Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-03-25

: noes II.
t An amendment was adopted limit
8 ing the pay of surf men at fifty dol
5 lars per mouth. The bill tnen pass
t ed. Yeas 46, nays s.
Senator George asked, and wal
| granted, an indefinite leave o
, absence.
Senator Kellogg, from the COM
: mittee on Mississippi River Inn
, provements, to whom were referred
a bill for the Improvement of the
Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, ano
, a bill for the construction, compile
tion, repairing and preservation OF
the Mississippi levees, reported that
the committee had unanimously
agreed upon a substitute for these
bills.
The substitute went to the cali
lendar with notice by Senator
Kellogg, that he would ask is con-
sideration at an early day. 1t is as
follows:
Be it enacted, &C., That the Secre
tary of War, with the advice and
under the direction of the Mississippi
River Commission. is hereby author
lied and directed to expend the sum
of $6,O00,O00-S5, 100000 thereof on
the Mississippi River and 81, 100000
thereof upon the Missouri River, in
deepening the channels and inn
proving the navigation of said riv-
! ers, in accordance with the plans re-
commended by said commission /;
and said sum of $6,O0O,00O is here
by appropriated out of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated for the purpose aforesaid,
and SO much thereof as the
Secretary of War may de>
termine to be necessary is
hereby made Immediately available;
Provided: that no part of the sum
herein appropriated shall be used in
preventing injury to lands by over>
flow, or for any other purpose what
ever, except as means.of deepening
channels or improving the navigation
of said rivers.
The Secretary of War shall pre-
scribe such rules and regulations as
may be necessary to secure the judi>
cious and economical expenditure of
said sum, and shall cause to be made
and submitted to Congsess annual
reports, giving detailed statements
of work done, expenditures made,
and effect of such works, together
with such recommendations and esti
mates as may be necessary to present
the whole subject fully to Congress.
Senator Garland asked that all
three bills go to the calendar, in or
der that there might be fair fight
over them in the Senate. So or
dered.
At 2:10 the tariff commission dis
cussion was resumed, and Mr.. Miller,
of New York, proceeded to give
some of the reasons for his belief in
protection-the reasons he said
which were held by a great majority
of the people of New York.
After a speech from Senator Sher>
man, in which he cited the recent |
decision of the Supreme Court in
the sugar -coloring cases as striking
evidence of the necessity for gen
eral revision of the tariff legislation,
an arrangement was effected by !
which the general debate on the bill
Is to close at 4 clock, Tuesday, after
which amendments may be offered !
under the 5 minute rule, for debate
The bill was then laid aside inform-
ally.
The Chinese bill was received from
the House and Signed by the Presi>
dent pro tenn. The bill having pre-
viously received the signature of the
Speaker of the House it now goes to |
the President.
After executive session the Senate |
adjourned until Monday.
WASHINGTON, March 24-Mr. Rob
inson, of New York, called attention
to the rule which provides that
committee shall report back resolu-
tions calling for department infor>
nation within eight days, and to the
fact that the resolution referred to
the committee on foreign aff4i.s
relative to tue Imprisonment of
American citizens in Great Britain
had not as yet been acted upon.
" How long" he querried, "will we
neglect our citizens lingering in
Jail"
Mr.. Williams, of Wisconsin, chair
man of the committee on foreign
affairs, said he felt authorized to
state that communication was being
constantly had with the government
of Great Britrin by the State De,
partment, and it was understood
that, in few days, the committee
would be able to make an intelligent
report on the resolution.
Mr.. Robinson: "It something
IS not done, and our minister has not
demanded his passport, 7 shall move
the impeachment of Mr.. Wilson, of
West Virginia.
A member of the committee stated
that the resolution had not yet been
reported back, because the commit
tee desired to obtain all the neces-
sary information. There were no
laches on the part of the committee.
MIR. Robinson replied that this
would make his question of impeach-
ment unnecessary.
The House then proceeded to the
consideration of private business.
Mr.. Thomas, of Kentucky, from
the committee on Mississippi levees,
reported bill appropriating $685.
900, to be expended according to the
plans of the Mississippi River COM
mission, for improvement of the
navigation and commerce of the
Mississippi River, and the con-
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