Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-03-11
The Alabama State Republican
Convention Called to Meet
in Selma.
Golden Streams Still Pouring into
s Starving ireland.
.XLVI. CONGRESS.

WASHINGTON, March

Lne~Vlce preSluent lalu DeIore TN
senate . message he received yester
day from the president, transmitting
a copy Of the agreement between
the secretary of the interior ant
the Ute Indians, and recommended
it's ratification. Referred to tht
committee on Indian affairs.
Senator Herman IN. ~ presented
the petition of Roger A. Pryor fol
the removal of his political disabili,
ties. Referred to the committee or
judiciary.
Senator Thurman CO.,, from the
committee on Judiciary, reports ad'
versely on senate bill to reimburse
several states for interest paid on
war loans, and for other purposes
Placed on calendar.
Senator. Davis lIll.) stated thai
there was a minority report on the
bill.
Senator Vance IN. C.) from the
committee on naval affairs, reported
favorably on house bill to amend
the public marine school act.
The following bills were intro~
duced and referred:
By Senator Ransom IN. C.)-To
provide for settlement of the acs
counts of the North Carolina rails
road company. @a
By Senator Conkling IN. Y.)-To
amend section 4472 of the revised
statutes, concerning commerce and
navigation, and the regulation of
steam vessels. He also. presented a
memorial of large number of
merchants in New York City, en-
gagged in the transportation Of cot
ton from southern to northern and
eastern ports, praying the passage
of such a bill as that above-named.
Senator Bayard (Del.) introduced
a bill amending section number %
of the revised statutes, concerning
the election of officers.
Considerable debate then ensued
upon the motion made by Senator
Thurman. (Ohio) to refer to the
judiciary committee the memorial of
Indian chiefs protesting against the
passage of the bill to establish a
United States court in the Indian
territory.
Pending the discussion the morn-
ing hour expired, and Senator
Mcdonald Qnd.) resumed his
speech on the bill for the relief of
Fitz John Porter. After a somes
what animated debate, in which
Senators Conkling, Logan, McDon-
aid and Randolph participated,
Senator Jones fla took the floor
to speak on the bill, but yielded to
Senator Garland, who moved, in
consideration of the legal and con-
stitut;onal questions involved, that
the bill be referred to the judiciary
committee. Without action on the
motion, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, d. c., March 10.
Mr.. Reagan Tex asked and OBJ
tanned leave to have printed the fol-
lowing resolution, which he stated
he would offer as a substitute for
the resolution of the committee on
the intero ceanic canal:
Resolved, That while we recogs
nize the general interest of the
whole commercial world in the use
Of a ship canal or railroad across
the isthmus, connecting North and
South America, and while we
will respect that interest if
such line of intersoceanic COM
munication shall be established, we
declare that as the establishment of
such line of communication would
practically connect the Atlantic and
Mexican gulf and Pacific coast lines
Of the United States and as the
United States would have great
local as we'll as general interest in
the work in common with other COM
mercial powers Of the earth, and as
the political control of such q line
of communication would be vitality
necessary to her commercial inter-
ests and to the preservation of her
territorial integrity and political in
dependence, she will insist that when
ever and by whemsoever such
project shall be commenced, she
shall have such political control of
it as will give security to our COM
mercial and political interests.
The speaker then proceeded to
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