Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-05-30
CONGRESSIONAL.
Reports from Committees - Looking
After Cotton Permits-A COmmittee
or Conference on Finance.
Tho SENATE Insists on its Amendment
10 the Finance Bill-RailWey
Matters.
No Session OF Either House To-Day
The Army Reduction Bill in the
HOuse-Etc.
SENATE.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, May Ex-senator
| Sherman, from the committee on
finance, reported back the house bill 70
amend the custom aud revenue laws,
and to repeal moieties, with several
/ amendments, and gave notice that he
would ask the senate TO proce to its
consideration on Tuesday next. The
/ bill was placed on the calendar.
Senator Sprague, from the com mmittee
4 on public lands, reported adversely on
! the bill TO extend the time for proof and
/ payment in pre-emption claims upon
! public lands. The bill was placed on
| the calendar, with the adverse report.
Senator Hamilton Md. D, from the
committee on privileges aud elections,
/ reported resolution to pay Francis w.
! Sykes, late contestant for the seat as
/ senator from Alabama, eight thousand
I three hundred and seventy-four dollars,
| from March 4, 1873, TO date. The reso-
| luton was laid over.
At the request of Senator Conkling,
| Senator Alcorn submitted a resolution
| instructing the secretary of the treasury
! to furnish the senate with copies of all
cotton permits issued by Presidents Lin
| coin and johnson, with the names Of
the agents appointed by the secretary Of
the treasury, to purchase cotton, and
| copies Of such instructions as were is
sued to such purchasing agents. Order
| ed to be printed and laid over.
Senator Wright entered motion to
reconsider the vote by which the bill to
establish the Territory Of Pembina was
rejected yesterday.
4 no
mittee on finance, reported adversely on
the resolution of the senate directing the
committee to inquire into the expedien
cy of allowing producers of tobacco TO
sell to others than licensed dealers, and
the committee was discharged from its
further consideration.
Senator Sprague, from the committee
on public lands, reported favOrably on
the bill to legalize entries on public
lands under the homestead laws ia GER
tain cases, which was discussed till the
expiration of the morning hour, and
then laid over.
The resolution of the house to suspend
the Joint rules requiring engrOssment
of bills, so that a revised code may be
sent in print to the President for sigma
ture, was taken up. After some discus
sion, in which several senators argued
that it was practicable to engross bills,
on motion of Senator COnkling, the
senate disagreed to the house resolution.
The chairman laid before the senate
the house finance bill, with a resolution
of the house disagreeing TO the senate
amendments, and asking for a commit
tee of conference.
Senator Wright moved that the SEN
ate insist upon its amendments, and
grant the conference asked by the
house.
Senator Sargent moved that the senate
adhere TO it's amendment.
The chair ruled that the motion was
out of order, and said the motion to in
sist took precedence.
The question being on Senator
Wright's motion, it was agreed to; yeas
thirty-one, and nays twenty-four.
The following is the vote in detail on
Senator Wnght's motion for a confer
ence committee.
Yeas-AIcorn. Bogy, Carpenter, Clayton,
Conner, Dorsey, Ferry lMich.l, Gilbert, Gold
thwaite, Gordon, Harvey, hitchcock, ingalls,,
johnson, Logan, McCreery, Mefrimon, Mitch
eli, Morton, Norwood, Oglesby, Patterson,
Pease, Pratt, Ramsey, Ransom, Robertson,
SD ague, Upton, Window and Wright-3l.
N0ys-Anthony, Bayard, Boutwell,, Buck
ingham, Chandler. COnkling, Cooper, Ed
munds, Fenton, Flanagan, Frelinghuysen,
Hamilton Nd. Hamilton Tex, Hamlln,
bury, Schurz, Scott, Sherman, Stewart, Wad-
leigh, WRshburne-24.
Senators Dennis and West, who would
have voted for the molten, were paired
off with Senators Kelly and Davis, who
would have voted against il.
Senator Wright asked to be excused
from service On the conference commit
tee, and the chair appointed Senators
Morton, Sherman and MerTimOn as the
committee.
The amendment to the house bill to
legalize and establish a pOntoon railway
bridge across the Mississippi river at
Prairie du Chen was cOncurred in, and
the bill passed.
Senator Davis called up the bill to Ru-
thorize the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
company to construct a branch road and
TO change the location of its road within
the District OF Columbia. He submitted
an amendment providing that the whole
OF the branch road to be constructed in
the District should be outside of the
city Of Washington. Agreed to, and
the bill passed.
The hour of three o'clock having ar
rived, and it having been agreed several
days ago that at that hour the bills re-
ported by the committee on pensions
should be considered, the following were
passed: A bill to increase the pension
of Mrs. Hannah w. Sumner, widow of
Major General Ed. Sumner; a bill ex-
planning the intent and meaning of the
fourth section of the act granting bounty
lands to certain officers and soldiers who
have been engaged in the military SER
vice of the United States; bill to equal
ize pensions in certain cases; bill to in
crease the pensions Of soldiers and sail
ors who have been totally disabled.
Senator Ramsey introduced a bill
amendatOry of the act to provide for the
survey of certain tract of land in Min
nesOta belonging to lf-breeds or mixed
blOOds of Dakota OF Sioux Indians, and
to confirm the sales Of the certificates
issued in said act. Referred.
Senator Pratt moved to take up the
bill amenCatOTy to the act granting
pensions TO certain soldiers of the war of
isl2, and the widows of deceased sol
diers, and to restore pension rolls TO
those persons whose names were strick-
en- therefrom in consequence of dislOy-
atty.
When the motion was pat it was dis
covered that no quorum was present,
and the senate adjourned till Monday.