The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-12-27


proposing an amendment to the constitution,
providing that the term of Office Of president
be six years. Also Joint resolution in re-
lalion to the contest between Spain and
Cuba. long debate followed on the Mcxi.
can border troubles and what the presidents
intended policy was as CLEANED from his
message. Adjourned.
In the House, on the llth, Mr.. Whit
thorne introduced bill providing that the
naval authorities shall remove the bodies of
the men lost in the wreck of the Huron for
burial in the naval cemetery at Annapolis,
and reimbursing the relatives for expenses
already incurred in removing the bodies
from the coast of North Carolina. After the
bill was 80 amended as to include the rcla.
tives of those men lost from the wrecking
boats b. Il l.. Baker, the bill passed. Mr..
Durham, from the appropriation committee,
reported back the deficiency appropriation
bill, with recommendation to the house to
concur in certain Of the senate amendments
and non concur in others. Mr.. Durham ex.
planned that when the bill passed the house
it appropriated $l,5i9, ,O00,and the senate had
added 81 $4,000 to the bill. The house
committee on appropriations Lad agreed to
recommend concurrence in the amendment
appropriating 1925, 900 for the state depart
ment building and non.concurrence in the
amendment appropriating S5OO,OOO for the
Star service CARRYING mails. The house then
c0ncurred in the following amendments
Item-for the United States mint at Denver
and for the ASSAY office at Helena. Item-tG
nav the salary of Judge Lanny of the court
OF claims. ltem-approprating 1925, 900 fot
the state department building. ltcm-ap'
proprlatinr 10000 for court house and
postoilice building at Little Rock; provis.
ion for sending public documents free
through the mails. apropriatiug IS 600 for n
commissioner to the international prison
congress et Stockholm. appropriating ,15,.
600 for repair of and restoration of paten
models The following senate amendments
were nohconcurreu III lncreaslis 'ne i'eln
~, ,. oo"s @nn nnn W. SEQ 600. n,'.ointi" 30
nnn t,t,, ,,,,,, ,mrl;i '' w.,
VeG ~, 30, Hnn Gov o daG;oron; M Mhar,U
1877 vi sS m W. tn ~ ',,r p"'
,,rata,n a. non fnr mH.aae tn tba no ~raan yan.
pt'aa ~, ',oI,aI aass;o. o,na,,.ioti,,,
SonI5 to, In.ni,nra for u,a sanato annrn'
r.iot;, az 80 for ,,;sosIIonan,s ito,iu ro.
ibo sonot s.' 'a,,nronriat;n, tG 600 for tha M.
t;onol nSync;ation for t7s reIief Of cnIoreJ
,on"' 'o' n',J Hi o,',,,ar'o,;, &IE nnn
IT,, oT
:H Zoo for to onn,misa;nmnrt 10
',nn,,or, rnn"r 9 oI piJi.h pUiJih na,v aJi,;on nf tho
E.s,t - tho rov;eoJ .iotnto.. on,,ro.
.;. r., ono IT,. ,o .,,,,nr;,,o IIIaail,s
p'Is ,.l; i;,ian aS,ri,,,;,,,
$50. 600 for the publication Of official records
OF the rebellion appropriatlnS Sl,1zo lor the
Legislative expenses OF washington 'rrrltory;
appr"prlat'ng Slooia Tor payment OF CLAIMS
audited ana allowed Tor pay, etcr oi oregon
ana washington volunteers IN the lndiah
hostliltles ol lS53 ana 1000 hpproprlatihG
f6,0o4 Tor a pavement IN iroht oil the arsenal
GROUNDS at Indianapolis All amendments
haVlnS been disposed ol the plil goes pack
10 the senate. Adjourned.
In tbo Uouuo nm the 1otb Mr. Harris
ohairnn, of ,ho election nnm,m;itoo nnlln3
,,.. ,La Cnla, ,,t',,,J ,ino,ia, ,nso
nj ~ ;,r;,,, .oos,nI L,, ,l,o Ja,,,oo.a,io
r'',,,,,o.s ,acio pat,orsn, or,i,IoJ ~ ,h.
nao. n',l ,,rnsi, hu 81,
W., n,'j .i,h 'r;u,, jpai;o.j J,l,,
.I,otod ,rhe nrosentot;on Of orgunants N
s, s,,nnort of u,o ma;nr;t, and n,inoritv ranorts
onarnpn;ad onap;o tha on,irs dsv snesnhns ON tho
snbiect were read and in,urrnp,ed TO hermit
the following: Mr. Money introduced bill
to authorize the southern racine railrond
committee to extend ITS railroad ana teie-
graph line eastwardlY from lts present Ter
minus Ill Arizona 10 point on thc mo
Grande ut or near vi Paso, ana to ald IA
building the same Referred. Adjourned
Tn +ba IJouoo on tbo 18th tho rerulor
ia. ' ~ hno;ns. o, VI th Wv. oons;Jara,;on @ r. tha
WioJ o,o u, ,,nS,o 'aL nIoo,;a,' "aa" rs ,oknn
NNi'i"'' '''itN''N' '''''Nb ''-' '''''N'
up. pa, H. 80 ".o' H. Johota h,;n,, ,IosnJ tb n
se,v,"' s, 1oi nons r@n os ro,o ',o nn
io"'o P,Vvoo'e". b "' V;'o u,t", & to Wv ,Ia
t'o I"ta',on ~ A., % G oG,t th ""n U,;,tss
pioPTs't,on VI soo W 'm IT.; ',a
s'a". ,;I nu.Jiu ~, woo ,sn, na.,v ,",a aas ,rH
nes"'',"" ,no y I, 'uio, pa'T ,"su ,ai,, diu
my, ,a.' hoJ ho, ,o' m' rai;d m Wv, oloo,;a|
TI; 1lIi 'i"s mel a;oati % en II" I,r, % nons ~
WI rLo ."s . ,p .t'u. ','an y.",n :,
;,h ue" ,mI o' tho don,nora,;o s;ds Tba
"iin "pI.'uu,n m '"' o,aI ,r;,, ,,,o ro,,tj;
aono"s uoo ,ha oa;sn,a,;ua. Massrs Inunr
Sna S,nn.ar ~ viIliomo rnoI potter and Will
"S' ~ v",a was tbsn toLo, mnon tha
w. II o,,,,;o,' ~ III Jooior;na A.. ppt,arsnn
"lV','i o, "nd !, ,ras a,raod to Vas
''..u ,,e nn. ''n I'd ""' - '9'
Nv maya '1''
In the House on the l4th, Mr.. Single
ton presented the report Of the confer.
ence committee on the deficiency in the mp.
proprintion bill. He explained that the die.
ference between the two houses vas Sl7l,O O.
and the committee of conference of the
house had Welded $lO2 900 to the demands
of the senate committee. After a long dis
cussion the report of the conference com
mittee was agreed to without the yeas and
nays. The bill now goes to the president fol
his ,ignaturc. The senate amendment to the
bill relative to reservoirs to promote the nayi
CATION of the Mississippi river was taken NJ
and referred. The business on the speaker,
table having been resumed and disposed of
Mr.. Wood, chairman of the ways and mean,
committee, sent to the clerks desk n resolu
ton, on which he moved the previous cues
tion. Mr.. Wood insisted on having hi, reso
luton read, and after some parliamentar,