Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-01-21


WASHINGTON, January Ex-senator
Mitchell submitted a resolution instruct
ing the Judiciary committee TO examine
the provisions ,or an act to establish
uniform system Of bankruptcy through
ou, the United States, approved March
., 1867, and al amendment thereto, and
r,pDrt 20 the senate, whether, in their
in gmeut, The provisions requiring that
petition IN case Of compulsory or invOl-
un.aiy bankruptcy shall be ty one or
more creditor, VINO shall constitute one
fourth thereof. - least. in number, the
aggregate Cf wh"fe DE- b.s p7ovable shall
amount to st les =. ore third OF the debts
81 pr5va5le, app les 10 case where the
debtor ia q corporation, or whether, In
their Judgment, under the existing law,
a CORPORATION debtor may be thrown into
Involuntary bankruptcy on the petition
OF single creditor who DOES not consti-
tula uue-fOurth in humber Of all the
ere IitC!s. and whose debt does not
amount 10 o1e-thiTd OF the debts prova-
bic sgtinst such corporation. Agreed
10,
Senator Wost introduced a bill to
amend The Pacific rail way acts of July
] aud Iaiy ,, 1854 II provides that
from and ST eT its enactment all Pacific
railroad c0mIa1ies shall be liable to pay
into the treasury Cf the United States
Chs hole amount OF interest heretofore
paid by the government on bonds loaned
to them 70 aid in the construction of
their roads, together with the interest
upon several sums paid by the govern
maur ia the dizchsrge o. the interest on
gaid bonds, at the rate Of - per cent.
per suuum. from the date Of payment,
less the amount retained by the govern
meuL for mail transportation, which
shall be credited IN account every
m1n,hz. TIE bin further requires the
companies respectively TO deposit in the
United States tressary, ten days pre-
Ceding the maturity Of the ssmi-annual
interest on the United States bonds
Loaned, such sums ss, added to the
amount then due each company for
mai, services, will amount 10 The semi
annual interest then falling due.
Senator CbristiaDcy's bill in regard to
Jurors in'Utgh, provides thst in any tfisI
for uigany or polygamy it shall be
sufficient cause for challenge ard
Rejection OF any juror, first, thar he has
more than one wife living in said Ter
ritory, whether married by the ordinary
ritss or by the sO-csllei pClygamous
rites: second, that he believes 1t neral
" right lor 9 man to live with more than
one wife. II the panel is thus exhausted,
"A talisman may be summoned until the
req Iis.te number OF jurors shall be OBJ
tanned.
Various petitions were presented, ask
ing the repeal o. the law requiring q
twO-cent stamp to be affixed TO bank
checks. Referred.
Senator EdmOnds submitted the fol-
lowing:
Rcs0lUed, That the sttcrney-geDeral
be, and he is hereby directed TO inform
the senate what steps hsvs been taken
by any suit, or otherwise, under the sec
Ond section of the act making an appro-
pTiauUn iOs the legislative, executive and
] Idicial expeDsss # the government for
the year enGiag June 80 1874, and for
ether purposes, approved March 3, 1873,
and whether in any suit brought under
the sad section, the claim OF the United
States for five per cent. OF the net earn
ings therein mentioned, was brought
under sdiudi alton and passed upon, aud
II not, wuy not, and that he slso com.
municste the present condition of mat
ter therein referred 70. Agreed TO.
Senator ElmOnds also submitted q
resolution directing the secretary Of the
treasury T. communicate to the senate
whs. action, if any, has been taken by
him under the act Of congress entitled
an act providing for the collection OF
mouays due tee United Ssstss from the
Pacific railroad company, approved June
- 1874, and what il the present conGi.
ton OF matters therein. Rsferrsd to,
ard sls0 Citeetiug the secretary II COM
muuicate u the senate hat steps, If
any, have tcsn takea by him under the
second section OF the act making ap-
pTo.gist'ous fCr the legislative aud judi
cal expenses of the government for the
wear ending June so, 1874, and what is
the uIssert- cordllIOn of the matters
therein referred To-. Agreed to.
Senator Allison introduced bill to
authorize the cJI strucliOn Of bridge
ac-ls- tie Missouri river at Sioux City.
Referred.
Al tue expiration OF the morning hour
the consideration Of the resolution sub
mit,ed by Saastor Morton in regard to
the recent tlscl.Ju IN Mississippi WAS re-
sIme4. and Senator Morton continued
bis speech begun yesterday. He said
the . s. ( which he had undertaken was
not g pleasant one, but he was in the per-
fJrmance Of what he regarded as high
duty. No more important question
could be presented 10 TIE senate Than the
one now under consideration. He ir-
quErei whether the majority Of the peo-
lie o. safe could be overthrowl 10y
violence sd fraud, sud whether two
importaut amendments to the constitu-
too Of the United Stat could be vio-
lated without notice He ask ed the SEN
ate TO listen 10 the evidence which he
would produce, Snd desired TO state in
tae beginning that il was f-om Demo-
cratic sources. He then spoke Of the
fiasuc!sI condition OF that State, and
said {. had teen represented that the
gyveTnmput had bsen eSirAysgRnt be-
youd question, and ia Mississippi this
had lean made the excuse FOR murder
aud outrage. De stated that In 1870 the
R-uub-Icsn party found the State desti-
tgte sEl prCstTa'e, snd extraordinary
exgel - g had - be Incurred TO lift II out
OF this condition. He compared the con-
difiguCf the sta e under Democratic rule
with the situation during Republican
control Uf stis z, aud claimed that the
Republican sdmiGi-trstlon vss far su-
psrr1r u the Democratic ia honesty and
economy. IRE government he ssldi
had mated land 70 Mississippi which
hss Teen squsndered. The scnool iund
hsd beel sgolen, aud now white-iiners
in Mi,-issicp', educated in this way,
pretended 10 be outraged by the present
Sts.s gavlruuelt and gsnted 70 be re-
lievei o'i-. he next resd tom Gov
e-ur- TucEeI's me-slge 10 show that
reckless =Etravag EnCs prevailed IN Mis-
fi--ipgl before the waT, and said II a. he
lsl n .rg r-a,sria' Of the same chaTac-
Ter Dl. til not think 1t necessary to
take t-r t.Ule uf the senate In reading
more. Ee ilcI referred 10 The condition
o. sHa,ls attending the recent election