Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-03-30
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

| WASHINGTON, D. c., March 90
On motion of Senator Cockrell, the
Senate adopted o resolution direct.
ing the Secretary OF State to inquire
as to the arrest and Imprisonment o.
citizens of the United states in Ire
land, and if any steps have beer
taken to secure the speedy trial, an6
fif not charged with crime, what steps
have been taken to secure their re-
lease.
Senator Cockrell presented. the
resolutions of the central council OF
the Land League Of ST Louis, recit-
ing the arrest and confinement in
the British jails without trial, of 8
number of citizeus of the United
States, and requesting the interyen-
ton of the representatives OF the
State in behalf of such citizens. He
offered resolution to enquire and
ascertain whether the citizens of the
United States have been arrested
and are now held in confinement in
Ireland, and if SO, what length OF
time and for what cause, and if charg-
ed with crime, what steps, if any,
have been taken to secure their
speedy trial, and if not charged with
crime, what steps, if any, have been
taken to secure their release, and to
report at the earliest time practica-
be. Adobted.
Senator Pendleton, from the com~
mittee on civil service, reported
favorably, with amendments (Which
are merely yerbal) the bill originated
by him, to regulate and improve the
civil service. He said that the re-
port intended to accompany the bill
was not quite prepared, but it would
be submitted at an early day. Placed
ON the calendar.
Senator Pugh read, as his contri-
button to the recent tariff debate, a
series of resolutions declaratory of
what he believed to be the
true Constitutional American sysA
tenn of ta4riff. He asserted it to
be the duty of Congress at this
session to reduce and readjust
import duties so as to secure justice,
equality, uniformity and permanence
in the revenue system, and that this,
being revenue power only, cannot be
construed to embrace the power to
prohibit importations so as to pro-
tect any American industry, but that
the duties should be SO apportioned
on imported articles of like kind
with such articles, as that the rate
on each, while producing its just
share of revenue, will afford Incl
dental protection to American labor
and capital without burdenlng any
industry, further than is necessary
to supply the legitimate wants of the
government,
The resolutions were tabled tenn
porarily.
Upon Senator Pugh's request, a
bill passed granting right of wy
through public lands to the Palatka
and Indian River Railway Company,
and granting tue temporary use of
the United States barracks at Baton
Rouge, La, to the State institution
for the blind.
The Indian appropriation bill was
taken up. 1t appropriates S5l6,e
OO3 95, the Senate committee amend
ments having made a net increase to
the bill as it come from the House of
$230,9OO. The bill was read in
committee of the whole, and the
amendments, with one Or two ey-
ceptions, on which votes were re-
served, were agreed to.
Senator Hoar offered an amend
ment looking to the authorizing the
Secretary of the Interior to expend
not exceeding S2,O00,000 for the edu>
cation of the Indian children not
otherwise provided for.
Pending action Senator Butler in-
troduced bill making a temporary
appropriation of $500, 900 to contin>
ne the work on the jetsies in Charles
ton Harbor until a regular appropri>
ton is available.
The Senate then went iuto execu ;
tive session.
Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, March 29-On mo-
of Mr.. Manning, Of Mississippi, a
resolution was adopted calling on
the Postmaster>G General for informa,
ton as to whether an order has been
issued by his department forbidding
the payment of any postal monev
order or delivery of any registered
letters to M. A. Dauphin, or any
other agent of the Louisiana Lot
terry Company, and if SO, whether
that order was enforced.
On motion of Mr.. House, of Ten
nessee, Senate amendment to House
bill granting a pension of $4,000 a
year to Lucretia r. Garfield, was
concurred in. The amendment In
cludes within the provisions of the
bill the names of Sarah G. Polk and
Julia 6. Tyler.
Mr.. Kelly. chairman of the come
mittee on ways and means, reported
bill to reduce the internal rev. nue.
taxation. Referred to q committee
of the whole.
Mr.. Stephens, of Georgia, desired
to be heard on the question of priv
ileges. He first had the rules OF the
House read relating to the appoint
ment of stenographers aud then
removal for cause. He then pre-
sented the preamble and resolutions
embodying the correspondence be
tween Speaker Keifer and Henry j
Hay yes, one of the House commlttee
stenograpbers, being the Speakers
q letter of the removal of Hayes ''fol
cause:" Hays letter of inquiry
as to what constituted the cause ano
, the Speakers reply declining to state
the causes which led to his removal
-. o,x-;nr &bat tho ramnval was MOI