The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-06-13

in favor of that introduced by him some time
J ago, amendstory of the Texas Pacific rail
! road act. Mr.. Lamar briefly replied, and
moved that the Texas Pacific bill be made q
/ special order for the first Wednesday after
| the first Monday in December next, but SUBJ
! sequently withdrew it at the request OF Mr..
/ Conkling, who suggested that several senaS
tors were absent who might desire to be
| heard upon that motion. He then gave no.
tice that he would submit the motion to-
| mOrrOw......The senate then resumed con-
| sideration of the post route bill, and dis.
| cussion in regard to the Brazilian mail SUBJ
/ sidy was continued. Adjourned.
| In the senate on the 9Th, after long
| discussion, the senate, by yeas 30, nays %,
| took up the army appropriation bill. After
debate the amendment of the committee on
increasing the army to $4,000 was agreed to
yeas 80, nays 19, as follows: Yeas-Alli-
son, Anthony, Barnum, Bayard, Blaine,
Bruce, Burnside, Butler, Cameron wis
Christiancy, Coke, ,COnkhng, Conover, Davis
(IH.6 Dawes, Dennis, Dorsey, Edmunds,
Ferry, Gordon. Grover, Hamlin, HOar, HOwe,
Ingalls,, Herman, KiEkwoOd. Mcmillan, Max.
ey, Mitchell, Morrell, Oglesby, Plumb, Rol-
lins, Sargent, Spencer, Teller, Wadleigh and
Wallace-S9. Nays-Bailey, Beck, CockreIl,
Eaton, Eustis, Harris, Hereford, Hill, John
ston, Jones (Fla.), Lamar, McCreary, Mes
Donald, MerrimOn, Ransom, Salisbury,
Thurman, Voorhees, and Withers-19. Ad-
journed.
In the senate on the 7th, Mr.. Davis
(Ill.) called up the senate bill to amend the
act of May %, 1872, to provide for furni sh-
ing trUsses to disabled soldiers. Passed ......
After the morning business the senate re-
sumed consideration of the army appropria-
tion bill l...... Discussion as to the lawful use
of the army WIS continued at some length
by Messrs. Edmunds. Hill, Wallace, Merris
mon and others. Mr.. Hill submitted an
amendment to strike out of the section as
above quoted the words " as posse comitS
atus," and Mr.. Teller submitted amends
ment to strike out the words " for the pur-
pose of executing the laws" Pending dis
cussion the senate adjourned.
In the senate on the 8th, on motion of
Mr.. Mathews, the further cOnside Grafton of
the Texas Pacific railroad bill was postponed
till the first Wednesday after the first Mon
day in December next. In submitting the
motion Mr. Mathews said after consultation
with the friends of the measure he had con-
eluded not to submit the motion but to make
it a special order for that day, as be had
previously announced by q vote of yeas
%, nays 2, a bill was passed modifying the
contract with Jas. B Eads for the censtruc.
ton OF jetties at South Pass, mouth of the
Mississippi river. The negative votes were
given by Messrs. Burnside and Howe. The
bill provides that the payments to Hr. Eads
shall be advanced, upon certain conditions,
iu monthly installmentS not to exceed in the
aggregate $500 600, and also provides for
commission of FIVE army engineers TO exam
inc the work IA resolution recently intrO>
duced by Mr.. Gordon, calling upon the
commissioner of agriculture for information
in regard to sheep husbandry and wool pro-
duction in the southern states, was agreed
tO...... Consideration OF the army appropria-
ton bill was resumed, and the discussion
upon the 29th section of the house bill, for
bidding the employment of the army as a
posse comitatus, was continued The bill
having been considered in committee of
the whole, was reported to the senate, and
the amendments made in committee of the
whole concurred in in separate vote, which
was demanded by Mr.. Merrimon, on the
amendment providing for commission to
consider the expediency of transferring the
Indian bureau from the interior to the war
department, and it was oOncurred in-yeas
a, nays 8. The bill was then read q third
time and passed. Adjourned.