Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-02-27
HONRE.


Mr.. Niblack - For government
buildings at Evansville, Indiana,
Mr.. Parker-For a bridge over the
Missouri river at Bonneville.
Mr.. Mitchell For government
buildings at Racine, Wisconsin.
A bill was introduced by Mr.. Perry,
OF Ohio, to preserve the independence
of the several departments of the gov
ernment, and to fix the actual respon-
sibility of appointments to Office in
civil service, and for removals from
Office.
A large number of bills for the re-
moval of political disabilities from
persons in various Southern States
were presented, and at the suggestion
OF the Speaker all were enclosed in one
bill.
MIR. COnger inquired as to the names
that had not been read in full whether
that OF Jefferson Davis was included.
Mr.. Eldridge sugg ested that all the
citizens OF the United States be in
cluded.
Mr.. Garfield moved that the bill
without further reading of names be
passed under suspension of the rule.
Mr.. Maynard called for the yeas and
nays. Not ordered.
Mr., Garfeld's motion was agreed to
-115 to 13.
Mr.. FarnswOrth offered a resolution
instructing the committee on public
buildings and grounds to report bill
for clearing away the horse car stables,
car-tracks and other nuisances sur
rounding the capitol, which was
adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Young, the senate
bill removing the political disabilities
rom three thousand six hundred and
tWenty-fOur persons named in it, was
passed under suspension of the rules,
without being read and without the
yeas and nays, which Messrs. May
nard and KilliDger demanded.
Mr.. Brooks New York !, from the
committee on ways and means, report
ed bill repeating the requirement of
stamps on packages of jellies, mus
tard5, sauces, canned and preserved
fruits, vegetables, meats, etc, which
was passed under suspension Of the
rules.
Mr.. Morganintroduced resolution,
which was passed, providing for the
teaching of the German. language at
West Point.
Mr.. Lynch offered a resolution ia
stTucting the committee on expendi-
lures in the war department to enquire
into the sale Of ordnance stores in the
late French, German war, with power
to send for persons and papers, which
was adopted.
Mr.. Cox moved to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution instructing
the committee on ways and means to
report bill reducing the duty on pig
iron to five dollars per ton or less, and
insisted on vote and count by diYi-
sion.
The Speaker announced that the
vote was 30 to 9-tw0. thirds in the
negative.
The motion to suspend the rules and
adopt the resolution was rejected
yeas "a, nays SO.
Mr.. Ketchum moved to suspend the
rules and pass the bill which he re-
ported from the committee on public
lands, extending The time for the
completion of the Portage Lake and
Lake Superior ship canal to the Sd of
March, 1873. Agreed to and the bill
passed.
Mr.. Leach moved to suspend the
rules and adopt resolution declaring
it to be the Judgment of the house
that the tax on manufactured tobacco
should be a uniform tax of sixteen
cents per pound.
Mr.. Dawes remarked that that
would take sixteen million dollars out
of the treasury.
The rules were not suspended-by q
vote of 85 to 6S-lessthan two-thirds
in the affirmative.
The house then went into q COM
mittee of the whole on the deficiency
bill.
Mr.. Garfield made statement ex-
planatory Of the bill which appropri-
ates about six and quarter millions
of dollars. He accounted for the bill
chiefly by the fact that for the first
time the law requiring unexpended
balances at the end OF each year to be
convened into the treasury went into
effect the first of July, 1871.
Mr.. Brooks New York took the op-
portunity, ia opposing the deficiency
bill, to speak of the coalition in the
house between the representatives of
the iron interest and a portion of the
Democratic side OF the house. He
sent to the clerks desk and had read
q petition which, he said, was one of
the most important petitions ever pre-
sented to the house, being a petition
from the WOOlen manufactures of New
England, praying for the removal of
the duties on raw material, and btu
minous coal, salt and lumber required
for machinery, and pl0mising, in that
event, that they will not only not ask
for protection for woolen manufae-
lures, but they viii raise the wages Of
their workmen. If there was to be
any discrimination he was in favor OF
relieving the wooden manufacturers Of
New England.
The bill was proceeded with until
the clause was reached repeating the
law which requires the publication of
the laws in newspapers, that being
ruled out Of order on the ground of its
being general legislation. The COM
mittee rose and Mr.. Garfield moved to
suspend the rules so as to make Il in
order in the house.
Without taking q vote on Mr.. Gar
fiolrfto motion fha hoT1ae QfliOurr7od