Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-23

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DR.. Dunnell regarded the proposition al
mere demagogueism.
MIR. w. r. Roberts directed his attention
to vote in the Committee of the Whols
| yesterday, increasing the appropriation fol
the naval station at New London, Connec
ticut, from five to fifty Thousand dollars
and denounced as scheme for
Plundering the Government,
the removing of the Brooklyn Navy Yard
The property there could not be replaced
elsewhere at a cost of fifty million dollars
The scheme was in the interest of lot O.
real estate spectators in Brooklyn who
had been for years casting their longing
eyes at the land occupied by the Navy
Yard, wanting to get it for docks and rail
road purposes. He protested against il
and cautioned the gentlemen as TO What
the result of the vote on the New London
| item was to be.
E. W. Roberts ridiculed the fears and ap'
prehensions Of those members who saw IN
the Banks amendment an attempt 10 re-
place republican institutions by despotlc
ones. The House was to be congratulated
he said, that the great use Of miscellaneous
public documents had been discovered
The gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr.
Hoar) had assured the House that it was a
barrier TO save the country from
A Governments by newspapers.
He had never known of so complete Q
barrier against danger, except Mrs.
Partington's attempt to sweep back the tide
with her broom. Newspapers circulated
millions of copies among the people. Now
it was proposed to preserve the Republic
from the power of newspapers by putting
the agricultural report into
Every Corner Grocery
to be used for packages or to go to the
trunk manufacturers. He would add to the
Banks amendment proviso that the Sec
retary of the Interior shall pace copy o1
every public document deemed by MIN use
fUl for that purpose in two Libraries in each
any citizen on application.
Mr.. Garfield thought Mr.. Banks amend
ment too important to be decided hastily.
He was himself in favor of it, but thought
it wise to let it 60 for the present. He op-
posed Mr.. Buffers amendment.
Mr.. Cox advocated Mr.. Banks amend
ment.
The House then proceeded to vote. E.
P. Roberts amendment was rejected. The
amendment of Mr. Banks was then reject.
ed without division, the yeas and nays be-
ing called for, but refused. The amend
ment by Mr.. Butler, that none of the money
should be used for the expenses Of competi-
tive civil service examination, was rejected
yeas IS, nays 10S.
The Secret Service Fund.
The amendments agreed to in committee
were then read. The first vote by yeas
and nays was on the amendment requiring
the Secretary of the Treasury to report to
Congress how he disburses the secret ser
vice fund appropriation for preventing and
detecting couL Lterfeiting. The amendment,
which was opposed by Mr.. Garfield and sus-
tanned by Mr. Beck, was rejected By yeas
IA, nays 104.
An amendment appropriatioDg a hum
dred thousand dollars for a government
building at Raleigh, n. c., was adopted.
An amendment appropriating five hun
dred thousand dollars for an addition to the
site of the Boston postofice on condition of
the streets being widened, was adopted.
The amendment requiring contracts for
public buildings to be made with the lowest
responsible bidders sf.er advertisement,
was rejected without nays or yeas.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard.
The amendment increasing the item for
a naval station st New London, Conn.,,
from 5000 to 10000 dollars was rejected,
yeas 81, nays 70. The bill then passed.
Monument Of George Washington.
Mr.. Chapman called for the report of the
committee of twelve appointed to confer
with the officers of the Washington Ma
tional Monument Society on the practica-
bility of completing the Washington mon
ment by the approaching centennial ami
versary.
Mr.. Sawyer, who wished to take up the
river and harbor appropriation bill, moved
to postpone the Washington monument
matter until Wednesday next. Motion
agreed to.
Sypher's Case.
Mr.. Kerr rising to question OF privilege
offered a resolution recring the testimony
taken before the Senate committee on cleo
tions to the effect that j. H. Sypher, men,
Der from Louisiana, before the general
election last year, while he was candidate
for election to Congress, had unlawfully and
corruptly procured to be made false and
fraudulent registration and false and fraud
ulent votes to be cast for himself and 9TH
er gross frauds TO be committed in connec-
ton with such election-referrIng the mat
ter to the committee on elections with
power to take testimony.
Mr.. Sypher said that when Theodore
Jacques, the witness who testified against
him, had come to the capitol hired by Dem
ocrats of Louisiana to testify falsely, he
(Sypher) went before the Senate Commit
tee and asked the privilege of rebuilt ng
that testimony, but the committee denied
him that right, stating that bis case YVES not
before the committee. He challenged in
vestigation, and thanked Mr.. Kerr for the
resolution.
A Democratic member-Then you ought
to have offered it yourself.
The resolution was adopted.
River Appropriations.
The House then took up the River and
HarSOr Appropriation bill of $5,5O7 400.
Among the items are Cumberland river, be-
low Nashville, Tenn, $4,000; Tennessee
river, below Chattanooga, 100000; Ten
nessee river above Chattanooga, S25, 900;
mouth of Mississippi $1,000. Removing
raft from Red river, Ark, $4,000.
sand dollars for the great Kanawaha river
in West Virginia. Rejected. Yeas, 10,
nays, IS. 500 ..
The Louisville Canal.
Mr.. Holman moved to insert item appro
priating 100000 for the Louisville and
Portland Canal, directing the Secretary of
the Treasury to assume control Of the man.
agement of the canal, the tolls on steam
vessels to be thereafter reduced to twenty
five cents per ton, and all other vessels in
After a long discussion Mr.. Holman's
and the item of 100000 for
the falls of the Ohio river were struck out.
The Credit Mobilier Suit.
Mr. Wilson of the Union Pacific and Credit
Committee gave notice that he
would Monday next move to suspend the
rules and pass the bill reported by that COM
mittee.
Mr.. Butler of Massachusetts, desired con-
sent to have the House bill to distribute the
Geneva awards substituted for Senate bill,
but Mr.. Potter objected. At $40 the House
adjourned.
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