Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-09

OF St Louis, will take the place OF MIR. Rea.
THE REVISION OF THE RULES.
Among the new rules which the house
committee on rules have agreed TO report is
| one requiring a three-fourths, instead OF
| tw0-thrds, vote to suspend the rules, and
| pass an appropriation bill. The purpose of
| this is to put check ON the river and harbor
bill, which is usually passed under a suspen-
sion. The proposition will be strongly OPP
| posed IL the house. as members are not will
| ing to resign the two-thirds rule.
| STATE AND FEDERAL JUDICIARY.
| SPECIAL 10 the Baltimore Sun: The fol-
| lowing bill, introduced in the senate by Gov
| emo: Whyte, has gone to the committee on
| the Judiciary. The bill is an important one,
and when reported will no doubt give rise to
much discussion. Its purpose IS to prevent
| recurrence of such proceedings as those of
United States Judge Reeves, Of Virginia,
| which have been the subject Of so much
comment. Under the precedent set by Judge
| Reeves, If followed by United States judges In
| other States, great embarrassment and dam
| ger might Cnsue:
bill to limit removals of causes from State courts
| to Federal courts.
BE IL eitdcted by the Senate and House Of RepreSe-
tatires If the United States Of america in Congress
assembled That prosecution for any crime felony
| against the laws of any state begun and pending
in any state court shall be removed for trial to any
determine any such prosecution; provided, how
ever, that a final Judgment In any such
which decision In such prosecution could be had,
| may be reexamned and reversed or atnImed in the
supreme court of the United States. upon witt OF
error as fully and in the same manner as Is now al
| lowed by law.
See =. That sections 641, 642, SAB and 644 of an
act entitled An act to revise and consolidate the
statutes OF the United States In force on the first day
OF December, A. D. 1873 passed at the forty third
congress OF the United States and all other acts and
parts Of acts Inconsistent herewith, are hereby re-
Sec. B. That all prosecutions for crimes, felonies
| and misdemeaGOrs against the laws of any State,
! heretofore begun in State court and removed
therefrOm to any Federal court and in which final
trial or hearing of such prosecution been had
at the passage of this act, shall forthwith be
manded by such Federal court to the State court
from which it was removed
GREAT CHANGE IN a SHORT TINE.
Special to the New York Herald: What
| the Democrats propose to do is to strike out
of sections 2002 and 552S eight words, the
same In each section: Cor to keep the peace
at the polls These eight words as they
now stand 10 the statutes allow any army or
navy officer, in his discretion, to station troops
at the polls If, IN his Judgment, 1t Is neces-
sary to keep the peace, and it is this dis
Gre tioDary privilege that the Democrats wish
to abolish. at the close of the last session
the Republicans were very willing to JOIN IN
the repeal Of this clause. They thought IL OF
no consequence. MIR. Foster, Oh the last
night of the session, said in his place in the
house that the Republicans had offered to
agree to the amendment concerning troops at
the polls and to the repeal of the Jurors
test oath, and he explained the Republican
position as to appendlng such legl-latlon on
appropriation bills in these words:
Are you going to force to repeal these laws by
provisions d appropriation bill. Iknowwe have
upon appropriation bills. 1t has been said that the
Republicans in times past have been in the habit OF
that and for myself cannot see any great harm IN
legislating upon appropriation bills when both
brought into this house as an independent measure
You never sought TO have it passed through this
I hf,rrg cant n fhn
measure but you come in here with this proposition
on appropriation bill to force the proposition
upon the senate. There, in my Judgment, Is where
the wrong OF iegislating upon appropriation bills
comes in.
That is to say, they objected in February
on the ground that the house and senate were
at variance, and held that where the two
houses were agreed there was no improperly
IN such 'rlders, as they are called. Mr..
Garfield followed Mr.. Foster, and said Of this
| army bill amendment
l am free TO admit for that these enactments
passed at period different from The present
that, probably, can without serious harm in any
direction, muster them out mustered out of
service The victorious armies when the war done.
For myself, ste serious practical objection to
letting these sections go through do not quite
how anybody say taat while State may call out
It's own militia TO Keep the peace at It's own polls,
anu nobody calls that tyranny, nobody calls that
wtckedness, injustice and menace to civil liberty,
So 1t seems to me that nation when 1t has Its own
elections, which its own constitution says 1t may
regulate as to the time place and manner OF hold
ing them may with great pToprety use its own mill
That is all there is IN these sections that any
gentleman has complained of. Now belisve, as a
matter Of fact no one vial say that any citizen dur
ing the thirteen years and more that this law has
stood statute book, has been denied the full
and free exercise of the elective franchise in
quence OF the presence Of armed soldiers of the
United States the polls. II there has been such
d case will join with any man OF any party In depre
eating it, in deporing It. IN doing what can to pre-
vent its recurrence. But lest it should be rock of
Ofense and stO1e OF tumbiing to any man in this
country, l. for one would be willing to let 90 out CT
the law rather than even appear to sin against the
liberty OF the citizen.
PROPOSAL TO ENLARGE THE COMMITTEES.
The house committee on rules, who have
| had under c0nsidera ion the proposition to
| increase the membership Of several of the
most important standing committees of the
house, met this morning and authorized Mr.
! Blackburn to report to the house IN favor of
| Increasing the committee on elections from
ellven las at the last ccngressl to fifteen; the
ways and means from eleven to thirteen; ap-
preparations, from eleven to fifteen; COM
merCe, from eleven to thirteen; Judiciary,
from eleven to thirteen, and agriculture from
eleven to fifteen, and fixing the membership
of the committee on enrolled bills at seven,
instead of nine, as at the last session. A
proposition to increase the printing commit
tee was considered, but it was found that the
law fixed the membership of that committee
at three, IN conformity with like committee
OF the senate, the two to act jointly, when
by SO doing measures referred to them can
De DGbleT facilitated. Inc committee look no
action on the proposed distribution OF the
several appropriation bills among committees
having like subjects in charge. But it is very
probable that when the question of ipcreas-
ing the committee on appropriations is laid
before the house, some controversy will arise,
and that those favoring the division of the
work of appropriations will propose to COM
NIT to the military committee the appropra-
tons for the army and all branches of the
military service; to the naval committee the
appropriations for the naval service; to the
committee on commerce the aspirations re-
latln2 to navigation, etc.
Congressional Proceedings.
IN THE HOUSE.
Quite debate started on the propriety
Of instructipg the chairman of the
committee of the whole when the
house shall be in committee on
the legislative appropriation bill), to award
the floor N accordance with the rules OF the
house, and not be bound by any list of speak
ers which may be formed.
After the informal discussion the subject
matter was referred to the committee on
rules. The house then went into commitie e
OF the whole on the legislative bill, the con-
slderation to be under the fve-minute rule,
and all general debate to be reserved until
the political features OF the bill are reached.
The section in regard to the treasury de-
p2rtnent having been reached, MIR. Dlbrell
submitted an amendment providing that no
collector at any port of entry shall be allowed
salary greater than the receipts at said port,
nor shall the expenses OF collecting at any
! port exceed the gross receipts of the same.
Rejected.
Mr.. Cotfroth submitted an amendment
providing that the compensation of gaugers
shall not exceed three dollars per day. Re-
jected.
An amendment vas adopted providing that
the salary of store-keepers shall not exceed
fifty dollars per month.
Mr.. Fort submitted an amendment provid-
ing that hereafter when legal-tender treasury