Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-11
The Senate Finance Committee In a
Hopeless Muddle-LiVely Scenes in
the Committee. Room - Savage
will Make aSRepOrt ON
His Own Hook.
Special TO the Appeal

Special TO the Appeal
NASHVILLE, March 10.-Senate - Mr.
Clapp introduced the following bills: To re.
peal certain acts in relation to debts of NUM-
cipal corporations. To exempt manufactures
from taxation.
Mr.. Savage offered resolution requesting
the judiciary committee to report whether
this general assembly has power to levy an
income tax after the manner of aud similar
In effect to the late income tax of the United
States, aud whether such tax can be appro-
priated toward the payment OF the interest
and principal of whatever may be agreed
upon as the legal bonded debt proper of the
State. Lies over
The house bill for the benefit of shippers
and to regulate wharfage, passed third read
reading.
The house joint resolution to appoint a
joint committee to whom all propositions re-
lating to the State debt shall be referred was
rejected
The house joint resolution asking our con-
gresslonal representatives to use their iuhu-
ence toward the passage Of a bill to regulate
inter State commerce was adopted.
H0uSe-House Joint resolution to authorize
Commissioner klllebrew to print condensed
volume of his work on grass was adopted.
The bill to amend the act prohibiting the
sale OF liquors near institutions of learning
so as to apply to Incorporated towns of not
exceeding FIVE hundred inhabitants, and Other
towns of greater population where there are
no police officer on duty all the time, was
taken up on its third reading. After a good
deal of flihustering and any number of mo-
tons to adjourn, appeals from the decision of
theschair occupied by Mr.. Hall), and gen.
eral uprising to points Of order, final call
was made for the previous question on mo-
ton to make the bill the SPECIAL order for ten
O'Clock tomorrow, which was sustained and
the roll ordered called.
During the call of the roll points of order
demanded. Motion carried-45 to 16.
The following house bills passed third
reading: To prevent clerks from specializing
in costs and fees; to abolish the official clerk
and treasurer of the various school districts;
to prohibit speculation In witness fees and
other fees originating In courts; to authorize
the magistrates of Henry county to elect FIVE
Of their members to serve as a quarterly
court; to make it a misdemeanor to obstruct
the public highways, private ways, sidewalks,
etc.
The house judiciary committee unanimous
ly recommend the adoption of Senator Clapp's
receiver bill, and the rejection Of the redis
tricting bill.
The meeting of the house o-night pre-.
vented the holding of the caucus, which has
virtually been abandoned.
AGREED TO DISAGREE.
The senate finance committee have utterly
disagreed. They were in session all the
afternoon and soon discovered themselves to
be in a hopeless muddle. The first PROPOSE
ton was to recommend the payment of the
Hermitage, capitol. agricultural and the
bonds held by the Memphis Odd Fellows as
ISOLATION and other charitable Institutions,
but upon this they disagreed. An attempt was
made to harmonic on the sixty cents prop
ostion on these bonds-6ve out of nine
voted. The next vote was taken on PROPOSE
ton two, to pay series of bonds at fifty cents;
five voted for this proposition and five for
thirty three and nothing. The majority was
constantly maintained by change of places.
the low credit man passing into
the majority, while the crddit man
was. falling into the minority-it was
sort of a game of heads and tails
at which they played. Some of the scenes in
the committe are reported as having been of
a rather lively character. When it was at
last found that all disagreed, Mr.. Savage said
he would report o-morrow, but would advo-
cate no proposition from the committee. So
said Mr.. Byrd, and 50 SAID another brother
senator, and In effect SO said they all.