Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-06-16

suggestions of members around him,
and deferred his remarks until the
bill is resumed in the morning hour
tomorrow.
A message was received from the
President, transmitting, in response
to Senate resolution of the 9Th from
the Secretary of State, copies of the
full correspondence Of the State
Department with Envoy Trescott
and Assistant Secretary Walker
Blaine. Ordered printed and res
ferred to the committee on foreign
relations.
After long struggle for preces
dence of bills the House bonded
spirits bill was taken 4 i vote
of 36 to q.
The finance committee substitute
was read The substitute was re-,
ported to the Senate on the 26th
ultimo. 1t was originally prepared
by the commissioner Of internal rev
enue, with view to better guarding
revenue, with respect to evaporation
and leskage.
Senators Bayard, Vest, Williams,
Brown and Sherman debated the
bill.
Finally, without action, the Senate
went into executive session, and soon
adjourned.
WASHINGTON, D. c., June 10
A bill authorizing the New Orleans
and Northeastern Railroad Company
to construct bridges over Pearl River
and Lake Ponchartrain, was reported
favorabiy.
Senator Jones, of Florida, intro
duced bill appropriating S150,000
and $4,000 respectively for the im-
pr0vement of the harbors of FernanS
dina, on the Atlantic, and Pensacola,
on the Gulf coast Of Florida.
He explained, at some length, the
necessity for this outlay, and his
colleague, Senator Call, made like
explanation.
The Legislative appropriation bill
was received from the House and re-
ferred to the appropriations CONS
mittee.
Senate joint resolution to reap
propriate S375,000 to pay mail cons
tractors for service in the Southern
States prior to these States going
into the rebellion, again occupied
some time. Referred to the calen-
dar.
Senator Maxey, who championed
the measure, spoke at length. He
denied that the resolutions of 1877,
which authorized the payment of
contractors, was rushed through
Congress, as asserted by Senator
Conger, and referred to the official
record to show that it underwent
protracted d discussions in both houses.
The payment was not made because
of the ruling of the then Postmaster
General, that all claims of this class
should be presented before any
were unwarranted, as the resolution
prohibited the payment by the Uni
ted States, of any contract, or who
has been paid 10y a State, or by the
Confederate States, or his payment
beyond the date of which the mail
carriage ceased. In these and in
other respects which he enumerated,
he contended that the rights of the
government were more closely guard
ed than they were in prior legisla-
ton, as disproving the charge that
the government had property in
their possession which had been
turned over by those contractors to
the enemies Of the United States af-
ter the opening of the rebellion.
Senator Mlxey the postmasters,
not the mail contractors, were the
custodians of the property, and that
| the demand Of the Confederate gOv-
ernment for its surrender was ad~
| dressed to the postnasters He con-
tended that these claimants coniin-
tlnued to perform their contracts
with the United States until stopped
by its order through the Postmaster
General, and that the Court of
Claims had, in recent case, held
that the claimants were entitled to
sue for money appropriated in 1877
were paid. The bill went over at the
expiration of the morning hour,
Senators Harris, Ingalls, and Cor
man were appointed conferees on the
district water supply bill.
Senator Morg II submitted a reso>
luton, which was laid over tempor
arily, for an investigation during va-
cation, by select committee, into
the labor strikes; their causes and
remedy; the committee to examine
persons under oath, &c.
House bill relating to the bonded
period upon distilled spirits again
came mp as unfinished business. The
question recurred upon the pending
substitute of the Senate committee
The burden of tue debate on the
whisky bill was borne by Senator
Window in opposition to it, and
Senator Beck as champion Of the
| bill, with an occasional brief remark
| by other Senators.
Senator Window made a long
speech, which he concluded by say>
ing that it had been admitted by
Senator Bayard that the substitute
of the Senate committee for the
House bill would produce no per,
manent relief, and would only post
pone the evil. Therefore, it was
equally as Objectionable as the
original measure.
VariOus amendments 1uara offorod
and rejected.
Senator Mcmillan the moved that
the bill and amendments be post
poned indefinitely, and the motion
prevailed; ayes 80, nays 20.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, June 15.-The morn
ing hour having been dispensed
;tb tho uousa at 1920. went into