Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-02-12
Senator Bruce Adheres TO Ills Denuncia-
tiOns of the President Grants
Deposition TO be Taken TO-
Dsy.
An OYer.ZealOus Admirer of Revenue
Commissioner Pratt
Democratic Financial Policy.
The Carpetbaggers in Council About
BlOOdy.Shirt Morton Clerk
IislnbletOn's Resignation is
Accepted, Etc.
ooNGREssIoNAL PRoCEEDINes.


the concurrent resolution providing for
the count Of the vote for President and
Vice-President OF the United States was
taken up and discu ased, pending which
the morning hour expired, and the con.
s,deration of the Centennial appropTia-
ton bill was resumed, and passed with
gu the preamble, yeas Al, nays Is. The
pce@tnble was then agreed to, yeas 81,
nays 16, and the bill passed as it came
from the house. In the house the con-
sular and diplomatic appropriation bill
was the important feature, to which 8
number OF amendments were proposed
and dispnsed of, when the bill was COM
pleted as far as the committee of the
whole was concerned, and the commit
tee rose and reported the bill. AL. the
amendments adopted in the committee
were agreed to, except that abolIshiDg
the mission to the Hawaiian islands, on
which separate vote was demanded by
Mr.. Hale. The amendment-wa agreed
to, yeas 130, nays 81. A vote by yeas
and nays was then taken on the passage
OF the bill, which resulted, yeas 19l,
nays 2. It approprlates about nine hun
dred and fourteen thousand dollars, be-
ing a reduction of four hundred and sew
enty thous and dollars from the bill Of
last year. Both houses adjourned till
Monday.
CLERK HAMBLEToN's RESIGNATION AC-
CEPTED.
The chairman of the committee on
ways and means has addressed the fol-
lowing nOts to the clerk Of the com.
mittee:
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
Y a1TWV Il INnf1,.
To DIR. j. P. Hambleton, Clerk Of Ways and
Means Committee:
EIR-The charge go often made, and
as often denied by you, that you had
named q son after the assassin Of Mr.,
Lincoln, I have until now wholly disbe-
lieved; but recent developments which
show your son to have been named or
recognized by the name of John w. B.
Ram6leEon, gives at least a semblaDce
of truth to the charge. With the slight
est appearance of the truth of such a
charge 1 have but one duty to perform,
and that is to accept your resignation,
offered some time ago, which l do here
bys Respectfully yours,
q Chairman Committee on Ways and Means.
THE PROBABLE DEMOCRATIC FINAN
CIAL POLICY.
Dsn0cratie members, in conversa-
tion to-day, say they do not think there
will be much difficulty in framing
financial plank, as q conciliaiory spirit
pervaded the caucus last night. The
opinion was generally expressed that it
will be impracticable to resume specie
payment on the frat Of ] Jsnuary, 1879,
provided for by the act of Janusry 10,
1875; therefore the provision should
be repealed and measures taken
for a gradual resumption Of specie pay
ments by requiring the national banks
to retain per centsge of the gold re-
ceived by them as interest on the bonds
deposited with the treasurer Of the
United States as security fo- their circu-
lating notes, and also requiring tho sec
retary Of the treasury to retain a certain
percentage of gold as part Of a sinking
fund for the payment of the public debt.
This, the Democrats say, will be the ba-
sis of action Of the committee in their
report 10 an adjourned meeting OF the
caucus Thursday next.
A ROW IN THE CAMP.
The fact that Senator Bruce denounced
President Grant yesterday in execu-
tive session, charging him with
indifference to the southern cOlOred
representatives, and with having un.
Justly taken des against them, occa-
sions much comment. 1t Is said that
the President, on hearing OF the remarks,
sent for Bruce, but bis friends say he
will not accept any such invitation, ss
he considers the breach between them
too wide to be closed.
THE NEW DISTRICT JUDGE OF LOUIsI-
ANA.
Judge Billings, just confirmed by the
senate. will hold court in New Orleans
on the third Monday in February. No
business in the bankruptcy or maritime
courts has heen transs cted in the district
for Louisiana since the resignation Of
Judge Durel.
THE PRESIDENT WILL DEPoSE BEFORE
CHIEF-JUsTICE WAITE.
The President ssid in the cabinet
meeting to day that he had received the
interrOgatOriss upOn which his evidence
is required in the B .bcock trial. His
deposition will be made tom OTroW be-
fore Chief-Justice Waite.
AN OVER JEALOUS ADMIRER OF COM
MISSIONER PRATT.
Commissioner Pratt received to-day
by express e handsome gOld-headed
cane, forwarded by subordinate in the
revenue service. Tue cane was imme-
diately returned with thanks and a
reference to a provision OF law which
attaches a peaalty of dismissal from
Office to all engaged in interchange Of
ecurtesies OF this character.
CARPETBAGGERS IN COUNCIL.
Chicago Times.l
WASHINGTON, February S-A con-
cI&ve Of carpetbaggers was held Tonight
in the room of the senate. Spencer and
about sixty of his brethren were in
council, the purpose of which was 10 de-
eide on policy for better presentation
of the bloody shirt and tie upholding Of
Mortonism. Spencer, in tehaR Of the
committee Of which he is the leader, re-
ported that he waited upon Chief. Justice
Waite with Morey, of Louisiana, and
reprt sented to the judge the necessity Of
an early and favorable decision on the
enforcement act. Spencer related in
lugubriOus tones his diseom filure with
the chief ju tice. That gentleman
listened to his remarks coldly, and re-
piled, with no evidence Of sympathy,
that it V as not the practice Cf the su-
prame bench 10 discuss decisions before
they are rerd red, and that, in short,
sueh an appeal from any source was no
more or
no LESS THAN A CONTEMPT OF COURT.
Reb1ffed at this point, the disconso-
lat caTpetbaggers waited on the Presi-
dent aud informed him OF the situation
OF thiJgs, urging his cooperation. They
informed him that kilograms had been
received from Kellogg to the effect that
one Of the judges in Mississippi had been
impeaehed, and would inevitably be de-
posed; that he expected his own i'm
Ieschment daily, and that unless the
strongest clauses Of the enforcement act
could be brought to bear, the last vestige
Of power would be torn from the hands
Of the Presidents supporter. General
Grant promi' I 10 lend a hand but gave
no very definite idea as to how 1t would
onnna A warm disPuaaioD HOIlovved on