Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-02-09
VOL 50, NO 81.

polI po was signed by a msjority Of the
TaDn-t ers m Present, AID there ore was tu5
uaU ~ VI tne committee. II might 81
tors rr.ssll ~ ssll that msjoFity Of the senA-
Sansto-n ~ could not pass bif-
his ,inry, it hamilton said he felt it % Os
| The SbsiI 49sse the p0irt OF order.
| a nroruDo Senator Anthony decided
To ;rsnsootS " he committee competent
the numSo- business, and a majority OF
pOrf. He ~ Present could make a re-
Of order snhrai,e.ilore OveTruled the point
ton. -ii1'ed by Senator HaTll-
The report subn,t,.s CT. 49,
table. p'iated aud to lie on ile
Senator Eanilson
would submit minnss;s's,e ssse no,lt7 'I'1' l-1
Pending the dis,D1sli..y report
fOat oiil tlis senate ven ~ ..,,,l.-
session, and soon after sttSo1 ~ % tHeeu.lSe
1 ss0USR.
| A large number Of I'm.
lutiOns OF a miseellapsc,o,aa J3iA- ie-c'-
character We're introdBoeIs Gud private
Mr.. Kelly INTRODUCES : l..
the pubic revenues and az 70 iusfeil6
terest on the public debs ,,ea-e me N
proposes to repeal the fira51aa5l ~ "hicu ne
| viding for TIE resUmptiop ss acf pro-
ments, approved last JannO..- specie pay
stituts his So ineODtro,,-y aId suO-
scheme. The bill PROPOSE taoi 'loie BONO
act prohibiting the inerssei iepeal the
mach circulation, passed Jn~ai green
Mr.. Grassland INTRODUCED iill
| vidiug for q tax on income. ull pro-
| thousand dollars. ose Two
| Mr.. FoOte introduced hin
for the taxation Of personal providing
/ the District Of Columbia. F'0pefty ID
The resolutions OF the Ie,,s.
| Pennsylvania, instrueting n sa'ure OF
| and requesting its represenl,sss sslators
| vote for appropriations FOR the ives 10
ment Of the Ohio river, were p,.tpo p,.pfove-
| by Mr.. Albright. el1eC
| Various bills in regard To In
| ments Of rivers and harbors, the spoVe-
| Of lighthouses, etc, principally iollon H.
southern States, were INTRODUCED tne
| After the call for bills and i1inf
| Iutions, the bill OF Mr.. Ward -TTo --
| giving bOunties to the neirs OF sst,-
/ who served less than one year IN ,t5
! army, came up as unfinished bu.i,lls
from last Monday, and was passed Sv
vote OF l9l to 20
A bill was introduced by Mr.. @ Ipeb.,
to establish . branch mint a. D4yi@e
Ohio; also, one by Mr. Wells, appror,i
ating one million dollars Tor deeusrig,
the channel of the Missouri river fr.s
Sioux City to its MOUTH also one bg
Mr.. M'Din Wis to make Ash and
Wisconsin, q port Of deiivefyi also. one
by Mr.. Williams Wis. 10 continue in
provements at K ,cine and K-u0sha
harbOrs, Wisconsin.
Dawes moved to suspend rules q,
make in order to the APPROPRIATION birI
an amendment for modification the sus-
pension repeal of section 25 81 revised
statutes regulating the time f0- bo ding
the election for Representatives 10 COM
gress. He stated that in order 10 make
the time uniform as the law required.
several State constitutions WOu.u have
to be changed between now aud 1875.
The motion was agreed to- yeas Isl.
nsys "a.
Mr.. Dunuell moved to suspend the
rules so as 20 bring before the hpusa f5r
consideration the bill 10 cary into efipct
the provisions Of the act Of January 10.
1878, TOR an extension Of time O. the Wi
mona and st. Peter railroad company 'Or
the completion of its road r jerred
The previous question not being
seconded, Mr.. MOrrey moved 70 suspend
the rules so as to msSe Il in OrCer 20 u
tTOduee in the river and arb T s ypOgria-
tiOu Dill proposition TOr au sPpr3yria-
ton to close existing crevssses or breaks
in the Ievees Of the Mississippi river. aud
or making surveys for q permanent
plan for the reclamation OF tie aiiQvial
basin of the Mississippi river. Rejected
yeas 122, nays %, not twO-thiIds in
the affirmative.
Mr.. Speer moved to suspend the rules,
and sdODt a resolution declaring that
in the Judgment Of the house the elec-
ton OF q President for third term is
against the traditions Of the RepuClic;
in violation Of the example Of Washing
ton, now sacred as law itself, anu would
be haz 4rdOUs alike for the liberties OF
the people and the free institutions q
the country. The motion was lost, and
the previous question not beiug seconded
II to l06-sI who voted for it, with the
exception OF MIR. Smith, of North Caro-
lima, were Democrats, and all who voted
against il were Republicans.
MT. Dawes also offered 3 resolution
that William 5. King, of Minnesota.
had gone into ii q said 81 Of C,1sg1J
in order TO evsd~ ,ty or sir u s,,rnr,r-,s
duly issued by Il a. # the bonss
commanding hil as wit,,gss
before the cOm.L.,loe Uu wavs aDd
means in the Pacific mail investigatio1.
that he was served with such summers
on the second of kebruaTy, 1873, i'm tie
dominion Of Canada, and that he 80
neglected to appear before such eOIgrniF-
tee pursuant to summons, and direcfiro,
the speaker to issue his warrant con-
manding the sergeant alarms To taka
him into his CUSTODY wherever found
and bring it before the bar OF the houss
to answer for contempt of its authority
Several members called attention 10
the broad character Of the proposed war
rant, and Mr.. Dawes said Sthat il Of
course only meant to apply 10 the Unit
ed States. He modified the RESOLUTION
accordingly.
Mr.. Butler Mass asked how a man
could be pronounced in contempt % the
house when not duly and legally sum-
mOned, and he could not be so sum-
mOned outside of the Jurisdiction Of the
United States cOul Is.
Mr.. Randall reminded Mr.. Butler that
in the Andrew Johnson impeachment
case witnesses had been suOpHIaed in
Canada.
Mr.. Butler said that they had not
been subpBnaed, but had been requested
to attend.
Mr.. Dawes said that the committee
on ways and means had expressed 10
opinion on the question, bUJ simply
Or, ught tie matter TO the attention Of
the house.
Mr.. KsssOn explained that the sub
p0na had bsen sent over = week agl 20
Malone. New York, where NJ King
was temporarily residing, but on learn
ing the fact he escaped 10 Canada. The
question, therefore, whether suCn an at
tempt, sUcces 'uliy made To evade the
service of the speakers summons, was
not a contempt of the house. H said
that the proof was positive that X ug
had run away to evade the process Of
the house.
Aftfr some further discussion he with
drew the resolution.
Mr.. SaylOr LIud ], from the commit
tee on patents, maue an adverse re. DrC
on the application for an eXteg-IOn Of
the Wilson sewiug- IN icni~e patent.
The report shows that patents have been
IN existence twenty one yFars; that tue
combination Of sewing machiue c1mpa-
uies which owns patents have received
over two million Of dollars i-om them
and that the public has therefore ale
heavily for the invention. The report
was laid Oh the tatle
The b. u-s then adjourned.
MARRIED.
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