Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-07-18
CONGRESSIONAL.
RIcHEIIEU ROBINSON AGAIN HEARD FROM

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WASHINGTON, July House.-Mr. Rob
inson N. " introduced several resolutions
in the interest of American citizens in Brit
ish prisons; and also Introduced a resolution
calling on the secretary OF the navy for the
instructions under which Commodore Mich
olson threatened to open fire on the city OF
Alexandria under certain contingencies, and
to inform the government whether American
sailors and officers were performing police
duty in Alexandria under the British admi-
raj, and # SO by what authority. All the
resolutions were referred.
Mr.. Bingham, from the Committee on
Postoffices and Post-roads, reported bill in
regard to the bill of letter-carriers, known as
axiliaries, at $500 year; also for substitute
letter-carriers; also providing that promo
tions in the grades shall be made at the end
of a Years service. Bill passed.
The Senate bill to provide additional in
dustrial training schools for Indian youth
and authorizing the use of unoccupied mill
tary barracks for such purposes passed.
Mr. Hewitt rose to q question of personal
and parliamentary privilege, and called at
tention to a sentence printed in the Record
as purporting to have been spoken by Mr..
Robson, but which that gentleman had never
used on the floor, to the "effect thas the pre-
sentation of the subject in regard to the navy
by the gentleman (Hewitt) was specious,
although it pretended to be candid; was ex-
travagant, although it assumed to be careful,
and was false, although it claimed TO be
frank. Although it had evidently been
founded on information gathered from the
malevolence and Misrepresentation OF Others,
that gentleman (Hewitt) had given. it the
stamp of his approval with all the reckless
confidence which seemed to be his nature
when called upon TO indorse anything that
| impugped the conduct or misrepresented the
motives or Others" He (Hewitt) went on to
| saw he had listened attentively to the deliv-
ery of the gentleman's (Robeson) remarks,
and knew no euch language had
been used on the floor of the House.
| The official stenographer had also informed
| him that no portion of that sentence was TO
| be found in his notes. The attack was per-
| sonal one, and it charged him (Hewitt) with
| making not an erroneous, but a false state
ment. The place to impugn his motives was
| ON the floor of the House, where he stood
face TO face with that gentleman, and not in
| the Record, where there was no chance TO
make reply. He now thought he had q
right 10 request that the sentence be stricken
out of record. He asked the speaker 70
have that done, and II the speaker declined,
| he would ask the House to order il done.
The personal controversy which followed
between Messrs Hewitt and Robson was
very bitter. Mr.. Robeson uttered the word
"fallacious," which he had proposed to sub.
/ stitute for the word false, ," upbraIded deW-
| IL. for his connection with the Morey letter,
| and ridiculed him for his pretensions to be
| greater man than his father-in-law. Peter
| Cooper: and Hewitt retaliated by saying that
a man who would submit TO be characterized
! by fellow-member as q liar. perjurer and
thief, was so low that anything he might
1 say was of no consequence.
| The Speaker declined TO order the onen-
| siye sentence TO be struck from record
| Several motions to suspend the rules and
| psss bills were defeated.
The rules were suspended and the Senate
| bill passed-126 TO 20-for the sale OF the
site OF the old postofice building on Nassau
street, New YORK, with an amendment IN
creasing the minimum price from SoO0,OoO
to S600,00
The House adjourned till to- morrow.
ISenate.-Seuator Allison, from the COM
| mittee of conference on the Legislative, lu-
diciaI and executive appropriation bill, re-
| Dorted that the committees were unable 10
agree The report was agreed 10 and new
conference committee appointed.
The Senate then resumed consideration oi
1 the internal revenue bill, Senator Morrill,
giving notice that be would sntsgonize the
naval and every other bill until that measure
was disposed Of The bill, after discussion,
went over until tomorrow.
| to Senate bill to encourage and promote tel,
egraphic communication between America
and Europe.
After an executive session the Senate ad-
! journed.