Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-03-18

Miscellaneous items, 100000; rail
way post-ofiice clerks, $4,000; rout,
agents. $1S0,000; mail messengers
S5O,OOO.
The amendment allowing the uss
OF department stamps as heretofore
prevailed, after some discussion.
Senator Edmunds offered al
amendment permitting the Secretary
OF the Senate and Clerk of the House
to use official stamps for the business
OF their respective offices, under
conditions similar to department,
officials, and concluding with the
following: "And each member OF
the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives, and each delegate from
a Territory, shall have a right to send
through the mail any letters or
package containing only printed or
written matter not exceeding two
ounces in weight, and identified by
his autograph signature without
payment of postage. A lively de,
bate was had upon this suggestion,
but finally the yeas and nays were de-
manded and the amendment was
adopted by the following vote:
Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich, Allison,
Beck, Blair, Call, Cameron, of Penn
sylvania; Cameron, of Wisconsin;
Davis, of West Virginia; Dawes, Ed,
munds, Frye, Gorman, Groome,
Hale, Hampton, Harris, Harrison,
Hawley, Hoar, Jackson, Jonas, Lap,
ham, McDil, Malone, Miller, of
New York; Mitchell, Sawyer, Sewell,
Teller, Vance, Voorhees,, Walker,
Williams, and Window; 81
Nays-Messrs. Cockren, Coke,
Conger, Farley, Ferry, Garland,
George, Hill, of Colorado; Mcmillan,
Mcpherson, Maxey, Pendleton, Ran>
som, Saulsburg, and Sherman: 15
During the call, Senator Cockrell
announced that his colleague, Sen
ator Vest, was detained at home by
a sudden and severe indisposition.
Senator Plumb was paired with Sen
ator Vest.
Without further progress on the
bill, the Senate, after restoring the
tariff commission to it's place as the
regular order, at $40, went into ex-
ecutive session, and at 6 o'clock ad-
journed.
WASHINGTON, March 17.-Senator
Pendleton, from the committee on
foreign relations, reported with
amendment, Senate bill for the
relief of the captain, owners, officers
and crew of the late United States
private armed Brig, General Arms
strong.
A bill was introduced by Senator
Call for the deepening of the en-
trance to the northwest channel of
the harbor of Key West, Florida.
Senator Hoar, from the committee
on privileges and elections, reported
In favor of the payment out of the
Senate contingent fund of S3,500 to
NJ. c. Butler, and $4,000 to VIM.
Kellogg, in reimbursement of ex-
penses necessarily incurred by them
in deferse of their titles to seats.
Placed on the calendar of resolu-
tions.
At the conclusion of the morning
business, the regular order, the tar,
iff commission bill, was laid aside
temporarily, by unanimous consent,
to proceed with the post-office ap,
preparation bill, which was taken up.
The remaining committee amend
ments were adopted.
Senator Miller, of New York,
moved the amendment reported yes
terday from the post-office commits
tee providing for ocean mail service,
but it was ruled out on pointof or
der. The bill was reported to the
and all the amendments of
the committee of the whole con~
Cured in, except the one which SUBJ
stantially restores the franking priv
ilege, upon which separate vote
was demanded by Senator Pendle-
ton.
The amendment was divided, and
the first part, allowing the secretary
of the Senate and the clerk of the
House to use the official envelopes,
was agreed to without a vote. The
question recurring upon the propo-
sition to authorize Congressman to
send through the mails tree any let
ter or package containing only
written or printed matter, not ex
ceeding two ounces in weight, upon
the call of the yeas and nays, the
proposition was adopted, by the
following vote:
Yeas -Aldlich, Brown, Call, Cam
den, Cameron, of Pennsylvania, Da-
Wis, of West Virginia, Dawes, Fair,
Frye, Gorham, Grover, Hale, Jack,
son, Jonas, Kellogg, Lapham, Logan,
McDill, Malone, Miller, of New York,
Morgan. Vance, Van Wyck.
Morrill,, Platt, Pugb, Sawyer, Sewell,
Voorhees,, Walker, Williams and
Nays-Cockrell, Coke, Conger,
Davis of Illinois, Farley, Ferry,
George, Hill of Colorado, McPher>
son, Maxey, Pendleton, Ransom,
salisbury, Sherman and Slater-15.
Senators Plumb and Cemeron
Wis., were paired with Senators
Johnson and Vest. Senators Ed,