Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-02-17
Post-Rodte Bill Passed
IndeF.Hlty PdBd TO be Re.
turned Synopsis Of the
Measure,
The New Scheme TO Elect President and
fice-Presidsnt By the PeopIe-Fu.
neral Of Mr. Hooper, Etc.


obtain the floor for the purT,o se ~ nnov
ing suspension Of the rules to take N,
various bills, but the regular order wa,
sisSeu upon, and number OF bills
uosly OF uflVate character, 'hich haS
% %I considered IN cOmmitte OF the
Mhole, We're passed. While the ill to nav
awards OF the southern claims commit
zee was pending, Mr.. Dawes N ,oved tc
- ilto committee Of the whole on the
60 noes 80. ''1
Mr. Garfield reported sundry ivil ser.
vice appropriation bills, after which
several bills were introduced.
Py unanimous consent, at twelve
clock the bill FOR the re organiza ton of
ne treasury department was taken up,
whole. VI '"e
9II,. Young offered an amendment re-
iu' ing tue appointments of the depart
- ent to be distributed an long the States
and Territories in prOport 10 to popula-
tion. Agreed 10, and the ill passed.
The bill making apprc priations for
sundry civil expenses of the govern
msnt was reported. 1t COZ ltains the fol-
lowing provision: "HereAi ter no money
shall be raid Tor contracts made for the
payment foT any site for public build
ing in excess Of the szaoUn t specifically
appropriated therefor, ant no money
shall be expended upon any public
building on which work has not yet
been actually begun until ah er drawings
and specifications, tOgethe with de-
tailed estimates of the cost IL ereOf, shall
have been made by the 1 upervisiDg
architect Of the treasury d, 'Partment,
and said plans aud estimates shall have
been approved by the secret lrY Of the
treasury, and all appropriati ons made
for the construction of such building
shall be expended within the lin litations
Of the act authorizing the same or limit
ing the cost thereof, and no ch ange Of
said plan involving an increase OF the
expense exceeding ten per cent. Of the
amount 20 which said building wAI lim-
tied shall be allowed or paid by any
officer OF the government withoutspeciaI |
authority Of congress"
The bill sppropriates thirty-ssven
thousand seven hundred and fifty dor
lars for engraving and printing certrf.
Gates OF the centennial stock for III o
international exhibition; also five ou n
drcd and five thousand dollars to ,ns hIo
the executive departments and Am itbe
sonisn institution to participst, ir, the
exposition, and repeats Pre- ,yjso that
the sums hereby appropris nad shall
cover the entire expense to which the
United States shall be subjr .cted on ac~
count OF the exhibition.
mT. Packer, from the ,ostoffice cor, /,
mittee, reported the an nnoI I,ost W. =
bill, which was passed "'e
Mr.. Myers introduf ed bill to atuyn
10 the government If Japan one half of
the indemnify I9' M ri paid by To at gov
ernmenL 70 the United States w ldeF the
convention OF October 22, 1884 and to
dispose OF tn'a balance of said ind. Re-
terred TO the committee on foreign az
fairs.
Section , directs the return to Japan
OF tnfe's Lundred and seventy. five thou
sand dollars, with interest, be ing the re-
MAJ n9ng half Of the Japan indemnity
fu'Id paid by Japan.
Section directs the pawn ent to the
Officers and crew Of the WyOmi ng Kiang
OF one hundred and twenty-five thou
sand dollars cut Of this fund for their
services in the battles at the straits, of
SimOnoseki, which resulted in the
treaty.
Section 8 directs that three hundred
thousand dollars Of registered bonds, in
which half Of this fund ig inves Ced, shall
remain under the control OF Il le secrets-
~, the interest to be paid by aim for the
education OF limited numb ,r of Amer
lean and japanese youths in the Ian
guages OF either county, to serve as in
terpreters and assistants to legations and
I
Section transfers he balance of
the japanese indemni ty fund to the
treasury Of the United States.
Mr.. Banning [OhiO1 :, presented reso-
lution Of the Ciuclnn Ati chamber OF COM
meTce against any additional tax on
whisky. Referred.
Mr. sawyer, ir0m the committee on
commerce, reported the river and har-
bor appropriation dill. Referred to the
committee on spp rOpriations.
Mr.. Harrison, rom the committee on
elections, repof0 q bill proposing an
amendment TO ne constitution in refer
euce 10 the lection OF President and
Nice-P President
The first 80 ctiOu provides that the
/ President an d Vice President shall be
elected by 3 direct vote of the people.
Each StsJe nall be divided into districts
equal In number 10 the number of rep
resentstivei' 10 which the State Is enti-
tied in cong ress, and the person having
the highest number Of votes 10 each dis.
trict for Pre- sident shall receive the votes
OF that die trict; but the candidates for
1 President aud Nice-President are not TO
4 he both citi ZeDs Of the same State
The secOL,d section provides that the
person having the highest number of
votes for President in State shall re-
ceive two Presidential votes from the
State st large.
The third section provides that the
person having the highest number OF
Presidential votes in the United States
snail be President.
The fourth section provides that ~
two persons have the same nurnber of
votes ia any State, IL being the highest
number, each OF them shall receive one
Presidential vote fIom the State at large,
but il more than two persons receive q
number, il being the highest number,
neither shall receive any vote from the
State at large. II more than one shall
have the same number Of votes in the
same district, it being the highest num-
u Der, no Presidential vote shall be count
ed from that district
The fifth section makes the same pro-
visions applicable TO Nice-President.
The sixth section gives congress the
power 70 provide for holding and con-
Quoting the Presidential election.
The seventh section provides that the
States shall be divided into districts by
the legislatures thereof, but that con-
gress may az any time, by Law, make
OF alter toe same.
The eighth section provides that no
person who has Oten justice of the su-
preme court shall be eligible to the
Office Of President or Vice-President.
Mr.. Harrison was going on TO explain
and advocate the bill when he was in
terrupted by an observation from
Nessrs. Lamar and Speer, members Of
committee on elections, TO the effect
that they had l5ot given their assent to
the report
The funeral OF the late Representative
Hooper took place st two o'clock this
afternoon. All the galleries were
crowded, and occupying previously as
signed seals were the President, his
csi,inet, Justices Of the supreme court
and senators. The services consisted Of
reading of the scriptures and prayer,