Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-02-20
SENATE.

. SENATE,
The Vice-President laid before tn,
senate the credentials of Angus Cam
eron, senator from Wisconsin.
Senator Pratt presented the creden
tials Of Joseph <. M'Donald, senator
from Indiana. Reads placed on file
The Vice-President laid before the
senate communication from the act.
ing secretary Of the interior in answer to
the resolution of the senate in regard to
fifty thousand dollars paid to w. P.
Adair and Z. M. Vaun out of the Usage
Indian fund, for services rendered. Laid
on the table and ordered printed.
Senator Bogy presented resolution OF
the legislature of Missouri in favor OF
establishing branch mint at st. Louis.
Referred.
Senator Wright, from the committee
on civil service and retrenchment, re-
ported back the house bill to provide for
the reorganization of the treasury de-
partment, and said the committee had
been unable to agree upon recon-.
mendatiOn that the bill should be
passed. They had, however, agreed
upon several amendments, and he
would ask that the bill be placed on the
! calendar. So ordered.
! Senator Wright said that it was the
! opinion Of the committee that there
should be reorganization of the civil
| service, but it was not advisable to un-
dertake to organize this one department
| alone at this late day of the session. He
reported from the committee the follow
| ing resolution, and gave notice that he
would call it up for consideration to-
| morrow:
ReSolUed, That a committee of five
members of the senate be appointed,
whose duty it shall be to examine and
thoroughly investigate the several
branches of the civil service, with a
view to u reorganization of the several
departments thereof, a reduction of ex-
penditures, and to promote the efficien-
cy of such service, and report thereon
at the next session of congress, by bill
or otherwise.
Senator Logan asked that Wednesday
evening of next week be assigned for
the consideration of the bill which re-
Gently passed the house for equalizing the
bOunties.
A discussion ensued, during which
Senator Sargent said he had understood
this bill took one hundred and eighty
millions of dollars from the treasury,
and he was opposed to it. There Were
ing attention; for instance, he would be
glad to have his friend from Indiana
Morton call up the resolution for the
admission of Pinchback again as soon
as possible. This was a question of
peace and war, and should be decided.
Objection being made to fixing next
Wednesday evening for the considera-
ton of the bounty bill, Senator Logan
gave notice that he would next week
persist in pressing this bill until he got
vote. He said the bill would not take
twenty millions from the treasury,
Senator Wright, from the committee
on civil sevice and retrenchment, SUBJ
mitted resolution providing for the ap-
pOintment Of'a committee of five sena-
tors to examine and investigate into
the several branches of the civil service
with view to the reorganization of
several departments thereof, a reduction
of expenses, etc.; and to report the bill
at the next session. He gave notice
that be would call it up for action to-
morrow.
Senator Edmunds said some days ago
the judiciary committee reported back
the house civil rights bill, which
had already been thoroughly discussed.
So far as any further debate was con-
cerned there was no reason why so much |
time should be consumed. In dispOsing
OF the bill he gave notice as soon as the |
Indian appropriation bill should be dis
posed OF he would move to take up the |
civil rights bill.
Senator Hitchcock gave notice that he |
would call up the bill for the admission |
OF Colorado as soon as the Indian appro- |
priatiOn bill was disposed of, and he |
would antagonize that bill to any other |
measure.
The morning hour having expired, |
the senate resumed cOnsidera- |
tiOn of the Indian appIopria- |
ton bill, The amendment OF the |
senate committee on appropriations, /
increasing the amount to subsist and |
care for the Apache Indians in Arizona |
from three hundred thousand dollars to |
three hundred and seventy-tive thou.
sand, and for those in New Mexico from |
one hundred thousand to one hundred |
and twenty-five thousand was dis |
cussed at length. The amendments /
proposed by the committee were
agreed to. The committee withdrew the |
amendment authorizing a computation |
of the area of the Creek reservation on
the fork of the Canadian river, and ap-
prOpriating one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars from the money in the
treasury belonging to the Seminole In.
dians to pay for said tract. The other
amendments of the committee were
agreed to.
Senator Window moved to amend so
as to increase the appropriation for edu-
eating the children and caring for the
orphans in the central superintendency
from ten to fifteen thousand dollars.
Pending the discussion, the senate
took recess till half-past seven o'clock.
EVENING SESSION.
Upon reassembling at half-past seven
o'clock, the house bill for the improve
ment of the mouth of the Mississippi
river was referred to the committee on
and routes.
The consideration of the Indian apprO-
priatiOn bill was then resumed, the
pending amendment being that of SEN
ator Windem to increrse the appropTja-
ton for educating children and caring
for orphans in the central superintend.
ence from ten thousand dollars to thirty
five thousand dollars. After debate the
was rejected by vote of
19 to 80.
Senator Bogy moved to strike out the
whole paragraph as reported by the
appropriating ten Thousand
dollars for the education of children,
caring for orphans, etc. Rejected-ayes
II, noes 81.
Senator Window moved to make the
amount thirty thousand instead of ten
thousand dollars. The amendment was
rejected by vote Of twenty-five to
twenty-siX.
Senator Window submitted an amend
ment authorizing the purchase and
shipment of goods during the present
fiscal year when it is necessary to do so
to have them reach distant points by
the first Of the ensuing year. Agreed to.
Various amendments submitted by
the committee on Indian affairs were
agreed to, among them one appropriate
ing five hundred thousand dollars for
the subsistence and supplies of the Ara
pahoe, Cheyenne, Apache, Kiows,
Comanche and Wichita Indians, in the
Indian Territory, to be available i'm
Mr.. Stevenson moved an amendment
to pay the ChickasaW Indians their ar
rears Of interest in the Arkansas and
Tennessee bonds, now held in trust by
the secretary of the interior for those
Indians, amounting to twenty-nine
thousand seven hundred dollars.
Senator Window rose to point of or
der that the amOunHwas to pay private
claim.