Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-01-18
XLVIITH CONGRESS.
Sherman's Funding Bill in the Senate
Beck on IBgalls's Arrearages OF
Pensions Bill.
Report Of the Committee on Rules in the
HOuse-The Committees the Bone
of Contention.

WASHINGTON, January 17-Senate.-Sena-
| tor Plumb presented a petition from the cit
liens of Kansas in favor of woman suffrage.
Bills introduced: By Senator Conger: To
provide for a commission on the alcoholic
liquor traffic.
the cutting and sale OF dead and damaged
timber on Indian reservations on direction by
the interior department.
By Senator Vance: To enable several
States to collect educational funds from
taxes on distilled spirits and fermented
liquors.
BY Senator Garland: Authorizing and
directing the purchase by the secretary Of
the treasury for public use Of the Freedmen's
Bank property and the real estate and par
GELS OF ground adjacent thereto belonging to
the Freedmen's Saving and Trust Company
By Senator Davis [Ills.l: To permit Ward
Hunt, associate justice OF the Supreme Court
Of the United States, to retire.
By Senator Teller: To adopt devi ice for
placed on malt and spurious liquors, barrels
and kegs.
By Senator Blair: Granting a pension to
Lucretia r. Garfield.
By Senator Ferry: For a public building
at Marquette, Michigan.
By Senator Anthony: To authorize the
compilation and printing of a naval history
During the morning hour Senator Beck re-
sumed his remarks upon Senator Ingalls's
resolution, declaring that the pension arrears
law ought to be repealed, and in support of
his assertion that the bill bad been pushed
through Congress by fraud, quoted from the
various reports of congressional investigat-
ing committees, etc.
Senator Ingalls, said that as the funding
bill had precedence to-day he would defer
his formal reply to Senator Beck to a more
convenient time. The subject was accord
lngly passed over for the present.
The consideration of Senator Sherman's
funding bill was resumed, and Senator
Plumb argued that the redemption fund for
United States notes ought to be diminished.
Senator Pugh said that Senator Vests
amendment being copy of the Carlisle
bill OF the last Congress, was imperative and
inconsistent with some of the provisions of
the pending bill.
Senator Teller said he was opposed to the
bill, not because he thought the bonds could
not be sold, but because he was disinclined
to continue the everlasting tinkering of the
finances, and failed to see that refunding
would be OF any advantage to the govern
ment
Senator Saunders favored the bill and OPP
Poeed any amendment OF It's essential feat-
ures.
Senator PendIeton supported Vests
amendment He said it provided that banks
intending to increase their circulation and
citizens desiring to organize new banks
should take new bonds as the basis of their
circulation. He could see nothing unrea-
sonable or unfair in this as the banks were
the agents or creatures of the government,
and enjoyed immunity from obligations
which other private corporations did not
enjoy. They were merely to be obliged to
take safe and permanent investment as in
some way compensatory to the government
for the valuable privilege it had given them
of issuing currency to the country.
Without closing the debate the Senate
went into executive session, and soon after
adjourned until tomorrow.