Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-12-08
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.


tors Voorhees,, Sherman, McDill,
Vest, Ingalls,, Chilcott and Miller, of
New York, presented petitions for
the passage of the bill to increase
the pensions of one armed and one
legged soldiers. Referred to the
committee on pensions.
Bills were introduced and referred
as follows:
By Senator Johnston: To author
ize the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
road Company to extend it's road to
a point on the United States lands
at Fortress Monroe Referred to
the committee on military affairs,
giving the approval of Congress to
the agreements made in 1871 and
1872 between the Secretly Of War
and Joseph Segar and G. q. Willard.
By Senator Brown: To repeal
toe internal revenue act of 1864, and
all laws and parts OF laws enlarging,
extending or amending the same.
Referred to the finance committee.
At the close of the morning hour
Senator Beck called up his political
assessment investigation resolution,
and asked that a vote be taken.
Senator Hale offered a substitute
setting forth the names of the mem
bers of the Congressional executive
committees of both parties, reciting
the allegations that the Democratic
committee had levied contributions
on liquor dealers, brewers and other
associations, and directing the com,
mittee on Judiciary to investigate
these charges, as well as those made
against the Republican committees.
Senator Beck said the substitute
proposed to investigate matters over
which Congress had no control,
was evidently intended to embarrass
the legitimate investigation proposed
in the original resolution. After a
brief discussion the substitute was
ordered printed and the matter
went over until tomorrow.
Senator Jonas offered resolution,
which was adopted, instracting the
Secretary of War to furnish to the
Senate an estimate of the Mississip-
pi River Commission, for the work
of improving the Mississippi River
the next fiscal year.
At two o'clock the Senate resumed
the consideration of the bankruptcy
bill Senators Garland, Jonas and
Vest were the principal participants
in the debate. Senator Vest moved
to strike out the provision that the
man who fails for twenty days to
discharge an attachment against his
property, in civil suit, shall be
deemed bankrupt. Agreed to.
The bill being still pending, the
Senate, at 4:50 p. M, adjourned.
Mr.. Kelley, of Penns lvania, chairs
man of the committee on ways and
means, ported a concurrent reso ,
luton for printing 10000 copies of
the report of the tariff commission.
Passed.
Mr.. Kelley also reported resolu-
ton setting apart Wednesday, the
18th of December, for the cons dera-
ton of certain bills on the calendar,
previously reported from the COM
mittee on ways and means. He stat
ed that the bills referred to, related
exclusively to the administration OF
the law adopted.
The House went into committee of
the whole on the Indian appropria~
ton bill. The total amount of the
appropriation provided for in the
bill is $5,2OS, $50, being $274, 200
less than the appropriations of the
current year, and $1,516,776 less
than the estimates.
Mr.. Ryan, of Kansas, who has
charge of the bill, explained that the
reductions were principally on the
appropriations for subsistence.
An amendment was adopted for
insertion in the patents authorized
to be issued to certain individual In.
dams by the treaty of 1869 with the
Sioux Indians, a provision that the
lands obtained under that treaty
shall remain forever inevitable, and
not subject to taxation.
The committee rose and reported
the bill to the House, and it was
passed.
Mr.. Ellis, of Louisiana, offered 8
resolution calling on the Secretary
of State for information as to the
distribution of ''Virginia's' indemni
ty fund, the balance of which re-
mains undistributed, and whether
/ frarther le0islation ia necaasarv tr