The National tribune., 1888-02-23

children between the ages of 10 and IL the
number of schools in operation, the average
attendance of scholars, etc. No amount is to
be paid to any State or Territory in any year
greater than the amount expended out of its
own revenues in the preceding year for the
maintenance of common schools No part of
the fund is to be used for the erection or rent
of school buildings, but an additional fund of
100000 is to be allotted in the first year for
schoolhouses (either for construction or rent
ing) in sparsely populated districts-not more
than $3.50 for each building.
Senator Daniel presented the credentials of
John S. Barbour, elected to the Senate from
the State of Virginia for six years from the 4th
of March, 1889. Ordered on file.
In the House, in the absence of the Speaker,
Mr.. Cox (N.Y.1 presided
Mr.. Davis reported bill to prevent the in
PRODUCTION of contagious and infectious dis
eases into the United States, and to establish
Bureau of Public Health
Mr. Robinson, from the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs, reported the bill for the payment
of 500 to soldiers who enlisted under the act
of July %, 1861, and who we're discharged by
reason of Surgeons certificate Of disability or
by promotion before the expiration of two
years and who have not received 500 bounty.
The House then went into Committee of
the Whole, 4Ir. Blount in the chair, on the
urgent deficiency bill.
Mr.. Burnes, in charge Of the BILL commented
upon the practice which had grown up of gen.
tlemen lecturing the Committee on Appropria-
tons. These lectures, he thought, might very
properly be omitted. The appropriations for
the carrying on of the Government were based
upon estimates submitted by the Departments.
These estimates were made in the light of the
experiences of the past year, and should be &C
curate and reliable, for an inaccurate, unrelia-
BILE or deficient estimate was absolutely abhor-
rent to good Government; but though def
Gent estimate was abhorrent, q deficiency in
appropriations was in many instances desirable,
and IN the line of true economy, tending to
diminish the expenditures of the Government.
The estimates submitted by the Department of
Justice for judicial expenses for the current
year were So, $4,000 The appropriations made
and to be made in this bill would give 1874
000 The time was approaching when the estl-
mates submitted to Congress would become
hyword and plaything, disregarded by every
body. The present system of payments of ju-
dicial expenses was all wrong Under it the
man who was most INSCRIPTIONS, feetest Of
foot or nearest the throne profted most
Mr.. Rogers took exception to a reference
made by Mr.. Burnes to him as a representa-
tive of court He declared that the language
was wholly unworthy of gentleman honored
by place on the Appropriations Committee.
Mr.. Burnes disclaimed any intention of re-
fecting improperly upon the gentleman; he
had only meant to refer to him as a representa-
tive of district embracing a United States
Court.
Mr.. Randall said that the Committee on Ap-
preparations had been SO frequently attacked
that he had become somewhat hardened, and
he thought, indeed. that he had acquired some
of the characteristics of prize-fghter. He
was able to stand more pummeling and come
up more serenely than most of his colleagues
Laughter. Less reliance was to be placed, he
&c -. Of
Justice than upon the estimates of any other
Department. 1t had been so ever since he had
been upon the Committee on Appropriations.
This unreliability came from one Of two sources
either 1t came from q lack of intelligence in
the Department, or the fault lay in the system.
He had been confident for years that the fault
was in the system. The purpose of the Com
mittee on Appropriations in calling attention
TO this matter was to bring the people in con-
troll of the administration of justice to a due
realization of what was necessary IN this con-
nection. The Committee on judiciary should
frame some sort of amendment to the statute
law which would prevent the gross injustice
which was done to innocent and inofending
citizens by trivial prosecutions. Many Of these
prosecutions as said by the gentleman from
Missouri Mr.. Burmese, came under the internal
revenue laws. By all means they should be
abolished. Applause. The time had come
when these wrongs should be duly considered,
and he hoped the Judiciary Committee and the
| gentleman from Arkansas tMr. Rogers, as a
member of that committee, would take hand
in the work. wink was sometimes as good
as nod to blind horse. Laughter.
Mr.. Rogers. / sometimes take wink, but
when l wink I wink at the tariff. laughter
Dir. Randall All right; we will wink to-
| gether, maybe. Laughter and applause.l
| Mr. Rogers. If that suggestion means any
! thing, il gives me profound qualification, fol-
| heretofore we have not been winking together
On that subject
Mr.. Randall. The gentleman may be lit.
| tie blind on that subject. [Laughter.]
Mr.. Rogers. It is not the tariff that blur;
the eyes; it is the product of the internal-reve
nue. system that makes one blind. Laugh
| ter
Mr. Burnes said that he would never cease
| denouncing the horrors and evils perpetrated
| in the name of the law by the officers of Law
under the internal-revenue law. At the same
| time he wished to say to the gentleman from
| Pennsylvania Mr.. RandalD and the country
| that he would remove the burdens Of tariff
taxation and reduce the taxes on some of tht
necessaries of life before he would undertake tt
lessen internal-revenue taxation. Applause
THURSDAY. FEB. IS.
In the Senate, Senator Sherman presented
the joint resolution of the General Assembly o.
! Ohio in favor Of the passage of the bill to re-
imburse the several States for interest paid or
war loans.
A number Of petitions and memorials were
presented for prohibition of the liquor traffic
| in the District of Columbia
The resolution directing the Secretary of Wa
to furnish certain information concerning list
furnished by the Members Of the 47th Congress
| for the distribution of the Records Of the Re
bellion, as provided by law, was taken up.
| Senator Henderson explained that it was dut
to the Secretary of War that he should say tha
in refusing to any Members of Congress lists o
names furnished by the Members of the Att
| Congress of those entitled to receive the Rebel
lion Records he had been simply followinga Gus
tom Of the Department The Senator went OF
to say that as a result of the structures made By
Senator Vest, his (Mandersons) mail is bur
dened by requests for books which the Senate
from Missouri condemns as worthless. So ia
as the Records of the Rebellion is concerned
Senator Henderson said he has none, rs tin
whole Of that valuable publication was mo
nopolized by Members of the 47th Congress.
An extended discussion followed as to tn
number of copies Of the works that the Gov
eminent has published and the manner of thei
distribution.
Senator Vest said that he was not complain
ing of good books that have been published
but of the worthless ones. There are no
enough of the good ones and too many Of TIL
bad ones. lie wants more copies Of the Record
of the Rebellion, more agricultural reports
more geological reports and more reports G
cattle and dairy-farming. He claimed tina
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