Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-03-10

| that an absence from the city for tw'
or three days will prevent me from be
ing present tomorrow. Very respect
fully, H. WILSON.
Senator Anthony submitted 8 resolu
ton declaring Thomas w. Ferry Mich.
President pro tenn of the senate.
Senator M'Crery asked that the elec
ton be by ballot.
Agreed to and Senator Anthony with
drew the resolution submitted by b i'm
Senators Anthony and M'CreeTy were
| appointed tellers.
Senator Anthony nominated Hon,
Thomas w. Ferry, of Michigan.
Senator Stevenson nominated A. G.
! Thurman, of Ohio.
The vote having been taken, the re
suit was as follows: Whole number o.
votes cast, "a; necessary to q chice, SO
Ferry received 80 and Thurman 25. SeE'
ator Ferry having received a aiority
was declared reelected, and was escort.
ed to the chair by Senator Thurman.
Upon taking the chair, he said: "Sen.
ators, for this assurance Of your conf
dence thank you, relying upon you
generous support to my endeavors tC
meet with impsrtiality the requirement.
of the chair. / will at once enter upon
the duties with which you have solemnly
honored me.n
Senator Anthony then submitted the
usual resolution directing the secretary
to notify the President of the election OF
Senator Ferry as president pro tenn. OF
the senate, which was agreed to.
SenotOr Sargent presented the creden-
tials of Newton Booth, United States
senator from California for six years
from March 4, 1875, which were read
and Senator Booth was escorted to the
desk by Senator Sargent and the oath
administered by Senator Ferry.
On motion OF Senator Anthony the
senate then proceeded to the election of
standing committees, having first sus-
pended the rule, the chairman of each
committee to be elected by ballot. The
list of standing committees was then
read by Secretary GOrham as follows:
Privileges and Elections - Senator
Morton, chairman; Logan, AlcOrn,
Mitchell, Wadleigh, Cameron Pa. ],
M'Millan, Salisbury, MerrimOn.
Foreign RelstiOns-SenatOr Cameron
[Pa. chairman; Morton, Hsmlin,
Howe, Frelinghuysen, Conkling, Bogy,
M'Creery, Johnson Tenn.
Finance - Senator Sherman, chair
man; Morrill, [Vt. ], Ferry Mich. FIRE.
llnghuysen, Logan, Boutwell,, Jones
Nevada, Bayard, Kirnan.
Appointments-Senator Morrill, Me. ],
chairman; Window, West, Sargent,
Allison, Dorsey, Eaton, Wallace, Davis.
man; Spencer, Boutwell,, Cameron
Davis, M'Donald.
HnnTzfaofr,rau GonofnH Dnharfont1
chairman; Booth, Bruce, Withers,
Wallace.
Agriculture-Senator Frelinghuysen,
chairman; Robertson, Harvey, Davis,
Gordon.
Military-Senator Logan, chairman;
Cameron Penn, Spencer, Clayton,
Wadleigh, Ransom, Burnside, Ran
dolpb, Cockerill.
Naval Affairs-Senator Cragin, chair
man; Anthony, Morrill, Me. !, Sargent,
Conover, Norwood, White.
Judicisry-SenatOr Edmunds, chair
man; Conkling, Frelinghuysen, Wright,
Howe, Thurman, Stevenson.
Postoffices and POstroads-Senator
Hsmlin, chairman; Ferry Mich. !, Dor
sey, Jones Nevada, Dawes, Paddock,
Salisbury, johnson Tenn. Maxey.
1hbu5-COLaLOl OklC5OY 1Cua4l~
man; Window, Harvey, Boutwell,, Pad
dock, Booth, Kelly, M'Donald, Jones
Fla.
Private Land Claims-Senator Thur
man, chairman; Bayard, Bogy, Ferry
LConn. ], Allison.
Indian Affairs-Senator Allison, chair
man; Oglesby, Morril me. ], ingalls,,
Clayton, Bogy, M'Creery.
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Allison, Hamilton, Booth, Bruce, M'-
Donald, Withers.
Revolutionary Claims-Senator Ste
thwaithe, Morril Vt. ], Wright.
Claims-SenatOr Wright, chairman;
Mitchell, Wsdleigh, Christiancy, M
MILAN, Cameron Wis. I, Caperton,
CockeriIl, Jones Fla.
District of COlumbia-Senator Spen-
Ger, chairman; Hitchcock, Robertson,
Dorsey, Ingalls,, Merrimon, Eaton.
Patents-SenatorF Ferry Conn. chair
man; Window, Dawes, johnson Va. j
Kelley.
Public Buildings and Grounds-Sena-
tor Morrill, 1Vtl, chairman; Cameron
Penn. Paddock, Cooper, White.
TerritOries-SenatorH Hitchcock, chair
SIdkAng dtLClbO1f
Cooper, Maxey.
Railroads-Senator West, chairman;
Hitchcock, Crsgin, Howe, Hamilton,
Mitchell, Sargent, Dawes, Ransom, Kel-
ley, Carpenter.
Mines and Mining-Senator Sargent,
chairman; Hsmlin, AlcOrn, Harvey,
Sharon, Goldthwaite, Randolph.
Revision OF the Laws Of the United
Rnn,wuali hof
Alcorn, Christiancy, Caperton, Wal
lace.
Education and Labor-Senator Pat
ry [COnn.1 Burnside, Bruce, Gordon,
Eaton, Maxey.
Civil Service and Retrenchment-
Senator Clayton, chairman; Wright,
OgIesby, Sherman, Patterson, M'Cree-
~, Randolph.
To Audit and Control the Contingent
Expenses Of the Senate-SenRtor Jones
TNev. I, chairman; Dawes, Dennis.
Printing-Senator Anthony, chair
man; Howe, salisbury.
Library-Senator Howe, chairman;
Edmunds, Ransom.
Rules-Senator Ferry Mich. |, chair
man; Hsmlin, Merrimon.
Ingrossed Bills-Senator Bayard,
chairman; Withers, Anthony.
Enrolled Bills-Senator Conover,
chairman; Kelly, Roberts.
Transportation Routes to the Sea-
board-Senstor Window, chairman;
Sherman, COnkling, West, COnOver,
Mitchell, Norwood, Davis, johnson
IVA
Levees OF the Mississippi River-Sen-
stor Alcorn, chairman; Clayton, Har-
vey, Cooper, Cockerill.
The senate then resumed the consid-
GRAFTON Of the resolution for the sdmis-
sion of Pinchback, and Senator Morton
continued his argument, commenced
yesterday. After Senator Morton con-
cIuded his argument, Senator Merrimon
IN. G. !, took the floor and spoke against
the resolution. Before concluding, how
ever, he yielded for q motion for execu-
tive session, and the senate proceeded to
the consideration of executive business.
After 8 short session the doors were re-
opened and the senate adjourned.
THAT SINKING FUND RETIREMENT.
1t is intimated at the treasury depart
melt that the contaminated call for the