Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-04-21
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

At TWO CLOCK IuS OeuaLo LeUpO-
rarily laid aside the regular order,
the Mississippi Improvement bill,
and Senator McDill addressed the
Senate upon the regulation Of the
interstate commerce bill, introduced
by him creating "a board of railway
commissioners, being informally
taken up.
Upon the conclusion of his re-
marks, the bill was referred.
A message was received from the
President relative to convention to
define the boundary line between the
United States and Mexico. Re
ferred.
The House bill appropriating
S465,000 to supply the deficiency
for printing for the current year was
called up and passed.
The Chair then announced the
Mississippi River improvement bill
as the order of business, and after a
statement by Senator Miller, of Cali
ifornia, that he would defer pressing
the consideration of the Chinese bill
until after the pending order was
disposed of, Senator George pro
ceedad to advocate the bill as pro-
posed to be amended by increasing
the appropriation to S15, 5,000,O0 and
applying the money in the discretion
OF the river commission to the re-
building of levees.
Senator Coke, from the committee
on commerce, reported favorably,
with amendments, the bill for the
construction of street railroad and
wagon road bridge over the Rio
Grande River. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, D. D., April 90
On motion of Mr.. Blackburn, ot
Kentucky, the Senate bill passed
appropriating 100000 for the cree
tion of public building at Frank
fort, Ky.
Mr., Calkins, of Indiana, chairman
of the committee on elections, called
up the contested election case Of
Lynch VS.. Chalmers, from the sixth
district of Mississippi.
Mr.. Carlisle, of Kentucky, called
attention to the fact that Mr.. Ather.
ton, of Ohio, who represented the
minority on the electors committee
was absent ON account of sickness
and he hardly thought it fair to cal
up the case In the absence of the
gentleman.
Mr.. Calkins replied that he hat
this morning received Telegram
from Mr.. Atherton, stating that b,
would endeavor to be back Monday
In the meantime he (Mr. Calkins
thought that the discussion Nigh
run on two days, and that no vot
would be taken tilt Mr. Atherton'
return.
Finally the House deferred actor
on the Lynch and Chalmers contest
ed election case of Mississippi, unit
Mr.. Atherton, of Ohio, who repre-
sen4ed the minority, returns.
The House went into committe
of the whole on the tariff commission
bill.
Among the speakers were Messrs
) Turner, of Kentucky, (in oppositio,
to the measure), Dingley, favorin
: it, townsend, of Illinois, opposing
, and Mckenzie, of Kentucky, oppos
ing Mckenzie spoke at considera
' bic length, from the standpoint tha
Congress, by its ways and mean
committee, should perform the dut
s which it was proposed to delegate t
commission no better fitted for
than the ways and mean
committee ought to b,
His speech was full of the do notl
ing policy of the present Congres
and its ways and means committe
! Mr.. McKinzie has a fine voice an
e his speech was listened to as inten
e ly and enjoyed as much by Reput
|. licans as by Democrats, and its cor
= clusion was received with applaul
n from boths sides of the House.
d The committee rose and Mr.. Kin
d of Louisiana, introduced bill al
propriating S6,0O0,G00 for the il
provement, and construction
Mississippi levees. Referred.
o Adjourned.