The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-11-15

In the Senate, on the 9th, number of 4
bills were introduced and referred. The Vice /
President appointed Senator Kirkwood a /
member of the Committee ON Foreign AT |
fairs Senator Ingalls, member of the Com /
miftee on Privileges and Elections, and SEN /
ator Saunders a member OF the Committee on
Railroads. TO nh the vacancies on these com
nittees occasioned by the death of senator
Norton Adjourned till Monday..-...In the
House, Mr.. Swami, Chairman of the Commit
tee on Foreign Affairs, presented a communi-
cation from the Secretary of State in refer
ence 20 the Paris Exposition. They estimated
the expenses of an American representation
at s355 600. Ordered printed and recommit-
ted. Rev. DIV. ID. Harrison was elected Chap
lain The House went into Committee OF the
Whole on the Army Appropriation bill, but
after long discussion again adjourned with
out definite action
The Senate was not in session on the 10th.
......The House again took up the Army APP
preparation bin in Committee of the Whole,
and after considerable discussions, the bin
passed through the committee. The com
mittee rose and reported flle bill, but as 1t
was found that the amendments agreed TO in
| the committee confiicted, and as il required
time to straighten them out, the House ad-
| journed.
| In the Senate, on the 18th, a number of
/ bills were introduced and referred, among
them the following: By Senator Window,
| to establish a department of Commerce; -by
| Mr.. Conover, to provide for the survey of an
! interior water route and canal from the
/ Mississippi River to the Atlantic. senator
| Maxey submitted q resolution instructing
| the Committee on Military Affairs TO inquire
\ into the expediency of constructing defensive
/ works the Rio Grande frontiers. Lald
over for the present. Hon. ID. W. voorhees,
! was sworn in as Senator from Indiana sem
ator Booth was appointed Chairman OF the
Committee on Patents, in place of senator
Wadleigh, recently appointed Chairman of
! the Committee on Privileges and Elections.
senator Davis OF Illinois was excused from
| further service on the Committee on Pen
sions, and Senator Saunders was excused
from further service on the Committee OF
Transportation Routes to the Seaboard
senai ex DIn r co9oerninp p re-
cent publication in the New York
Herald which pmported to give his (Conk-
ling's) expressed opinions on certain persons
and matters. The senator said the statement
contains some remarks which he made II
casual conversation at times, and contain;
other remarks which he never made at any
time. number of appointments were con
firmed in executive session, among them the
following: John L. Stephens, Minister &c
sweden and Norway; Edgar NJ. Marble. O
Michigan, Assistant Attorney General; Jno
ID. Defrees, Public Printer; Kenneth Rayner
Solicitor of the Treasury; Ellory M. Brayton
Collector Internal Revenue for South Caro-
lima, vice l.. CaSS Carpenter, resigned. Unltet
States NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. II. Crittenden for ken
tucKy; Joseph L. Morphes, for Northern Mis-
souri 80. In the House, the Ar
my Appropriation bill, reported iron
the Committee of the Whole
on Saturday. came up for consideration n
the regular order, and after lengthy discus
! sion, passed without division. The followin;
amendments 20 the bill were previously con
CURED in; BY Mr.. Schleicher-str1kinS on
the clause prohibiting the recruiting OF tn
| army beyond the number of enlisted men OF
the rolls the first of November. BY Mr.. Cul
berson-providing that four cavalry regI
ments be recruited to one hundred mel
each company, to be employed IN GeIehs
Texas, provided nothing herein shall author
ize recruiting beyond 10000 men. The Repnb
llcans voted solidly against this amendmen
; and were joined by Messrs. Giddings, Mill
e and Schleicher. The amendment providing
, that staff officers shall not be entitled to q
receive any additional rank, pay, or allow
e ances was rejected-yeas, 1913; nays, l3l. Til
p negative vote was given by Re
publicans, backed by Messrs. Blackburn
4 Carlisle, Cook, Harrison, Eickhoh, Muller
t Potter, Willis and Randolph. \ larg
number of bills were introduced and refcI
e red, including the bills to amend the laws !
= relation to mailable matter OF the third class
+ designating the time for the meeting of Con
. gress the first Monday in January; to reduc
1 the number of military cadets; for paymel
of all cotton seized after the 29th OF May, 1856
+ also, to refund the tax on raw cotton collect
- ed from 1868 to 1865; to prohibit by cOnStltt
tiOnM amendment the payment of claim
n arising out OF the late rebellion, etc, etc.
: THE NEGATIVE VOTE on THE SILVER BILL.
z. The following is a list of the members {
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= Bland bill for the recOnage of silver: rs
con, New York; Ballou, Rhode Island; Blai
: New Hampshire; Brewer, Michigan; Brigg
Is New Iampshire Camp New York; ChitteI
sets; Cole, Missouri Davis,
q Carolina; Denison, Vermont Eamc
Rhode Island; Field, Massachusetts; Fry
Maine; Gibson Louisiana; Hardenbergh, Ne
Jersey; Hart, New York; Hendce, Vermont
It Hewitt, New York; Joyce, Vermont; Leonart
# Louisiana; Lindsey, Maine; Mctowan, Mlcl
: igan; Morse, Massachusetts; NOrcroSS, Ma'
d sachusetts; Peddie, New Jersey; Power
Maine; Reed, Maine; Rice, Massachusett
Schleicher, Texas Stephens, Georgia; Swan
> Maryland; Ward, Pennsylvania; Wood, Ne
e York