Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-02
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Gibson's Epitaph on the Con-
federacy.
UNFINISHED APPROPRIATIONS.
The Senate Tariff Bill Still i'm an
Indeterminate Condition.
Department Notes.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD


Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.
WASHINGTON, August lin the Senate
to-day Plumb, of the Committee on Ag-
riculture, reported back the House bill
to enlarge the powers and duties of the
Department of Agriculture and create an
executive department, to be known as
the Department Of Agriculture. In the
bill as reported the provisions of the
House bill for the transfer of the Weather
Bureau from the War Department to the
Department Of Agriculture, are stricken
out
Evarts, from the Committee on For
eign Relations, reported back the Senate
Joint resolution authorizing and empow-
ering the President OF the United States
to take such measures, as may in his
| judgment be necessary, to obtain indem-
nifty promptly for injuries, losses and
damages suffered by the Venezuelan
Steamship Company, of New York. by
reason of the wrongful seizure and de-
tention of the company's three steamers
in 1871, and to employ such means or
exercise such powers as may be necessa-
ry.
The Senate resumed consideration Of
the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, the
pending question being on the amend
ment offered yesterday by Call, appro-
priating $40 900 for the recovery of prop
erty in the late Confederate States, now
held in adverse possession to the Gov
ernment.
Edmunds said that he had been on q
Committe four years ago which had in
vestigated the whole subject and he was
satisfied that the appropriation would be
useless waste of money and that the
wisest thing that could be done with the
assets of the late Confederacy, as with
the late unpleasantness itself. was to for
get all about them and let them go.
Gibson opposed the amendment, he
submitted that it was not proper at this
late hour to call in question the validity
of the surrenders that were made by off
GERS of the Government, OF the Confed-
eracy on land or sea. The Confederate
States had died noble death in the
field of battle many years ago, and all
1 that survived being that sentiment ol
|
hearts of the men who represented that
fallen power, for one he would have en-.
graved on it's tombstone the epitaph, en-,
graved on Shskespeare's tomb:
''Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare
| To tuch the dust entOmbed here.
Blessed be he who spares these bones,
Cursed be he who moves these stones"
Call said he did not sympathize with
Gibson in the opinion that the dust O
the Confederacy should be buried ane
that its good friends should let it alone
The Confederacy would live in history
for the great and heroic characters which
it had developed. There was no need to
leave their dust undisturbed. TIeil
fame was written on the immortal pages
of history by such illustrious characters
as Lee and Jackson, and he was glad to
know that the loyal heart of the North
and Of its soldiers responded to tina
sentiment. He was not ashamed of the
Confederacy and bid its dust to remain
undisturbed. 1t could not be shouted
down or overlooked. The Confederacy
had no dust, but it had the immorta
glory of heroic character, of noble self
sacrifice.
Allison moved to lay Calls resolution
on the table. Agreed to.
| Liz Dlil Was tucu IopOttcu UdCk W IIle
Senate and all the amendments concur
red in, except that appropriating 50,00(
for the widow of Professor Baird, on
which Reagan demanded the yeas and
nays. The amendment was concurret
in, yeas %, nays IL.
Sherman explained that he had moi
voted on the amendment because be
thought the appropriation too large. He
would be willing to vote for an appropri
alton of $25, 900, and he suggested thai
the amount would be reduced by the
Conference Committee. The bill theI
passed.
Allison stated in response to a query
that there now remained undisposed OF
five of the regular appropriation bills, the
Army bill, Navy bill, Sundry Civil bill
General Deficiency bill and Fertilization
bill. He thought it might safely be as
sumed that all the appropriation bills
could be disposed of in the next week
He could not say when the Tariff bill
would be pre- sented. Adjourned.