Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-02-27

Tie vote being announced, Senator Beck |
said: within one Of 1t; thank God! 4 |
voice on the Democratic SIDE: Business IS
frightening
Senator Kirswood submitted an amend |
ment authJciz,Ig the postmaster general TO !
rasdi.st the salaries Of postmasttrs OF the |
third, fourth ard fifth classes or the act here
t5for5 adjusted under the late act OF congress-
Agreed to. =,
tee af Che who'll, was reported to the senate
and the amendments made Il the committee
coucurred IN, with the exception OF
that one appropriaang tWenJy-iour
thousand one hundred and thirty cellars f9r
detecting and bringing to trial and punish
u1ent persons guilty ri violating the internal
revenue laws, or c0DniviEg at the same, IN
| GLIDING payments tor information anu oelei-
| tioa oil SdcA violations, being deficiency Iof
| 1878 and prior years.
| This amendment, or melton OF Senator
| Beck was stricken out. lie also called Tor &
| separate vote on cOnCurripg IL tac amend
| merc anpr0pr.ating two hundred and nifty
| thousand dollars for the department Of JUS
/ tee. but the senate, by vote CT 81 yeas 10
| IS NAYS, refused to strike 1t out. The bill
| was then read g third time and passed.
Senators Blaine, Allison and WltheIs were
! appointed a conference committee on the
| army appropriation bill.
Senator Hamlin moved to take up the
Geneva award bill. Pending discussion, the
senate took recess.
Tue evening session IS 20 be devoted 10 the
consideration Of bills on the calendar not OBJ
jacted to.
EVENING SESSION.
! The senate passed over the joint resolution
Of Senator Edmunds, reported from t com
mittee on the judiciary, proposing an amend
! ueut 10 the constitution prohibiting the pay
ment Of claims Of dislOyal persons Tor prop
erty injured or destroyed IN the late wat OF
The senate passed the bill authorizing the
| secretary CT the treasury to ascertain and re-
| port t. congress the amount Of money cx-
| pended and the Indebtedness assumed by the
State Of Kansas in repellng lnyasIo1s ana
suppressIng Indian hcstlhues- and enabEnG
| the secretary Of war TO purchase land to en-
large and protect the San Antonio arsenal.
{ Tne senate having repealed the bill In reia-
Lion to the R5nCherO PdnCch8 Gcande, IN
, California. Senator Garland said that the bill
} | ought to make a disposition Of the question
| so far as CONGRESS was concerned, which had
been vexed BY it tor the past twenty-hv
| years in one form or another. The majority
OF the committee on public lands decided
! | against William III 'Garrahan. claimant 30
+ certain property; but his IGarland's bill
e | PROPOSED that the whole subject be referred
{ | 10 the court OF claims for adjudication, IN
, | which case u 'GarraEan, the new ldra com
S pany and the I'm. ed States would appear a.
/. htigants, with the right to appeal to the
e sucreme court of the United States.
d Senator Davis Ill. objected to the present
5 consideration Of the bill
f A large number OF pension bills were
O passed unanimously.
f Consent was obtained to take 10 the bIl
t giving Elisha Eranklin, of Virginia, sur
h giYoc Of the war Of 1912, bounty land war
i rant. It was said that Franklin Is one hun
II bred years old The bill passed.
is Unanimous consent was obtained to TAX
tho - srTY no A
= Titon, the widow Of revolutionary soldier
l. and 1t passed.
i At eleven O'Clock the senate went into ex
. ecutive session, II order to refer various nom
IA nations heretofore made by the President
3 ! and when the doors We're opened several bill
! were passed donating cannon for monuments
Is purposes, and at halt-past eleven O'Clock tn
senate adjourned.
o. N THE HOUSE.
al Afe- ordering a session for tO-norrOy
at uight for reports Of the committee on way
Id aud means, the house went into committee c
= the whole on the senate census bill, whlc
" has been amended 80 as to vest the appoint
ID meut Of supervisors in the President, by an
e. with. he consent Of the senate. After To
v committee rose the bill passed the house
to | with the amendment mentioned retained.
rk ! The sugar bill was then taken M.
- Mr.. Robbins addressed the house IN aGvt
er cacy Ct the bill modifying the taiif on sug&
L. He SAID senators, members or congress, cat
ad met officers and all took sugar IN their
It's Laughter There we're millions IN it.. ID
al claimed that the classification IN the bill VI
CIV thu most simple and honest that could
nv made, and that under it there would be I
more fraudulent eyasons Of the law, as tt
"a line was distinctly defined He was seVe
on sugar refners, and spoke Of them .
IN grasping mo1opolists who crushed out q
,et Competitors. The polarisco pc test ne thougi
of would he a. eatir2 failure.
are Mr.. Garfield asked who was oompiainiI
no Of the present Law. The treasury alone, al
ed the complaint was that, under the prese
IN law. and with the color standard alone, Il
of treasury lost from four to five million dollar
ed because high grades Of sugar in sweetne
m we're introduced as low grades Ia color,
as- that the law was eyaded, and the treasu
Ls. dsfrauded Ali that the secretary OF
ST TREASURY as ked was to be permitted to use
and Doiariscope or any other test to describe {
nm true grade OF the sugar lie thought II u
becoming for the house to tell the secreta
mi | that he Could not DO what he said he COZ
tbe and to deny him the simple provision WI
he asked to enable him to collect the reVenl
| III -oo.,4orx, did desire the exist