Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-03-21
.TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPH NEWS
go Bags Congressional Proceedings 8.
SENATE.


Mr.. Gearsc presented a mauar!A! rom the
Mississippi! Legislature fer aid 10 rebuild the
iLyses
Mr. Saver presented Joint resolutions If tbs
Wisconsin Legislature 10 iavlr Of @ gavsramsnt
depository Tor the savings Of tte iudustrisl
c!sssas.
Pending m,;ioo to take up bill juat re-
ported from tEa Fi1s5ci.l Utm1isleo to amend
a ssc;ion Of the Revised Sla:u:es, Mr.. uosr
very partcu airy called affection TO Ihe feet
hat the TILE conveyed 60 intima.ion Of The
subj,ct. 1t seemed TO lin there ought to bu
rule Of the Senate prohibiIt s the reporting
Of b:!la With titles wti,h 60 not indicate lheiE
Iurp9rt SO that the county. through the press
msy BIZ Informed il every ins!stc, as to ito
s;su5 Of Legislation. The bill Tts not taken up.
HOUSE.
MIR. Muroh. of Maine, risios to QUESTION OF
personal privilege, sent to tbs CLERK D detk and
! bad tcsd an article 10 tho Washicgton Critic,
iotiualiog lhst be bad been improperly il fa-
ecc.d in his Congressional sciiou By the WASH
| iugtoa Gas Light c.. This charge b. utterly
| rerudlaled, and he offered a resolution for TIC
| appointment OF G select committee of fivs mem
bcss 10 tx3miae ard investigate III, business of
| ii, Washington Ga L;gh. Co.. from its organ
| IL .tioa up to tho present lilas together With al
| tho iscis oocusc.cd with the operations of that
c3mpaGY.
Mr.. Camp, tf II. Y obi,o,ed 10 s pr:sen:
consideration, .nd it vss referred 10 Tho Cen
ni:,es Oh The Disirio. Of Columbia.
AooorGiog TO the sgreemcns mcde last pght,
| the House proceeded to vote upon the c,u-
| promise proposition making the general awsr]
bill a speelsl order for April llsb. subject,
however. to torff ard appropriation bills and
tie bill referring private claims to tho Cours oil
Claisaa Ghs restlaion 10 tkis effsos va:
adencd-ysss lG2 nays IS
Fir. Cr;po, CT Mass caae6v3r 10 have the
bill extending the Corporate existetc, of ut
| tional backs m,t!o special order tor April
1873, BIZ. Tas unsuccessful, s=v:ral members
ofj Gig,
flr. Uakiss. OF I'D eav3 uotoo that be
| w5utd Ga Ssu:5sy next esk the Htu'e to COG
slider tho contested tl:clion ca.o IF Campbell
| 2s. Ca:n3o. frcu ,ha ,fArriory CT Utsh, acd
also tho csso Of II D. Bal. ciamiog sss,
troIa Alaska.
Ia rep!7 to OIL S loo BIZ Mf. . X. CT N. Y,
lr. psgs, o! CAL, stated that be would call The
rrevijus gu ?gii,a GO .ho Ch1ose bill tc-mo,-
row at 5 oc'ccs; aad Ihcn, tue m0rnirg hour
haVigg bala di3pcascd with, lbo consideration
0t that bill was ed by the House.
Mr. Mcclure, of Chic, was tho frat scesks r {:
rs ridicuied the idea of the sen!iHeatslsts who
looked upon this country IS a vsst n 40 gerie
4 eie:t chronological animal show in which all
| races o, men, mixed and ulmxed, pure snd
Eon&ssl, ClFiatian It'd pagan, civilized and
baraa:a1; ws.iike and unwarl k, moneg ANGUS
sud paysaTous. blkck And whlie and yeil5w,
dYS!t ,oIs.he. in harmony. Hs proposed 10
di:cuss the question not FROM the lofty pinnacle
Of ;eIiel saIsuiantaism, but from the unpob,ic
standpoint! CT common sense, I'D the lrst qu5s-
lion &c Do ssttiod Wal whoihsr the United States
bad rigGttl iu'pend Ghiaesa imm G ;stion IS
coGtem plated Ia tbs psrding bill aao ne lreusd
that not only did it have tho right, bu. TIM. ID
right Was guaranteed By tho very terms of thu
treaty,