Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-04-20
TELEGRAPHIC.
The Famous Okolona States Receives
Another Boost in Congress.
Highly ImpassiOned Passage at Arms
Between Frye and Blackburn.
Sitting Bull to be Made Prisoner of
War, Should He Return.
Twenty Inches of Snow and Still
Showing in New York.
The National Board of Health TO Meet
in Atlanta May 5th.
Arrest of Three Noted Mail RObbsrs
in Fort Worth, Texas.
XLYI CONGRESS.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON. April

The journal this morning en-
bodied, for the first time, the petit
tions deposited in the box, so that
the reading of the journal occupied
twenty minutes. A question was
raised upon this fact by Mr.. Cars
field, who expressed the hope that
it would not pass into precedent.
An explanation was made by the
Speaker as to the reasons why he
had directed this to be done, the
principle one being that under the
existing circumstances, while peti-
tions and memorials are being pre-
sented, accompanied by bills, the
question as to which committee
they should be referred to became
important, and already differen-
ces had arisen between the Chair
and members presenting petitions,as
to their proper reference. 1t was,
therefore, deemed proper that the
House itself should have the oppore
tunity of passing on the question.
In the course of the discussion, it
was suggested by Mr.. Frye that it
might be found there would be no
objection whatever to the intro
duction of bills next Monday, how
ever absurd they should be. The
matter was finally referred to the
Committee on Rules.
The Subsidiary Silver Coin bill
then came up as unfinished business
of the morning hour. Mr.. Warner,
of Ohio, moved to amend the third
section, which makes silver coins le-
gal tender Ito the amount of ten
dollars) by adding the words, A" for
all debts public and private
The measure was considered at
some length, and numerous amend
ments were considered and acted
upon.
Mr.. Garfeld's amendment, to sub
stitute the words "Lawful money of
the United States for Legal ten
der money" and Mr.. Springer's
amendment making subsidiary coin
a legal tender to the amount of
twenty dollars, were agreed to.
Before the final disposition of the
bill the morning hour expired and
the bill went over to Tuesday.
The House then went into Com
mittee of the Whole on the Legisla-
tive Appropriation bill. Mr.. Price,
of Iowa, was entitled to the floor,
but yielded to Mr.. Frye, of Maine,
who said, in connection with the
misunderstanding which had taken
place yesterday between the gentle
men from Kentucky and Ohio,
Blackburn and Mckinley, in regard
to the proper construction of Black
burns speech. he desired to
read the construction put upon
that speech in the State of Missis-
sippi by that now famous paper, the
Okolona States, which he received |
through the mail. He thereupon
read an article complimenting Mr..
Blackburn for his anti-war meas~
ures, spiced and bristling over
with such phrases as these
" Down with the devil-born |
amendments I" "Down with the
pictures of Lincoln, and the scoun-
drels who surrounded him !" Mr..
Black burn took the floor and, in
highly impassioned manner, replied
70 Mr.. Frye, and was responded to
n a like tone. At 4::45 the House
until Monday.