Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-16
The President Submits to the House the
Documents Demanded Of the Secre-
tary OF State by the InYeStiga-
ting COmmittee-0ther
Business in Both
Houses.
In the senate.

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President Of the United States to approve
any part of the appropriation bill, and to dis
| approve any portion of such bill as he may
think proper. Referred.
Senator Wadleigh, from the committee Oh
privileges and elections, made report upon
the charges that the election of Senator Gro
yer was procured by bribery The report
charges" The committee was discharged
from further consideration of the subject, and
leave was granted members OF the committee
to file their views in the case.
On motion of Senator Voorhees, the matter
of the memorial Of VIM. M'Garrahan to
perfect his patent for certain lands in Colo
RADIO, indefinitely postponed yesterday during
his (Voorhees temporary absence, was after
discussion declared to be still open.
Senator Window called up his amendment
to the resolution extending the session until
noon on Thursday next. Agreed to-yeas,
35; nays, 9.
The resolution was Immediately sent to the
house.
On motion of Senator Howe, William E..
Spencer, for many years journal clerk, was
chosen chief clerk of the senate, rice w. J
| M'Donald, deceased.
Senator Cockrell, from the committee on
| military affairs, reported adversely on the
senate bill donating the Fort Smith military
reservation in Arkansas to the city of Fort
Smith for free schools, and it was indefinitely
postponed.
Tue committee on military affairs was dis
charged from the furtheI consideration Of the
| petition that the name OF General John c.
Fremont be placed on the retired list of the
United States army.
The committee on naval affairs reported ia
vorably on the house bill authorizing the set
| Element of the claim of the late Rear Admit
raj John A. Dahlgren. Placed on the CAL
| endar.
I Ill IL ~
! to provide for the expenses of the select COM
mIttee on alleged frauds in the late Presi-
dental election, which appropriates twenty
thousand dollars for that purpose. The COM
mttee on appropriations having reported au
amendment appropriating. twenty thousand
dollars for the Investigation already or here
after directed by the senate of the present
congress, 1t was agreed to.
Senator Window then submitted an
amendment appropriating ten thousand dol
lars to be used under the direction of the at
torney- general to defray any expenses that
may be incurred by the department of justice
for the detection of any crimes committed
against the United States in the affairs Of, or
In course OF the Investlg cations mentioned III
this act. Agreed to and the bill passed as
amended.
The committee on finance was discharged
from further consideration of a large number
of propositions in regard to the repeal of
specie resumption and the reconciliation of
silver, together with numerous bills in regard
to the payment of customs duties in legal
tender notes and the goloid coin bill, nearly
all of the subjects having been covered by
bills passed.
Senator Cameron Wis submitted an
amendment to the sunory civil appropriation
bill appropriatIng fifty thousand dollars for
survey of the public lands IN the Black Hills
Referred.
Sanator Saunders coIIed nm tho sanoto hill
creating the Utah and Northern railway COM
pany, a corporation in the Territories of
Utah, Idaho and Montana, granting the right
of way to the company through the public
lands, and it was passed.
Senator Spencer presented the report of the
conference committee on the river and harbor
appropriation bill. 1t is substantially the
same as it passed the senate, but was re-
duced thirty nine thousand dollars, snow
appropriatlng eight million three hundred
and sixty-one thousand seven hundred dol
lars. A number of items had been stricken
out entirely, and the appropriation in others
were reduced. Among the reductions were
Dunklrk. After q discussion, the report was
agreed to, and the bill passed-yeas, 80;
nays, %. AS follows:
leas.-Allison, Anthony, Armstrong, Bar
num- Burnside, Butler, Cameron PA ], Cam
DOTScJ, EuSUlc, cry, OOTQOu, OrOVSf, Here
ford. Hill, Howe, Johnston, Jones Fila. |, Kel-
logg, KIrkwocd, M'Millan, MCPHERSON,
Mathews, Maxey, Merrimon, Mitchell. Ogles-
by, Paddock, Patterson, Plumb. Ransom,
Saunders, Spencer, Window and Withers
80.
Noys.-Bayard, Beck, Booth, Conkling,
Davis [lll.l Dawes, Eaton, Harris, Herman,
NJ 'Creary, Nj Donald, Morgan, Morrill,, Ran
dolph, Rollins, Sargent. Salisbury, Teller,
Voorhees,, Wadleigh, Wallace and Whyte
-22.
The conference committee on the army APP
preparation bill made its report, which was
agreed to without division.
Senator Nj MILAN demanded the yeas and
nays, but, there being 10 second for the call,
they were not ordered.
Senator Davis [Illl from the conference
committee on the Mexican award bill, made
a report which was agreed TO-
Senator Window called up the message
from the house announcing its non-concur-
renee in the resolution to extend the session
| to Thursday, and moved 2 conference.
Senator Window, from the conference
committee on the Legislative and judicial bill,
reported that the committee had been unable
to agree, and further conference was or
dered, Senators Window, Allison and Beck
being the confereeS.
An executive session soon followed, and
when the doors were reopened a recess was
taken.
Soon after Resembling there was another
executive session. When the doors were
reopened the committee on appropriations
was authorized to bit during the session of
The senate.
The bills on the calendar were passed as
follows:
The senate bill to provide for the terms of
district and circuit courts of the Z United States
at Lincoln, Nebraska.
The senate bill to detach territory from
the eastern district of Michigan and attach
the same to the western district and to pro-
vide for a division of the western district,
| and the holding OF district and circuit courts
therein.
The amendment of the house to the senate
bill increasing the pension of General James
Shields, OF Missouri, TO one hundred dollars
month was concurred in, and the bill
passed.
Senator Davis withdrew the motion offered
by him few days ago to reconsider the vote
by which the bills In regard to holding United
| States courts In North Carolina and Indiana
were passed.
A message was received from the house of
representatives announcing the passage by
that body OF a concurrent resolution extend
ing the session to four o'clock on Tuesday,
June 18th. The resolution was agreed to.
The senate bill forbidding musicians In the
army and navy playing tor private parties,
unless by permission of the secretary of war,
was lndehnltely postponed.
After humorous discussion, a number of
private bills were passed, together with the
senate bill to reimburse purchasers at direct
tax sales In Arkansas, declared illegal by the
United States courts in consequence of a de-
fe ,tive board of commissioners; the oil au-
thoriZIng toe secretary of the treasury to adj
Just and settle the debt due the United States
by Arkansas, and The house bill for no resto-
ration 10 market of certain lands in C.ah.
Adjourned until Monday.
In the House.
The consideration of the bill amending the
internal reYenGe law was resumed.
Mr. Townsend moved 10 amend SO as %
repeal the section of the revised statutes
which prohibits exemption from taxation of