Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-04-12

by the St.Louis Merchants
Exchange as a general
bridge law, and it is intended to
secure reasonable protection to
navigation and to authorize the
dimensions at suitable points on the
Mississippi, Missouri and Illinois
Rivers, without further legislation.
The conditions are elaborately speci-
fed in the bill, (which further requires
that all the designs and plans for the
contemplated structures shall be
submitted to and approved by the
Secretary of War prior to the
beginning of the work of construcs
ton.
The Senate then went into execu-
tive session, after which, adjourned.
WASHINGTON, d. c., April 10.-Mr.
Thompson, of Iowa, submitted a
majority report of the committee on
elections, in the contested election
case of Mackey VS.. O'Connor, from
the second Congressional district of
South Carolina, accompanied by a
resolution declaring contestant
Mackey entitled to the seat. Printed
and laid over for future action.
Under the call of States, bills were
introduced and referred.
By Mr.. McLane, of Maryland
For the abrogation of the 5th and
9th articles of the Burlingame
treaty with China.
Mr.. Richardson, of New York,
introduced a concurrent resolution
directing the Senate and House
committees on public buildings to
inquire into the advisability and cost
of purchasing a suitable site for a
residence for the President of the
United States Referred.
The House went into committee of
the whole on the bill appropriatipg
100000 for the reclamation of the
Potomatic flats at Washington, but
without action the committee rose,
and the House soon after adjourned.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE morn
ing hour having been dispensed
with, Mr.. Ryan, of Kansas, from the
committee on appropriations, report
ed back Senate bill, appropriating
$4,000 to provide for the deficiency
in the appropriation for the subsist-
ence and care of the Indians in charge
of the Cheyenne and Arrapaboer
agencies in Indian Territory.
Mr.. Randall, of Pennsylvania, held
that this was bill in the line of the
general appropriations for the sup~
port of the government, and as such
could not be originated by the Sen>
ate.
The Senate bill was accordingly
withdrawn, and an original bill to
the same effect introduced in the
House and passed.
The House went into committee OF
the whole on the post-office appro~
preparation bill, with amendments.
The following Senate amendments
were concurrred in: The appro-
priation of $4,000 for furnishing
fourth.class postmasters with the
necessary implements for cancelling
stamps, &C.; increasing the appro.
priation for the compensation O.
clerks in post-offices by $150,000
increasing $500,00O the appropria
ton for mail transportation by rail
roads; providing that if any person
shall hereafter perform any services
for any mail contractor in carrying
the mail, he shall have a lien on an,
money due by the Post-office De
partment to said contractor.
The amendment restoring tn
franking privilege was then reached
A number of members opposed thi
amendment, among them Messrs
Cannon, of Illinois; Hill, of Ney
Jersey; Townshend and Updegratl
of Ohio, and Robson and Cobb, O
Indiana.
Mr.. Brown, of Indiana, was gla'
to see the paroxysmal econom.
, which had come over the House.
, was not often that tidal wave q
that kind came along, but when
did, he wanted to get on the to
! wave with the balance. The bankin
privilege, as it now existed, covere
everything that the members Of Con
: gress could ask. Car loads of stu
, were sent out under it every da,
a and Congress was running hug
e printing office allowance Of 1925 t
: each member for stationery, Whic
; was sufficient to pay every penny {
i his postage, and perhaps spar
9 him an opera glass or two. If th
o House desired to put money int
: the Treasury it should abolish th
d printing of 95 per cent. of the matte
: which was now printed, Their
9 were innumerable bills which die
n in the committee which had to b
: printed, memorials were printed
P speeches were printed. If the ma
= who invented the Compression;
6 Record still lived, he ought to be a
g. raigned before the military tribuna
IS condemned and shot. It had kille
IS more members of Congress than Xii
1t wells bottoms or the Potomac fiat
y After a long discussion, almost ell
1t tirely in disapproval of it, the Sena
% amendment was non-concurred in {
q were also large number of less in
u portant amendments, and the con
l. mittee having arisen the House rat
n fed its action and the bill now go,
'r to the conference committee.
20 mittee of the whole on the Tar
70 Commission bill and Mr.. Cox,
a, North Carolina, opposed the measu
9 as one which would only delay Il
rs revision of the tariff and prevent Il
81 removal of incongruities which exis
s. ed in it. He contended that Il
le House, through its committee I
Te Ways and Mems, should immediate
8. proceed to legislate intellegently I