Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-01-25
BILLY BROWNLOW,
The Tennessee DOOrkeeper, Making Him
self Generally Obn0xi0as-COm-
plains from All Sides.
Blalr's Educational Bill@Ehe Geneva
Award Fund-A Plea fofs~the
Indians-Capital Briefs.

no" claiming attention.
A Plea for the Indians.
The Senate Committee on Indian Afairi
will tomorrow give hearing 10 Secretary
Kirkwood on the subject Of alloting lands il
seyeralty to the Indians. Several bills having
this object IN view, and among them one re-
Gently prepared by Secretary Kirkwood, are
now pending before the Indian Affairs Com
mittee of both Houses. Secretary Kirkwood
will explain in detail the provisions of his
bill, and in doing express his views fully
on the whole subject OF frdian government.
The Basis of Representation.
Representative McCord's bill provides
for the apportionment on the basis of distri-
button Of additional representatives accord
ing to the new method. Colonel Seaton,
superintendent of the census changes the
number of representatives allotted to several
Of the States as follows: California, five in
stead of six, as provided for in other bills;
| Florida, one instead Of two; Rhode Island,
one instead of two; fennsylyania, twenty nine
instead of twenty-eight; New York, thirty
four instead of thirty-tkree.
Confirmed by the Senate.
| The following combinations were made:
for the district of Maine; ID. Il. Boynton,
pension agent, Knoxville, Tennessee; Indian
agent-C. B. Lus, Illinois, White Earth
Agency, Minnesota; registers Of land Offices
John j. Fisher, Topeka Kansas; b. j. Hanna,
Wakeny, Kansas; NJ. J. Salter, Independ-
ence, Kansas; receivers of public moneys
Henry Booth, Lawrence, Kansas; Henry NJ.
Waters, Independence, Kansas; postmss-
| ters-W. H. Drayes, Carthage, Illinois; G. d.
jacques, Helena, Arkansas.
Geneva Award Fund.
At the meeting of the House Committee
on judiciary the question of distributing
the remainder of the Geneva award fund was
disposed OF as follows: On the proposition
to refer the question to the Court of Claims
ta ro n2tE 10 pay INC d1airs OF the insaT
| ance companies the vote was unanimously
| in the negative. On the proposition to pay
the losses by the insurance companies the
vote was unanimously in the negative. On
the proposition TO pay the losses by excul-
pated cruisers, and to pay the war premium,
| the vote was-ayes, 8; nays, 4. A SUBJ
committee was then announced to perfect the
BILL consisting of the following members:
Messrs Reed, Robinson, Converse Payson,
Knott, Hammond and Wilson.
Biajr's Educational BiII.
Senator Blair says he-has received numer-
Gus letters from men prominently identified
with public education in the South, indoors
ing his bill to appropriate money from the
national treasury to aid the cause of general
education. The bill proposes to appropriate
SIS ,OOo,O 900 the first year, sl4.O06,O0O the
second year, and so on for ten years, the sum
to be diminished 81 100000 for each year.
the money to be distributed to
the States and Territories in pro-
portion to the illiterate population of
each. An effort is being made to induce
the legislatures of the Southern States now
in session to pass resolutions commenting
the BILL and requesting the representatives
and directing the sc lators of those States to
support it. This movement originated with
men in the South, who believe that it is
necessary for the national government to
provide that section with common school
system adequate to its needs and informa-
ton. Senator Blair has received assurances
to the effect that the people of the South,
without regard to politics, are earnestly in
favor of his bill.
The Division Of Dakota.
The delegates now here from northern and
southern Dakota in relation to the division
of that Territory comprise many of the most
prominent men OF the Territory, both Demo-
Gratis and Republicans. With regard to the
division of the Territory into two new Terri
tories, the delegates represent ths there is no
difference of opinion among the people
men of all political parties favor 1t. As to
the admission OF the southern portion into
the Union State, that is another ques-
ton, and the Democrats are not inclined to
favor it. The conflict inaugurated between
Governor Ordway on one side, and the legis-
lature and the citizens of Dakota on the
other, last winter, enters into this matter of
dividing the Territory. Governor Ordway
is here, urging the division and the admission
of the southern portion of the Territory a
State to be incorporated in one bill. The
delegations insist that it shall be in two
separate bills, and charge Ordway with TAX
ing this plan to kill the scheme, knowing the
Democrats in Congress will oppose the
admission of a new State. The Indications
at present are that the bill to divide will
pass Congress without much opposition. 1t
is conceded now that the Territory shall
retain the name of Dakota.
Complaining Against BrOwnIow.
The Democratic members of the House
are complaining loudly against Doorkeeper
Brownlow. because of the appointments he
has made of attendants in the Democratic
cloak-rooms. Brownlow discharged colored
attendants who have been in the cloak-room
several years, and put in others. The Demo-
cratic members say that the new attendants
devote most of their time and atten-
ton listening to conversations between
members than TO their proper duties, and
they charge that the new appointees have
established sort of system of espionage
over the cloak-rooms. These cloak-rooms
are places where members are in the habit
of retiriog to hold confidential conversa-
tiops, ard some of the Democrats are now
deprived of this privilege. Several OF them
have threatened TO enter protest before the
House. Brownlow has also discharged the
colored barber of the House, Price, who
served in the navy during the rebellion, and
was honorably discharged therefrom. This
has also given dissatisfaction. The COM
plants are not alone confined to the Demo-
cratic side OF the House. S,me Republicans
are displeased with the manner in which
Brownlow has dispensed his patronage, and
say thas he has given the bulk of it to a
small clique controlled by few Southern
Republicans. The member who put Brown
low in nomination before the cauors 10
among the cUmpfainants.
Duty ON Iron and steel Manufactures.
The House Committee on Ways and
Means authorized Representative Mckinley
to report to the House with favorable recon-
mendation the following bill, fixing the rate
of duty on mauufac of iron, steel, etc.
Be i enacted, That title 80, Revised Stat
utes, be amended by adding to the schedule
of said title the followingi Provided, that
on all iron or steel, and on all manufac
lures, wares, vessels, and articles OF iron or
steel, or of which such metals, or either of
them, shall be a component part or material
of chief value, whether wholly or partially
manufactured, there shall be levied, col
lected and paid no less a rate of duty than
the duty or rate Of duty imposed upon said
goods, or upon any part or material
of said goods, in any OF the forms
in which it or they last existed prior
to their passing into form or articles on
which duty is to be levied. This act shall
not apply to nor in any manner affect articles
specifically enumerated in this title by their
commercial designation, but shall only apply
to articles designated in this title as manu-
features of steel, or of which steel shall be a
component part, not otherwise provided for;
steel in any form not otherwise provided Tor;
manufactured articles, vessels and wares not
otherwise provided for, of iron, or OF
which iron shall be a component ma
terial or chief value; metals unmanu-
featured, not otherwise provided for, and
castings Of iron not otherwise provided for"
BilI 60 Prevent Electoral Frauds.
S=nator Pugh has a bill, which he will in
troduce at the first opportunity, to make it a
criminal ofeDse for any person TO get up
simulated electoral returns from State.
The object OF the bill is to prevent contests
over electoral returns Tor the purpose OF COM
plicatIng the count of vote, with a view to
political advantage, and TO contne such con-
tests to legitimate grounds. In almost every
presidential election there are bogus electoral
returns sent in, and this bill is intended to
prevent this by making the parties to them
responsible and amenable to criminal pun
ishment. There is an evident disposition on