Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-15
Second Edition.
q O'CLOCK, p. VI.
CONGRESS-.
COckrell's Resolution Looking to a
Treaty of Reciprocity
with France.
Senator BeCk's Remarks Upon the Leg
lslatlVe, Executive and Judicial
Appropriation Bill.
Valuable Suggestions for DeInOe-
racy When They Come
In Power.
Removal of Cases from State TO
United States Courts Discussed.
The Silver Bill Sustained by One Hun
dred and Twenty-Slx to One
Hundred and Nine.
Removal of Cases from State TO
United States Courts Discussed.
Great Speech by senator Thur
man.

WASHINGTON, May 15.-SENATE.-
Mr. Cockrell introduced joint resO-
luton authorizing and requesting the
President Of the United States to
open correspondence with the Repub-
lie of France, with view and for the
purpose of negotiating the proper
treaty of reciprocity and commerce
with that government on terms alike
honorable and just. Three commits
sioners are to be appointed on behalf
Of the United States preliminary to
the making of such treaty. Their
compensation is to be fixed by the
secretary of state. Referred.
Mr.. Farley introduced bill for the
relief, of John A. Suter on account of
lands taken from and services render
ed by him to the United States.
Consideration was then resumed of
the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill. Mr. Beck ex-
planned the provisions of the bill as
it had been amended, stating the in
crease by the, senate was $94 800, making
the entire sum $lS,54l 600. Among the
amendments were $4,000 for mints
and S27 900 tor the interior depart
ment additional to the appropriations
i'll the bill for these purposes. He
suggested what reforms should be
made by the reduction Of the num-
ber of store-keepers aud gaugers
under the commissioner Of internal
revenue $4,000 annually could be
saved.
He thought hundreds of thousands
Of dollars might also be saved by re-
adjusting the machinery of the Gus
toms department, as in numerous
cases the expenses of collecting the
revenue far exceed the receipts. He
hoped the committee on appropris-
tiOns would consult with the commit
tees of tile house so that at the next
session congress should have data on
which to act intelligently. lie would
prefer to have reforms made now in
stead of waiting till the Democrats
came into power, which they expected
to do.
Mr.. Thurman said they had before
them an appropriation bill for the
support of the legislative, executive
and judicial branches of the govern
ment Nobody denied that the
amount was sufficient, but opposition
had been made to the bill because of
the provisions relating to trial by jury
and to elections. Rather than agree
to these the minority say, in effect,
they will stop the appropriations and
defeat the bill. Scarcely any word
had been uttered by the minority on
the merits of this question. b
1t was said that these provisions
had no proper place in the appropria-
tion bill, and that they were dictated
by the South because the gentlemen,
in their imagination, supposed there
was huge conspiracy to produce an
arehy, as if the majority here and the
Democratic people of the United
States have not as much interest in
the order peace and prosperity of the
country and perpetuity Of the govern
ment as any men belonging to the
Republican or any other party.
HoUsE.-In the morning hour the
discussion was resumed of the bill to
amend the statutes relating to the re-
moval of cases from the State to the
United States Courts, and Mr.. Orth
concluded his argument against the
bill. Mr.. McLane followed in sup
port of the bill
The morning hour expired before
any action was taken upon the bill re-
lating to the removal of causes from
State to Federal courts. The consid-
Grafton was then resumed of the
Warner silver bill pending, being the
motion of Mr.. Killinger to lay the bill
and amendmenton on the table, on which
the yeas and nays had been ordered.
The roll was called and the vote re-
sulted--yeas, l09; nays, l26, and the
motion to lay the silver bill on the
table was defeated.