The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-03-09

, from Various Sources.
UoNGREssIoNAL PRoCEEDTNCss.

CONG RESSIONAL PROCEFDTNGS. ..
~ the House OF Representative, aFeb.
18th Mr.. Reed, from che Committee on Rules
reported a.resolution for q select committee
of nine to consider All questions relating to
woInslns rights. AaolstBd--I15 to 50 nearly a
party vote. Mr.. Page moved to amend the
VIZ ciause appropitating S3Qo. 900 for necessa-
w ana special facilities trunk
w. 70 leave IL i'm the discretion of tie
R0stmHstnr- General to secure special faciIi-
% On 9n any lliail lineS. MT Bland objected 70
Tqptloh fund commanding that the money now
given 20 Vanderbilt and Jay Gould should be
used IN me cxtendingof the star route service.
Mr.. Atkins said Mr.. James reformed and cut
down the mail service ON small star routes,
but increased the pay TO a raiload company
$4,000 for the transfer of one car from one rain
70 another He had enabled one company to
realize an extra profit Of $4,000, and IL was
limited that the man who held the majority Of
the stock OF that company had started a ma
fionaI bank, aud Postmaster-C General James
was to be the President with a large salary
Was there any connection between these
facts? The debate closed and Mr. Parre' !
amendment was rejected without division.
The amendment authorizing the Postmaster
contract on star routes, to- declare the orig
1nol contract forfeited and TO enter into con
tract with the sub contractor, was agreed 20
yeas, ll2i nays 70. The bill then passed. T
y SECTIONS OF the Post-route bill were
adopted by the Senate, Feb, 2sth. ana the bill
passed. The House resolution rendering
thanks 20 the Hon. James G. Blaine for the
appropriate address delivered by him i'm the
Hiarheld u emorial exercises was, on motion of
Mr.. sherman, taken from the Presidents table
and COncurred in. on motion Of MIR. Allison,
the senate insisted upou it's amendment TO
Che immediate deficiency appropriation bill,
ana Mes RS. Ellison, Ifumh and Beck were APP
pginted conierees. The Chinese Immigration
hui, TO carry into effect "A treaty BY suspend
1ng the coming of Chinese laborers for
twenty years after sixty days succeeding the
Miller of California. who introduced the
measure. said that substantially the provi
Nlons o. the bill had been before the senate
more than Qnce-had passed both Houses,
anu but for the veto would belaw therefore,
- ally Imperative Int in an unobiectionabie
lorna Eequest for modification of the
Ipoh unlnigfatQp. The bill was in
formally laid aside to permit action on
I siodss bil TO furnish impressions of
Silu ~ Vitation TO the Garfield memorial serv-
Acesi which was passed. In the House, bills
were passed: Repeating the discriminating
possessions of the Netherlands; appropriate
ing 100000 for cOnttuuingthe Improvement in
t5elNcston har6or authorizing the construc-
1ion OF bridge across the Mississippi at
heithsburg III Mr.. kasson made a motion
tot cohslderatlon OF the tiuth commission, but
subsequently, withdrew il and the House went
into committee on the Military Academy ap-
hIopIlhton bill, which also passed. The
speaker announced Mes-rs. HisCoclI, Robe
son, and Cox N. " contcrees on the imme
diate deficiency bill.
Mr.. HOAB opposed the Chinese measure,
in tho Senate, March Ist, asserting that the
right of every human being to go wherever on
thc surfuce OF the earth he may get an honest
diving, without Interference of the govern
lncnt, came from the same authority as
che golden rule and the sermon on the
mount. The House passed tho Indian
appropriation recommended 81 A,920,2O3,
an increase over last year OF
S33i GOO, and "a decrease of S92I 900 from
thc estimates. In iicu-of the appropriations
EOr interpreters in detail, as hereto f6ie, they
Hreprovidcd for in gross at 10000, the secre
tary oft the Interior being authorized to em-
plOy ana distribute them in his discretion,
1nd at salaries not exceeding 800 per annum.
Ihc number OF agents l. reduced from sixty
seven TO sixty The expenses of a commits
sion Of citizens serving without pay arc spe-
clucd IN uctnlL
MIR. GROVER advocated the Chinese bill,
in the senate, on the 2d. Mr.. Farley, replying
fo points made in the speech OF Mr.. Hoar,
qpoted from senator Morton's minority re-
2 port hilS16 on tho Chinese in California the
Conclu, ion of its author that this class could
only he protected from prosecution and out
rage by our giving them suffrage aud citizen
ship, their influence citizens being
sufficient TO ensure their protection. He
then asked of Mr., lloar sguarely whcth
err he indorsed this sentiment and IA
vored enfrancisemcnt and naturalization of
Chinese. Mr.. Hoar replied that he in
favor of admitting 60 citizenship all foreign
crs who renowned foreign allegiance aud who
were ht for it in character and Intelligence,
The House went into Committee of the Whole,
MIR. Rice of Massachusetts i'm the chair, ON the
consular and diplomatic appropriation bill,
which Hppropriates 81, ,l9s $50. being SI2 600 less
than last wear, S1l5, 600 less than the estimate.
MI W IilNlioInc OF tennessee IN a speech, J.,
commended the foreign policy of the udmiufs-
tratton OF President Garfield, the steps taken
by Secretary Blaine to modify the Clayton
Bulwcr treaty, and his attempt to bring about
an understanding between the Powers repre-
senttnR the American people in American
Governments in regard to questions purely
AmericQn. In the course of the discussion
Mr.. Orth (lnd) spoke from the Demo cratic
side of the Chamber, and he was frequently
interrupted by Mr.. Hewitt IN. " and Messrs
StaCkSlagcr and Holman Gnd.), but the sub q
lect OF the interruptions and replies thereto
were tnaudtble on the Republican side on ac-
count OF great confusion. When order was
restored Mr., kasson took the floor lie eN-
pressed admiration for Whitthorne's speech
but CTiLiCised it as not being nccurnto.