Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-15

three hundred and seventy-hve thousand dol
lars for that purpose made by the act O
March 8, 1877.
By Senator Plumb: Appropriating tel
thousand dollars for public buildings at For
Leavenwo Kansas.
By Senator Johnston: AppropriatiDg hft
thousand dollars for the erection of barrack
at Fort Monroe, Virginia, and one hundred
thousand dollars for the repair and preserva
ton of public property at the Norfolk navy
yard.
A message was received from the hOus
returning the post-route bill, as part o
the senate amendments thereto were in the
nature of a revenue bill.
The senate insisted on its amendments
and Senators Ferry, Kirkwood and MaxeJ
were appointed the conference committee Oh
the part of the senate.
The senate then took up the senate bill ere
ating board to be known as the Pacific rail
road commission.
Senator Thurman offered an amendment
so as to provide that the commissioners shall
make their report to the secretary of the in
terror on or before December l, 1873, instead
January /, 1879. Agreed to.
Pending the discussion message was re
ceived from the house announcing that tina
body still further insisted upon its disagree.
ment to the senate amendments to the legis
lative, judicial and executive appropriation
bill, and asked for further conference with
the senate.
Senator Window said that the real differ
erce between the two houses was whether
the senate would insist upon the present
number and compensation of its employees
Their compensation was far and should moi
be reduced.
Senator Bayard expressed surprise that the
house should thus undertake to interfere with
the employees of the senate after the rule
adopted in 1876 that each house should reg
ulate such matters for itself.
Senator Window moved that the senate
insist on its amendments and agree to O fur
thef conference asked for by the house. He
called for the yeas and nays on this motion,
that he might have expression of the views
of the senate; those who voted for the mo-
ton would, of course, vote to sustain the
committee of conference.
The motion was agreed to-yeas, SO; nays,
2. M'Creery and Coke voting in the mega
tive.
The senate then resumed the consideration
of the bill to appoint railroad commissioners.
when Senator Hill submitted an amendment
to reduce the compensation Of the commits
sioners to six hundred and twenty-five dol
lars each per month.
This amendment was accepted by Senator
Thurman, and agreed to by the senate.
Senator Oglesby, from the committee on
public lands, reported back the memorial of
William NJ 'Garrahan, praying the passage of
a law to authorize the perfecting of patent
claimed to have been issued to him by the
United States for certain lands in California,
with the recommendation that the prayer of
the petitioner be denied, and that the memo
rial be indefinitely postponed. So ordered.
He gave notice that the committee would
hereafter submit a more lengthy report In
wiring on the subject.
Senator Mathews entered motion to re-
consider the vote by which the eight hour
resolution was postponed until December
next on Wednesday last.
Senators Window and Allison were ap-
pointed on the new conference committee on
the legislative, Judicial and executive appro-
priation BILL.
Senator Oglesby submitted an amendment
to the sundry civil appropriation bill appro-
priating one hundred and fifty-seven thou
sand three hundred and fifty dollars for the
of the development of the water
of contracts made with the Moline water,
power company and the recommendations of
the secretary of war. Referred
Senator Davis Ill. reported adversely on
the senate bill to divide the western district
of Missouri and to prescribe for the times and
places of holding the courts therein; and on
senate bill to divide the State of Nebraska
into two judicial districts, and they were in
definitely postponed.
After executive session, adjourned.
miscellaneous
WASHINGTON, June IA -Four per cent
to day, $4,000.
THE GREENBACKERs.
The senate committee on finance day re-
eeived a delegation of the National Green
back party. Thomas J. Durant made a
speech favoring the expansion of the cur
rency to a volume equal to that of the period
following the war of the rebel
lion.
THANKS FOR SYMPATHY.
The crown prince of Germany sends sin
cerest thanks to the President of the United
States aud the American people, for the SYM
patty manifested on account of the attempted
OF the emperor.
EX SECRETARY RoBEsoN's INDICTMENT
URGED.
Chairman Whitthorne, of the house COM
mittee on naval affairs, presented a report to
the naval committee recommending that
measures be taken by the department of JUS
tice for the Indictment of Elk Secretary r ODE
son, Ex-Naval Contractor Hanscomb, and
Ex- Engineer Wood, for nalfeasance in office.
CAUCUS ON THE ARMY BILL.
A Democratic caucus was held in the hall
Vi luo uOuSc IOI IpOoS VI
what course should be pursued by the Demo-
cratic members of the conference committee
on the army appropriation bill. In addition
to about three-fourths of the members of the
house, there were also eight or ten Demo-
cratic senators present, including Messrs.
Bayard, Wallace, Withers, Randolph, Hill
and Hereford. Mr.. Hewitt n. Y. who has
had charge of the bill in the house, made
showing that there was no hope
of an agreement being rea he'd by the con-
ference committee except upon the basis of
the house receding from most not all Of
its disagreements to the main amendments
of the senate. He called attention to the
fact that the house provision for reduction
of the force of the army to twenty thousand
men was adopted by an extremely small ma
jorlty, and that the senate majority against
this proposition was very large. Mr.. Hewitt
also alluded to the absolute unanimity of the
senate in voting to refer all questions of army
to a commission for report at
the next session of congress, and similar
action was taken, with the concurrence of
nearly all the Democratic senators, in regard
to the proposed transfer of the management of
Indian affairs to the war department. In con-
he explained the nature of the senate
to the posse cOmitdtus clause,
and invited an expression of views on the
part OF the caucus which might be accepted
as instructions for the guidance of the Dem
ocratic conferees on all the points mentioned.
An informal debate ensued, in the course of
which Representatives Hartridge, Springer
aud Blackburn took ground against any
yielding of the house positions on
all these subjects. Mr.. Eden
favored making a stand only on the
Indian transfer section. Mr.. Potter opposed
any concession of the penalty provisions
stricken out by the senate from the posse
comitatas clause, and Senators Withers, Bay
ard, Hill and Hereford argued that the house
ought to yield all the points in controversy
The attendance diminished gradually during
the progress of this discussion, and finally the
caucus broke up for want of quorum, and
without voting any instructions. Aside
from the tenor of some of the speeches
made in the caucus, it became evident, in
a private interchange of views among the
members, that there are sufficient number
of Democratic representatives ready to unite
with the Republicans to insure the adoption
of the conference report, which will yield
the house positions, and the conference COM
mittee will frame their report accordingly.
1t will be presented and doubtless adopted by
both houses tomorrow.
LAter.-The conference committee have
completed and signed a report in accordance
with the above foreshadowing.