The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-03-23


Of H. That Il NIL desire 10 soy"
The Spcnkef--"flie chair desires ~ Nn
that u Is NJ the 0plnion That the ReDlleml
from West Virginia Is mistaken IN fegaf
10 oil that took place yesterday US 10 th
matter"
Kenna-'I trust the whole house Is I
precisely tie same attitude" -,
The speaker then explained that ho lia
used the word "reprimand" yesterday 4
the sense of calling TO order member VIII
persisted In proceeding out Of order tia
he had In no manner intended to imply nj
| rights to reprimand or punish membe
| for past acts, that the Record this morning
did him injustice in not showing that the
gentleman from Mississippi was out o
order when called to order by tn
chair, and concluded as follows: There
is nothing in tins proposed resolution
that the chair would not himsel
subscribe on the floor and vote for ii any
body assumed the duties and powers OF thu
house in the matter Of administering q re
primand"
Kenna-"If ! had 50 understood tho
speaker yesterday, and if this side had sc
understood him, the resolution would not
have been presented, and | ask permission
to withdraw it,
Leave was granted, amid applause, anC
the matter dropped.
The house then resumed consideration Of
the Chinese bill, and was addressed by
Willis of Kentucky, who congratulated the
people OF California and the people of the
whole country that they were at last to re-
ceive substantial, ifnot entire, relief from
the evils of Chinese immigration.
Belmont, of New York, offered the fol
lowing resolution, which was agreed to:
Resolved, That the committee on foreign
affairs be directed to demand from Jacob
Il. Shepherd, of New York, copies of all
correspondence between himself and any
person or persons whatever, and all other
evidence in his possession tending to show
what said Shepherd did or intended to do
to enforce the claims of the Peruvian COM
pany, or to induce the United States to
enforce the same against Peru.
King, of Louisiana, presented a petition
from the people of Louisiana relating to
the overflow of the Mississippi river.
Senate concurrent resolution looking to
he settlement OF Nicaraguan, claims. was
adopted
Adjourned.
NOMINATIONS.
The president sent the following nomina-
tions to the senate to-day: Henry p. Far
row, collector of customs for the district of
Brunswick, Georgia; Lewis M. Pleasant,
collector of internal revenue for the third
district of Georgia.
CONFIRMED.
The senate confirmed John Il. Weaver,
of North Carolina, as consul at Bahaia.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, March ia bill was in
troduced by Mr.. Call for deepening the en-
trance to the northwest channel of the har-
Dor of Key West, Florida.
Mr.. Hoar, from the committee on privl-
leges and elections, reported in favor of the
payment out of the senate contingent fund
of So, 800 to NJ. G. Butler and $4,000 to VIII
liam Pitt Kellogg, in reimbursement OF ex-
pense necessarily incurred by them in de-
tense of their titles to seats. Placed on the
calendar of resolutions.
At the conclusion of the morning bust
ness, the regular order, the tariff commits
sion bill, was temporarily laid aside by
unanimous consent, TO proceed with the
post-office appropriation bill, which was
taken up.
The remaining committee amendments
were adopted.
Mr. Miller, of New York, moved the
amendment reported yesterday from the
postoffice committee, providing for ocean
mail service, but it was ruled out ON a
point of order.
The bill was reported to the senate with
an amendment, which substantially re-
stores the ranking privilege. a separate
vote was demanded by Mr.. Pendleton, and
the amendment was divided, and the first
part, allowing the secretary of the senate
and the clerk of the house to use official en-
velopes, was agreed to without vote.
The question REQUIRED upon the PROPOSE.
ton to authorize congressman to send
through the mails free any letter or pack
age containing only written or printed MAJ
ter, not exceeding two ounces in weight.
Upon the call of yeas and nays the propo-
o.; To-, vyac o6ontpH hv fba follOWinp vote.
Yeas-Aldrich, Allison, Anthony, Beck,
Blair, Brown, Call, Camden, Cameron (ot
Pensylvania), Davis (of West virginia.,
Dawes, Fair, Frye, German, Groome, Hale,
Hampton, Harris, Harrison, Hoar, Jack
son, Jonas, Kellogg, Lapham, Logan, Nc
Dill, Malone, Miller lot New York;, Mitch
ell, Morgan, Morrill,, Plat, Pugh, Sawyer,
Sewell, Vance, VanWycke, Voorhees,, Wal
ker, Williams and Window.
Nays-Cockrell, Coke, Conger, Davis (of
illinois,, Farley, Ferry, George, Hill (of
Colorado), Mcpherson, Maxey, Pendleton,
Ransom, Salisbury, Sherman and Sla'
ter-l5.
Messrs. Plumb and Cameron, of Wiscon-
sin, were paired with Johnson andsNest
Messrs. Edmunds, Bayard, Hawley and
Jones, of Florida, were among the alb
sentees. The bill then passed.
The fertilization appropriation bill was
taken up and passed, General business
followed.
The tariff commission bill was taken up
as the regular order, and Mr.. Pendleton
opened debate upon il, followed by Messrs.
Morrill, and Beck. Mr.. Beck appealed for
an executive session, after which the senate
adjourned TO Monday.
HOUSE.
At the conclusion ofthe morning hour, the
house, at 12:45 p. m, went into committee OF
10. Alt.llaFan lnA gna1r
on tile private calendar.
The first bill on the calendar was one au-
thorizing payment TO William Al. Maynard,
Of SO, 726 in liquidation Of the deficiency IN
his accounts as paymaster, caused by rob
berry committed BY bis clerk. Though the
measure had been considered and discussed
upon two previous occasions, an interesting
debate again sprang up, and continued for
about two hours, when Holman, OF Indiana,
moved to strike out enacting clause
Agreed to.
The same action was taken upon a
similar bill for the relief OF Major q. w.
Candel.
The committee rose, and the speaker
laid before the house a communication
from the secretary Of war, transmitting IN
response TO a resolution offered by King,
Of Louisiana, estimates OF the number Of
persons made destitute by overflow OF the
Mississippi river and its tributaries, and
the time Tor which necessity Of congression-
al aid will continue. Referred.
The communication estimates the
number Of persons rendered
destitute at 5000, as follows:
Missouri. 2.2O; Illinois, 1000; Kentucky,
500; Tennessee. 600; Mississippi, 5OiOOi
Arkansas. 1000: louisiana 5000, and
states that 715,OOO rations have been distri-
buted. The communication further states
that the appropriation already made Is
sufficient 70 purchase 10000 ratioDs
Of subsistence stores, and estimates
that the supply will be exhausted in Ar
kansas Mississippi and Louisiana about
the 2lst prox No estimate can be made Of
the time during which the necessity for
aid will continue. NOfurther
demands are expected from Illinois and
Kentucky. but from Missouri, Tennessee
Arkansas and Mississippi Tic department.