Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-10
The Army Bill which Caused the Nine
Days Debate-A Full Report of the
Views of the Leaders OF Both
Parties-What Hayes
will Do.

Views of the Leaders of Both
Parties-What Hayes
will Do.
WASHINGTON, April 9.-The President
has nominated George S. Smith, of Ne
braska, surveyor general for Nebraska, and
AZora Smith postmaster at Leadvllle.
NOMINATIONS.
Captain Thomas II. Dickson has been
nominated for the postmastership at Vlcks-
burg, Mississippi.
DIsTURBER oUsTED.
During the discussion of the rules in the
house it was interrupted by person IL the
gallery exclaiming: "Woe! woe!i woe!!! to
this den of thieves" The doorkeeper
promptly removed the dlsturber.
CONFIRMED.
The senate confirmed as postmasters: 81.
A. Disbroll, Atlantic, Iowa; John S. +.
Grave, Nashua, Iowa, and John Stein,
Whahoe, Nebraska.
SILVER BULLION BIDS ACCEPTED.
The treasury to-day accepted bids of sew
enty-five thousand ounces of silver bullion, to
he delivered at the San Francisco mint.
GENERAL CROOK TO "sHow CAUSE wHY"
The commissioner of Indian affairs says
with reference to the habeGS corpus case at
Omaha, where the writ has been served
upon General Crook, commanding him to
show cause why he holds Standing Bear and
other Ponca Indians as prisoners, that the
United States district attorney has been dl-
rected to appear for the United States and
endeavor to have the writ dismissed. He
takes the ground that under the law, and
according to repeated decisions of the su-
ha nd q wards If
the government, and are under the same re-
latlons to the government as minors to their
parents or guardians; that the law forblds
them to make contracts, and such contracts
if made by them are void. No attorney has
the right or can appear for an Indian until
authorized to do 50 by the Indian depart
ment. full statement of the views of the
department in relation to this Ponca ques-
ton Is being prepared. The commissioner OF
Indian affairs doubts the correctness of the
reported escape of Cheyennes from the
Wachita agency. Chief Moses and other
Indian warriors arrived here to-day.
CALL FOR TEN-FoRTIEs OF 1864.
The secretary of the treasury has called the
following ten-iorties of 1854, principal and
interest to be paid on and after July 9Th:
Coupon bonds-$50, Nos. l to 5000, both
inclusive; $780, Nos. to 5000, both inclu
sive; $500, Nos. to 5000, both inclusive;
$1,000, Nos l to 1000, both inclusive; total
coupon bonds, $3000,0 900. Registered bonds
$50, Nos. l to 200, both inclusive; 800,
Nos. to 1000, both Inclusive; $500, Nos.
to 1000, both inclusive; $1,000, Nos. to
5000, both inclusive; $4,000, Nos. to 1900,
both inclusive; total registered bonds, ST.
100000. Aggregate, $40, 100000.
TEXT OBJ SENATOR PENDLEToN's BILL.
The following is the bill introduced by
Senator Pendleton, of Ohio, providing that
| the principal officer of each of the executive
L Il ~ 70 70 tba IF
| the senate and house of representatives:
Be enacted etc., That the secretary of state, the
secretary OF the treasury the secretary or war, the
Oh tine na ne th 81 1ne
shall be entitled to occupy seats on the floor of the
to participate in debate on matters relating to the
business Of their respective departments under such
rules as may be prescribed by the senate and house
| Sec 2. That the said secretaries, the attorney
general and the postmaster general shall attend the
on Tuesdays and Fridays OF each week, and the SEES
of the sittIngs on Mondays and Thursdays OF each
week, TO give Information asked by resolution or in
| reply to questions which may be propounded to
them under the rules of the senate and house re-
| specttvely.
Rules suggested to be adopted by the SEN
| ate and house respectively to carry into effect
| the above bill: The sec cetary of the senate
| or the clerk of the house of representatives
shall keep a notice-book, in which ne shall
| enter, at the request of any member, any
| resolution requiring information from any of
the executive departments, or any question
intended to be propounded to any Of the sec
| retaries, or the attorney general, or the post
| master general relating to public affairs or
| to the business pending before the senate or
| the house of representatives, together with
the name of the member and the day when
the same will be called up. The member
giving notice of such resolution or questions
shall at the same time give notice that the
same will be called up in the senate on the
following Tuesday or Friday, or in the house
of representatives on the following Monday
or Thursday, provided that no such resolu-
lion or question shall be called up, except by
unanimous consent, within less than three
days as notice shall have been given. The
| secretary of the senate, or the clerk OF the
house of representatives, shall. on the same
day on which notice is entered, transmit to
the principal officer of the department a copy
of the resolution or question, together
| with the name of the member pro-
posing the same, and of the day
when it will be called up in the
senate or house of representatives,
In the senate on Tuesday and Friday of each
week, or house of representatives on Monday
and Thursday of each week, before any other
business shall be taken up, except by unani-
nous consent, the resolutions and questi )ns
. shall be taken ny in the order in which they
have been entered upon the notice book fol-
| that day. The mt mber Offering a resolution
| may state succirctly the object and scope
and the reasons for desiring the information
| and the secretary of the propeT department
may reply, giving the information or the rea
sons why the same should be withheld, anC
then the senate or the house of representa-
, tives shall vote on the resolution, 9aless i
shall be- withdrawn o. postponed. In put
ting any question TO the secretaries, or the
attorney general or postmaster general, NJ
argument or opinion is to be offered, nor AM
, fact stated, except SO far as may be nece ssarN
| to explain such question, and In answering
, such question the secretary, the attorney
general and the postmaster general shall no
debate the matter to which the same refefS
nor state facts or opinions other t5aa thos
[ | necessary to explain the spGweF.
> THE ARMY BALL BEFORE CoNGREss-GooI
EFFECTS OF THE DEBATE IN THE HOUSE.
l Herald special: The nine DAYS debate il
E the house on the army DILL did a great dea
' | of good. 1t cleared away some of the fol
; | which beset the subject in the beginning
| and 1t lett the house IN better humor thar
| at the opening of the session. 1t gave mel
| on both sides time and occasion to think
: | and thus answered one of the most i'm
- | portant purposes of discussion. It ehmina
: ted from the controversy the foolish as
> sumption of the Republicans that putting
rider on an appropriation bill was revolu
! tionary act and a measure in itself so of
| fenslVe TO the iresiGent tnat ne would b
;, justified in Vetoing the bill on that accOun
= alone There is some reason to believe tina
the President had been persuaded that b
| could Justify a veto on the simple ssroun
that there was rider on thl appropriate
# bull; but General Garseids frank admission
: on this po.nt last Friday show that thi
: opinion Is no longer entertained.
# Second-The Republicans have recede
from the untenable position assumed b
+ them early in the session-that they woul
= use the rules of the house to keep out. 10 ms
i Mr.. Congers words, ''any bills except thos
Is which relate to appropriations As the de
bate began to cool their heads little, the
saw thgt - forbid the introduction of mea.
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