The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-15
The Senate Considers the Wants of the
Sufferers by the Mississippi
Fleod and Passes Meas.
ures Of Relief.
The Anti.Polygamy Bill. After Con.
siderable Opposition, Passes
the House at Last.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in n State of
Intense Excitement Over the
Spread of Smallpox.
The New York Post on Futmes.-.'rhe
Stock Market.
Lively Bidding ON Relic OF the
COnfederacy.
Other Domestic and Foreign News.
Other Domestic and Foreign News.
forty-Seventh Congress,
SENATE.

tOrty-Seventh Congress,
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, March, l4.--The chaplain
in the Eorning prayer said; "Look, oh Lord
with tender compassion upon our fellow
citieers who are suffering from <tle ravages
of the flood. Give them food and raiment
and everything that is convment for their
relief"
Ememorial was presented rom the Wis.
corsin legislature in favor 'of the improve
ment of the Mississippi and its tributaries
tn connection with the great lakes.
Mr.. Morrill, reported suck house bill to
repeal discriminating duties on tea and
coffee products Of the possessions of the
Netherlands, with an amendment in the
nature of a substitute, making the measure
a general one.
Favorable reports were made from the
judiciary committee by Mr.. Garland on
house bill TO establish district of United
States courts in the northern and southern
districts of Georgia.
Mr. Harrison, from the military commit
tee, in response to an instruction to enquire
as to the propriety of increasing the appro,
priation, under the resolution of February
23d, for the relief6f sufferers by the Missis-
sippi overflow, reported that the commit
tee was unableto state with even approx
mate exactness the. number of such persons,
the difficulties Of communication in the
flooded regione preventing the state agents
from distributing supplies, and the army
ntlipprs thA SppFptnru NJ ptur
from enumerating the sufferers. Many
of their reports state that
people are crowded upon levecs
and high points of ground, surrounded by
the flood, where they must be sought and
supplied by relief boats The secretary
of war is d the opinion that $1,000 people
have been driven from their homes by the
waters, and are in need of temporary telef,
namely: 2jsel in Illinois, 3 600 in Tennes-
see, Is, ,009 in Mississippi, 1900 in Arkansas,
| I 800 in Missouri, 500 in Kentucky, and
of the 'Gtlieers sent into Mississippi,
states that the number needing aid there
has been greatly underestimated. lie also
believed that the number of destitute in
Louisisaa will be largely increased, as the
flood is only now reaching that state. Prior
lreports ut 'tlie war department indicated
that rations distributed and on hand would
suffice to feed those entitled to relierruntil
after Aprillst. Later information showed
| this calculation to be incorrect. Captain
Lee suggesis that 10000 rations,
would he needed i'm Mississippi
alone. Abort 200, 600 rations were syaila.
BILE at the date of the last order for diGtribu.
tion-&arch illth. Since then 2)s, 600 ra.
tions have heen issued. Ii seems probable
that some measure OF relief must be eN
tended to the sufferers for at least ,oiyty
days 10 come. The committee add that
they are not prepared to yecom.
mend the continuance OF relief uantil
\ the destitute are again able 10 maintain
! themselves, ,preferring TO leave this TO the
voluntary action of people, but as the2york
OF RELIEF has net been sufficiently organized
because Of a.belief that the public appro-
priatior w0uldmeet the case, they are of
the opinion that there is still a pressing. de
mand for food Bupplies that cannot besnet
by private effort. They accordingly re.
ported a joint resolution appropriating
SlOO,00 additional for sufferers, which ggas
taken up and passed,
| The tariff commission bill, the Gn.
| finished business, was laid aside Informally,
and the postal appropriation bih was
taken up and laid over as the regular order
Mr.. Call then addressed the senate upon
Chili.Peru matters, as presented by his
pending nesolutionlin favor of n settlement
Of the controversy by the: United States.
and recommending a congress of govern.
ments of North, South and Central
America In Washington, to secure some
Just method Of settlement of all questions
between them, claiming that our CONNER
cial interests were toLe substantially bene.
| fitted by interyentionto prevent the disin.
tegration and practical extinction of Peru,
| Upon the eenclusionof Mr.. Calls remarks
the matter went over without further nc.
! ton.
The postal appropriation bill was pro.
ceeded with, the Holman amendment rela.
ting to sub.oontaots, giving rise 10 dis.
scussion which iaaaed until 1870 y. m. with.
out result, when the senate adjourned.
uousg.
The house met n. ll'9 in. continuance of
Gonday's session.
The anti.polygsHy bin cane up as un.
finished business.
Hsskell refused TO allow amendment.
Sfter considerable noisy discussion, n
compromise was effected. Several amend.
merits were offered and rejected
nstateupo the ant-polygamy Dill contln.
uati, Entil 2;30 clock. Though tnespeechcs
masie were limited 10 s minutes or less
disop sson was quite Interesting. Carlisle of
Kentucky, Tucker, Of Nirginig, and Con.
verse, of Ohio, were the principal speakers
In ON osition 10 the bill, contenSing that Il
was unconstitutional and would serve TO
disorEenize the goveynmtat OF Utah and
turn tinto. q state ofanarchy. For these
reasons, and not because they were opposed
70 stan ping out polygamy they would vote
against the bill.
Robesal, Of New Jersey, and Haskell. Of
Kansas, advocated the bill, the latter charr.
ing that TIC democrats had endeayored 10
kill the bfi, placing amendments upon IL
and buryinS IL In the cloisters Of the confer.
cnce commit.ee. Finally the bin PASSED
without ameadment-Yea Yeas, 100; NAYS, III
following,is the negative vote--Afmacld
Atherton, Beimont, Buckner, Blanchar,i.
Converse, Cabell. Caldwell. Carlisle, Chan.
man. Cook, Cox, OF North Carolina
Cravens nbrcll. Evans. Garrison, Sumter
Herbert, Herndon. Hewitt, OF New York'
Hooker House, Jones, of Texas, Kennn'
Knott, Manning, Mcmillan, Mills, Money
Phister, Reagan. Robertsoi, Shackelford'
shelby, siogleton, Of Illinois, Thompson, of
Kentucky, Pillman. Tucker, rpson. War.
ner, wellhesn and Williams. OF Alabama.
The legislative day OF yesterday was