Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-05-16
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XLVI CONGRESS.
SENATE.
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WASHINGTON, May 10.
Mr.. Cockrell introduced a joint
resolution authorizing and request
ing the President to open a CORE
spondence with the Republic of
France, with view and for the pur-
pose of negotiating for a proper
treaty of reciprocity and commerce
with that Government on terms
alike honorable and just, three
Commissioners to be appointed on
behalf and preliminary to the max
ing of such treaty. Referred to
the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions.
The Senate resumed considera-
ton of the Legislative Executive
Judicial Appropriation bill. ~
Mr.. Beck explained the provis-
ions of the bill as amended, stating
that the increase by the Senate was
$94, 500, making the entire sum
$18, ,541, 900. Among the amend
ments were SIS, 900 for mints, $27,-
600 for the Interior Department,
additional to the appropriations in
the bill for these purposes. He
suggested that the reforms should
be made. By a reduction of the
number of store-keepers and gaug-
ers under the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue one hundred thou
sand dollars annually could be
saved. He thought hundreds
of thousands of dollars might
also be saved by readjusting the
machinery of the Customs Depart>
ment, as in numerous cases the ex>
pense of collecting the revenue far
exceeds the receipts. He hoped
the Committee on Appropriations
would consult with the proper COM
mittees of the House so the next
session of Congress should have
data on which to act intelligently.
He would prefer to have reforms
made now instead of waiting till
the Democrats came into power,
which they expected to do.
Mr.. Hampton rose to personal
He said the Senator
from Minnesota (Windom) in his
recent speech had stated that he
(Hampton) had put into the DEM
ocratic National platform of 1868,
the plank declaring that the recon
acts of Congress were
and unconstitutional and
void.
Mr., Hampton said he had time
and again denied that he did so and
proved that he did not before the
Ku-Klux Investigating Committee.
He said he was satisfied the Senator
did not intend to do him injustice. !
Mr.. Windam said he did not, but
during the campaign he saw what
Durported to be the speech of the
Senator, in which the Senator said
That was my plank in the plat~
orm and l wanted nothing else, for
When the great Democratic party
lad pledged themselves to that,
Yhen they had declared that these
cts were unconstitutional, revolu-
ionary and void, l was willing to
Tait in patience until that party
TOuld be triumphant and apply the
emedy in their own good time"
Mr.. Hampton replied that he
ould not say whether he used that
or not; if he did, it was in
he sense that he approved the
words, and repeated that he did not
,ut them into the platform.
Mr.. Thurman then addressed the
senate, alluding to the clause of the
ppropriation bill relating to trial
y jury and elections, he said
These matters had not been made
he subject of calm, deliberate Sem
torial debate. but of the most in
and unjustifable at
,mpt to array one portion
{ the people against the other, and
} make sectional divisions in the
ountry, as permanent and endur-
e as the continent itself. One {
lird of the general statutes were
4 the appropriation, and part of :
lie very election laws sought by the {
IL to by repealed, were so enacted.
peaking of these election laws, !
; said there came to him {
picture of their operation $
New York City, of cage full of !
en- sweltering and suffering under
e arbitratOry and dictatorial man
lte of corrupt and contemplate
of Elections and he
uId not suppress the thought that a
had taken place in a
is country, that could not have !
curred in any other civilized coun- 8
y without bloodshed. He proposed q
'wever, now to speak upon the !
institution if that instrument '