Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-12-07
CONGRESSIONAL.


SENATE.
WASHINGTON, December 9Th.
President, pro tenn, submitted (
communication from the Secretary O.
the Treasury, transmitting the re-
port of the National Board of Health
Referred to the committee on cpl
demic diseases.
Senator Sherman presented pc
tition of the citizens of Ohio for tbs
passage of bill to increase the
pensions to those who had lost al
arm or leg in the service.
Senator Ingalls, presented severa
similar petitions from citizens O
Kansas.
Bills were introduced as fol-
lows:
By Senator Anthony: To prohibit
the use of the capitol for other thar
the legitimate purposes. Referred te
the committee on public buildings
and grounds.
Senator Edmonds offered a reso.
luton instrrcting the committee or
Judiciary to inquire and report by
bill, or otherwise, whether any
further legislation is necessary te
secure the title of the United States
10 the National Soldiers Cemctry al
Arlington. He explained that this
was made necessary by the recent
decision of the Supreme Court in re.
lation to the rights of General Lee
The resolution was unanimously
agreed to.
At the close of the morning hour,
Senator Platt called up his resolu-
ton offered yesterday, asking the
Commissioner of Pensions to furn-
ish certain information III reference
to the pension roll and the probable
effect upon it of the passage of the
pending bill to increase the pensions
of persons who have lost an arm or
| leg in the service or are suffering
from equivalent disabilities.
Senator Beck moved to amend by
further instructing the commissioner
without delaying, the information
called for in the resolution to trans
NIT, and also as soon as practicable
comp. etc the list of ali persons borne
on the pension roll and claimants
for pensions, with their addresses
and the amounts of their pensions,
respectively, adopted.
The resolution as amended by
Senator Beck was then adopted.
At one o'clock the special order
bill to establish Uniform system OF
bankruptcy throughout the United
States was taken up.
Senator Ingalls, proceeded, at
great length, to explain and advo,
cate the bill. He reviewed briefly
the three general bankruptcy laws
heretofore enacted in this country,
which, he sad, were, in the foremost
part, slavish copies of preceding
English legislation, and costly and
unsatisfactory in practice. The main
point to be considered in framing a
bankrupt law was whether the court
or creditors sho1ld control the dis
tribution of the estate. At the cons
clusion of his remarks Senator In
gals submitted certain minor amend
ments agreed upon by the sub-com>
mittee, which were ordered printed.
The bill was debated by Senators
Edmunds, Hoar and Garland, and
then went over as unfinished busi.
ness, and the Senate then took ut
the calendar and passed severa
bills.
The Senate held an executive ses-
| sion, which lasted only few min.
utes, and in which nothing was done
except to refer to the appropriate
committees the nominations received
to-day.
At 4 p. m. the Senate adjourned.
WASHINGTON, December 6.-Mr
Willis, of Kentucky, offered reso-
luton directing the committee on
civil service reform to inquire
whether, at the recent Congressional
election money was raised by as
sessment, or otherwise, from Federal
oficeholders or employees for elec>
ton purposes; and, if SO, by whom
and what amount was raised, and
how the same was collected and ex.
pended; and whether such assess
ment was not in violation of the law
also whether any Federal oficeholdel
or employe has been dismissed OF
threatened with dismissal or de-
privation of any right or privilege
py reason of his refusal to pay any
assessment made upon him, or was
otherwise interferred with.
Mr.. Kasson objected to the pres
ent consideration of the resolution
and it was referred to the committee
on civil service reform.
MIR. Cresswell, of Wisconsin
offered resolution authorizing the
committee on appropriations to EN-
body in the postofice appropriation