Show CONGRESS SENATE bj W to lh WASHINGTON Feb maxcy from the committee on aej pot roads reported an amendment to the appropriation bill establishing steamship new york and eio via galveston allowing a subsidy of per annum to each line referred cameron wi from the commit tco on privileges and election submitted a majority report signed by the republican members I T corbin duly elected senator from south carolina and ii entitled to alie scat fiill from the came committee submitted a minority report signed by the Democrat ip in favor of the it C butler both re ortal acro printed and placed on alio calendar matthew from the committee on foreign relations reported back ft number of petitions in regard to the claims of citizens of the united flatea nicaragua with a resolution providing for a committee of civo senators to it during recess and inquire into tho claitt for indemnity for the lives of relatives imprison ment etc and to extent nic ani gurt inako compensation alio boko fioke at length in favor of constructing a railroad in baxas to the rio grande after which consideration was resumed of of edmunda declaring the validity of ther ath and irth amendment and bayard declared that the first one to doubt upon alio validity of tho amendments was the senator from edmunda morrill from alto committee on finance reported with an amendment the bill to authorize the easue of certificates of deposit in aid of refunding tho public debt placed on the calendar edmunda that at the cirit opportunity he would call up tho joint revolution refo lution propping prop wing an amendment to alio constitution prohibiting hi tha of claims loyal persons for property injured or destroyed in alio into war windom gave that on friday next ho would call up ilia resolutions in regard to the migration of colored people and conw remarks i j vc k M abo hoewe went into committee of lie whole on the army bill durham an amendment reducing alie army to enlisted men moved to reduce tho number to and favored alie better organization of alie militia after debate whitt horns amendment was defeated cox moved o amend lv fixing alie force at lie acal d alie elpe tho country had had connected with the disruption of alio llio states and tho breaking down of popular and electoral liberties had given it a warning against an v un ahio inc reiso of tho army he believed but that for tho threat of commander in chief of the army whose special love of mili thiry power biad been aggrandized by his travels in europe but for the fact that there ws an army of in 1877 the popular will would not have been stricken down by the inauguration augu ration of the present occupant of the white house with a laith growing out of alie jealousy of mili gitary dower and physical force lio had always voted and would always vote for a reduction of the army atkins the bouso had three times for aa the regular force of the standing army that had been tho expression of alio and committee on appropriation knowing that in order to get this bill through at all the number would have to bo fixed at they ciul fixed that number in alie bill mills said there seemed to be a fear eliat the standing army would destroy the liberties libert iea of the people one of the fathers of the house cox reminded alie house that the standing army had overturned the liberties of alie people on one occasion that was alien there had been about 1800 men in alie district of columbia in 77 made some remark that waa not heard by the reporter mills yos you would leaen taxis bleeding until every mui woman and biad been slaughtered if you could malc economy and BO before your people for election reelection re when texas ani admitted to alie unan there wan a treaty by which government bound itself eliat it would protect her foreign ene mim it bound itself to do thing and ever since we liao been assuming our own dc feine talk about economy cheke publican side townshend rown I am glad to find the laughter corner from eliat tide mills let it come from where it will I stand by my constituents Towns liend of eliat how many were kept on tho Texas border mills not enough to protect it townshend how many men were kept on alie indian border mills not enough to protect it townshend there were only men with cuiter when ho was destroyed st mills then lie did not have it was because of your ule economy eliat custer bled talk about economy when your border ii laid in blood and ashes economy seems to be the only idea which has any existence in the statesmanship of this house A government is an institution to protect her people and cannot fail to do it without being cuilty of dishonor Appl auseon the side Town said thea laugh came from the same quarter as in 1851 in france it came from lie friends of imperialism loud laughter and applause on the republican side his friend from texas mills had charged the democratic pirty with being alie of dialer s because of economy kimmel suggested thit th it alio real objection waa not so much cn alio army iia to alio bues to which the army wm applied and he called n to alie fact that the present secretary of was endeavoring deavo ring to cletuse oatlie lat army appropriation bill modified or repeal tid alie ob jcck of such repeal wa to a military puro dud hii defiled keifer was in favor of a larger army |