Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-17
Logan, COnkling and Edmunds on
Question Of Priyilege-YOung on
House Ventilation, Etc.
SENATE.

establishing the Territory Of Pembina.
Referred.
Senator Boutwell, introduced the fol-
lowing:
Resolved, That the secretary of the
treasury be requested to furnish, for the
information of the senate, the annual
product of gold and silver in the United
States from 1S45 to 1875, inclusive; also
the product of gold and silver in other
parts of the world for the same years,
and an estimate Of the gold and silver
in the United States at the present time.
Adopted.
Senator Cameron Pa. sent up slip
from newsl aper charging that several
of the senators kept private secretaries,
who were paid as clerks. AS one of the
senators mentioned, he denied the truth
of the article.
Senators West aud Logan, whose
names were in the article, both de-
nounced it as an uumitigated falsehoOd.
Senator Edmunds read from the Balti-
more Gazette a dispatch stating that
the Judiciary committee were holding
back the house witness bill, while Sea-
ators Conkling and Logan were looking
up authorities for defeating 1t to save
some of their friends who were mixed up
III Luo Hut6hN lIdUuSs Ilb 5DlN 15 q
member Of the committee, he felt au-
thOrized to say that not one particle OF
influence from any person or source
whatever had been brought to bear on
the committee in relation to this bill.
Senator Thurman, as member Of the
same committee, said he had taken the
bill up out Of its turn.
Senator Conkling said there was not
an iota of truth in the statement. The
time was passing, if 1t had not already
gone by, when the people will not be
gulled and deceived by such abusive
articles. The time will come when such
abusive articles Of Misrepresentation
will be Justly considered as conspiracy
and defamation against our institutions
themselves, and the question would
arise, what country would next try the
experiment of government OF the peo-
pie, for the people, and by the people.
Senator Logan said he did not know
that such dill had reached the senate.
When he did and should see it, he
would advocate it or oppose 1t, IS he
thought best. 1t was charged that he
was afraid some of his friends in the
whisky ring would get hurt. He had
no friends in the whisky ring, he had
never trafficed in q gallon of whisky in
his life, never visited q distillery, never
owned dollars worth OF stock in one,
never had one of his friends in the
frauds, never kneH.of them t Ill he saw it
in the papers, neverhad one of his friends
indicted in the whisky frauds. Ole
man whom he recommended for posi-
ton had been indi ,ted, and many man
has a friend whom he has recommended
turn out badly. In short, he pronounced
all the statements concerning him as in
| famous lice, and no man dare stand up
before him and charge him with these
things to his face, and only towards
| skulk behind corporations and news
papers-men never did.
The morning hour expiring, the sem
ate resumed consideration of senate bill
| to provide for and regulate the counting
| of votes for President and Vice-Presi-
dent. The bill was discussed by Sena-
| toIs Thurman, Christiancy, Frelinghuy-
sen, Johnston, Howe and Morton. The
| latter said thst if it was necessary to
have an umpire at all, the safest and
| best way was to refer the disagreeing
vote to the supreme court Of the United
| States, He submitted resolutions call
ing them in, as follows: That the judges
of the supreme court shall be assembled
at the same time, and in case the two
houses cannot agree, the question shall
| be submitted TO the judges, who shall
proceed at once to decide which is the
valid return.
| After an executive session the senate
adjourned till Monday.
| HOUSE.
A bill for the distribution of unappro-
priated moneys of the Geneva award
| fnA nyI rnnHn tho Gnnaiol
| order for the tWenty-ninth of March; q
bill to provide for the holding of the
terms Of the district and circuit courts
of the United States, at Jackson, Ten
nessee, was passed,
MIR. Hunton, from the judiciary COM
mittee, reported back resolution direct
ing the attorney-general to transmit to
the house all the papers and letters ask
ing for the removal OF Judge Bedford,
district Judge Of the Territory Of Colo
rado, and the appointment Of Judge
Stone; also all the papers appertaining
to the alleged corrupt rulings OF Judge
Stone. Adopted.
Mr.. Hurd, from the judiciary commit
tee. reported bill providing for hold
ing terms OF the district and circuit
courts at Chattanooga, Tennessee; oi
the district and circuit courts Of Kansas
City, Missouri. Passed,
The house then went into committee
Of the whole, Mr.. Ssyler in the chair, on
the bill to supply tie deficiency in the
currency, printing and engraving
bureau of the treasury department
and for the issue of silver coin In the
place of fractional currency. The bill
appIopriates one hundred and sixty
three thousand dollars, and directs the
secretary of the treasury to issue silver
coin in the redemption of all the frac'
tional currency outstanding.
Mr.. Randall, chairman of the appro-
priation committee, proceeded to ey'
plain and advocate the bill. He sent to
tne clerks desk, and had read the ar
gument prepared by Mr.. Wells, Mo ],
a member OF the committee, bu
who was unavoidably absent.
Messrs. Ward, Hewitt and Kelley
spoke against the issue Of silver c6iI
and MIR. Regan in advocacy Of it.
Without action the committee rose
and MIR. Young, from the suh-comnait
tee on ventilation OF the house, made s
report to thu effect that 1t was impossi
BILE to force sufficient supply OF frest
air for six hundred persons, and with i
a Ieso,ution to exclude from the CALLER
les all persons except those who havt
the privilege OF the reporters and diplo
matte galleries, and such as may be cd
nitted on the cards OF members.
After debate the report was reeommit
ted.
Mr. Landers Ind offered q resolu
tion to restore an elective governmen
in the District o columbia. Referred
The house then adjourned.
Storm on Ihe Ohio
CINCINNATI, March l6.-The demsg
: by the gale to-day in this city is est
/ mated at six thousand or eight thousan
, dollars, caused chiefly by the unroofin
| Of hlildinga RennItl from cOnntr