Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-12

the capitol rOtunda.
BY Mr.. Grape, of Massachusetts-EX
| tending until May 18th, 1888, the time fol
filing claims before the Court of Commits
siOners of Alabama Claims.
By Mr.. Dibbrell, of Tennessee-TO abOl
! ish the internal revenue taxes and tC
allow a rebate on whisky and tobacco
also, to reduce the specie in the Treasury
| to $3.50, 100000 by requiring the Secretary
of the Treasury to pay out silver dollars
for current expenses of the government.
BY Mr.. Springer, of IllinOis-PrOposine
| a constitutional amendment relative tC
the election of President, Vice President
and members of Congress. 1t fixes the
term of President and Vice President al
six years, and makes the President in
eligible to election for the next succeed
ing term, abOlishes the Electoral College
and prOvides4Or a direct vote for Presi
dent.
BY Mr.. Wise, of Virginia-A resolution
calling for information from the Secretary
of the Treasury as to the number anC
names Of internal revenue employees APP
pointed ninety days preceding the seventh
of November last, and the names of per
sons on whose recommendations they
were appointed, amount of compensation
allowed to and the duties of each APP
pointee, and whether the persons so ap
/
The Speaker announced the following
committee appointments: Mr.. Bisbee Of
Florida, on the select committee on the
law respecting the election of President
and Vice President, and on Militia /:
Lynch of Mississippi, on Education and
Labor and Militia; Mr.. Mackey of South
Carolina, on Public Health and Manufac.
lures; Smalls of South Carolina, on Agri.
culture and Militia; Mr.. Shelley of Ala
hamn DatnnfG and E'X-nnnditI1rn IN
the Post Office Department, and Mr.. Reese
of Georgia, on Coinage, Weights and Meas
ures and the Census. Adjourned.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate, the President laid before
the Senate a letter from the Secretary OF
War relating to the United States prop
erty known as the hospital and grounds
at Wilmington, n. 6, 1t was referred to
the Committee on Military Affairs.
Messrs. Chilcott, Vest, Van Wyck, III
gals, Harrison, Sherman and Sewell pre-.
sented petitions in favor of an increase OF
pensions to 0ne-armed and One-legged
soldiers. Referred to the Committee on
Pensions.
Mr.. Morgan, from the Public Lands
Committee, reported favOrably without
amendment the bill to exclude public
lands in Alabama from the operation OF
the laws relating to mineral lands.
Mr.. Hawley, from the committee ON
Civil Service Reform, reported with amend
ments the bill introduced by him on Satur-
day to prevent officers and employees of the
government from selling subscriptions or
assessments from each other and for
other purposes, and gave notice that when
the Pendleton civil service bill should
come up for consideration he would offer
this as an additional section. One Of the
committee amendments makes il crime,
and prescribes therefor penalty, for any
person 10 enter the public buildings for
the purpose of leYymg contributions or as
sessments from clerks or other employees.
At the close Of the morning hour the
Senate took up, as unfinished business,
the bankruptcy bill, the question being
on Mr.. Browns motion, made Saturday, to
postpone the subject indefinitely. The
Senate refused, by vote of "a to 26, to
postpone indefinitely, and by vote of "a
yeas to 80 nays adopted the Lowell bill,
introduced by Mr. HOar as a substitute
the Committee on the Judiciary.
On motion of Mr.. Sherman the bank
ruptcy bill { the Lowell bill) was sent to
the Committee on the Judiciary for re-
vision.
Mr.. PendletOn moved to take up his
civil service bill.
Mr.. Voorhees, and Mr.. Brown opposed
the motion. The latter preferred to wait
until after the next Presidential election
to see whether we could not have a better
civil service bill enacted by a democratic
Congress and a Democratic President,
with fair division Of the Offices
The motion to take up Mr., Pendleton's
bill was carried-yeas A, nays 16. At
Mr., SeWelfs request Nr. Bendleton agreed
to have the bill laid aside informally, that
the Senate might take up the Fitz John
Porter bill.
Mr.. Logan objected, and insisted that
the civil service bill should be first dis
posed of.
Mr.. Sewell asked him to consent to take
up the Porter bill tomorrow.
Mr.. Logan declined, so the Pendleton
bill remained before the Senate, but was
temporarily laid aside to take mp the bill
to relieve an Arkansas Railroad: This
bill was indefinitely postponed.
After an executive session, the Senate
adjourned.
THE DISTRICT COURT BILL.
The District Court bill introduced in
the House to-day by Mr.. HazeltOn, of
Wisconsin, provides that ''if any party to
any cause pending in the Circuit Court,
in the Criminal Court or any term of the
Supreme Court Of the District of COlum-
bia, or in any proceedings therein, shall
at any time before the trial or hear
ing Of such cause OF proceeding
that he or she believes that the Judge
holding such court or term of said court
is so preiudiced that such party
cannot have a fair and impartial
trial or judgment, said Judge shall
not hear or tryssaid cause or proceedings,
and the same shall be thereupOn post
pOned until another Judge Of said court
shall be assigned by general term
to hold said term of court
or to try or hear said cause or hearing:
provided, that if said party is absent
a corporation, agent or attorney may make
affidavit" Further provision is that no
cause or proceeding shall be postponed
more than twice on account of such pre-
judice.
By a coincidence it happens that this
bill meets the views of defendants and
their counsel in the star route trials now
in progress before Judge Wylie. The affi-
davits read day or two ago l., support of
the motion for a continuance on account
Of alleged prejudice and bias on the part
of Judge Wylie and the tactics of counsel
are all directed to delay and postpone
ment.
INTERNAL REVENUE AND TARIFF RE-
DUCTION.
lie CtndlG TIudutt lO-UaX
considered the Internal revenue bill in
with an amendment submitted
by Mr.. Sherman last Friday. 1t is learned
from undoubted authority that no obiec
ton has been raised by any member of the
committee to the plan proposed by Mr..
Sherman, of appending as an amendment to
the internal revenue bill the proposition
to revise the tariff, and that, so far as dis
closed by the discussion THE -
difference nf o--'-s'@ morning, the
-. VpInIon as to the character
of the revision and the Measure OF tariff
reduction will ke sueh as arise from per.
sonal and individual views rather than
from prejudice, policy or bias.
LOGAN ON THE FITZ JOHN PORTER BILL,
Mr.. Logan said to reporter to-day who
asked him about the prospects Of the Fitz
John Porter relief bill: II shall oppose it
as long as Ilive," and in response to asug-
gestion that the friends Of the measure