The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-11
The Senate Yesterday Passed the Bill
for the Creation Of a Com.
mission Of Inquiry
Into the
Alcoholic Liquor Tafiic...The House
Gets Through With Fair
Amount Of Business.
A Floating Rum0r That Senator Hill
Had Died. Proves Happily
to be False.
Futures, the Stock Market, Compare.
tive Cotton Statement.
MacLean Committed on a Charge of
High Treason.
Other Domestic and Foreign News.
Other Domestic and Foreign News.
FOrty-Seventh Congress.

Vthcr DOhicStlc anu fOrelgn news.
Forty-Seventh Congress.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, March l0.-Mr. Brown pre-.
sented memorial from merchants, bank
ers and other prominent citizens of At.
lanta, Georgia, for an adequate apprepra-
tion for the improvement of the harbor at
Savannah. He subsequently introduced a
bill appropriating S350,0O0 for this purpose.
He briefly urged the commercial import.
ance ofthat port and its natural advantages
as an outlet for the products of the south
and west. He gave notice of a bill appro-
priating the amount asked for this year 10
continue the improvement.
Mr.. Morgan, from the committee on for
cign relations, reported n concurrent reso-
luton requesting the president to bring to
the attention of the government of Mica
ragua the necessity OF arranging by con-
vention for n final settlement of all
unadjusted claims existing between the
government of the United States and the
government of Nicaragua and the claims
Va 'AAN NiiHNiio Va VIC ollttu ptdttS uptlIlst
those OF Nicaragua. The resolution was
adopted after an explanation by Mr.. Nor
gan, in reply to Mr.. Morrill,, that the
claims in favor of citizens of the United
States ranged from SS,000,0O0 to $4,000, 900,
and that the resolution did cover counter.
claims of citizens of Nicaragua.
Nr. Vest offered a resolution direct
ing the secretary of war to use
steamers and other vessels belonging
to or now employed by the government on
the Mississippi and its tributaries in the
transportation and distribution of rations
and supplies furnished sufferers by the re-
cent overflow, and providing for the neces-
sary expense thereof.
Mr.. Vest explained that there was n diff
Guilty. in getting supplies TO points in the
interior remote from Memphis and points
on the Mississippi, and that small boats
were required for this purpose. Hundreds
OF sufferers were on the verge of starvation,
and the people of the west and southwest
were generously responding to their cries
Tor relief. The object now was to render
the government engineer corps available.
MIR. Cockrell had kilograms from the Mer-
chants Exchange of st. Louis, urging that
the assistance OF the government be con-
tinued in view of the discouraging reports
received from the inundated district.
The resolution passed.
Mr.. Dawes reported back the fertilization
appropriation bill without amendment.
A bill was introduced by Mr. Brown ap-
propriatng S35O,0OO for the improvement
of the harbor of Savannah.
The bill for the creation of com mission
on the alcoholic liquor traffic, which again
came up on calendar, was discussed upon
the pending amendments. Mr.. Bayard
said that the suppression of pure
alcoholic stimulants would increase
the demand for opiates and drugs,
and he moved to include inquiry on this
point, among the others to be assigned to
the commission. Being interrupted by the
expiration of his five minutes, he insisted
that the question was too large to be con-
sidered under the five minutes rule.
Mr. Conger moved to proceed with the
liquor commission bill. Adopted
yeas 20; nays 3-a party
vote, except that Senators Maxey and
Davis, OF Illinois, voted AYE" with the
republicans. Mr.. Malone also voted AYE. -
Mr.. Morrill, voted mo" with the democrats.
The liquor commission bill was then pro-
ceeded with and the pending amendment
offered by Mr.. Bayard was lost by party
vote-ayes, "A; nays, 25. Cameron, Of
Wisconsin, and Davis, of Illinois. voted
,l,.,, ,o,,,....l a. n.''...,. -" "s'
,;,.o ,neh reported 70 the senate from the cem-
~ iu'''ee p VI ohe wn9ie' ana Jones,
VI riorlaa, argueu against the
powtii ppo,i, VI congress uhuer me
.ol'1ii,u'on ,n i;l' w ieguiate or interfere with
Mr.. Sherman replied that the bill did not
propose any interference with license or
Sv nnrn ~ ',,e seaes' ou, ae,e ihst,tuteu an
; as w .,,v pvs. s ,,,ouc ~ uealing win
u'ns !, tu s,VwanS ou. @ VI .nc 'lainc, nc thought
~ y. u su'ivien. i,'n ansMer w ooIections 10 say
lnal ihiorma.ioh was needed TO enable con
sreIss, s,,I ~, w ucni VIII 'ne ps'rlct oi oolumbla
anu .ne 'erri'ories' anu 10 regulate the rev.
enue' NY NJ. -,
MT MaAey corr9oora,eu anu elaborated
,how vnv Iew' 80 ho ooy,ss,. vy ", onsrin'n. me
number o, the commission was ixed at
seven, IN oruer tliat Inverse sentiments on
tne temperance issue mlght DC Sufficiently
represented anu the time within which the
shaii report was hfed ut eight
cen months. go,
Aiter some iurther discussion the bill was
ai nays, ID Following is
the vote , :,
ieas-hiurlc,i1 m hi Nilsson Dlair' Goke Con
Sel, DaY,s loi i,lihoisl' dawes, Eumunds,
irIelry, ,frye, "arlann, george, Groome,
Mam, uaie, hSrr,son, Ms hsw,ey hoar, Lapham,
s'sD,,, Mcmlilan; manome, maxey, Miller
iM toioranol Mllcneu, Morrili, flatt,
irl,,, iIrlu,,mo, hoi.lns sawyer, seweil, sherman,
iel'es Wsss a''u n,Ha.h wmfern NJ. u. HI