Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-07-08
Ingalls, after the SiOux-Debate In the
Conference on the Legislative,
Executive and Judicial Ap- .
TropriatlOn Bills.
BlO0dy.Shirt Morton Oh Modification,
and "AlI that Sort of Thing
Johnny Logan IndOrses the '
RlOody.Shirt Genius.
The Impeachment of Belknap, Late Sec.
retary Of War, and Active Mem.
Der Of tine Hayes and
Wheeler Bloody
Shirt Party. 81
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SENATE. ...-
WAsHINGToE, July 7.-Senator Win
dom introduced a Dill continuing anC
extending Tor period Of ten days ths
act recently passed for providing tenn
poTAsily for the expenses of the govern.
ment. Referred to committee Oa ap.
propriations.
Senator Hitchcock called UP the senate
bill to provide for the sale Of the For
kearney military reservation In Nebrss
ka. Passed.
On motion Of Senator Ingalls,, the sen.
ate to-day adopted resolution request
ing the President to inform the senate
whether the Sioux Indians had made
hostile demonstrations prior to the in-
yssiOn Of their reservation by the gold.
hunters; also, whether the present mill
tAry operations are conducted for thepur
puse of protecting said Indians in rights
under the treaty concluded in the year
1868, or for the purpose to punish them fGI
resisting violation OF that treaty, and
whether the recent reports Of an alleged
disaster to our forces under General
Custer in that region are true.
During the morning hour the confer
ence report on the legislative, judicial
and executive appropriation bill was dis
cussed. AT twelve o'clock the impesch.
ment trial was resumed, but on motion
or &C., ,-ator Edmunds it was ordered that
further proceedings In the VIZ. oe sus'
pended for the present, that the confer
ence report On tbs appropriation bill
might be considered
MF. Morrill, Me said a conference
com mittee had come to be the mere will
OF one house Of congress, and only one.
Ga such ground the conference was i'm
practicable, because their could he but
one side 70 the question. IA long as the
consent to q conference, but when the
house got 60 far as to adhere, it would be
revolution, absolute revolution, def
ance of laws and that means revolution
in this cOItutry. The senate conference
had met the house half way, and if any
more could be done consistent with the
integrity Of the senate, he would be glad
if some one here or elsewhere would pro-
claim it. The senate committee had
met the house half way, and agreed to
reduction OF sixty thousand dollars in
the force Of the civil service, believing
lkIdb AZ NcSo ECtNsl bllRb Iitc C1NI 6SINlCo
should suffer somewhat than to have an
important appropriation bill fail. But
this proposition was absolutely rejected
by the house, The whole amount to oe
saved by reducing the clerks salaries, as
proposed by the house, would not exceed
swO hundred and fifty or three hundred
thousand dollars.
Senator Window, q member of the
committee on appropriations, said that,
after q careful calculation, it had been
found that the saving would be but a
little over ten thoueand dollars. 1t was
NOT The amount involved 80 much as it
wac the principle OF coercing the senate
to change the law.
Senator Edmuuds-Thst is all they
care for.
Senator Morrill,, resuming, said that it
was not on the principle ofiust economy
that this thing was done by the house.
It could not be made apparent here or
anywhere else, that there was any ns-
cessity or justice in the attempt to raid
on the clerks in the departments. 1t
was too insignificant altogether for the
Of statesmanship. The
principle which LAID behind this action
OF the house of representatives covered
the whole field of legislation and anni-
hilated the senate of the United States.
The house and senate were not dividing
upon the question Of cleIk,' salaries, but
upon the general power undertaken by
the house to be exercised over the sen.
ate. 1t had been claimed
that the house had Teduced the appro-
priatlons, as compared with the bills of
last year, to the extent of $50, 900, 600,
but there was deficiency bill OF $4 00O,.
600, which had been counted in the $780,
900 600, and had no business there. The
senate committee on appropriations had
reduced the appropriations, as compared
with the bills of last year, TO the extent
Of $22, ZOO, 600, and in the last three
years the senate had reduced these
bills to the extent of $685.
OOO, 900. Senator Morrill, then ar
gued that the house had appropriated
the upexpepded balances without men
Iionipg the amount, and he believed the
amounted % about S., 900, 600.
Add to this the deficiency bill of 81 ,00O,-
BOO, and it would be seen that the house
had reduced the appropriations to the
extent of $50, 100000 only; and as the
senate comm lttee on appropriations bad
reduced them to the extent Of $22, ,000,-
300, the difference between the two
houses was only $8,000,000.
The senator then proceeded to show
now this eight million dollars was made
10. 1t was shown that it was all due to
necessary appropriations, such
as those for the court of claims, for pub
ic buildings, for the naval service, and
or other sundry expenses. He predict
I'd that the present clipping would re-
,ult IN 8 large deficiency bill for the
present year. Any one could be eco-
lOmical by emitting necessary service.
He claimed that in every case where
,he house had right to judgment on
he amount Of appropriations, the sem
ate had deferred to the house; but in the
appropriations provided for By Law, the
senate had refused to agree that the
house should arbitrarily fix the amount |
If the appropriations. The senate stood
ID ita constitutional right.
Senator Morton addressed the senate,
claiming that the attitude Of the house
vas revolutionary and nuilify1ng. be
jaid that il either house said to the
,ther, Repeal this obnoxious statute or
We Will stop the working Of the govern
nent," such a proposition was revolu-
ionsry, and was just analogous 10 South |
Carolina in notification times. he ap-
,ealed to the senators to stand firm for
he independence of their house, for If
hey yielded it would be tine end Of
by the two houses. He
leld that if either house inserted new
egislstion in an appropriation which was
objected to by the other, it was the duty
IT the house proposing the change to re-
,ede; otherwise one house can nullify q
aW.