The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-06-07
What the SOlons of the Senate Did Yes.
terday-Attcntion Paid to the
Compulsory Retirement
Clause of the
Army Bill, and the Endeayor TO TX.
empt Generals Sherman ami
Sheridan Fails.
In the House the Yorktown Celebration
Expenses are the Source of
Satire.
The Clayton.Bulwer Treaty. Cores.
pondence Thereon.
News Nuggets and Political Data -
Capital Notes.
Other Foreign and Domestic News.
Forty-Seyenth Congress.
SENATE.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, June G.--The chair sub
mitted a message from the president trans
hitting from the secretary of state copy
instructions of May Sth to Minister Lowell,
reporting modification of the Clay Bull
wer treaty. Referred to the committee on
foreign relations.
House amendments to bills providing for
the erection Of public buildings at Pensa-
cola, Florida, and Concord, New Hamp-
shire, reducing the appropriations S5O, 600,
were cOncurred in.
Mr.. Sewell presented and had read at the
clerk $ desk q resolution of the New Jersey
legislature, recommending the purchase of
the Troupe farm and warehouse at York
town. Virginia.
Mr.. Butler called up the bill appropriat-
ing $50, 600 for court-hourse and post.otllce
building at Greenville, South Carolina.
Passed.
The senate also passed the bill to increase
the endowment OF the university of Ala
bama from the public lands of that state.
The bill provides for the sale of46 $50 acres,
and the application of the proceeds to the
rebuilding of the library etc, of the uni
vorsity destroyed by fire.
The army appropriation bill was again
considered, the question being upon the
compulsory feature OF the retirement
clause.
A motion to except Sherman and Sheri-
dan from the operation of this
clause was voted down. The clause was
agreed to without formal vote.
The remaining committee amendments
were agreed to, except one striking out the
appropriation for ammunition, tools, etc, for
target practice. For this purpose $4,000
was appropriated.
Mr.. Logan moved to insert an item ap-
propriating $1,000 for the erection of an
army and navy hospital on the government
reservation at Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Adopted.
Another effort to except Sherman and
Sheridan from the operation ofthe compul-
sorry retirement clauses tailed, and the
bill passed. Yeas, 42-nays, II.
Adjourned
HOUSE.
Kelley, Of Pennsylvania chairman Of the
committee on ways and means, submitted
a report of that committee upon the reso.
luton offered by White, of Kentucky, re-
ating to the passage of bill extending the
bonded period Tor distilled spirits. Or
Ranney, Of Massachusetts, from the com.
mittee on elections, submitted report
upon the contested election case of Wither.
spoon VS.. Davidson, from the first congres.
sional district of Florida, granting the con.
testant leave TO withdraw his contest. Laid
on the table.
Washburn, of Minnesota from the COM
mittee on commerce, reported bill author
iZing the New Orleans & Northeastern rail
way company to construct bridge across
Pearl river and Lake PontChartrain. Placed
on the house calendar
White, of Kentucky, asked immediate
consideration of the report of the ways and
means committee upon his resolution in
regard to Commissioner Raum and the
whisky bill. He characterized the report
as u whitewashing affair, denouncing the
ways and means committee and Chairman
Kelley, and became involved in a dis
pute with. Speaker keier as 10
Whites right to the door, which
resulted in the speaker ordering the ser
geant.at-arms TO see that the gentleman
did not again interrupt the orderly conduct
OF business, The speaker declared that il
was not in order at the present time To
consider the report OF the ways and means
committee.
The house -at 1910 went into commit.
tee of the whole, on the general deficiency
appropriation bill.
The item of So 39S to liabilities, incurred
by the Yorktown centennial commission was
objected TO by severa! members
who condemned the extravaganza of the
entertainers of our foreign guests, and de-
Tended by others, who declared that il was
an unseOmly thing, for congress to stand and
Critlcise the expense of the paltry enter.
tainment offered to the representatives OF
the French people.
Cobb, OF Indiana, sent to the clerk 5
desk and had read the bill for wines,
liquors and cigars used in the entertain.
ment amounting to s,i20, which he con.
demned.
Dingley, of Maine, opposed tho appro.
priation and charged that q free bar had
been kept upon the boat which carried the
visitors TO Yorktown and protested In the
name OF his constituents against saddling
upon the Taxpayers of the country bills like
the one read, incurred under the form of
extending welcome to twenty representa-
tives of France.
Tucker, Of Virginia, thought IL unseemly
that congress should haggle and quibblc in
the payment of bills contracted In the en-
tertainment of guests of the govern.
ment. The gentlemen of the COM
mittee had been gentlemen OF estab.
lished character. Suppose a guest
had asked one of them for romo champagne
would II have been possible for him to rc.
ply, I'VE can't give you any more the ap.
preparation is exhausted. We are In the
habit of drinking whisky, and IL you want
to drink champagne you can 40 home 2n
Robinson, vt New lork-"Does tho gen.
tleman mean TO say all the champagne was
swallowed by the guests 3n
Tuckor-"No sir, and II we let tho
Frcnchman drink alone without drinking
his health we would be blackguards and no
gentlemen. Laughter and applause. !
My iricnd seems to be jealous for lear that
sonle representative OF the British ilag took
u drink [Laughter.l
Robinson-"l believe Il was turned into n
British saturnalia and the ilag that We
thought we had buried from memory In the
time OF Cornwallis was dug up and put in
the place In which the American flag ought
to have waved
Tucker-"l think Il wasa time when the
American and the Dritisher ought TO have
drank wine across the bloody chasm. do
not keep up the sentiments Of hate for 100
years.
Inconcluslon he appealed TO the house 10