Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-02-16
THELECISLATiVES0L0N
Resume Operations, After a
Recess Of Ten Days.
An Avalanche Of Bills---The
Debt Question the
Absorbing One.
a Bill Looking to Colored
CadetsSin tI-a University
Of Tennnessee.
Special Dispatch to the Chronicle.
Of Tennessee.

Special Dispatch to the Chronicle.
NASHVILLE, Feb. Is.
Both houses of the Legislature reas-
gemDl5d toaday, af. f.er recess Of ten
days.
Representative Norris. Of Shelly,
oolored, INTRODUCED bill in the house,
to>day. instrucIing the trustees ii the
University # Tennessee to make ar.
rangemeDts for persons Of coior "ho
may be emitted to sdmission.
AN avalanche Of bills vas intro
duc9d ia hou-e.
The STATE debt qIestion is now a5~
sorbing great atCert on. The general
seutlmen. ia the legi-IatuTe / t3a5 ne
people demand taat It should al Ist
the debt. Tue average fate Of aoj lzt.
ment talked If Is 5O-4 wbIle SOM, Iu
order t. settle ii, would 80 10 go cent?,
but Lot higher.
THE FORTY-SIxTH CONGRESS.
Report Of Proceedings in Senate
and House of Representative
SENATE.
w WASHINGTON, Feb. Is.
Mr. Hereford presented Joint
resolution Of the West Virginia leg
islature asking for a law to regulate
Interstate railway traffic. Referred
to the committee on railroads.
A number Of bills and joint reso-
Iutions w,re reported back from
committees and placed on the cal
andar.
On motion Of 1Ir. Bayard, the
Senate took up the House funding
bill
Mr.. Bayard explained the provis-
ions of the bill, and gave in detail
the reasons which Influenced the
Senate committee in modifying the
bill as it came from the House by
changing the rate Of interest on the
proposed funding bonds from 3 TO
81 per cent. He said the committee
believed the weight Of authority was
in favor of incurriDg no risk Of
failure IN negotiations OF The loan.
He then reviewed in detail the pro
visions Of the bill and the amend
ments reported from the Senate
committee.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Bayards
remarks Mr.. Mcpherson spoke
at considerable length in
favor OF 3 per cent. 1910
bond, and he was followed by
Mr. Herman in opp ,sition to a long
time bond The latter said he be-
Ieyed it was q wise policy on the
part Of the government to keep con
troll If the option OF paying it's debts.
After some further discussion, the
committee amendments were taken
up in order
The amendment making the rate
of interest 35 per cent. instead of 3
per cent. became the subject of long
discussion, pending conclusion of
which and without action on the
amendment, the Senate adjourned.
EaseU%E.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Is.
When the House met this morn-
ing Mr. Blackburn occupied the chair
owing to the necessary absence Of
the Speaker.
The desk recently occupied by Mr.
Fernando Wood was draDed in black
and decorated with handsome bas-
ket of flowers.
Mr.. Carlisle, Of Kentucky, from the
committee on ways and means, res
ported back the bill in relation to
duties on manufactures Of iron, &c.
Placed on the calendar.
After the transaction Of some un-
important business, the House, at
l.5O, went into committee OF the
whole on the river and harbor bill.
Fifteen or twenty amendments to the
Vanous provisions Of the bill were
0hered' but every one was rejected.
a olpute then arose upon the noint
OF order as to the character If +bo
pending biIl-whether it was .
general or special appropriation
bill. The discussion Of this no;n+
continued until 5 o'clock, when the
Speaker ruled tina. the river and
harbor bill was special appropria-
ton bill.
Mr.. CIymer, Of Pennsylvania, in
ridicule Of the bill, offered an amend
ment appropriating $40,OO0,O0O for
the Improvement Of the Kiskennenits
and Connemaugh Rivers, Pennsylva~
MA. The amount, he said, was not
large, but was the exact sum recon-
mended by the chief engineer. The
amendment, however, was Withdrawn
Mr.. Clymer then offered an amend
ment appropriating $5O0,OOO for the
5mprovement of the Potomac at
Washington. Referred.
Mr.. UpdegrafS, Of Iowa, offered an
amendment striking out the clause
appropriating $4,000 for the in
provement of New River, Virginia.
He said he was opposed to maxine
appropriations for mud-puddles.
The amendment was rejected.
The House is.still in session.