Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-04-20

preparation to fifteen millions.
Senator George obtained the floor
but yielded for an executive session,
when the bill went over until tomor
row without action.
Senator Miller, of California, from
the committee on foreign relations
reported with amendments House
bill to execute certain treaty stipu-
lations relating to tie Chinese. He
stated that the report was not a
unanimous one and that he would
ask for a consideration of the bill
tomorrow.
The Senate, without a dessenting
vote, insisted upon it's amendment to
the post>office appropriation bill for
ratable distribution of special mail
facilities on trunk lines, and Senators
Plumb, Allison and Beck were re-
appointed conferees In executive
session.
Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, April 18.-On motion
Of Mr.. Hammond, of Georgia, Sen
ate amendments were concurred in
to the House bill establishing United
States District Courts, with district
officers, in the northern and south
ern judicial disticts of Georgia.
Mr.. Neal of Ohio, from the cons
mittee on civil service reform, re-
ported back the resolution calling
on the Secretary of the Navy for in
formation relative to the appoint
ment of professors of mathematics
in the Navy. Adopted.
Mr.. Hiscock, of New York, chair
man of the committee on appropri,
atoms, reported joint resolution
appropriating $465,O00 to supply
the deficiency in the appropriation
for the public printing and binding
for the current fiscal year.
The joint resolu ion passed the
conference committee on the postal
appropriation bill, which reported a
disagreement with the Senate con-
ferences, the point OF difference
being Senate amendment, increasA
ing from $5GO,0OO to S65O,O00, the
appropriation for the special mail
facilities. On all other points the
conferences were practically agreed.
The report was agreed to, new
conference ordered, and Senators
Caswell, Cannon and Ellis reappoint-
ed as conferees On the part of the
House.
The Utah election case was then
taken up.
Mr.. Hazelton, of Wisconsin, was
the first speaker in support of the
majority report of the election com
mittee, declaring that neither Can
non nor Campbell is entitled to a
seat as delegate from Utah Territory.
The committee had waived the ques-
ton as to whether Cannon was q
naturalized citizen, and the whole
case had rested on the question as to
whether or not he was disqualified
on account of being connected with
and champion of the institution of
POilSoG
Mr. House, of Tennessee, combat =
ted the position taken in the maiori-
ty report as violating all law and
disregarding all precidents in claim
ing the right to arbitrarily exclude a
territory from representation. If
the legal conclusions contained there
in were concurred in the next dele
gate from that territory might be
kept out of his seat because he took
his whisky straight instead of using
sugar. The conclusion of his speech
was devoted to a criticism of the
anti -Polygamy bill as being uncon>
stltutional, and as providing that
the people of Utah should be placed
under the dominion of a Returning
Board. The matter then went over
for Wednesday. Adjourned.
| WASHINGTON, D. D., April 49,
Pursuant to an order, the House
met this morning at II o'clock, al
which hour its future session will be
gin until further orders. MIR. Tay
lor, of Ohio, chairman of the com.
mittee to audit the expenses of the
illness and death of President Gar
field, submitted bill and report OF
that subject. Mr. Blackburn, O
Kentucky, presented report of tn,
minority. Both reports referred tt
the committee of the whole.
The bill for an appropriation fo
the relief of Lucretia r. Garfield fo
the sum of $4,000 less any sun
paid to the late President GARFIELD
= on account of his salary as Presiden
of the United States; it pays to D,
( Bliss $4,000; to Drs. Agnew an,
: Hamilton, SIS, 900 each; to Drs. Ry
= burn and Boyton, $4,000 each; t.
3 Dir. Susan Edison, $40, 900; to VIM. j
, Crump, $4,000; to Secretary of Navy
e $4,000; to W. r. Speare, undertaken
i Sl,835; to G. f. Jones, of Elbero1
S1,092 and to various merchants an
others, sums varying from so cent
. TO $1,000. 1t provides that whe
n Surgeon-General J. X. Barnes sha
be retired from active service b
n shall be placed ON the retired lis
i with the rank and pay of major
r general. It further provides tbs
: there shall be added to the medica
d corps of the Army one surgeon, wit
!. the rank and eInoluments> of a her
n tenant-colonel, and authorizes IL
Is President to promote James
Woodward to the position.
The House then resumed the col
slderation of the Utah conteste
election case.