Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-11
finished business. when Senator Hill will

speak thereon.
On motion Of Senator Voorhees,, the senate
took up house joint resolution passed to-day,
providing for the erection OF a monument to
mark the birthplace of George Washington.
Senator Voorhees,. Ia the course of few re-
marks in advocacy of the resolution, said it
would be q graceful act to mark the concln-
sion of somewhat acrimonious session of
congress for the senate to pass this measure
at once and IN the same patriotic spirit
evinced by the house in its adoption. The
yeas and nays were called for, and the resolu-
ton passed without dissenting v0ice-yeas,
81; nays, 0.
Senator Bayard moved that the senate take
up bib reported yesterday by him from the
COMMITTEE on judiciary, for the removal OF
the political disabilities of James Harrison,
of Virginia.
Senator Blaine asked if the gentleman had
asked for such renewal
Senator B4Yard replied that he had, and
| that the committee had considered and re-
| ported favorably On the measure. The bill
was taken up.
Senator Beck wished to ask why it was
necessary at this late day for Senator
| Blaine to ask such question. He spoke for
some time upon the movements for general
amnesty and Cancellation during the past
years, and s2ia it Wa0 dissfaeeIul for con-
gress to be peddling out these amendments
now and insisting on petitions being fled be-
them, aud thought the laws requiring such
| special votes should be repealed.
| Senator Blaine did not reply to Senator
Beck, and the bill was passed.
After an executive session the senate adj
journed.
| IN THE HOUSE.
Mr. Morrison, from the committee on ways
and means, reported a resolution providing
| for the final adjournment of congress at noon
! on the nineteenth, Adopted.
| Mr.. Harris asked leave to offer joint res
olutiQn appropriating three thousand dollars
| for a monument to mark the birthplace of
| George Washington. He remarked that the
house of Washing ton's parents had disap-
peared ard nothing remained to show to pos
| terity where the father of his country was
| born.
The speaker asked whether there was any
| objection to the JOINT resolution.
| Mr. Garfeld-Inere is none on this side, l
en- sure.
| Tbs resolution was then adopted.
| Mr.. Cox, chairman OF the committee on
| foreign affairs, reported joint resolution re-
citing that allegations are made that, under
| the laws of the Russian government, discrim-
| nation is made against IsraelIte citizens of
| the United States IN the matter of holding
| real estate in Russia; declaring that the
| rights OF United States citizens ehopld not be
| impaired at home or abroad because of their
/ religious belief and directing the President,
in case, as is alleged, the existing treaties
with Russia are found to discriminate, in this
or any other particular, as to any class Of
| American citizens, to take immediate action
| to have the treaties 30 aInendeG as to remedy
| the grievance. Mr.. Cox explained that the
bill was only intended to place American Is
raelites on the same plane as British Israel
ties.
hr. M'Mahon reported back from the com:
nittee OF appropriations the bill making app
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| the government. it was referred to COM
nittee of the whole, and the house imniedi-
| ately went into committee, all general debate
on the bill being limited to forty minutes.
Mr.. M'Mahon proceeded to explain the
| provisions Of the bill. The committee had
reduced the appropriations for the pay OF
district attorneys and their assistants fifty
their deputies, FIFTY thousand dollars, and for
! the pay of Jurors, one hundred and ninety
thousand dollars, Tne fees of witnesses had
been left according to the Estimate OF the de-
| partment of Justice. He was sorry the COM
| rnittee had not been able to reduce the pay of
narshals q great deal more than 1t had. No
rzioney Was appropriated for the payment OF
special deputy marshais fo4 eiectioh purposes,
| because clause 10 the bill provided that no
part of the money appropriated should be
| used to pay any salary, ETC., uuder or IN vIr-
| tue Of title 20 OF the revised statutes or any
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| pcintment of deputy marshalS and subpenage
Of Witnesses before Supervisors o. ELECTION.
Section OF the Dill repealed the test-oath
| and provided a new me, nod OF drawing Ju-
rors. Section / provided that no citizen shall
! be disqualified from service as juror on &C
count of race, color or previous condition of
| servitude.
Mr. Hiscoc;i thought tie iili siupiy I.teanS
! deficiency. It meant that a deficiency bill
| would be brought IN some time IN the futdre.
The committee on appropriations had seen
6t to bring in bill winch cut down last year S
appropriations, and the only effect OF which
would be denial Of Justice and postpone
1nent OF the trial of cases.
Mr.. GARFIELD welcomed, IS being in the
right direction, that clause of the bill which
iteIniZ9d the expenses OF the courts. That
clause Ut tHa Llli VpICl NECESSARILY created a
deficiency was always Questionable. Of
course he could not vote against a bull be-
cause there was not enough IN 1t; but when
he came to q clause like this: mo part OF
the money hereby appropriated is appropri-
eted TO pay salaries, compensation fees, and
| expenses ulder or n virtue of the twenty
sixth revised statutes, and when those stat
utes command the President to execute,
then ne Garfeld said that the house was
not merely neglectlng to appropriate, but
was multiplying the enforcement and execution
of the laws. There were laws which the house
and the senate tried to repeal and had not
the constitutional power to do. The real
| state of the facts was that this congress was
, TO-DAY ccnstitutionalY powerless to repeal
these laws, but the CON Hlictoo Ola apploprla-
tons proposed to pass the bill by which for
the coming year the law should not be re-
pealed but nulifed, non-enforced; that was
only an indirect way of doing temporarily,
end for one year, what congress had DO con-
| stItutional power to do, absolutely and per-
manently. He hoped that the house would
think better of 1t, and strike that out OF the
bill. He oFlticlzed also the second section OF
the bill prohibiting any department o. the
| government from making any contract or IN
curing any liability for the future payment
of money not appropriated.
Mr.. Cox-Is that not substantially the law
now?
Mr.. Garfeld-In 1870 congress passed a
law restricting the expenditures for any one
year to the appropriations made for that year
then Ii vas found that the heads of depart
meDts pretended to make obligations IN the
form of contract, and 1t was directed that
| no department of the government shall in
volve the government IN any contract for the
future payment of money In excess OF the APP
preparations. 1t is provided IN section 313z
that no contract or purchase on behalf of the
| United States shall be made unless the same Is
authorized by law, except land here is an ex
ception utterly overlooked In this law) in the
war and Nay departments, for clothing, sub
sIstence, forage, fuel. water or transportation
This may throw little side light on another
bill to be reported for the army. Under the
law as it w stands, if congress neglected tx
pass the regular appropriation bill, or if the
appropriations ran out, the army Is still to be
ted, and not starved to death; it ID to b.
clothed, aud not left naked; it is to be trans
ported, and not left idle; SO, also
with the navy, bat here is a section which
nullifes that. The act oil 1870 contains nc
exception whatever; for, as l have read from
the existing REVISED statutes, the two section:
that must be construed together, the ONT
does not repeal the other. 1t was enough
for me to know that this is the law; but her,
is an inhibition, not merely to make any con
tract, but to Incur any liability" That is
term much broader than has beer
! in the Statute hitherto. VIVA
does 1t mean? It would prevent the
President from sending a minister extraor
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