The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-17
The Senate Concurs In House Amend.
ment Increasing Appropriation for
the Flood Sufferers, but Dis.
approves that Directing
That Portion Of the Appropriation
be Expended in Hiring Labor TO
Strengthen Leyees.
Speaker keifer Gets Into Hot Water
and His Rulings are Unsparingly
Criticised
by Representatives Mcl.ane and kenna
..-He Explains to the
Satisfaction Of House, Which Proceeds
to Business.
Other Domestic and Foreign News.
Forty-Sev enth Congress.
SENATE.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, March l6.-On molten of
Mr.. Harrison, house amendments to senate
joint resolution, making further appropria-
ton to relieve sufferers by the Mississippi
overflow, were taken up, and the first, in
creasing the appropriation by $4,000, was
concurred therein.
Mr.. Harrison asked for non-concurrence
in the other, which directs the use of por-
ton of the appropriation for the hire of la
borers to strengthen the levees. He
thought the whole of the money was
needed for relief, and objected TO the crea-
tion of a separate levee fund rs involving
expenditures not foreseen in the supervision
of the work Of laborers, and further, that
the people threatened with disaster ought
to contribute their labor to protect their
homes from the flood.
MIR. Hampton coincided in the belief,
that as the damage by the flood had been
SO disastrous, the money ought not to be
applied in any other way than in the relief
OF the sufferers.
The latter amendment was then non-c con-
Cured IN.
Mr.. Anthony presented and had read q
memorial from 800 officers of the line
and staff of the navy representing all.grades
VI iilih iloHi ltai uOWIl, Dlbltsi-
ing against the restoration of officers who
have been dismissed for drunkenness, or who
have been forcibly retired, or who have re-
signed to escape court-martial. The me-
mortal was ordered printed in the Record
with the names of signefs,
Mr., Sherman presented protest from
many ex- Union soldiers against the passage
of any bill restoring to the rohs ofthe army
Fitz John Porter.
by unanimous consent the regular order
of business was laid aside, and Mr. Logan
addressed the senate upon the measure in
troduced by him to appropriate and expend
the income derived from internal revenue g
taxes on the manufacture and sale of dis.
titled spirits for the education of all chil-
dren living in the United States.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Logans remarks
the bill was referred.
Mr.. Miller of New York, reported from
the committee on post-oifices the proposed
amendment to the pending post-ofiice ap-
preparation bill. 1t authorizes the post
master-general to make contracts for ocean
mail service between United States and
foreign ports by American vessels at spe.
CITED rate OF compensation.
| A message was read from the president
transmitting the report Of the secretary OF
state IN further response 10 senate resolu-
ton OF December 18th, calling for Peru.
| Chill correspondence. Referred to commit
tee on foreign relations.
The senate, at SO clock resumed considera.
ton of the post-oilice appropriation bill
the question being on senate committee
amendment increasing the appropriation
tor special facilities from 100000 to
81, 900, changing trunk line to "rail-
road" and adding the provision that said
facilities shall be equally distributed, as
near as may be- on railroad lines leading Ia
and fromthe principal cities In different sec.
| tions of the United States.
After some debate the amendment was
adopted, as were also the items of increased
expenditures recommended by the commit.
tee, as follows; st. Louis item, $4,000;
railway post-ottice clerks, $4,000; route
agents, Sis00o0, mail messengers, s5OO
An amendment allowing the use of de.
partment stamps, as heretofore, prevailed
after some discussion. ~
Mr.. Edmunds offered resolution per.
mitting the secretary of the senate and the
clerk of the house TO use official stamps for
the business OF their respective offices, un-
der conditions similar to department oil.
cials. and concluding with the following:
And each member of the senate and house
of representatives and each delegate from
the territories shall have have right 10
send through the mail any letter or package
containing only written or printed matter
not exceeding two ounces, identified by his
autograph signature, without payment oI
postage,
A lively debate was had on this suggcs.
ton. Finally the yeas and nays were dc.
manded, and II was adopted by the follow.
ing vote; D.. .E|
Yeas-Aldrich, Allison, Beck, Call
Cameron, Of Pennsylvania, Cameron, o,
Wisconsin, Davis, OF West Virginia, Dawes
Edmunds, Frye, German, Hale, Hampton
Harris, Harrison, Hlawley, Hoar
jackson, Jones, Lapham, McDill
Malone. Miller, of New York,
Mitchell, Sawyer, Sewell, Teller, Vance,
Voorhees,, Walker Williams and Window
total, 10.
-Cockrell, Coke, Conger, Farley.
Ferry, Garland, George, Hill, of Colorado
Mcmillan, Mcpherson, Maxey, Pendleton,
Ransom, Salisbury and Sherman--l5.
During the call, Mr.. Cockrell announced
that his colleague, Mr.. Vest, was detained
at home by sudden and severe indisposi.
tion.
Mr.. Plumb was paired with Mr.. Vest
Without further progress on the bill, the
senate, after restoring the tariff commits.
sion bill to Its place In the regular order, nj
$40 p. m. went into executive session, am.
NJ ~ n. huJourneu.
HOUSE.
Immediately after reading of the journal
McLane, OF Maryland, rose TO question oI
privilege. The point be made was that the
speaker In language addressed 20 the gen.
tleman from Mississippi Money)had award.
ed the privileges Of the heuse, and had sub.
sequently entertained a motion TO adjourn
before he had responded 10 the question OF
privilege raised by him (Mclane).
The speaker replied that the gentleman
was In error. Al the time the house nd.
journed last night the whole matter had
been suspended and the chair had made
such answev as he desired.
McLane said he would not
declare that the chair lad eyaded
the, reply TO his question. The chair had
not concluded his answer and would recor.
nize the fact that he was under obligations
10 submit the question 10 the house.
The espeaker-"The chair does not under.
stand that the gentleman rises to new
question"
McLane--'1 do rise 10 a new aues.
tion Of privilege. | am avoiding a disrc-
spectiul expression when ! refrain from
saying that the chair evades the point Al