The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-06-13
A Little Spat in the Senate Yesterday
Between Messrs. Ingalls, and
Morgan An Irritating
Comparison.
Proceedings Of the House The Defense
in the Star Route Cases Score
One Point.
A very War'Like Outlook in Egypt
Confirmation of Sundays
Dispatches.
Arab Bey's Hand Plainly In the De.
pl0rablc Affair.
The Various COnsuls are 0utrageously
Maitreated.
Other Foreign and Domestic News,
Forty-Seventh Congress-,

AsiliNGToN, June l2.-Mr. Garland.
rom the judiciary committee reported as A
ubstitute for the bill for the relief of A.
sidney Tbs and similar measures an orig.
nal bill amending section 1918 of the Re-
Used Statutes in reference to the disoualif-
ations of persons from appointments to
my position in the army of the United
states and for other purposes. The bill
vas read at the clerks desk. 1t amends
he section so as to read No person who
leld commission in the army or navy of
5he United States at the beginning of the
late rebellion, and resigned his place and
afterwards served in any capacity in the
military ,naval.or civil. service ofthe so called
Confederate statesmen of either ofthc states
IN insurrection during the rebellion, shall
be appointed to any position in the army of
the United States.
Section 2-That section 1856 ofthe Rev iscd
Statutes he and the same is hereby repealed,
and hereafter oaths to be takan by any
person elected or appointed TO an Office of
honor or profit, either in the civil, military
or naval service, except president of the
United States, shall be as prescribed in sec
tion 1907 of the Revised Statutes,
but this repeal Is not to affect
oaths prescribed in the existing statutes.
special or subordinate officials
Section 3-rhat section $40 of the Revised
Statutes prescribing certain disqualified
tions.. as to grand and petit jurors of the
United States, and section S2l of the Re-
vised Statutes as to grand and petit Jurors
in the United States court, be and the san. ,
are hereby repealed.
Mr. Garland repor d favorably with
amendments from the ldiciary committee
senate bill to attach the parishes of ST. Mary
and Iberia to the west n district of Lou
isana.
Upon the completion OF routine business
at 1850, Mr.. VanWyck moved the consider.
alton Of his resolution suspending rule g.
so that ae,ion may be had upon the confir-
nation or rejection of the tariff commi s.
sloners with open doors instead of executive
session. as under the rules. The resolution
was considered in secret session. The senate
remained in secret session about forty
minutes. The discussion of the resolution
was largely colloquial, and there were nj
long speeches. The drift of argument wa,
that the adoption of the resolution would
be an unwise departure from the usages o
the senate, which might lead to embarras
sing complications in the future, and il wa.
accordingly defeated by vote of 80 against
10. The result was in no sense, however. tes
Of the sentiment of the senate in regard tc
the merits of the nominations, for q mum,
Der of senator's who are openly opposed !,
their confirmation voted against the resolu
ton ON the ground above. indicated.
At 1:50 legislative business was resumed
and the senate under the Anthony rul,
took up Mr.. Browns resolution to provide
clerk for each senator not already supplied
with one, as chairman of committee.
Mr.. Brown submitted substitute au
thorizing each senator to employ CLERK
the senate contingent fund and argued in
support OF his substitute.
The resolution fually went over, and the
senate resr ned consideration of the Japa
nese indemnity bill, the question being or
Mr.. Morrill's amendment TO pay back IN
legal coin the exact sum received from tn,
Japanese government, namely $7S5,OOO
After a discussion In which Mcssrs. Nor
rill and Plumb favored it, and Mr.. Call op
posed H. the amendment passed-yeas, %;
NAYS, -.
The further debate on the bill OCCUPIED
the remainder OF the days session, and In
its course considerable heat was shown by
Messrs. Morgan and ingalls,. Mr.. Morgan
declared some of Mr.. Ingalls, statement.
historically untrue, and Mr.. Ingalls, replied
that there was but one orator that coult
fairly answer any statement Mr.. Morgan
might make, and that was the engine in In,
basement of the capitol, which supplies
wind TO the yentilating apparatus,
The hill finally went over.
On motion of Mr.. Logan the senate In
sisted ON its amendments TO the army an
preparation bill, and Messrs. Logan, PUNT
and Ransom were appointed committee o
conference.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
On motion Of Wclborn, of Texas, the bill
was passed for the erection Of public build
ings at Dallas. Texas, ut d cost not TO ex
ceed $4,000.
Butterworth, of Ohio, from the commit
tee on appropriations, reported back th,
army appropriation bill with senate amend
ments, recommending concurrence In som,
and Mons concurrence In others of thos,
amendments. Among the amer tlments In
which non.concurreuce Is recommended /,
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