on the calendar under the five min
ute rule. On reaching the FitZ John Porter
bill, it was agreed that it be made a special Or
der for next Thursday.
THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
Mr.. Vance's bill to repeal the civil service law
was, on motion of Mr.. Hawley, indefinitely post
poned; yeas 33, nays g. The Senators voting
in the negative were Messrs. Berry, Call, Eustis.
Harris, Jones New and Vance.
House of Representatives.
THE DIPLOMATIC APPRoPRIATIoN BILL PASSED.
MIR. Belmont, OF New York, from the commit
tee on foreign AFFAIRS reported back the consular
and diplomatic appropriation bill with u recon-
mendation that certain of the Senate amend
ments thereto be concurred in and others non
concurred in. The report was agreed to.
THE BARTHOLDI STATUE.
Mr.. Belmont also reported back the message
OF the President on the subject of the Inaugural
ton of the statue of liberty enlightening the
word, and 1t was referred to the committee on
appropriation.
TO ADJOURN JULY THIRD.
Mr.. Anderson, of Kansas, offered a resolution
at noon on Saturday, July Sd. Referred to the
committee on ways and means.
REPORTS FROM THE LABOR COMMITTEE
Mr.. ONeill Of Missouri, from the committee
on labor, reported the bill granting leaves of
absence to employees at United States navy
yards. House calendar.
Also q bill to amend the act prohibiting the
importation of contract labor. House calendar.
NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
Private business having been dispersed with,
the House went into committee of the whole
(Mr Crisp, of Georgia, In the chair) on the naval
appropriation bill.
THE STANTON DEBATE CONTINUED
The Stanton debate was continued by Mr..
Hepburn Uowa), who severely criticised Mr..
Wheeler's speech upon the late Secretary of
War, and declared that he could not tamely
submit TO have the men who were embalmeG
in the hearts OF their countrymen and whose
memory was revered, derided by such as the
gentleman from Alabama.
He then yielded to Mr.. Kelley (Pa.), who read
the following
LETTER WRITTEN BY MR.. STANTON
to Rev. H. Dyer, under date of November 18th,
1862: "Your note of the 18th inst. has re-
manned unanswered because of the pressure of
business, which lett me neither time nor
failed to obey the order OF the President to move
against the enemy, given Oh LIST October, L
thought he ought to be removed upon the
spot Nearly month-time enough to have
had victorious camp-was lost by his dis
obedience OF orders. When his creatures and
those who are enemies of the country under
took to apologize for his delay by the false pre-
tence that he needed supplies that were held
from him by the War department, my duty to
the country required the exposure OF the false
hood, and demanded q report ON the subject
| from the general-in-chiet. 1t is not my fault
that he was not removed before the New York
election, after his disobedience of orders. In
respect to any combination by Mr.. Chase, Mr.
Seward and myself against Gen. Mcclellan, it
is utterly fal0e. For reasons not necessary to
mention, fire and water would as soon cOmbin
Each does his duty as he deems right In re-
spect to the imputation of selfish or ambitious
motives, denial is needless. Those who made
the imputatiOn do it ignorant of my principles
Of action or with prejudiced feelings, and
like all other public men must expect and
patiently bear miscOnstruction and also report
In respect to the present condition OF affairs all
can say is that the whole power OF the gov
eminent Is being put forth with more vigor,
and, think, more earnestness on the part of
military commanders than at any former
period Treason is encouraged in the northern
states by the just discomfort OF the people,
But believing our national destiny is as Inn
medtately in the hands of the Most High as
ever were the Children Of Israel, / am not only
undismayed, but full OF hope. For myself, turn
ing neither to the right hand nor to the left,
serving no man, and at enmity with none, 1
still strive TO perform my whole duty in the
great work before US. Mistakes and faults no
doubt may commit, but the purpose Of my
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