Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-01-19
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

tee, reported back and asked to be
discharged from further cOnsidera-
ton Of the letter of the Secretary OF
| the Treasury, relating to tax on forty
five millions scrip dividends OF the
| New York Central Railroad Company.
. ! Committee was discharged.
/ Mr.. FentOn, of the Finance Com
| mittee, reported. without amendment,
bill requiring the Secretary of the
1 Treasury to redeem, in lawful money,
laI copper, nickel and other base
metal coinage when presented in
sums not less than twenty dollars.
Mr.. Nye offered a resolution direct
ing the Judiciary Committee to eX.
anime and report how far Congress is
authorized to regulate fare and trans
p0rtatiOn on the railroads between
/ States under constitutional provisions
| authorizing Congress to regulate Com
| merce between States. Adopted.
Mr.. Morton moved to take from the
| table papers accompanying the Presi-
dents message in regard to OUtrages
in the South. Agreed to. Mr.. Nor
ton them moved to refer then TO a
special committee.
Mr.. Casserly moved to amend, re-
ierTing the papers to the Judiciary
Committee.
Mr.. Wilson said the Senate had be-
fore itfrOm official sources such records
| Of crime as nc. Christian, civilized land,
during the last five years could pre-
sent. What Congress now wanted to
do was to put down Ku-KluX.
Mr.. Casserly said it was remarkable
that Senators should prejudice the
! question before the papers referred to
have been considered. No man Of
candOr doubted the result which the
dOings Of the special committee had
already Predetermined. This was too
| palpable Tor doubt or contradiction.
! Recently some Of the most distin-
| guished members of the Senate, in
| Guiding the Senator from Indiana
! CMr. MOrtOn), had exhausted them
/ selves in efforts to fan into new life the
| enbers of civil war, hate and animOs-
! itv; but the result Of the late elections
had shown popular reprObatiOn Of
such contemplate means of creating
| political capital.
Mr.. Warner cited an attempt to dis
! perse a Republican meeting at Eutaw,
| Ala, where ffty-fOur we're killed and
/ wounded There was no prOvOcatiOn
/ for the disturbance, and it was impOs-
sible to punish the offenders, because
/ they were thoroughly organized and
! had control Of the country.
/ Mr.. Bayard said Mr.. Warner had
| attempted to do what Edmund Burke
| declared himself unable to dO-draW
| an indictment against the whole peO-
/ pie. The President had deliberately
and WantOnly repudiated the policy,
80 let US have peace" upon which his
/ administration came into office.
Mr.. Thurman supposed it was in
! tended to inquire whether the elective
| franchise had been iuteTfered with in
| North Carolina, Florida and Ala
bama; but as the Republican ticket
| had been declared elected in Florida,
that State would probably not be in
Guided. He pictured the indig-
nation and denUnCiatiOn with
which the Republican members
would boil over if the unlimited
power of the authorities Of Texas
and other States was attempted to
be welded by the Democratic Gov
/ ernOrs Of New York and Connecticut.
He concluded with suggestions as to
the doubtful authenticity of kuklux
stories for partisan consumption.
Were his voice potential, he would
cry out through the South for the ces-
satiOn Of any practice giving color to
such stories.
Without reaching a vote, the SEN
ate, after an executive session, ad-
jOurned.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, January lS.-Mr.
Swami reported a bill apprOpriating
$780, 600 for the expenses Of a joint
commission to fix the northwest bOun-
Diary along the fOrty-ninth parallel,
between Lake-OEthe-W Woods and the
Rocky Mountains, which was made
the special order for Tuesday next.
Mr.. Julian offered a resolution in
struciing the Committee on Public
Lands to inquire into the expediency
of legislation for the protection OF
lands granted States for educational
purposes, and to prevent their mo-
nOpOly. Adopted.
Mr.. Cook, from the Judiciary Com
mittee, reported a bill to change the
time of holding the terms of the Cir
cult and District Courts at Lacrosse,
Wisconsin. Passed.
Mr.. StOughtOn reported a bill to en-
able all hOnOrabIy discharged soldiers,
and the widows and orphan children
of soldiers, to acquire hOmestead5.
RecOmmitted.
Mr.. Negly offered a resolution in
regard to the new buildings for
custOm-hOuse, ETC., at Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania. Referred.
The House then proceeded TO vote
on the amendments to the Legislative
appropriation bill.
The amendment paying J. W.
Douglass, late Acting Commissioner
of Internal Revenue, a salary as Com
missioner for November and Decem-
Der, was agreed tO-91 to go.
The amendment increasing the APP
preparation to the Bureau Of Educa-
tion from $500 to $4,000 was agreed to.
The amendment increasing the sala-
ries Of the Chief Justice and Associate |
Justices Of the Supreme Court to $500 |
and 5000 respectively, was agreed to,
and the bill then passed.
Mr.. Sargent introduced a bill to en- /
able the people of Washington to form |
a Constitution and State Government, !
and providing for it's admission as a !
State. Referred.
Mr.. Armstrong, from the Commit
tee on Indian Affairs, reported back, |
with amendments, Senate bill author |
izing the sale Of certain lands reserved |
for the use of the MenOmOnee In |
dams Of Wisconsin.
Mr.. Beck offered an amendment |
prohibiting the making of any con-
tract with Indians for commission or /
compensation for assistance in regard /
to the sale Of their lands or obtaining
annuities, etc. Amendment agreed /
to and bill passed.
Mr.. Armstrong also reported back
Senate bill for the relief Of the Stock
bridge and Muncie Indians in Wis
cOnsin. Passed.
The House then went into Com
mittee Of the Whole on the POstOfice
Appropriation bill, Mr.. Blair, Of
Michigan, in the chair.
After dispOsing Of it the Committee
rose and the bill was passed by the
House.
The House adopted a resolution ex-
Onerating Mr.. Brooks from the charges
made by Mr.. Hastings, and discharg-
ing the select committee from further !
Of the subject.
Adjourned.
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