The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-01-19

orchard, instead of leaving it to rot on
the ground. 1t involved the still more
momentous question whether the
poor mans cabin should be
indeed his castle, protected by
the organic law, or whether it might
night by petty official dressed in a
little brief authority in search of
the tribute for an OVERLOOKING treasury.
The people of North Carolina cared
little or nothing about tax on spirits
and tobacco. They would pay it cheer
fully, if they could be spared the
oppressive and vexatious methods of
the machinery of its collections.
| The resolution was laid aside and the
Blair educational bill was taken up and
a constitutional argument made
| against it by Gray. Proceeding to crit
icise some details of the bill he pointed
| out that provision which requires cop
les of school books to be filed with the
| interior department.
George stated that he had opposed the
insertion of that provision, and Blair
stated that it had been inserted on
| the motion, hot of a friend, but an
enemy of the bill, the senator from
Kansas, (Plumb.)
Gray said that it was sufficient for
| his purpose that that provision was in
the bill which was proposed to be pass
ed, and which was advocated by the
senators from Mississippi and New
Hampshire, George and Blair.) What
action, he asked, should be taken
by congress, when the secretary
of the interior reported the history of
the United States used in Alabama or
| in Texas, described with the warmth
and natural affection which the people
of those states have for their kith and
kin, the great struggle through which
they had passed quarter of a century
ago, and did not refuse a need of
praise which all the world was willing
to pay to brave men lighting
the senator from New Hampshire
sit quiet and content, willing for the
youth of the south to learn from that
history the lesson which it intended to
teach? Or if one of those lately rebel
lious states discarded book which as
cribed the assassination of President
Lincoln to so-called rebel leaders las he
had seen it ascribed in school book
in common use throughout the
states of the north) would
such state receive the COM
mendation of the senator from
New Hampshire? That was one of
those questions which could be thrown
into congress by a report of the secre-
tary of the interior, and the waves of
sectional debate would roll high on
just such questions if this bill became
a law
George said he had found it to be a
safe rule of conduct all his life never to
cross a bridge till he came to it and not
to trouble himself about difficulties
which had not arisen. Whenever i'm
proper school books was attempted to
be forced on the people of Mississippi
under this or any other bill it would be
Il, -
After further debate the bill went over
IS unfinished business, and the senate
adjourned until Monday.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-Hatch, of
Missouri. from the committee on agri-
culture, reported a bill making ap-
preparations to carry into effect the
provisions of the act to establish ex-
perimental agricultural stations.
Committee of the whole.
Washington, of Tennessee, present
ed the petition of the faculty of Van
derbilt University, asking for the re-
moval of the tariff on books. Re-
ferred.
Perkins, of Kansas, from the COM
mittee on Indian affairs, reported bill
for the sale of certain New York
Indian lands in Kansas. House cal
endar.
The bill relating to permissible
marks, writing or printing on second,
third and fourth class matter was
taken up, and passed, and the house
went into committee of the whole,
Hatch, of Missouri, in the chair, on
the special calendar. A private bill,
was passed and the committee rose.
Mills, of Texas, moved an adjourn
nays, 153. Morrow, of California, from
the committee on foreign af-
fairs reported a joint res
olution appropriating $4,000 to en-
able the government to participate in
the international exhibition to be held
in Melborne in April in 1888. Commit
tee of the whole.
Accompanying the joint resolution is
a report in which the committee urges
the Importance of encouraging in every
proper way the growing commercial
and social relations between this coun-
try and Australia.
Crisp, of Georgia, chairman of the
committee on elections, presented a
report upon the case of A. E. Red
stone, claiming to have been elected to
congress from the fifth California dis
trict. Calendar. The committee find that
as Redstone served notice of con-
test and filed no evidence, there is no
sufficient foundation to warrant a con-
test. The house then adjourned until
Monday.
ANOTHER CHANCE FOR BAYARD.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-Representa-
tive Chapman, of Michigan. has laid
before Secretary Bayard the complaint
of 5. F. Telsma, a citizen of that state,
alleging that his nets have been
seized, and that he has been
unlawfully deprived by the Canadian
authorities of the right to fish in the
st. Marys river. The trouble arises
out of a dispute as to the boundary
line between the two countries.
The Canadian officials contend
that Tolsma was fishing on the Cana
dian side, while the latter asserts that
he was in the water where he had a
perfect right to go. Tolsma places his
damage at SO, 900. Complaint is also
made that the Canadian Government
does everything in its power to annoy
the American fishermen on the great
lakes, and to embarrass them
in the purusit of their industry.
Mr.. Bayard it is said will take
action in the matter as soon as
possible, and lay the complaints before
the British government.
TO FORFEIT RAILROAD LANDS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Ex-senator
Plumb to-day introduced bill declar-
ing forfeited all lands, except the right
of way granted to any state to aid in
the construction OF railroad opposite
to any company terminus with the COM
pleted portion of any such railroad for
the benefit of which lands have hereto
fore been granted. The forfeited lands
are declared open to settlement under
the homestead laws only.
AN AMENDMENT.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Ex-senator
Sherman offered an amendment to the
deficiency bill by providing that all
claimants entitled to money under the
provisions of the bill shall be allowed
per cent interest from the time when
the deficiency bill of the last congress
failed of passage.
MEETING AT ALL SOULS CHURCH.
WASHINGTON, Jan. ia number
of bills pending before congress were
discussed and tonight public meet
ing presided over by representative
Peel. of Arkansas, chairman of the
house committee on Indian officers.