Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-05-30

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visions and clothing at the navy departmel
was under consideration. On motion ii
committee was discharged from further col
sideraton of the subject.
Senator Hereford reported adversely on tt
senate bill for the relief of the Jeffersonvill
and Louisville ferry company, and it was IL
definitely postponed.
Pending the consideration of the bill, Ser
ator NJ Donald introduced a bill to establis
a board to be known as the Pacific railroa
| 90 umissioners.
Senator Sargent, FIVE minutes before th
| expiration Of the morning hour, moved
take up the house oil to remove the lega
disabilities Of women to practice In the court
of the United States, but several senators op
posed the motion on account OF want of tim
to consider the bill, as the legislative appro
priation bill would come up at the expiration
Of the morning hour. The motion was de
feated by tie vote-yeas, 26; nays, 26.
Senator Sargent said the vote was encour
| aging, and he would submit the motion
| again at an early day.
| At the expiration of the morning hour th,
consideration of the legislative, judicial ant
| executive appropriation bill proceeded.
| Senator Window, chairman of the com
| mittee on appropriations, In charge of thu
| bill, said to-day, that the estimates for the
| legislative, judicial and executive depart
| ments of the government, for the fiscal yeal
| ending June 30, 1877, were SIG, 49,, 617; tota
amount appropriated for the current fsca
year, SIS, 537, 5Sl to that had been added by
various deficiency Ibill, $40, 945; making a
total of 81 ,878, 526 for the year 1873. The
total amount appropriated by the bill now be
fore the senate as it came from the commit
tee on appropriations, was $l5, 564, 942, be-
ing 1913, 5S4 less than the appropriation fol-
the current fiscal year. If there were any
objections to the bill, it was probably on &C.
count Of the appropriations being too small
rather than too large. The bill was by nc
means as formidable as the several hundred
amendments would indicate. There were
certain general principles governing all of
them. In the first place, the house OF repre-
sentatives assumed to revise the compensa-
ton of, and reduce the number of employees
OF the senate, but the senate committee would
not agree thereto, and submitted amend
ments 10 reinstate the employees and main
tain the compensation OF all as now fixed.
The house bill undertook to regrade the sew
eral classes Of clerks in the executive
departments of the government. This reor-
ganizatlon, Or rather, disOrganiZation, of the
clerical force extended to all departments
The house had provided for certain clerks, at
an annual compensation of one thousand
dollars each, but the senate committee would
not agree thereto. The demand of all the
departments was for clerks of a higher grade;
quired work. The senate committee had,
therefore, reinstated the clerical force as or
gaDized by the act of 1858. The house had
abolished the fourth and fifth auditorsbips of
the treasury, and the senate committee had
reported in favor of restoring those offices.
The house had provided for assistant messen-
gers and pages in the departments, but the
uniform testimony of the department officials
was that the pages would be of no use, and
the senate committee had thereto restored
the system of messengers In use. The COM
mittee had increased salary IN one instance
only, and DO additional clerks were author
lied except in cases of ABSOLUTE necessity,
one Of which was in the pension branch of
the surgeon general Office, where thirty two
more clerks were needed.
Senator Davis w. Va. |, member OF the
committee on appropriations, said he agreed
in the main to all that had been said by the
chairman of the committee. There were
nearly thousand amendments to the bill,
but as to those in regard to the executive de-
partments one principle governed them ALL
and that was, whether the salaries remain as
already fixed by law or be reduced. If there
was to be any change in the salaries it should
be done III the proper way and not upon any
appropriation bill. The bill as reported was
approved by tie committee. All
the amendments reported by the committee
on appropriations restoring the number and
Of the employees of the senate
were agreed to. The amendments of the
committee on appropriations reinstating the
fourth and fifth auditors of the treasury,
abolished by the house bill, were agreed to
without discussion. Several hundred amend
ments of the committee restoring the num-
Der and compensation of the clerks, messen-
gers and laborers IN the various executive
departments of the government, offices
of the assistant treasurers, minis and assay
offices throughout the United States, were
agreed to without debate. An amendment
of the committee providing that 'Before The
the expenditure of any of the seventy FIVE
thousand dollars appropriated for the New
Orleans mint the city of New Orleans shall
release to the United States all title and
claim to the lands and premises upon which
said mint is located" was agreed to. The
clause of the bill, fixing the compen-
satien of the members of Territorial
legislatures at four dollars per day and mile
age, was amended by striking out all that
portion of the house bill in regard to dis
tricting the Territories and the appointment
of members in the legislatures. The COM
mittee reported an amendment to strike out
Of the house bill the clause forbidding the
of pensions from dropping pen
sioners from the rolls upon erparte state
ments taken by special agents, which was
agreed to. Another amendment of the COM
uN0 UuOuSduu uOlldTS
for investigating the history and habits of in
sects injurious to agriculture, and for ascer-
tanning the best means of destroying them,
was agreed to.
Pending the consideration of the bill a
was received from the house of rep
resentatives announcing that that body had
agreed to the senate concurrent resolution in
regard to the final adjournment, fixing the
date at June 18th instead of June 10th.
Senator Hamlln said he suggested the pro-
priety of taking up and acting upon the
of the house now. The earlier
The question of adjournment should be de-
.ermined the better it would be, as congress
would then know the necessity of working up
10 it.
Senator Window opposed the present con-
of the resolution, and said it would
the consideration of the legislative
appropriation bill to take it up now. He in
ended TO make a motion to refer it to the
committee on appropriations.
Senator Paddock, from the conference COM
nittee on the bill TO amend section 2464 Of
he revised statutes, relative to the cultiva
ed q report, which was agreed to and the
dill passed.
Consideration of the legislative appropria
ion bill was then resumed The amend
nent of the senate committee, reinstating
he office of naval solicitor, abolished by the
house Of representatives, was agreed to.
Senator Davis IIll.l submitted an amend
nent to increase the compensation OF the
thief justice and ASSOCIATED justices from
wenty-six hundred to three Thousand dol
ars per annun, and in support of the amend
nent said that the law fixed their compensa-
ion at three thousand, but it had last year
oeen reduced to twenty-six hundred dollars.
Senator Blaine, pending the discussion on
he amendment, moved that the army APP
preparation bill be read by title and referred
. the committee on appropriations.
Senator Burnside moved to refer the por-
ion OF the bill referring to the reorgan:za-
ION Of the army to the committee on mill
AIRY affairs.
Senator Sargent raised the point of order
hat the bill could not be divided for the pur-
pose of reference, and the point was sus-
tanned.
The bill was then referred to the commit
tee on appropriations, and the senate re-
'umed consideration of the legislative appro-
prIation bill.
The amendment of Senator Davis was re-
II; nays, 30.
Pending discussion on the legislative bill,
SapatOr Window from tho confarapce com