Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-12-13
during thelast campaign,

ts6on Judiciary is pending.
The Senate then took up and
passed bills for the relief of VIM.
W. Screws
The Senate then took up Senator
Pendleton's civil service bill. The
amendments reported from the com
mittee on civil service reform were
agreed to.
Senator Pendleton then spoke at
length in advocacy of the bill.
HOUSE
WASHINGTON, d. c., November H.
Under the call of States the fol-
lowing bills were introduced and
referred:
By Mr.. Covington, of Maryland ::
Prohibiting the use of the capitol
for any but its legitimate purposes,
directed against holding fairs, balls,
&C., in the capitol rotunda
BY Mr.. Grape, of Massachu-
setts: Extending until May 14th,
1883, the time for fling claims bes
fore the Court of Commissioners of
Alabama claims.
By Mr.. Dibrell, of Tennessee:
To abolish internal revenue taxes;
and to allow rebate ON whisky and
tobacco. Also to reduce the specie
in the treasury to $15,0O0,00O by re-
quiring the Secretary of the Treasu-
ry to pay out silver dollars for the
current expenses of the government
By. Mr.. Springer, of Illinois: Pro,
posing a constitutional amendment
relative to the election of President
and Vice-P President and members of
Congress. 1t fixes the term of
President and Vice-President at six
years, and makes the President ineli.
gible to election for the next sue
ceeding term, abolishes the electoral
college, and provides for a direct
vote for President.
By Mr.. Wise, of Virginia: A
resolution calling for information
from the Secretary of the Treasury
as to the number and names of in>
ternal revenue employees appointed
ninety days preceding the seventh
of November last, and the names of
persons on whose recommendation
they were appointed, the amount of
compensation allowed to and the
duties performed by each appointee,
and whether the persons SO ap-
pointed are still carried on the pay
rolls.
The Speaker announced the fol-
lowing committee appointments:
Mr.. Bisbee, of Florida, on select
committee on law respecting the
election of President and Vice-Pres-
ident and militia Mr.. Lynch, of
Mississippi, on education and labor
and militia. Mr.. Mackey, of South
Carolina, on public health and manu>
factures. Mr. Smalls, of South
Carolina, on agriculture and militia.
Mr.. Shelly, of Alabama, on patents
and expenditures in Post-ofice De-
partment. Mr.. Reese, of Georgia,
on coinage, weights and measures
and census.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-The post-
office, military academy and agri-
cultural appropriation bills We're re-
ported and referred to the commits
tee of the whole.
Mr.. Page, of California, presented
a petition from the citizens of Cali
fornia recommending an increase of
the duty on chicory. Referred.
Mr.. Henderson, of Illinois, chair
man of the nfommittee on cilitary
affairs, reported back the resolution
calling on the Secretary of War for
information as to what action has
been taken under the act of August
7th, 1882, to relieve certain soldiers
from the charge of desertion. Adopt
ed.
Mr.. Randall offered resolution
requesting the President to transmit
to the House statement showing
the aggregate amount of what has
been expeeded in the improvement
of rivers and harbors from the be-
ginning of the Government to the
present time, the amount annually
expended and tee aggregate and an
nual expenditure in the improvement
of each river and harbor, accom-.
panied by references to the laws au>
thorizing each of such expenditures,
and also a statement showing
what benefit to commerce, If
any, has resulted from each
of said expenditures, and
stating the navigable capacity each
of said rivers and harbors before
and after improvement, and also to
inform the House whether any
moneys have been appropriated or
expended in the improvement of
rivers or harbors not navigable
within the legal definition of the
word 'snavigable" as defined by the
United States Supreme Court; and
also to state whether any money has
been appropriated or expended for
the improvement of any river or
harbor not within the United States
Referred.
The House then proceeded to the
consideration OF the Congressional
library bill.
The bill, as it stands, provides for
obtaining site for a library build,
ing, by the purchase or condemna>
ton Of private property. After
long debate, in the course of which
the House refused to postpone or
lay the bill on the table, MIR. Ham
mond, of Georgia, moved to recon
NIT the bill to the committee on adj
ditional accommodations for the Ii
brary of Congress, with instructions
to that committee to report bill
providing for the erection OF a hbra>
ry on land in Washington, belong
ing to the United States
The motion was agreed to, yeas
110; nays 81.