Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-02
A Brief Session of the Senate-The
House the Scene of a Spirited
Partisan Debate on the Bill
Regulating Future
Elections.


WASHINGTON, April 1.-The senate con-
| irmed Francis A. Walker as superintendent
of census, and John W. Clinton as post
master at Polo, Illinois.
THE WALLACE COMMITTEE.
The Wallace committee continued it's in
vestigatlon to-day. A Mr.. Baker testified that
no person IN the treasury department receiv-
ing less than twelve hundred dollars per year
| was asked to subscribe to the Republican
| campaign fund
r. B. Squires testified that he was assist
| ant messenger in the war department; he
| did not subscribe anything; soon after the
| receipt of the circular his salary was reduced
| to sixty dollars per month. His salary was
reduced at the beginning OF the fiscal year by
| the action of congress at the same time that
| the other employees wages were cut down.
OUR DEBT.
Six per cent bonds, $3.50, 424, $50; five
| per cent bonds, $703.266 $50; four and
| half per cent. bonds, $3.50, 000,0 900; four per
| cent bonds, $449, GOO; navy pen
sion fund, %l4,000,000; total coin bonds,
2,006, 09l 400; nlatured debt, 1882 100; le-
| gal-tenders, $346, 742, GAL; certificates OF de-
post, $27,680,000; fractional currency,
| $159, 256. 622; gold and silver eertif-
| Gates, SIS, 63l $50; refunding certl6-
Gates, S. Dos; total without interest,
| $409, 032. 903; total debt, So, 422, 796, 1853;
total interest, $25, 09l, 260. Cash IN treasury.
| 1920, 1877, ASS; debt. less cash in the
/ ing March, 1892, 724; decrease since June
| 30, 1873, So CSC. 575. Current liabilities, in
| terest due and unpaid, $5,328, 020: debt on
which interest mas ceased, $7.672. 100; in
| t4rest thereon. $395.776 Gold and silver
C certificates, s18,63l go; United States
| l,.,ll 10 Of
Gates of deposit, 81, 900; United States
| notes held for the redemption of fractional
| currency, $S,4j8, 991; called bonds, not
| maturad, for which four per cent bonds have
| bseD issued, $208, 449 700; cash balance
available April l, 1879. SI44, 243, $50; total,
1920, 787, 458. Bonds issued to Pacific
railroad companies, interest payable in
| lawful money, principal outstanding, $751;,
| 623. 1852; interest accrued and not yet paid,
| 1869 352; interest paid by the United States,
| Sal, 773 745; interest repaid by transportation
OF mails, etc, SO, 705 .052; balance of inter-
est paid by the United States. S3l, 06S, 692.
| oLIvER-CAsIERoN.
In the Oliver CJmeron case the jary rem
dsred d verdict for defendant. The first vote
stood two for plant If and Line for de-
| feudGnf. Tne second vote was one for
| plaintiff and eleven for defendant.
1t took two hours and half TO
convince this one Juror and bring him over
| secure a new trial, and if required the case
| will De carried TO court in baue upon keep
| tons.
At the cabinet session to-day, little beyond
| routine business was under consideration.
| The monthly debt statement led to some talk
| UPON the finances, especially IN relation to
the probable deficiency in the revenue. Some
consular and other a poiEtments were de-
cided noon. TIE political situation was not
referred 10.
Congressional Proceedings.
| IN THE SENATE.
The bin aDRropTiang two hundred thousand dol
| Senator Gordon took his seat Today,
Senator Cockrell introduced bill for the erection
| OF public building at Jefferson City, Missouri.
Senator Davis w. Val said that the differences
| of opinion credit the adjournment date of con.
gress as to whether the joint rules for government
| business by congress were now in force. and he
committee on rules to take the whole subject matter
| under consideration and confer with the committee
t | thereon.
/ The resolution was agreed to- with an amendment
to except the appropriation bills from the operation
) of the former sixteenth and seventeenth join
The senate then went into executive session
pending the motion by Senator Edmunds to take VI
the resolution heretofore offered By him declarine
required that the legislation should be confined
| and when the doors we're re-opened the senate &C
| iourned -, ,,,,, ,,,,
| IN HE hOUSE.
I Mr.. atkins lTenn.l reported the legislative ap
! and sixteen million dollars. The bill contains pro
the revised statutes (Which applies to Pennsylvania
o | and sections sol, $40 and 821 of the revise
/ statutes, and providing that all Jurors, grand an
e petit, shall be publicly drawn from box con
+ tanning the names of not less than three hundre
Is persons possessing the necessary qualifications
l. which names shall have been placed therein by tn
e clerk of the court and commissioner. to be az
ia | pointed by the Judge of the court, to be Cit
zens residing In the district and to be we'll known
the principal party opposing that to which the cler
If 2n2o and al succeeding sections down to and In
a out Of Section 2Oi9 the words for the purpose
y G. gagng in the work Of canvasslng ballots an
a. marshal" and the words, city, town, county an
IS parish" 1t also repeats section 2031, except
Elections It repeais all other sections and laws al
d thOTiZng the appointment of chief supervisors
elections and Special or deputS-marshals OF ele
e. The house then vent into committee OF the Who'll
v MI Belford said: "Having captured both house
OF congress- Is proposed to complete your eonque
ct l and to force Mr. Tilden into the White House
o. 1880, by lacking him onto appropriation bill
or To accomplish this object the army like the Indian
to is to be placed on reservation. His side OF th
ir house only asked that the government should
armed with power to protect the ctizsn in the exc
that was restrained u the execution Of that poWe
J. was disgrace to the civilized world and unYorth
present great struggle the President might yled tn
| Republican party, never. The nation could not Ell
-srned The south that it had nothing to hope fC
| from the tS~InocTacy OF the north; that Democrat
was coWardly; 1t WouIv us s0ueHeIn prenTe
| on to mischief and abandon them when the eris
came During late years the pendulum OF y. pow
| had been swinging togard the south, ana II mig
be that the statues of Lincoln Grant would gi
= | place to those of Jackson and Lee, but IL weu
G. the millions In the north who had fought for IL
ut Union had rallied under the leadership OF the gre
cratic party would retire to the rear, as they had
tired In the past A., r,oo,o., ,ho. >,
- country would submit TO their party whip only unit
IL its voice could be heard. The north was massin
n the DemOcTatc oarty continued its present cours
ar sure would the election in 1880 leave that par
e Mr.. Muldrow made speech in reply to Mr. Ga
at fields speech of saturday as to the seriousness
the crisis. He thought that the underlying questiC
i; would be regarded by the people as sun more Sc
and that was the right of the citizen to cast
ballot unawed and uninlimdated He quot
against Garfield and the Republican party the pre(
dent set by that party Ia congress In placing on
he | President johnson in signing the bill protest
ar against, and also the precsdent set oy tne saI
u | party in placing the sundry bill of 1873 one
TX the measures which II was now proposed to repe
ar If after Democratic majority in both houses
exercised its constitutional rights the President to
the responsibility of stopping supplies for the g
as dent and not ON congress. He hoped the Preside
e. would not attempt TO coerce congress- He hop
~ that in republican America the spectacle would
)r be presented OF the highest officer In the land put
himself between the operations of the governmt
81 Mr. Chalmers referring to Mr.. Garneld's speeC
ca said the remarks made By that gentleman
he showed that he had forgotten the history of t
IN laws which it proposed 10 repe
~ | In the last congress he had admitted that
III party had enacted these laws and was willing
Pr have them mustered out of the service In 1867
be Democratic party had wanted the suspension OF
- military domination, and they had asked for II
10y the very same language which was now In the
yer priation bill He deprecated the attempt made
ge blacken the names OF Senators Powell and Reye
~ Johnson by saying that they had been advocates
1rt reference to Mr. aTfeds statement that the sou
rts Democrats of 81 threatened to sh o the Uni
NJ; | lists to death. he declared that they had made
81 such threat The south had claimed the right
Que peaceful secession and attempted peacefully
1li- secede. The south had not only made threat
,ad shoot the Unlonists DEATH but 1t had said W
Nj Abraham had SAID to Lot Let there be no strife
ol- tween US If you will go 10 the north, will q
ne. the SOUTH. It tine north that said you st