Mr. HENDRICKS. Certainly, it is to put one set of men out of office that another set of men may come in. The Senator says that is the main purpose of this bill, to correct the misgovernment of this city and the other cities by a change of the functionaries. That is his statement. In other words, as he expressesit, congress shall resume its pewer over the city of Vfishin ton and the other cities of this district; but ow? Is it proosed that we shall be executive officers for this city? Is it proposed that Senators shall in their own proper persons give attention to the affairs of the gorernment of this city? No, sir; but that Congress shall appoint a set of men to govern the people of the District. instead of the men whom the people of the District have elected; in other words, to abandon the popular government of the District, and to assume the government on the part of Congress. Instea of allowing the people to elect their own officers', to govern themselves according to laws which we prescribe, we propose in this bill, as I understand, to select the officers for this District. Is thatasut ticient reason to take upabill of 102 pages at this period of the session? Who is to blame if this bill has lain for 5 months on the tables of Senators? Not myself. I am not aware of any blame anywhere; but ifauyblame attaches anywhere, I presume it attaches to the honorable senator who has the measure in charge. He will hardly attribute any fault to me or to other Senators if he has not called his bill 11). There was anothermeasure before his body reposing good government for the District. t came, as I understand, some months since from the HoRep, proposing still further to popularize the government of the District by throwing into the popular features of the government the negro vote. What has become of that? Now we have got to have one extreme or the other. The extreme that comes from the other branch of Congress is that eve body shall vote in the District, white and blac. The proposition of the Senate committee is that nobody shall vote; that congress shall resume its power of vernment over the District, and govern the district directly by the appointment of the officers. Is that desirable? Is it desirable that the legislative body shall become an administrative or executive body?