Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-07-13
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, July Ex-senator
George presented the credentials of
his colleague Senator Lamar) as
Senator>elect from Mississippi for
the term beginning March 4th, 1888.
Read and filed.
The river and harbor bill was taken
up and various suggestions were
made by Senator Mcmillan with
view to securing a final vote on the
bill to-day.
An arrangement was effected to
allow unlimited debate on the bill;
up to 4 o'clock all debate to cease,
and voting TO begin at that hour on
the bill, and all amendments then
pending these committee amend
ments, OH which separate votes had
been reserved, were voted on and
agreed to, and the remaining amend
ments made in the committee of the
whole was adopted in gross.
On motion of Senator Call, $4,000
of the $4,000 appropriated for the
Choctawhatchie River, in Flor: da
and Alabama, was authorized to be
expended on the river above Geneva,
and $4,000 upon the LaGraoge
Bayou, from its mouth to Freeport,
Fla.
An amendment by Senator Call,
adding $4,000 to the appropriation
for the Cumberland survey in Geor-
gia and Florida, making the total
500, 900, was rejected, as was also
one for the survey of the Florida
ship canal. The bill passed, finally
yeas 80, nays %.
Following is the vote in detail:
Yeas-Senators Aldrich, Allison,
Anthony, Brown, Butler, Camden,
Cameron of Wisconsin, Cockrell,
Coke, Conger, Davis of West V,r-
gina, Dawes, Farley, Ferry, George,
Grover, Hampton, Hoar, Johnston,
Jonas, Jones of Florida, Jooes of
Nevada, Lamar, McDill, Mcmillan,
Maxey, Miller of Caliafornia, Miller
of New York, Pugb, Ransom,
Saunders, Sawyer, Sherman, Slater,
Vance, Vest, Walker, Williams and
Windom-39.
Nays-Bayard, Beck, Blair, Call,
Cameron of Pennsylvania, Davis of
Illinois, Frye, Hale, Harris, Harrison,
Hawley, Hill of Colorado, jackson,
Lapham, Logan, Mitchell, Morrill,,
Pendleton, PJatt, Plumb, Rollins,
Salisbury and Van Wyck-23.
The amendments made to the bill
by the Senate, in committee of the
whole, on Tuesday, embrace the fol
lowing items for Southern improves
ments: Obeys River, Tenne ssee,
$4,000; Big Black River, Mississippi,
S10,0OO; Rowley Marsh, Georgia,
$4,000 additional, making S15O,O00,
and the item for the Pensacola har-
Dor was increased from $4,000 to
SIS, 900, on motion of Senator Jones,
of Florida.
After an executive session the
Senate adjourned
WASHINGTON, July 12.-After the
formal opening of the proceedings,
the House immediately went into
committee of the whole on the sum
dry civil appropriations bill.
The clause appropriating $500 to
pay James Landem for reporting tes-
timony before the committee on for>
eign affairs and public buildings and
grounds gave rise to a discussion upon
the subject of the recent removal of
the committee stenographers, Messrs
Hayes and Devine. The debate was
confined to the consideration of the
question as to the construction of
the words "for cause in the rule
which authorizes the Speaker to re-
move stenographer for cause.
Messrs. Horr, of Michigan, Robe
son, of New Jersey, and other Re
publicans took the ground that it
was within the power of the Speaker
to determine on the cause without
declaring that cause to the House.
MIR. Wilson, of West Virginia,
took the same ground, but held that
the House might call upon the
Speaker to announce his cause
Messrs Randall, Cox of New
York, and Springer of Illinois, main
tanned that the cause must be stated
to the House, and for an hour and s
half the DEBATE continued with
much emphases on both sides.
The aommittaa then rose there
being but one page of the bill to be
completed III committee. Adjourned