Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-02-13
J IxLVL CONGRESS.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON. Feb. II

Senator Saunders introduced a
bill to abolish all duties on the i'm
portation of salt. &
Senator Garland introduced bill
extending the time for completing
the Texas and Pacific Railroad.
The Vice-President laid before
the Senate a communication from
several members of the minority Of
the Louisiana Legislature in regard
to the representation of that State
in the United States Senate.
Printed and referred. 3A2
Senator Davis (W. Va.) said that,
if the Senator from Georgia (Gor-
don) had been in his seat to-day, be
Davis would have moved to take
up the motion to reconsider the
vote appointing o Special Commit
tee on the Inter Oceanic Canal.
The delay on this subject was not
caused by him or his motion to re-
consider. He was, and has been,
ready to consider the matter at any
time.
The Senate proceeded to consider
the calendar.
The Senate Commerce Commit
tee took up to-day the House bill
making special deficiency appro-
priation in advance of the general
River and Harbor bill for the i'm,
provement of Mussel Shoals in the
Tennessee River. Arguments in
advocacy of favorable action upon
the bill was made by the Alabama
Senator'S. No action, however, was
taken upon it. l.-.e.
The following bills were intro
duced and referred:
By Senator Ransom { N. G. y
For the erection of public build
ing at Asheville, N. G.
By Senator Garland ARK. J.
Providing that the Texas and
Pacific Railway Company, organ
lied under Act of March 8, 1871,
shall have ten years additional
time to complete continuous
line of railroad from Marshall,
Texas to the Pacific Ocean, provided
nothing herein contained shall be
construed as authorizing the grant
of any additional lands or subsidy
of any kind by the Government.
By Senator Bruce (Miss.), en-
dowing the Lowry Industrial Acad-
emy in Alabama, and authorizing
the acceptance of a donation Of
buildings and lands in its aid.
By Senator Saunders (Neb.),
abolishing all import duties on salt.
Senator Mcdonald Qnd. resumed
his remarks in favor of the bill for
the ascertainment of the amount of
land located on military warrants
and for the payment of S per cen
tum of its value to several
States named. He argued that
all public lands within said States
which, by terms Of their acts of
admission, were exempted from
State taxation for five years from
sale, should be considered as
opened to sale, and that FIVE per
centum on these was due States.
He held that location on military
scrip was sale within the meaning of
the acts referred to since the lands
were given as homes to those
who served the Government in
place of an equivalent cash payment.
Senator Thurman (Ohio) said he
was undecided as to whether the
bill should pass or not. He made
some remarks on its provisions, say
ing among other things that some
newspapers had ignorantly called it
bill to pay money to rebels.
When in fact it would be pecuniari-
ally detrimental to oil Atlantic and
Gulf States and would chiefly benefit
Western and Northwestern States.
lie had not thought the States en-,
titled to i've per centum on any but
cash sales, but after reading the
Committees report, he was not sure
that his mind was not changing.
The discussion then closed for to-
dau and tho SANTA adinnrnnd