Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-03-13
T'ELEGRAPHIC.
XLVI. CONGRESS.

WASHINGTON. March y.

| +CenhtoTt vance ~. VI, from lue
District committee, reported fayora>
bly, the bill for the protection of
the Potomac river fisheries. Placed
on the calendar. ~.---.. .---
Senator Williams Ky.l presented
a joint resolution of the Kentucky
legislature, instructing the senator's
from Kentucky to urge the passage
of a bill reducing the salary of the
president Of the United States.
Senator Bruce miss. from the
committee on education, and
labor, reported adversely the
bill to provide for the in-
vestment of certain unclaimed
pay and bounty moneys now in the
treasury, and to facilitate the educa>
ton of the colored race. fndefn-
itely postponed. ga E kE
Senator Gordon (Ga.) asked
unanimous consent for the present
consideration of his resolution for
the appointment OF a special COM
mittee on the interoceanic canal.
Senator Maxey (Tex.) objected,
remarking that justice to the COM
mittees required that the business
on the calendar will be disposed Of
after the debate. aa IA %S
Senators Gordon (Ga.) and
Groome (Md) withdrew their reso-
lutions for the appointment of a
special committee on the inter
oceanic canal, and the resolution
of Senator Platt Conn requesting
the president to communicate to
foreign governments the desire of
this government to secure the neu-
trality of any transit route across
the isthmus, etc., was referred to
the committee on foreign relations.
At the expirntion of the morning
hour, the senate took up the regular
order, which was, the fortifcation
appropriation bill
Senator Allison Iowa) explained
the bill, and considerable debate en-.
eued upon its provisions, Senators
Conkling, Beck and others COM
planning that it was inadequate,
while Senators Withers and Wal
lace maintained there was no dan,
ger of war, and that it was better
to await the results of European
experiments in advance before going
to great expense. EF.
Senator Salisbury (Del.) thought
it better to strengthen the navy
than to spend money on coast for>
tifcations.
Senator Dawes (MassO said he
was not in favor of economy which
would leave our harbors unpro>
tected.
Senator Mcpherson IN. j con-
demned the, administration of the
navy department as wasteful and
fruitless. asisyiiH1 ilfT sHeHr7gs
After some further debate, the
bill, as amended in the committee,
was read the third time and passed.
1t appropriates $l50,000 for the
protection, preservation and repair
of Notifications and defensive
works; 100000 for the arma-
ment Of sea coast Notifications,
including the expense of converting
smooth bore cannon into rifles, and
the manufacture of four i'm
proved breech> h>loading rifed guns,
and $50, 900 for torpedoes for har-
Dor defense and for experiments.
Senator Ransom IN. CO. intro
duced bill to refund to the North
Carolina railroad company certain
moneys unlawfully collected from
it by the United States. Referred.
Senator Kellogg La rose to a
question of personal privilege. He
sent to the clerks desk, and had read,
a copy of the New Orleans Democrat,
containing an extract from the
Charleston News aud Courier, ais
leging that the woman Jessie Ray
mond was brought to Washington
by Senator Kellogg, for the pur-
pose of influencing action on
his contested election case. SEN
ator Kellogg said the article was
false in every particular, and de-
nounced its authors as towards, who
dared not make an open attack,
but stabbed men in the back. He
offered a resolution for the appoints
ment of a committee of FIVE sena>
tors to investigate the charges.
Senator Thurman (Ohio) asked
if the senate had come to such
degradation as to notice every news
paper article scandalizing a senator.
When the resolution come up, he
should move to table it and let it
sleep forever.
The resolution went over under
the rules. .t..,.
The senate then adjourned until