Wichita eagle., 1888-08-02
SENATE.


WASHINGTON, Aug. 1-Mr Plumb from
the committee on agriculture, reported
back the house bill to enlarge the powers
and duties of the department Of agricul-
ture, and to create an executive depart
ment 20 be known as the department OF
agriculture. He said the bill was in the
same shape as when last reported and
recommitted, and that he would call it up
for action at very early day. In the Dill
as reported the provisions of the house
bill for the transfer Of The weather bureau
from the :. ar department to the depart
ment Of agricultural are stricken out.
The following bills were then taken III,
and passed:
The house bill to provide for the disposal
Fort Wallace military reservation, IN Kan
sas: the house bill to extend for five years
(from June, 1887 the provisions OF an act
to provide for the muster and pay of Ger
tain officers and enlisted men of the volun-
teer forces.
These ILLS having been taken up and
acted upon under unanimous consent, Mr..
Seek gave notice that after this morning
he would object to bills being taken up III
that way if the senate would not proceed
to the regular call of the calendar. He
wished to go to the calendar regularly in
order to give every bill its chance.
The senate resumed consideration OF the
sundry civil appropriation bill, the pend
ing question being on the amendment Of
fered yesterday by Mr.. Call, appropriating
$4,000. 900 for the recovery of property of
the late confederate states now held In ad-
verse possession to the government.
After a speech by Mr.. Call in favor of
the amendment, Mr. Edmunds said that
he had been member of a committee a
few years ago which had Investigated that
whole subject and he was satisfied that the
appropriation would be a useless waste of
money and that the wisest thing to be done
with the assets of the late confederacy as
with the late unpleasantness itself was to
forget all about them and let them 20.
Mr.. Gibson opposed the amendment. He
said that it was not proper at this late hour
TO call in question the validity or integrity
of the surrender that was made by the Off
GERS of the confederate forces on land or
sea. The confederate states had died a
noble death on the field of battle many
years ago, all that survived being that SEN
fiment of honor which had beaten high
in the hearts OF the men
who represented that fallen power.
For one he would have engraved on its
tombstone the epitaph engraved on
Shakespeare's
Good friend, for Jesus sake forbear
TO touch the dust enclosed mere.
Blessed be he who spares these bones,
And cursed be he who moves these stones"
Mr. Cali, referring 10 the remarks of Mr.
Gibson said that he did not Sympathize
with that senator in the opinion that the
dust of the confederacy should he buried
and that its good friends should let it
alone. The confederate states would live
in history for the great and heroic char
acters which they had developed. There
was no need to leave their dust undis-
turbed. Their fame was written in the
immortal pages of history by such illustri-
Gus characters as Lee and Jackson, and ne
was glad to know that the loyal heart of
the north and OF its soldiers responded to
that sentiment. He was not ashamed of
the confederacy and did not want its dust
to remain unulsturbed 1t could no be
shut down or overlooked. The confederacv
had no dust, but it had the immortal
glory of heroic character, of noble self-sac-
rifice.
Mr.. Allison moved to lay Mr. Calls
resolution on the table and the motion was
agreed TO without division.
The bill was then reported back to the
senate and all the amendments concurred
in.
Mr. Plumb inquired of Mr.. Allison as to
the length of time which it would prab-
ably require lin view of the necessary de-
lays of a conference) for the stndry civil
bill to become a law. He said he made
the inquiry with the object of learning the
probable longer continuance of the SEES
sion.
Mr.. Allison stated in response to Mr..
plnnnh thar fhare q irnA ynl,cpDSol of
five of the regular appropriation bills-the
army bill, the navy bill the sundry civil bill
the general deficiency bill and the fortif-
cations bill. He said he thought ii might
be safely argued that all the appropriation
bills coula be disposed of next
week. He did not expect to
present any appropriation bills
tomorrow or next day The seuate had
passed joint resolution last Saturday ex
tending ali the appropriation bills til the
3lst of August. As 10 the tariff bill IL
was not possible for him TO say when it
would be presented TO the senate bnt he
could only say that so far As he was con
cernei, and so far as he hsd heard. 1t was
the intention of the committee on finance
TO bring the bill into the calendar at the
earliest practical moment and TO have it
considered with all due speed consistent
with Its careful consideration.
Mr.. Gibson inquired of the chairman Of
the committee on finance (Mr Sherman
whether the tariff bill was likely TO be
brought in next week or the week after.
Mr.. Sherman-I do not know; no one
can tell.
Mr.. Pugh presented the minority report
In the case of the investigation of the
jackson, Miss. election, and it was or
6ered to be printed with the majority re
port.
After an unsuccessful motion to have
ffa senate meet Ia aH
journed.