The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-05-03

XLVHth Congress LIST Session.
SENATE.


WASHINGTON, May 2.
Mr.. Anthony presented resolutions of the
Iowa legislature recommending legislation to
enable states in proportion to their illiterate
population to establish and maintain schvo.s
for the education of children.
Mr.. Maxey reported favorable from the mill
tary committee bill authorizing recruits in
the army to purchase on credit articles necessa-
ry Tor their cleanliness and comfort. Calendar
bill to extend the time for filing claims for
horses and equipments lost by otlcers and en-
listed men and the House joint resolution do
mating IL condemned cannon to the Morton
Monumental association of Indiana, Were fay
orably reported by Mr.. Cockrell from the mill
tary committee The latter is amended BY in
serting least iron" before cannon" This bill
was taken up on motion OF Mr.. Harrison and
passed as amended
A number of Senate bills were passed and
further discussion ensued upon the bill remov-
ing disqualifcations of exConfederates for army
appointments. After brief remarks by Messrs
Plumb, Maxey, Hampton and Call the pend
ing motion to refer the bill to the Judiciary
committee was defeated. Ayes %, nays "A.
The bill then went over until tomorrow.
Several bills for erection of public buildings
were passed.
Mr.. Lapham introduced bill proposing an
amendment to the constitution prohibiting any
denial or abridgement Of suffrage on account
of sex. Referred to the committee on woman
suffrage.
Tho Senate resumed consideration Of unfin-
ished business, bill to establish court of ap-
substitute providing for cour t of federal ap-
peAls. He said this had been prepared by
member of the district bar and he preferred its
arrangement to that of the bill. An accumu-
lation of business in all the federal courts had
resulted from thrusting upon those courts new
elements of administrat on. His plan would
be tocns down the jurisdiction OF federal
courts and regulate extraneous subjectssto to the
state court where they originally belonged He
could not subscribe to proposition OF the bill
that the present judges shall sit as members OF
an appellate court. He asserted that some DIS
trict judges were unfit for any such reponsible
positions. Some of them had sbeen mere par
tisan tools, and he preferred new judges taken
fresh from the people rather than the old fos-
sils on the bench who had become indurated IN
the service of their party, rather than OF the
country.
The committee amendments upon the tenth
section relating to appeals to the supreme
court in patent and copyright cases involving
less than $1,000 were agreed ito. Considerable
objection was manifested to this amendment
notice of amendments. The bill was then laid
over as unfinished business for tomorrow.
Adjourned. sS
After some question as to precedence the
Speaker announced the regular order to be the
con6lderatlon Oh Dii approPria1iHs %.o,oVv ioi
the erection of public building at Hannibal,
Missouri. The bill was passed.
At 1.20 the House went into committee OF
the whole on the tariff commission bill.
Messrs Chace and Hewett of Alabama IA
vored the bill and Mr.. Herbert opposed it,
The committee then rose.
Mr. Page moved to take from the Speakers
table the Chinese bill with Senate amend
ments, for the purpose of concurrence. There
were no objections and the amendments were
concurred in.
A message was received from the President
transmitting diplomatic correspondence touch
ing the conditions of Israelites in Russia. Re-
ferred to the committee on foreign affairs.
Adjourned.