Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-05-26

ton in Charleston, asserting that
the republicans used tissue ballots
in legitimate manner to prevent
the democrats from distinguishing
them from their own tissue ballots
and throwing them out. s.-
Senator Hampton Is. C.) res
marked that the present representa-.
tive from that county was elected
by 10000 majority. Senator Tel
ler had said 5000 democratic tissue
ballots were cast. Even allowing
the 5000, they had 5000 majority.
Senator Thurman (Ohio) moved to
amend the bill by providing that no
person who has held or who now
holds the office of supervisor of cleo
tions shall be reappointed. He
said he knew some supervisors of
elections had been bad men, and
he did not intend they should ever
be reapppointed. w.E vs
Senator Hoar MASS said this
bill was part Of a scheme to destroy
the liberties Of the people by a sort
Of dry rot. The government was
not to be overthrow by violence,
but by corruption Of the ballot box.
Senator Hampton IS. C) said
Senator Hoar might instruct Mass
sachusetts in her duty under the
constitution before he condemned
other states. That state disfran-
chised 1856, 900 men under the edu-
cational qualification. Yet she
kept up her full popular representa-,
tion in congress in violation Of the
constitution. e.. aga ea,
An animated running debate fol-
lowed, in which Senators Hamlin
(Me), Butler (S. C,), Hoar Mass
and Teller (CoI.) took the principal
part, and which turned upon the
evidence taken before Senator Walls
lace's committee and the interpre~
tation of it in various ways.
A long, desultory, running debate
was then brought on by the asser>
tion Of Senator Teller Col. that
the democrats were afraid to dis>
cuss certain questions and dared
not open their mouths about them.
Senator Voorhees, la challenged
the republicans to name such a
question, and sharp colloquy fol-
lowed between Senators Voorhees,,
Conkling and Edmunds; the two
first named senators attacking one
another's records with some bitter,
ness. G "a .,&
+ at 6:10, withou. action on the
bill, the senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
g WASHINGTON, May rs. =
Tho house met at 10 o'clock this
morning, the intervening hour up to
IL o'clock belonging technically to
the mondays session. That hour
was spent in consideration of
the sundry civil bill. All items for
public buildings being disposed of
as reported and all amendments for
new buildings being ruled out of
points Of order.
At eleven o'clock the session of
yesterday terminated and that of
to-day began. s,0t[ &8|E
The house dispensed with the
morning hour and continued in COM
mittee Of the whole the considera-
ton of the sundry civil appropria-
ton bill. Amendments were adopt
ed prov ding for light at the mouth
of Amite river, Louisiana, and for
an increase of $4,000 in the apa
preparation for the coast and
Geodetic survey q .
The appropriation to provide an
increase Of storage room for gov>
ernment coin was stricken out. A
long discussion followed upon the
motion to amend the bill by increas-
ing the appropriation for the
national board of health, but with
out coming to vote the house took
recess.
The evening session is to be for
the consideration of the steamboat
bill. 'E@t .7--s- -,