Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-04-11
A Bloody Indian Fight Occurs
on the Frontier.
XLVI. CONGRESS.
SENATE.
SENATE.
E& 8WAsHINGToN, April 10.
/ The senate was not ~ session to-day.
8HaA HOUSE. #B#Ev
WAsHINGrON. Apl

WASdIkGTON, "A pril ~.
On motion of Mr.. r. Wood IN. ",
the house concurred IN senate res0lu-
tion providing for the appointment Of
two mem bers OF the senate tiuaAce
committee and the house ways and
means com mtulttee as joint com mmittee
10 take into cDnsideration the alleged
loss OF revenue arising from the eva
sion Of the lax on cigars a. ID, other ar
tlcles subject 10 the exci.e duty, aud
wbat remedy eau be Provided by law.
Tue buuse tueu, iiaVing dispeused.
with the in0rniUg nour. al 1885, went
iut0 Committee Of the whole, Mr..
springer (Ili Ia the chair, on tue
army ppr"prIa,iou bi and general
debate Was cnmmencrd upun the
Amendment prouiOitlng the uss OF
troops At the polls as ppIic5 force.
Mr, SPARKS Qlls } op.n the dis
cussIon. He called the attention OF
the house TO the ~ @ that thi itfeD teal
clause had already Desn added to III e
appropriat,ona bill. II made a pro-
hlbitiOn for the use OF the army on the
contingency that the appropriation
should not apply II the army were
used In u certain way. he bad under
stood that the great leaders on the
other side had acceded to the amend
ment. The vote upon the amendment
had showed that but twelve republicans
had voted against 1t, He ,confesset
that the amendment did not meet b 10
views This tame, eowardly amend.
ment did not come up to that standard
of legislation on the subject that he
would have wished, and, If he had The
power, he would insist on something
much stronger than THE, aud
uuyieldingly insist on its adoption.
He would wipe out this unamerican,
unrepublican, undemocratic, Villain
GUS staute, which owed its existence
to the inspirations OF fanaticism and
to the era OF hate.
Conger-Will the gentleman state
on what eide that fsnaticism was9
Sparks Not noticing the question
1t disgraces tue statute books and in-
suits the sovereign people Of this
country with this. Tam done. 3
Mr.. Conger-Does the gentleman
intend to answer where the fanaticism
was? $40 --s..-szs.
Mr.. sparks-I am not answering
questions. szss g 81 @@A-
Mr.. IConger (ssrcasticaily)-I will
venture to say that the gentleman
may answer without being in danger
of being shot on the spot.
The Geneva debate was continued by
Mr.. Hswiey. Conn ], who twitted the
democratic party upon :heir evident
intention not to participate in the de-
bate, sarcasticaiIy inquiriDg whether
1t was feared that 1t would bring about
the nomination and election Of Gen.
Grant; whether the stentorian tones OF
the whisp perer OF Gramercy park had
prohibitei the discussion. ~
Mr.. Robinson IN. j followed with
strong speech in opposition to the
amendment, conteDding that 1t meant
that nj itsry power should not be
suhorriuate, to civil power.
M4ssrs. Ketfer, M ,Cord, II ,skell and
Frye slso spoke against the ciause. and
all Of the geutlemea endeavored to
draw the democrats into u debate, but
they remained silent. TIT n
Mr.. Cnnger (MIch rallied at the
democrats for what he called their
cowardice. their paralysis, their dumb
ness and their uu willingness to debate
the pending question.
Withnut &C ION, thecom mittee arose,
and, ut $40. adj ,urned. 81