The Portland daily press., 1886-02-05
XLlXth CONGRESS- FIRST SESSION.
S SENATE.
WASHINGTON. Feb,

from the secretary of the treasury in reply
| to a recent resolution of the Senate relatins
| to the conscience fund The conscience
fund the secretary says had its origin in
popular belief that donations of money re
cefved from persons unknown were because
| of money Wrongfully withheld from the
government The first item to the credit OF
the fund was made IN 1927 and the funt
now amounts to 1920, ,747.26.
Mr.. Cameron called up the bill providing
for the appointment of an assistant secreta
/ ry of the navy. The amendment suggested
| by the naval committee requires that the
assistant should come from civil life.
! Mr.. Plumb hoped some explanation would
be given of the need of such officer, and Of
| the need of such haste in taking up the bill
at this time, it having but recently been re.
| ported.
| Several petitions were presented from or
| CARNATIONS of the Knights of Labor urging
| Congress to open up for settlement the terri
| tory of Oklahoma.
| Mr.. Hoar suggested an inquiry whether il
| was wis efor Congress to tie the hands of the
President in requiring that the proposed new
/ officer should be taken from civil life.
| Mr.. Cameron said the bill had been origi-
nally introduced in compliance with the
/ wish OF the secretary OF the navy and the
| Senate committee had thought it best to
| have the appointment made from civil life so
| as to avoid jealousies among naval officers.
| Mr.. Hale thought it very desirable there
| should be greater infusion into the navy
department of business capacity characteriS-
| tic of active and successful business men,
| and he believed it essential to the bill that
| the appointment be made from civil life.
Mr.. Plumb opposed the appointment of the
said officer. He was not necessary, Mr.
Plumb said, and he would simply be another
/ functiOnary to wear rose in his button hole,
| give receptions and dlsport himself for the
edificatiOn of outsiders so as to make the
government 'sshow' more complete. These
department chiefs were the ornamental part
of the departments. Department work,
like the brook, went on forever, regardless
ofiwho was secretary. There was too much
machinery in the government departments
and what was wanted was not an assistant
secretary, but an entire reorganization of the
department s..nethOds. The responsibility
was now too much divided, and in fact when
traced up was found nowhere.
Mr.. Hawley favored the bill. The de-
partment expended from u to Is millions of
dollars year he said, and it was not unreal
SOnable that the secretary should have a
competent assistant from civil life.
Mr.. Dawes thought it very necessary to re-
habilitate the navy and spoke in favor of the
bill.
Mr. Plumb did not think the present sec
retary of the navy had done anything to
help the navy.
Mr. Van Wyck thought this was an at
tempt on the part of the Republicans to force
the present administration to accept another
officer. Perhaps, however, the word force"
was too strong. Certainly additional off
GERS were contrary to the expressed desire of
the published platform OF the new admins
tratiOn.
Mr.. Blackburn spoke for the bill. FHe did
not want to relieve the secretary of the navy
of any Of his responsibilities, but on the con-
trary to riyet and clinch shis responsibilities
on himself. 1twas impossible for the Secre-
tary of the navy to be always present in his
Office and it was indispensable for him to
have for an assistant a man from civil life of
active business habits The bureau of de-
tail in the navy department, Mr.. Blackburn
continued, was in charge OF a captain whose
name was 18th on the list of captains of the
navy, yet there was not an officer in the navy
including admirals whose detail of duties
was not made by that subordinate officer.
He was NOT finding any fault with the de-
failing officer, but thought it hardly the prop
er thing that captain 18th in the line
should beisSuing orders for sea service to
every officer of the navy including the high
est sea serving admiral.
Mr.. ingalls, would have been better salts
fed if the naval committee instead of con-
ferring new patronage on the navy depart
ment had arranged for a satisfactory inquiry
into the conduct of that department in con-
nection with our naval construction, and the
transaction by which attempt after attempt
had been made to reject the Dolphin" Mr.
ingalls, referred with some severity upon the
course of the secretary in connection with the
ter time in special search of a cyclone.
Haughter) in order to show its structural
weakness, and the Dolphin finally succeeded
in encountering cyclone off Cape Hatteras,
and the waves were so high, and the winds
SO tempestuous that the experts appointed
by the secretary had to go below sea sick.
The American people, Mr.. ingalls, continued,
study first from demonstratiYe subjects, by
He SAYS tfie @sttft OF tfffs quality accuracy
acquired by ObSeryation,) is prolific source
1ss-4n III oh,
ted in the prosecution Of medical
studies The sciences of physiology,
pathology obstetrics and clinical surgery
depend upon accurate demonstration.
Another elementary department is chemis-
try, "a handmaid whose assistance is in
dispensable." A second rule is to proceed
methodically. Without observing this inn
portant rule, great efforts accomplish little.
Compendiums should be avoided. We should
study and refer to works which are full and
clear There must be uniform application,
but with this should be sufficient rest and
amusement
Third rule: To proceed with due delibera-
ton. Haste tends to superfciality, and this
quires slow pace at first"
Besides the essential medical studies, the
student should pay attention to the Access
sorry branches, as botany and geology,-so
necessary to the advancement of the profess
sion.
The lecture closed With hearty words OF
encouragement and good cheer.
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