Huntsville gazette., 1881-12-17
FORTY-SEYENTH CONGRESS.

ON the 1th, Senators Sherman, Pendleton
Davies, Lapham, Bayard and Morgan were
appointed joint committee for the prepara-
ton OF memorial upon the death of the late
President Garfield. Bills were introduced
and referred: For the admission OF New
Mexico as State; compenSating railway
companies for transporting mails; establish
ing Department OF Agriculture and Com
merce; making trade dollars legal tender for
all debts except where otherwise stipulated
Mr.. Morrill's Tariff Commission was then de.
clared In order, but that gentleman declined
to speak, and the Senate adjourned.
SENATOR MORRILL, addressed the Senate.
on the sth upon the Tariff Commission bill.
had been seasons of national disaster as were
the years 1S33 II and 81, and the further we
had receded from free trade the better had
labor Jared and the greater had been the ma
terlal and educational advancement of the
country. At the conclusion of his remarks,
Mr.. Morrill, moved a reference of the subject
to the Committee on Finance, but at the sug-
gestion of Mr.. Garland, who desired to be
heard on the subject, withdrew his motion
The latter temporarily yielded the floor for
some general business, and the subject was
formally passed over for the present. The
President pro tenn. submitted response by the
Secretary of the Interior to the Senate resO-
luton, transmitting list of the names of
officers. clerks and other employees on the
rolls OF the department, with the salary date
of appointment and grade of office, each State
to which charged, and indicating who served
in the Union and who in the Confederate
armies Tabled and ordered printed. Among
bills introduced and referred were the follow
ing: by Mr. Vest-Fora a bridge across the Mis-
sissippi River at the most acceptable point
from five to eight miles above st. Louis: by
Mr. Ingalls-For the sale of lands of the Mi
ami Indians, Kansas; by Mr.. Plumb
For the disposition of tl1 Fort
%ssrS e1efs soei Or BY sailor G
who served ninety days in the Union service
during rebellion and was honorably dis
l6O acres of public land. The bill granting
Mrs. Garfield the franking privilege passed,
being the first bill of the session to pass the
Senate. Pending motion for adjournment,
President pro tenn. Davis called the attention
of the Senate to the fact that 'the 5th of De-
cember, the day on which Congress convened,
was the 1ftieth anniversary of the day
connected with this body. Half a century
ago he entered our service as page, through
mutations of fparties no attempt was evermade
to disturb him. Surely no higher tribute
yity than.that he had been SO long and so sat
fsfactorily identified with the history of the
Senate! am sure the sentiment on all sides
and happiness in the name 5t,e,i 5o, ,i.s,rf .
the United States" Adjourned until Monday.
THE House held brief session on the 9th.
The Speaker appointed committee on the
death Of President Garfield. Adjourned until
Tuesday.
A LARGE number of bills and joint reso-
lutions were introduced in the Senate on the
18th, among the more important being the
following: BY Mr.. Edmunds-For defraying
expenses of the treatment and burial of the
late President Garfield, the amount being
limited to 500 600; also by Mr. Edmunds-To
punish polygamy; by Mr.. Butler-To estab
iish an educational fund; by Mr.. Hoar-For
the education of Indian children; by Mr.
Plumb-For the sale of n portion of Fort
Leayenworth military reservation. The Tariff
bill was then taken up and Messrs. Garland
and Beck replied to Mr.. Morrill,.