Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-07-06
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, July 5.-House bill
appropriating $4,000 for a public
building at Dallas, Texas, was res
ported and passed
Senator Cameron, of Pennsylvania,
introduced a bill amending schedule
Z OF bill 33, of the reviseded statutes
so as to .evy upon al manufactures,
etc, made from hoop, band or scroll
iron, or of which hoop, band or scroll
IRON shall be a component material
of chief value, the same duty that is
imposed on hoop, b,nd or scroll
iron, from which manufactures are
made, etc. Referred to the finance
committee.
At 2:15 P. m, the bankruptcy bill
came before the Senate as unfinished
business. Senator Ingalls,, Ill charge
OF the measure, expressed the cons
viction that, III view of the lateness
of the session and pressure of public
business. no action could now chad
s>s--,-<- s4Iet0 0nu UuI ana amendment
be made the special order for the
first Wednesday of December next.
The request was coupled with and
the subject postponed till that time.
The Senate bill to create the ter
ritOry of Jembina, was taken up upon
motion of Senator Saunders, the
Senate having refused by a party
vote of q to % to table the motion,
Senator Davis, of Illinois voting
with the Republican side.
Senator Vest spoke III opposition
to the bill, but without concluding,
he yielded or an executive session.
Senator Mcmillan, from the COM
mittee on commerce, reported with
amendments the river and hsrbor
bill, and gave notice he would move
It's consideration tomorrow.
After the close of the morning
business, the bill and amendments
were ordered printed.
At 4:I5 the Senate went into exs
ecutlve session, ana when the doors
were re-opened, adjourned until to-
morrow.
WASHINGTON, July 5-The mo-
ton made last Monday by Mr..
Blanchard, of Louisiana, to suspend
the rules and pass Senate bill ap>
propriating 100000 for a public
building at Shreveport, La, was
taken up and discussed for thirty
minutes. In the course of the dis
cussion Mr.. Burrows, of Michigan,
stated, as proof of the little need of
a courthouse there, that there had
been no criminal business there at
the last July session of the United
States Court, and not enough at the
last February session to justify the
drawing of jurors, and Mr.. Ellis, of
Louisiana, replied that that fact
spoke well for the virtue and morals
of the Western District of Louisiana.
The motion was adopted-113 to 33.
MIR. Aldrich, Of Illinois, introduced
B bill to repeal the act of 1875, ad-
ding % per cent. to the duty on
sugar and molasses. Referred.
The House then, at II o'clock, went
into committee OF the whole, Mr..
Page, Of California, IL the chair, on
the naval appropriation bill, the
pending question being the amend
ment offered by Mr. Reed, to the
paragraph for a Bureau of Con>
struction and Repairs The amend-
ment is to strike out the proviso
which limits to 100000 the amount
to be applied to the repair of wooden
ships, also to make the clause read
50 that the expense of such repair
shall not exceed 80 per cent. of the
estimate cost of new vessels of the
same size and of like material. The
amendment was adopted.
MIR. Atkins, of Tennessee, moved
10 reduce the amount for the bureau
construction, and repair from ST.
l5o,Doo to sl,5O0,00O. The latter
sum was the same as the appropria, !,
ton OF last year. The increase was
based on the Idea of the constr71c-
ton of one or two new vessels hut
the reorganization of the Navv was
question Of too great Importance
to be discussed and decided in the
appropriation bill, and this was a
proposition to commence the rebuild.
ing of the Navy.
Mr.. Whitthorne, of Tennessee,
made an argument in the same line.
This was neither the time nor occa-
sion to consider deliberately what
the character of the future Navy
shall be.
Mr.. Harris, of Massachusetts. ar