Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-08-08

CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

mediately after assembling Tue
Senate disposed with the reading Vi
the journal and permitted the cons
sideratlon of the Sunday measures
by unanimous consent, as follows !:
n On motion. of Dir. Hale House bill
pensIoulng the widow OF the late
Brigadler General Ramsey passed.
On motion of Mr.. Morrill, House bllI
repeating the End section OF the re-
vlsed statutes, which imposes export
tax on tobacco passed.
umotion OF Senator Butler Senate
Joint Resolution allowing per dunn
to the employees of the Senate
extra month pay, passed.
House bills granting the right OF
way to the Jacksonville and st. Au-
gustine Railroad Company, and re
ferrlng the claims of the captOrs OF
the ram Albermarle TO the Court OF
Claims, were considered and passed.
Senator Plumb offered q concur
redt resolution for adjournment sine
die to day at O'Clock.
Senator Allison, from the appro~
prIat.ous committee, reported the
House JOINT resolution approprlatlng
$4,000 to supply the deficiency III
the appropriation for tres OF United
States district attorneys for the last
fiscal year. Passed.
Senator Rollins, from the Naval
COMMITTEE, reported House JOINT res
olutIUn lnstructlng tue Secretary OF
the Navy to convene a court OF IN
qulry to investigate as to the loss Of
the steamer Jeauuette and the death
OF Lieutenant DeLOng Passed.
Senator Miller, of New York, from
the Commerce Committee, reported
back the House ioInr resolution for
JOINT select committee upon Amer
lcan shipbul!dlng and shIpowmng IN
terests Passed, 40 to 13.
Without dlsp0sIng OF the resolu-
ton the Senate weuJ INTO executive
session.
Senator Plumb charged that the
espuusIblhty Tor the extension vi
the present session was charg geabIt
solely to the dIlalurlness Of the HoAse
III maturing tue appropriation bills,
and review ed the action OF the
House on these bills, and said Ill
the business interests had been IN
iure,l, and the manufacturing to ii
large extent stopped because OF the
prOrauted session, and the appre
nensIOn Of the unwlse legislation to
which 1t had gwen rise, the Tespon-
slDIlIty should rest with the HOUSE,
where 1t belonged.
Senator Morrill, objected to the
present consideration Of the resolu
uOn, III order, he stated, to have Ii
he over for one day, under the rule.
Senator Cameron of Pennsylvania,
then moved the executive session,
but yielded temp orarlly to Senator
Morrill, to make farther statement.
The iatter added that as the maIiI
business OF the session had been
finished, the Senate had now ample
opportunity to consider the tax bill
He would now appeal to the Other
side to allow the bill TO come up
and either be voted upon without
farther debate on at the time fixed
After remarks by Senators Beck anc
Bar the matter was dropped.
Senator Beck, chairman of tn,
committee on education and labor
called up the resolution directing
al investigation, during recess, int
the labor strikes Adopted. Will
the amendment offered by Senator
George, directing an inquiry into
the division between the labor anC
capital OF their JOINT productions IL
the United States.
The Nicaragua Canal bill, on mo
ton Of Senator Miller, of California
was made the special order for tn
second Monday OF December.
The Ben. Halliday bill was mad
the order for the second Tuesday O
December.
House amendments to the bill 70
printing the agrlcultuI al report wa
cOncurred III.
Shortly afret one o'clock ID vOto
was taken on the pending motion o
Senator Cameron, of PENNSYLVANIA
for an executive session, Senator
Morrill,, meanwhile, insisting upon
consideration of the tax bill. The
motion prevailed Yeas 81; nays Is
The Legislative business was ac-
cordlngly suspended, and the door
were closed. When the doors wer
reopened the senate prsceeded to tn
consideration OF the House concur.
rent resolutions for final adjourn
ment OF Congress on Saturday
August 3rd.
Senator Cameron, of Wisconsin
moved to amend by fixing the hou
of adjournment at II O'Clock, p. M
to~day, Monday 7th.
Senator Salisbury inquired o
Senator Morrill, whether he intende,
to call up the tax bill, and received
an affirmative answer.
Senator Sherman said he woult
never vote to adjourn until the ta
D!ll was voted upon.
Senator Beck said the endeavor t.
pass the tax bill, as proposed, wa
only mean attempt to take the bll
from the Senate, when it was we
known that the House had not
quorum. The amendment was los
by tie vote, yeas 10, nays l9; n
quorum, as follows:
Aeas-Senators Brown, Call, Cam
eron OF Wisconsin, Chilcott, Cocker
ELL Harris, Jones, Miller of Me-
1ork; Morgan, Pugh, Ransom, Vool
Hees, and Halker-l9.
Nays-Aldrich, Allison, Anthony
Blair, Cameron of Pennsylvania
Conger, Ferry. Hawley, Hoar, Jone
OF Nevada, Lapham, Logan, Malone
Mcmillan, Morrill,, Miller of Cali
fornia, RolLngs, Sewell, and She1
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