Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-03-16

sufferers. Taken up and passed.
The tariff commission bill was laid
aside informally, as unfinished bust
ness, and the postal appropriation
bill was taken up and laid over as
the regular order.
! Senator Call then addressed the
Senate upon the Chili-Peru matter,
as presented by his pending 1esolu>
ton IN favor of a settlement of the
controversy by the United States, and
recommending congress of the
governments of North, South and
Central America, in Washington, to
secure some just method of settle
rnent of all questions between them,
claiming that our commercial inter
ests were to be substantially bene-
fitted by Intervention to prevent the
disintegration and practical extinc-
ton OF Peru.
Upon the conclusion of Senator
Calls remarks, the matter went over
without further action.
The postal appropriation bill was
proceeded with. Senator Holman s
amendment relating to the subcon
tracts, giving rise to discussion,
which lasted until 4:30, without re-
suit, when the Senate adjourned.
WASHINGTON, d. O., March IS
| On motion of Senator Jonas, reso-
luton was adopted calling for in
formation about the proposed bridge
of the New Orleans and Northeast
ern Railroad Company, across Lake
Pontchartrainss from Point Aux Her.
| bes La, whether it will interfere
with navigation, etc.
Senator Hampton reported from
the military committee bill to
empower the Secretary of War toau
dit the claim of the State of
South Carolina for rent alleged
| due for occupation OF the Citadel
Academy, at Charleston. Placed on
the calendar.
Senator Hoar, from the commit
tee on claims, reported adversely,
the bill for the relief of the Mechan-
les and Traders Bank, of New Or
leans. 1t was indefinitely postponed.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March IA
The House met at 1l:30, in continu-
ance of Mondays session.
The an,i~polygamy bill came up
as unfinished business.
| Mr.. Haskell refused to allow the
amendment, and, after considerable
noisy discussion, q compromise was
effected, and several amendments
were offered and rel ected.
The debate upon the anti-polyga
my bill, continued until 2 o'clock,
though the speeches were limited to
five minutes or less. The discus
sion was quite interesting. Messrs.
Carlisle, of Kentucky, Tucker, of
Virginia, and Converse, of Ohio,
were the principal speakers in oppo-
sition to the bill, contending that it
was unconstitutional and would
serve to disorganiZe the government
of Utah and turn it into state of
anarchy. For these reasons, and
not because they were opposed to
stamping out polygamy, they would
vote against the bull Messrs. Robe
son, OF New Jersey, and Haskell, of
Kansas, advocated the bill, the latter
charging that the Democrats had at
tempted to Kill the bill by placing
amendments upon it and burying 1t
in the cloisters Of the conference
committee.
Finally the bill was passed with
out the amendment-yeas, 1919; nays,
AZ.
The following is the negative vote:
Armfeld, Atherton, Belmont, Blan-
chard, Buckner, Cabell, Caldwell,
Carlisle, Chapman, Converse, Cook,
Cox of North Carolina, Cravens,
Dlbrell, Evans, Garrison, Gunter,
Herbert, Herndon, Hewitt of New
York, Hooker, House, Jones Of
Texas, Kenna, Kuott, Manning,
Mcmillan, Mills, Money, Phister
Reagan, Robertson, Snackleford
Shelby, Singleton of Illinois, Thomp
son of Kentucky, Tillman, Tucker
Upson, Warner, Wellborn and VIII
lIams of Alabama.
The Legislative day of yesterday
was closed, and that of to-day
opened at $3.50 p, M, with prayer by
the chaplain.
The reading of the journal having
been postponed until Tomorrow, the
House proceeded to the considera>
ton of the anti-Chinese bill, sub
stituting the Senate bill for that o.
the House.
After a long speech from Calkins
of Indiana, favoring the bill, the
House adjourned. .
WASHINGTON, March 15-Mr. Houk
of Tennessee, chairman of the com.
mittee on war claims, reported bach
the bill for the allowance of certain
Tennessee claims reports d and al
lowed by the accounting officer o.
the Treasury Department.
Discharge Of Alleged Molly Ma
CURES.
PITTsBURa, Pa, March IA spe
cial to the Chronicle from Union
town, Pa, says: The trial of til.
alleged Molly Maguires, for the
murder of Maurice Healy Dunbar
: a furnaceman, came to a sudder
termination this morning by tn,
court allowing mol pros. On mo-
ton of District Attorney Kane, fou,
) others who were awaiting trial wer,
discharged and are now celebrating
: their release in a hilarious manner
Death of a Moonshiner.
ATLANTA, GA, March 14.-Thi
, morning. Jack Hicks. an illicit distil