Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-07-29
WASHINGTON.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.


WASHINGTON, July 28.-At 11:30
Il g Senate resumed considera-
ton of the naval appropriation bill.
The resolution for printing $4,000
copies of the official report of the
international cotton exposition of
1883 passed.
Senate bill to provide for the pub
lication OF the tenth census was
passed. 1t provides for the printing
of additional copies of the reports
on population, agriculture, manufac>
lures and mechanics, fish and fish
cries, history of the national board
and compendium of the census, and
appriates for this purpose $7S,O0O
1t also provides for the distribution
of complete sets of these reports to
libraries and other public institutions
throughout the country; their allot
ment to Congressman to be dis
tribted b. the Secretary of the In
terror, each Senator to be entitled to
order tiften and each Representative
ten sets.
The Senate then took up the naval
appropriation bill, and the bill was
read for action upon the committee
amendments. Upon an amendment,
which Was decided to be in the nature
of general Legislation, point of
order was raised.
Senator Rollins submitted that, if
hS
the ground stated, nearly all the
committee amendments must be
ruled out upon the same ground.
He, therefore, raised the point of
order as against the pending amend
ment reported by the committee.
The chair, Senator Davis, sustained
the point and ruled, in effect, that all
amendments made by the Senate
committee changing the House gen
eral legislation were out of order un
der the Senate rule prohibiting such
Legislation upon appfol ration bills.
A long discussion followed In
which the rule was denounced by
Senator Hawley and others as un-
constitutional, as it precluded the
Senate from amending or changing
the bill in the features referred to.
With aview to testing the correctness
of the ruling of the Chair and to
reach definite construction of the
Senate rules touching the point at
issue, Senator Call appealed from
the decision and the Senate, on a
division, declined to table the appeal.
The discussion was then cons
tinued by the parliamentarians OF
the body. Upon the vote being or
dered, some confusion was apparent
as to the form in which the question
of order was to be decided. It was
agreed to test the sense of the
Senate upon the ruling upon the
committee amendment, dividing the
10 su- geons on the active list into
three class, ).
The Chair decided this to be out
of order, as involving general leglsla
ton, and this decision was sustained
by the Senate by yeas 26, nays Il
An equal number of Democrats anC
Republicans responded aye. The
committee amendment was cOnse.
quentIy disagreed to. The bill was
proceeded with as in commits
' tee of the whole. Amendments
making changes in respect tc
the retirement of nava
officers and promotions on the re-
tired list, and to allowing any va
: cancy among the rear admirals t.
be filled by the Presidents nomina'
ton of captain, as well as of COM
modore, were accordingly ruled
out.
The amendment making prohibi
ton against promotions to the grade
of commodore Immediately operative
instead of upon July 1st, 1883, al
proposed by the House, was objected
to by Senator Williams, and voted
down by less than a quorum-13 t.
1S.
Various changes made by tn,
| committee in the items of appropria
ton were agreed to without debate
Several amendments were passed
: over informally, notlce was given o
others to be hereafter offered anC
, the remainder of the committee
amendments being adopted withou
' discussion, the bill went over unit
tomorrow.
Senators Hawley and Allison
offered resolutions amending th
rules so that all amendments tt
general Legislation placed upor
appropriation bills by the House
shall be in order. Referred to tbs
committee on rules. Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, July 2S.-The House
. after transactlng some miscellaneous
, business, at 1855, adjourned unit
Monday.
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