Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-20


Fenton's qualifications for the proper DIS
charge of the duties of commissioner to the
monetary conference which did not apply
with greater force to the new nominee (Law-
rence) He claimed that Governor Fenton s
| requirements in this special field of lnvesh-
| CATION were superior to those of Lawrence,
and he expressed a strong desire that the for
| mer should yet be confirmed. These remarks
Immediately gave rise 10 long discussion,
which related almost exclusively to Mr.. Law
rence's fitness, and only incidentally dis
| closed the fact that the silver men in the SEN
ate still adhered to their objections against
Mr.. Fenton on the ground that he Is a be-
lever in a single gold standard theory, and
that at least two of the three commissioners
ought to be In sympathy with the double
standard movement, to promote which the
conference was originated. At the close Of
the debate, which lasted until half past elev-
en- o'clock, the vote was taken on Senator
| Conkling's motion to reconsider Governor
Fenton's rejection, and it was defeated by
two majority-yeas, %; nays, %.
The senate resumed the consideration of
legislative business for few moments and
then again went into executive session, by
| which time a message was received from the
| President Withdrawing the nomination of
| Lawrence and returning that of Governor
| Fenton. long debate ensued and finally
| the nomination of Governor Fenton was con-
| frmed by a vote of 26 to %. and motion to
| the same majority.
At ten minutes after twelve o'clock the
| doors were reopeued.
Senator Sargent submitted a concurrent
/ resolution extending the session until three
o'clock in the morning. Agreed to.
In the House.
| Mr.. Pound, rising to a question of privi-
| lege, said that last night he moved to pass
| the bill extending the time for the compile
| ton of the Northern Pacific railroad, and
| that Mr.. Eden had made remarks In opposi-
| ton to the bill which were outrageously in
correct and not supported by the facts.
Mr.. House raised the point that there was
no question of privilege involved.
The speaker was about sustaining the point
| when Mr.. Eden claimed the right to be heard,
| and said that Mr.. Pound had no right to mis-
represent him if he Pound was in the en-
| pioy of railroad corporations. lCries OF "Or-
| DER and great confusion.
| Mr.. Pound-I demand that the gentle
| mans remarks be taken down, charging me
with being in the employ of railroad corpo
| rations.
| The remarks were written out and read.
Mr.. Pound-I move that the gentleman,
| unless he apologies or retracts, be censured
Mr.. Eden-The only thing l meant by the
| remark was that the gentleman from Wis
consin appeared as an active partisan of the
| railroad corporations, legislating In their in
terests, and not that he was the employed at
| torney OF the railroad corporations.
The speaker inquired if Mr.. Pound was
| satisfied.
Mr.. Pound-I am not. Laughter.
The speaker remarked in a concIliatory
spirit, that he had always believed that re-
| marks which were intersected and out of order
should not appear in the record, and that as
a controversy had arisen in tins matter every
thing offensive had better be omitted from
the record as having been said out of order.
Mr.. Morrison said that his colleague [Edenl
had stated frankly all he meant, and if the
house thought that the remarks objected to
should be omitted from the record there was
no objection to emitting it.
The matter was further discussed in the
same general spirit, and finally it was decided
that everything which had taken place should
appear ON the record.
Mr. Ewing moved to suspend the rules and
pass the bill to retire the national bank notes
and substitute treasury notes for them. Re-
jected-yeas, 100; nays, ia. The result was
greeted with applause on the Republican
side.
The speaker appointed the following COM
mlttee to attend the funera, of Representa-
tive Quinn, at Albany: Messrs. Mayham,
Blount, Caldwell, Jones N. Fl. !, Townsend,
Errett, and Jones [O.J.
A resolution was adopted to pay the widow
of Mr.. Quinn his arrears of pay and the pay
he would have received for the remainder of
his term.
Mr.. Southland moved to suspend the rules
and pass the following bill: That on and
after the first day of October, 1878, legal
tender notes of the United States shall be re-
ceived at par In payment of customs duties
Agreed to, and the bill was passed-years
153; nays, So.
Mr.. Haskell moved to suspend the rules
and pass the bill providing that all pensions
on account of death wounds received or DIS
ease contracted in the service of the United
States during the late war shall commence
from the date of the death or the discharge,
and for the payment of arrears of pensions
on that principle, and also providing that no
claim agent shall be entitled to any compen-
sation for making application for arrears of
pensions. Agreed to-yeas, l61; nays, 81.
Mr.. Kenna made a conference report on
the bill for the election of representatives in
West Virginia and New Hampshire in the
forty fourth congress. He stated that all the
senate amendments are to be retained except |
that IN regard to the election OF Unleed
States senator by the present legislature in |
New Hampshire, which was struck out. The
report was agreed to.
Mr.. Clark Mo- moved to suspend the
rules and pass the bill to create an auditor of
railroad ascounts. Agreed to-yeas, 1877;
nays, IL.
The senate resolution extending the time
for final adjournment until ten o'clock to-
night was concurred in.
Mr. Atkins, from the conference committee
on the sundry civil appropriation BILL report
ed that the committee had been unable to
agree.
Mr. Atkins stated that the committees in
the conference had differed very widely on
great many points. Whether they could
come to an agreement remained to be
seen; as yet there was very little probability
of an agreement.
Mr.. Hale, one of the conferrees, stated that
though at first the conference committee had
failed to agree he hoped and expected that |
another committee could come to some agree
ment by eight o'clock tonight.
The report was then agreed to, and Messrs.
Atkins, Hewitt n. Y. and Hale were ap-
pointed conferrees on the part of the house.
Mr.. Crittenden moved to suspend the rules |
and pass the bill known as the pro-rate bill, |
to establish board of Pacific railroad COM
mssioners. Rejected-yeas, 1856; nays, 103- |
not the requisite two-thirds in the afirma
tive.
The house then took recess
EVENING SESSION. 81
The attendance of members was rather |
slim, many having already left the city.
Mr.. Cox N. Y. moved to suspend the |
rules and pass the bill to fix the pay of the |
letter-carriers. Agreed to-yeas, 149; nays,
"a. The result was hailed with applause. |
The bill provides that in all cities containing |
population of seventy five thousand or over |
there shall be two classes of letter-carriers; |
ths first class to have salary of one thousand |
dollars, and the second-class salary of eight |
hundred dollars; that in cities of less than |
seventy-fve thousand there shall be but |
one class of letter-carriers, whose salary shall |
be eight hundred and fifty dollars; that a
third class may be established on application
of the postmaster, to be called auxiliary let
teri carriers, and to receive four hundred dol
lars year, and that the letter-carrier system
may be established in cities of twenty thou
sand inhabitants.
Mr. Conger moved to suspend the rules
aud pass the joint resolution proposing a con-
stitutional amendment forever prohibiting
the payment of any claim for property taken,
used, injured or destroyed by United States
troops during the war of the rebellion, unless
the owner was loyal, and gave neither aid nor
encouragement to the enemy. Agreed to
yeas, IA; nays, 81.