National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-03-15
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
Memorials aud Reaoiuiions-AId for th
sunerers Nv 1t,e EIood

Sufferers by the Flood.
The Chaplain, in his morning invocation,
prayed, Look o Lord, iu tender compassion upon
r1r fellow-citzeus who nrc suffering from tho
rtyngcs Of the ilood. Give them food and raiment
and everything that Is convenient for their relief"
Amemorial was presented from the Wisconsin
Legislature in favor of the improvement Of the
Mississippi and Its tributaries In connection with
Mr.. Cameron, of Wisconsin, submitted and had
| read Joint resolutions Of the Wisconsin Legsla-
| turo IN favor of the bill for Court OF Appeals.
Mr. Morrill, reported back the House bill to re-
peal discrim mating duties on tea and coffee the
| products of the possessions of tn Netherlands,
| with an amendment In the nature Of substitute
| making the measure general one. The bill as
| reported reads: THAT so much of section 2j0l as
| levies discriminating duty Of 10 per centum dd
growth or produce of countries east Of the Cape of
| Good Hope, when imported from places west OF
me Cape OF Good Hope, be, and the same e, is
| Placed on the calendar.
Favorable reports were made from the Judiciary
establish District United States Courts in the North.
ern and Southern Districts Of Georgia, and to
amend tho Revised Statutes establishing the
times places, &c, for holding terms of the District
and Circuit Courts In the Northern District Of New
Nj Miller, Of New York, .asla;, >nTesen, con.
slderetlon of the Latter. but Mr. Edmunds OBJ
lec,eq' ..' ~ orPSs tnat pending amendments might
Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on Foreign
Helen NJ Fielder against Brazil on the contract
OF the hire Of the ship Creassian to transport emi-
He submitted resolution requesting the Presi-
dent to call the attention Of the Emperor of Brazil
TO the same Placed on calendar.
Mr. Harrison from the Military Committee, in
response to the instruction to inquire as to the
roPey 81 lnSreaasing m the sPpr&SpTa2n or under
ferer by tho Mississippi overflow, reported the
committee was unable to state with even approxi-
mate eNaetness the number ois such persons, the
| difficulties OF communication in the flooded re-
| gions preventing the state agents sent for
the distribution Of supplies aud the army
| officers sent by the Secretary OF War
| from onumGrating the sufferers. Many of these,
the report states, are crowded upon the leyecs and
| where they must be sought out and supplied by
the relief boats The Secretary of War Is Of opin-
| ion that 10000 people have been driven from their
| homes by the waters and are Ia need of temporary
reliet-namely, 1000 In Illinois, 900 In Tennessee,
| 1900 In Mississippi 1900 in Arkansus l,5OO in
| MISSOURI 5OO III kentuCky ana sO0 in Louisiana.
| Captain Lee, onc Of the officers sent into Missis
sppi states that the number needing aid there has
| been greatly underestimated IL is also believed
that the number of the destitute In Louisiana will
! be largely increased as the Hood Is only now
reaching that state. Prior reports at the War
trbuted and on hand would suffice to feed
these entitled to relief until alters April ].
| Later information showed this calculation
| TO- be incorrect Captain Lee suggests that
100000 rations, I'm addition 70 the 10000 already
sent, would be needed in Mississippi alone. About
100000 rations were available at the date of the
! last order for distrlbutiUn-March H. Since then
| 20OOOO rntiOns have been issued. ItsGems proba.
bic thnt some measure of relief must be extended
TO the sufferers for ut least sixty duys to come. The
committee add that they are not prepared ~ rec
| omnend CONTINUANCE OF the relief until the
| destitute are again able to maintain themselves
prcierring to leave this to the voluntary action Of
| the people but as the work of relic! has not been
sufficiently organized, because of the belief that
the public appropriation would meet the case.
they are OF opinion that there Is still pressing
SrwSo oe I oO" Ppp @ gUs rSnoe gS p
resolution appropratingslODN 900 additional for the
sufferers, Taken up and passed.
Mr. Allison reported from the Appropriations
| Committee joint resolution npprOprinting $4,000
to enable tho Light House Board to pay extraOr-
dnary expenses consequent upon the Mississippi
Hood.
An inquiry by Mr. Edmunds led to a discussion,
in which Messrs. Allison and Hale purtiCi Cipated, us
to what, II any money was available for this pur
pose under appropriations already made aud the
subject went over pending further information. -,
Favorable reports were made by Mr.. COckrell
from the Military Committee on the bills author
izng the use OF artillery, camp equpage tents &c,
tho present year by soldiers aud sa!lors reunions
at Topeka, Kan; in Indiana, acEirand Island,
Neb., aud by the Grand Army of the Republic OF
Pennsylvania ut Gettysburg.
Mr. Harrison also reported favorably from the
same committee the bill for tho relief of Samson
Golioh Involving the review Of court martial
sentence by CongressI,
bill. bill noS"" NV" '4''''s i'p''' against 'H0
Mr.. Edmunds introduced bill to promote the
efficiency Ofthe United States army by the retire.
ment Of officers, voluntary or otherwise, after GER
tain periods of service. lie said he had not
framed tue Dill, nut, AFTER careful examination,
thought II one deserving consideration.
The morning hour was extended until 2:l0 and
the Senate bill on the calendar to release the
right of way across lands of the United states vt
pattsburg, n. w passed.
on motion of Mr. Plumb, the tariff commission
bill uhe unfinished business) was laid aside in
formally, and the postal appropriation bill was
taken up and laid over as the regular order.
| Mr. Call then addressed the Senate upon Chilli
Peru matters, us presented by his pending resolu.
tion in favor of settlement of the controversy by
the United States, and recommending a congress:
.of governments of North, South, and Central
America In Washington toseCufe some just method
of settlement Of Hllquestions between them, claim
ing that our commercial interests were to be sub
, stRntiully benefited by intervention To prevent
the disintegration and practical extinction o.
Peru.
5 Upon the conclusion of remarks by Mr.. Call the
subject was laid aside without remark
Mr.. Garland gave notice OF his intention tC
move MS un amendment TO the Morrill, tariff com
, mission bill the measure on the subject reported
! by himself
, A message was received from the President, in'
, closing All amended estimate for an increase IL
the clerical force OF the office of the Commissioner
of Pensions
with, the Holman amendment relating to subcon
tracts giving rise TO discussion. The House pro
: vision Is that whenever a stnr-rOute contractor
= sublcls MS contracts at a profit the Department
, may Annul IL and make new contract with The
subCOntraCtOr for the annual pay given to him b!
! his employer The Senate committee makes th
: apply only 10 contracts hereafter made, and allow
the Postmaster General TO make the transfer in hi
| discretion, &c.
Mr.. Mcmillan moved to strike out the first par
of the committee amendment so as to make tn
i provision applicable TO contracts already mad
/ but not closed.
Without action the Senate lat half past FOUR OF
motion of Mr.. Voorhees,, adjourned until Wednes