Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-05-03
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determine the best route Tor snip
cannels to connect the lakes with
the Mississippi River and to connect
the Atlantic with the Gulfxof Mexi-
co, across Florida and appropriating
$3.50, 900 for expenses.
By Mr.. Dibble, of South Carolina,
for the appropriation of $150,OOo for
the continuation of the work on the
jetties in Charleston harbor.
The House, under suspension of
the rules, by vote of ayes $50, noes
IS, passed resolution making the
special order for May 9th, bill
enabling National Banks to extend
their charters; said bill not to inter>
fere with the appropriation or rev.
enue bills.
The rules were suspended and
bills were passed appropriating for
the erection of public buildings, as
follows: At Detroit, Mich, S60, 1000;
Jackson, Tenn, $4,000; Denver,
Col, 100000; Greensboro, N. c.,
$4,000; Council Bluffs, Iowa, $780,
900; Peoria, His, $225,000.
The above sums present the maxi
mum cost of the buildings when
completed.
Messrs. Bragg, of Wisconsin, Hol-
man, of Indiana, and Cox, of New
York, opposed these bills, but with
no success, which led the latter to
remark: ''We are digging our own
graves and building tombstones over
them"
Mr.. Cox characterized the process
of passing these bills as individual
logering, while Mr.. Bragg, in acting
as teller, loosely designated each
member as he voted for a public
building, as a courthouse at
Peoria, u "post- Office at Marquette"
smint at Nevada City," &c.
The next bill on which suspen-
sion of the rules was asked, was for
the erection of public building at
Galveston, Tex, at q cost Of $685.
| 900. 1t was opposed by Mr.. Bragg,
who fought it at every step, AMI Was
only passed by the vote of the
Speaker, who cast his vote in the
affirmative in order to make quo
rum-the vote standing, yeas 131,
nays 162.
WASHINGTON D. c., May 2-Mr.
Kasson, of Iowa, moved to go into
committee of the whole on the tariff
commission bill, and pending that,
moved that all the gentlemen's de-
bates close on Thursday.
Mr.. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, and
Mr.. Carlisle, of Kentucky, opposed
any present limitation to the debate,
which led Mr.. Reed, of Maine, sar-
castically to observe that the suffer
ing would be very great if all the
members desiring to speak should
have no opportunity to do so.
Mr.. Carlisle: "This is the most
important measure before Congress. "
Mr.. Humphrey: "And it takes
up three times as much time as any
other measure"
Mr.. Kelly: $50 it did in the last
Presidential campaign, and 80 it will
in the next"
Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania
moved to amend Mr.. Kasson's mo.
ton, so as to provide that the debate
should close Saturday.
Mr.. Randall's motion was lost
yeas SO, hayes "a.
The question then reelrred On Mr.
Kasson's motion to clo2s the debate
:, on Thursday, but the Democrats re
framing from voting. The House
was left without q quorum
and Mr.. Kasson recognizing the use
lessness of attempting to force
. vote, withdrew his motion to limi
. the debate, and the House, at IL
y p. m., went into committee of tn
whole on the tariff commission bill
Mr.. Herbert, of Ala, after an ex
\ haustive speech against high psotec
tive tariff, declared his opposition t
o the pending bill on the ground ths
:. it would not meet the needs of tn
! country. Mr.. Hewitt, of Ala, de
- clared his intention to vote for til
J bill, that neither the House nor th
= committee on ways and means eoul
! undertake an immediate revision {
e the tariff at this sessio
= and it was beyond a
: controversy that the pending me;
- - sure was in the interest OF the exp
= dition and not in the direction
- delay. He then proceeded to refu
~ the argumen of free trade trade
70 and asserted that while the presel
\ protective system needed revision,
70 bad proved blessing to the peop
n and Icorntry.
81 The committee rose and the b
e of was passed providing for the erectit
no of public building at Quincy, l
aI A motion to take upa similar bill W
or or then made, but the regular order W
70 insisted upon by Mr.. Briggs, of Ne
he Hampshire, who protested that son
NO States had been recognized by Il
"a Speaker four or five times, whi
,ra M other States had not received recol
- milton at all.
an The Speaker announced as regul
od order a bill appropriating $500
be for public buildings an Hannib
he he Mo. Passed-yeas, 126; nays, SO.
- The House concurred in Sens
~ - amendment to the Chinese bill, viii
90, on were unimportant.
oh ~ The Speaker laid before the Hot
lcn a message from the President tral
en- u mitting the diplomatic corr,
re- re- pondence touching the condition
%. on the Israelites in Russia. Referreh
h nus the committee on foreign affairs.
,aJ I Adjourned.
Debt Statement.
ed WASHINGTON, D. G., May Ii