Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-01-25
FOaTY-sECOND CONGRESS-.
PracessInvs In the Senate and House
Yesterday.
WASHINGTON, January "A.
REEATE

authorizing disbursing officers Of the
government to pay duplicate checks,
was passed.
Senator Frelinghuysen introduced
bill making an appropriation TO carry
ont such civil service rules as were
adoRtedby the President. Referred.
on motion Of Senator COnkiing,
the President was requested to send
To the senate the amount OF money
received and disbursed by the govern
ment since March, 1869-with the
amount of embeZZiements, the
amount remaining charged TO internal
revenue officers, the number OF de-
faulters, the number prosecuted, a
statement of the criminal prOsecu-
tions instituted under the inter-
nal revenue laws, the number OF OFF,
GERS receiving pay from the govern
ment who have been dispensed with
since March, 1869, and the saving
thereby: also some information with
reference to the cost Of the admins
tratiOn.
Senator Morton called up the resO-
IutiOu for adjournment until the third
Monday in May.
Senators COrbett and Cole favored
an early adjournment.
Senator Morton, by consent, modl-
fed the resolution so as to fix the 18th
day of May for adjournment. There
were twOlamendments pendtng-Sen-
ator Summers providing that congress
shall not adjourn until after 1t shall
have passed supplementary civil
rights bill and that Of Senator Schurz
providing that 1t shall not adjourn
until after the revision of the tariff
and internal revenue laws and re-
form of the civil service bill.
Senator Sherman opposed the resO-
luton. He thought it an extTaordi-
nary resolution as it had originated In
the senate. Heretofore such resolu-
tiOus had come from the house, and
there was no occasion for the resolu-
ton as a majority could adjourn at
any time.
Senator I thurman approved the res
olution and said that if it passed, the
people would come to the conclusion
| that there was something to be done
| In the way of reform. He also pro.
tested against the practice of pOstpOn-
| ing the appropriation bills to the clos
ing up of the session.
The morning hour expired and the
amnesty bill came up.
On motion of Senator Logan it was
laid aside and the bill for the relief of
Chicago was taken up.
The pending amendment was that
offered by Senator Morrill,, Of Yer
mont, yesterday, specifying the build
ing materials upon which the draw
back is to be allowed.
Senator Chandler moved to amend
so as to make the bill apply also to
Manistee, Michigan.
Senator Carpenter suggested Pesh-
tigO.
Senator Chandler said he would
leave that for the senator from Wis
eOnsin to insert. but he favored its in
sertiOn. He said further that there
had been greater suffering proportion
ately from the fires in Michigan
than from the Chicago fire, and insist
ed that IL the sufferers in Chicago
were to be reii eyed in this way, so
should the sufferers In his State.
Senator Logan insisted that the case
of Chicago was an exceptional one,
and that its relations to the commerce
Of the country made its destruction
by fire a national calamity, whereas
the towns destroyed in Michigan and
Wisconsin were only Of local import
ance. He charged Senator Chandler
with want of magnsnimity, and said
that his colleague Senator Ferry, of
Michigan], ], who was leading lumber
merchant, had been more generous to
the people Of Chicago, having refused
to agree to the proposal of his fellow
lumber merchants to raise the price of
lumber 10 four dollars per Thousand
feet Immediately after the fire.
Senator Ferry of Michigan, said he
would vote for the bill if it could be
amended by being made applicable to
Manistee. Holland and Saginaw,
which had suffered more in proportion
than Chicago. Even with these
amendments, however, the bill could
not receive his unqualified approval,
because the effect of it would be to
impose upon Michigan lumber
State-mOr5 than her fair share of the
relief which it would give to Chicago.
He would prefer a direct apprOEria-
ton for the relief of the sufferers.
Senator Scott said that the bill was
unconstitutional, because 1t would dis
criminate in favor of the port Of Chi
cagO, while the constitution iorbids
any discrimination in favor of any
port. He agreed with Senator Ferry
that the best way Of relieving the SUI
ferers would be by direct opposition.
Senator Carpenter said he would
support both the bill and the amend
ment.
Senator Wilson thought that money
was made to do good with, and said
hn for wuIt
the amendment.
Senator Sherman cOncurred In SEN
atOr ScOtt's remarks.
Senator TrumbuII made pathetic
appeal for the passage Of the bill with
out the amendment, and announced
that the people of BuenOs Ayres had
contributed to the relief Of Chicago.
Senator Carpenter read passage
from Senator TrumbulPs speech on
the bill foc the relief of Portland, to
show that he Wss then opposed to
congress making charitable appropri-
atiOns. Chicago, he said, had always
been assuming and arrogant and on
account of her size and Importance
l bsd attracted more than fair share
/ of the sympathy and charity of the
world. She had suffered terribly,
| but the people OF Michigan and Wis
cOnsin suffered more in proportion,
and their losses were of 8 character
that would not be 80 readily repaired
by capital as could the Chicago losses.
This bill involved no constitutional
| question. 1t was merely q measure
of charity, and he hoped that no one
would attempt to hem its operations
and notions of charity by State lines.
Senator COnkliDg favored extending
the provisions of the bill to the suffer.
ers in Michigan and Wisconsin, but
thought the best way to give relief
was by direct appropriation.
The discussion was continued at
length, ali amendments being voted
down, and the bill as reported from
the committee psssed.
After which the senate adjourned.