Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-21


of women citizens of the United
States, and to be called the commit
tee on the rights of women citizens,
was taken up.
Mr.. Davis, of West Virginia, said
the rules required that proposition
| to go to the committee on rules. He
moved to refer the resolution to that
committee. Agreed to, yeas 26,
noes %.
The funding bill was received
from the House and referred to the
| committee on finance. The regular
order, being the bill to provide for
the allotment of lands in the several
Territories to the Indians on the
| various reservations was taken up,
| and occupied the 2emainder ofathe
day.
Mr.. Coke, who reported the bill,
explained it's provisions, and there
was quite long debate thereon. in
which Messrs. Coke, Teller, Butler,
Morgan, Hill, Saunders and others
participated.
Without action on the bill the
Senate, at Ais, went into executive
session, and when the doors were re-
opened adjourned.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.
Mr.. Calkins, of Indiana, stated
that he would not call up the con-
tested election case of Boynton VS..
Loring, but would yield to the CONS
mittee on appropriations and then,
the morning hour having been dis
pensed with, the House, at 1890,
went into committee of the whole,
Mr.. Cox, of New York, in the chair,
upon the naval appropriation bill.
The committee on post-ofices and
post-roads met to-day and by a vote
of Z to agreed to a favorable re-
port upon Mr.. Springer's resolution,
and directed Representative Money,
chairman of the committee, to pre-
sent a report to the House at the
earliest opportunity. Following is
text of the resolution:
Resolved, That the committee on
post-offices and post-roads be in
structed to inquire into the ex-
pediency of establishing, by law,
telegraphic postal system, under the
Government of the United States,
and also the cost Of reproducing the
facilities for transmitting telegraphic
messages equal to those now pos
sessed by the existing corporations,
and as to the expense of operating
the same, with po yer to send for
persons and papers, and report at
any Ut time si BY ~ bill i, or shelg. s9thsgEige.
explained the provision of the bill
which appropriated $14,461,000, a
net increase of $55, 900 over the ap
preparation bill for the present year.
The principal items of increase were
$1,225,OOO for the pay of the Navy
and $4,000 for the marine corps.
The principal item of decrease was
in the appropriations for torpedoes.
The bill was then read by sections
for amendments.
Mr.. Hiscock of New York, moved
an increase from $S5O,000 to $1,000,
900 appropriation for the bureau
of steam engineering.
After some debate, the amendment
was rejected, 73 to 81.
The committee then rose and re-
ported the bill to the House, when it
was passed exactly as reported from
the committee on appropriations.
Mr.. Blackburn, of Kentucky, from
the committee on appropriations, res
ported the post~office appropriation
bill, which was ordered printed and
recommitted.
Mr.. Calkins then called up the
contested election case of Boynton
VS.. Loring, from the fifth Congress
sional district of Massachusetts,, and
Mr.. Loring took the floor and made
an argument in his own behalf. His
speech was listened to with great at
tention by the members and by sevs
eral Senators who occupied seats on
the floor, and at its conclusion the
house took recess until 7.3O, the
evening session to be for the consid-
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