Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-12-05
A Water Highway from the James to
the Ohio RIVers-Ferry's Plan
to Restore Financial
Equilibrium.
Kelly's Bill for the improvement Of tbs
CarreneJ-senate Standing Com
mifteeE-Other Bills In
the Senate
A Little Sensation Ia the HOuse-The
Salary 8iIl Discusssd-The Mis-.
sisippi River and Lake
Michigan Canal.
improvement Of the Mississippi River
Canal Around Niagara Falls-Uni-
form Charges on Railroads
ETC., Etc, Etc.


ETC., Etc, Etc.
senate Proceedings.
| WASHINGTON. December 4.-In the senate
the following bills were introduced and laid
[ on the table TO be referred to the COMMITTEES
| 81 Senator Borennan TO complete 3 water
highway from the James river TO the OHIO
| river at the mouth OF the Kanawha- The blll
directs the secretary OF war to lay out. con
struct, enlarge and improve a Tster way
from tide water on the James river at Rich
mOnd, Virginia, TO the ONO river az tne
mouth of the Kanawha in W est Nirgtnia, by the
Uey OF the lanes river and Kanawha canal,
the James, jackson, Greenbrier, Nero and
KAnawha rivers, by canal slack water, the
aluieesr and open river Navigation, NOT les
not less than one hundred feet long and
twenty feet wide, and with capaei-
Two hunred and eighty tons burden. The
/ states OF Virginia AID West Virginia are 70
/ convey to the United States their interest
| property or franchises OF any corporation oil
claim 10 a continuous line Of water communi-
/ cation projected and in part completed by
| the State OF Virginia, and the cost of the VOTE
| to be betrayed by the issuance and sale OF ten
| amount OF eight million dollars. Provision Il
| also made for the purchase by the secretary Of
private stock in the James River and Ia IA.
/ nawha company, at price not exeeedine
! twenty-five dollars PEI share, and also Ior lhe
| appointment of commissioners TO equip, main
tain and manage said waterway when com
/ pleted, one each to be appointed from the
| States of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Iowa
Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky
and West Virginia.
/ at Topeka. BY Senator StevensOn-To remove
I all political disabilities. By senator Logan
/ To aid in the execution OF the laws In Utan.
| senator sherman called up his bill for the re-
/ demption of the loan OF 1906, and IL was
passed.
Senator Ferry called up his resolution in
| structing the financial committee to report a
l bill providing a remedy for the existing mon
| etSry delangement, and addressed the senate
| in favor thereof. The following is an abstract
/ OF the resolution: Banking to be open and
| free to sll. The maximum currency OF the
| country, exclusive OF fractional, to be eight
/ hundred million dollars, 20 oe issued oy the
| government direct, snd made laErul money
| az sreenbacSs are. Immediate relief through
| the use Of the forty-four million dollars re-
reserve snd ifty-six million dollars
/ of bonds, thus making up the
eight hundred million dollars, and to be con-
/ veTtible into currency bonds, bearing bo-lOO
/ per cent. Interest, recoverable into cur
rency on dem and; the bonds not TO be taxa
/ BILE; the national currency 70 De exchanged
| for new lawful currency at the convenience
of the government, within such practicable
/ periods as the secretary may designate, the
fractional currency 70 be substituted with
silver, and the fractional currency as last as
/ 50 redeemed 70 be destroy ed. Senator Ferry
L concluded his speech as follows: "Can there
| be any hesitation7 The gravity Of the stu
| alton demands more than words. II
challenges action. Over a million men
are thrown out OF employment, at low
averages. This milliOn-handed loss Is a mil
lion dollars daily. Prolonged for year the
counts sTells 70 hundreds OF millions OF dol
lars and tells It's fearful story. The straits and
sufferings entailed need no words 10 voice
their distressing want The waste OF ener'
gies the nation feels, though tried not by
personal pangs. Individual loss is no ma
tional gain; whoever can dismiss action can
not escape responsibility. 1t bea-s with al
culminEtlon the pressure OF daily demands OF
relief The appeal is TO congress, let us act.
senator Terry asked that the resolution be
referred TO the COMMITTEES on finance when
Senator KeIly's bill for improvement of the
currency, etc, provides that the United states
notes in circulation shall be limited 70 four
hundred millions, and that any holders OF
said notes of not less than fifty dollars, shall,
upon presentation TO the United states treas
ury or the aSsistant-treasurer, receive In e1-
change bonds of the United States bearing 3.65
per cent. interest, the bonds to be redeemable
on presentation in United States notes, with
accrued interest; that the secretary OF the
treasury shall prepare atty miilions OF OnlJeu
states notes, 20 be held as a redemption fund
for and used only in the redemption OF said
bonds, and that the notes shall be Withdrawn
and placed again on reserve out Of any United
states notes. not otherwise appropriated, re-
ceived by the treasury department thereafter,
ceIved by the treasury department in ex-
change for said bonds bearing 65-lO0 per cent
| interest shall be appropriated and applied by
! the secretary OF the treasury, as rapidly as
practicable, 70 the purchase or redemption OF
any bonds OF the United states outstanding at
the passage of this act; that national banks
be authorized to hold the said bonds bearing
3 s5-lOO per cent. interest instead Of the
reserve United States notes now required
by law.
proceed TO the election of q standing com
mittee. He also moved that the thirty-four
rule be amended by adding new commit
tee after chat on education and labor, 70 ot
known as the committee on civil service and
| retrenchment, and that-tvo mem bers be add
/ ed to the committee on foreign relations
| claims, education and labor. Adopted.
/ The Senate then elected standing commit
/ tees as fol ows:
/ PriyiI Iezes and Elections Morton, C hartman
Carpenter, Logan, Anthony, Alcorn, Mitch
| Ell, sumner, Hamilton Md /, salisbury.
/ Foreign Relations-Cameron, chairman
/ Schurz, Stockton, and AcCreery.
| Finance-ShermRn chairman; Morrill, VT. I
| scott, Wright, Ferry lAich.l Fenton and Bay
sppropriations-Morrin Mel, chairman
] Sprague, Window, Ames, Sergent, Allison
! Com mmerce-Chandler, chairman; Spencer
| Conkling, Buckingham, Boutwell,, Gordon
Msnufaetures-Robe chairman; Gil
/ bert Sprague, Fenton and Stockton.
/ Agriculture -Frelinghu ysen, chairman Rob
| ertsOn, Lewis, Dennis and Gordon.
Military Afairs-Logan, chairman; Cam
special Elections-wadleigh chairman
! Naval Affairs-Cragin, chairman; Anthony
Morrill, Mel, sergsnt, Conover, Stockton
| Wood.
! Judieiary-Edmunds, chairman; Conkling
/ Carpenter, Freltnghuyson, Wright, Thur
| Postofices and Post-Roads-Ramsey, chair.
man; Hamlin, Ferry Mich ], Flanagan, Dor
sey, Jones, Ssulsb1ry, Aerriman, Hamilton
| Public Lands -sprague, chairman; Win
dom, stewart, Pratt, oglesby, Wadleigh, Bout
Private Land Claims-Thurman, chairman
/ Ferry Conn.,, Fenton, Bayard, Bogg.
| Indian buckingham, chairman
! Allison, Oglesby, Morriu Mel, ingalls,, BOgy
Pensions-fratt, chairman; Ferry Conn
OElesby, ingalls,, Patterson, Hamilton TEX.
revolutionary Claims-BrownIow, chair
man; Gilbert, COnover and Johnston.
] GalthEaite Claims-ScOtt, chairman: Pratt
/ BOremsn Wright, Mitchell, Boutwell,, Davis
/ Merrtman and 6cldthwaite.
/ District OF Columbia -Ames, chairman
! Spencer, Hitchcock, Robertson, Jones, Dorsey
| Patsnts-Ferry TCoun.l, chairman; Wind
/ ON, Wadleigh, Hamilton Md, and Johnson
! Public Buildings and Grounds-Morrill[ wi
| chairman; Gilbert, Cameron, Stockton ana
| Territories-- chairman; Hitch
cock, Cragin, Layton, Patterson, Cooper anC
Hsilrosds-Stewart, chairman; Scott, West
! Ramsey, Hitchcock, Cragir, Howe, Freling
/ huysen, Hamilton ['rexasl, Ransom and kel
Mines and Mining-Hamlin, chairman
| Chandler, Sargent, Crosier, Upton and Goldth
Rsyision OF Laws of ftheUnited states-Conk
/ ling, chairman; Carpenter, stewart, Alcorr
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Flanagan, chsirman
Patterson, ingalls,, Morton, Bogy ara Cor
Civil Service and observation-disclosures
/ Wright chairman; Boutwell,, Sherman, Ham
! liton. Howe, Hamilton and McCreery.
| To Audit and Control Contingent Expenses
| Senators Carpenter, chairman, Jones anc
Prniniing-senators Anthony, chairman
/ Howe and Salisbury.
Iibrary-senstors Howe, chairman; Allison
Engrossed Bnls-Bayard, chairman; Lewis
| Enrolled Bills-Ames, chairman; Clayton.
| Revision OF Rules-kerry Aich.s chairman
fevees OF the Mississippi River-Alcorn
| chairman: CLAYTON, Schurx, Crosier, cooper.
transportation Routes to the seaooard-
| WindOrn chairman; Sherman Conkling
! West Csnover. Mitchell, Norwood, Davis,
! Senator Morton moved that the eretentlal'
! Of Messrs. Pfnchbeck and Mcmillan as sens
| tors from Louisiana, now on the presldenti
| table, be referred to the committee on priv
/ leges and elections; also that portion OF us
| Presidents message referring TO amend
! nents 70 the constitution Of the United STATES
! After Mr.. MOrton's motion the senate wen
/ into executive session, and soon after ad
] tourned TIL Monday.
House PrOeeedfnga.
M. Hale MEL offered the followirls rsso
! be appointed TO take into confederation ths
| subiecG Of the salary bill, Ho-calied, and tha