The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-04-13
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Compiled from Various SouroeGs
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
IN the House Of Representatives, April 1,
amendments to the bill to promote efficiency
of the life saving service were non -concurred
in. Bills passed: To facilitate the payment
Of dividends to creditors Of the Freedmen's
Savings and Trust Company; making st.
epnrop1iafion bill Vas debated and ne res Iy 9a
Amendments. Mr.. Holman raised a point OF
pulsory retirement Mr.. Cal1ins offered an
amendment excepting from the provision
the General and Lieutenant General Of the
Army but prOYldlng tn8b theY may be retired
at the ago Of sixty-nve, at the discretion of
the President.
TIE bill for conversion or redemption of
$40 refunding certificates passed the Senate
on the Sd. 1t authorizes the Secretary of the
Treasury in his discretion to redeem at the
market price, the balance of the certificates
(about $500, 500, which nre redcemabIe with
either coupon or registered bonds, but have
not been presented to be put into out
standing bonds......In the House, bills
sissippi at Memphis; to authorize the
Secretary Of the Treasury to apply surplus
revenue to debt reduction. A motion to make
the bin extending national bank franchises a
special order for the 18th inst. was lost after
masters salaries of the third. fourth and nth
classes, the anendatory bill, and several
passed.
A MESSAGE from the President vetoing
the anti Chinese bill, was read in the Senate
on the 4tl. The vital objection of the Presi-
dent IS to the twenty years suspension of i'm
migration, which he construes as virtually
prohibitory, and therefore violafive OF the
spirit If not the letter of the negotiations up
on which tho treaty was based, and as n
breach OF national faith. The message calls
attention to the propositions made by the
United states Commissioners on this point
and counter propositions on the part of China
to show that the understanding OF the latter
country in the agreement which was ultimate
~ MADE was tnab Immigration would be I'm
tied or restricted to "A reasOna bic period. The
system OF personal registration and passports
IS specifically mentioned as undemOcratic
and hostile TO the Con @titutlOn. The message
and bin were temporarily laid on the table
and ordered printed. the House
tile army appropriation bill was taken up and
en- out and replaced by a provisO that IS
years service shall entitle an officer or sol
dier to place on the retired list If he applies
for it. If % years old he goes on the retired
list In any case. several appeals we're made
from the Chairs rulings and tho House ad-
1Ourned betore the questions were decided.
MIR. MILLER introduced a new Chinese
immigration bill. with ten years limit, in
the Senate, April 5th. After some discussion
the vetoed Chinese bill was taken M Mr.
Bayard answered the Presidents objections
20 the bill a vote on a motion to refer tho
bin was lost-Is to -. The question was then
put on the passage of tlTa bin over the veto
lost, ~ to u, not tins necessary two thirds.
THE House took up the army appropria-
ton bin and the Chair ruled that the clause
Transferring Quartermasters department.
claims to the court of claims must be elm
mated. Mr. Blackburn gave notice of a reso-
luton to investigate the manner of passing
on those claims In the department, which
custom, he had evidence, savored of black
mail. a discussion followed in which Messrs.
Reed and Cox had tilt. The bill finally
passed with little change
THE bill sppropriating $4,000 for the i'm
mediate relief of the Cheyenne and Arapa-
hoe Indians passed the Senate on the 9th
Tho bin to fix n day for the meeting of cIee-
tors for President and Vice President, and to
provide for and reEuiate the counting of
the votes for President and Vice-Presi-
dent and the decision of questions arls-
ing thereon, was further discussed
Indian Territory railroad bin was made
unfinished business, and the senate, after
executive session, adjourned Till the 10th. ......
Ia tho House bills passed apprOpriating S2O,-
600 tor the purchase OF seed for the sufferers
from the overflow of the Mississippi, and
Sl50,O00 to continue the work on the Washing
ton monument. The tariff commission bill
was discussed and three Chinese immigration
measures were introduced. A motion to ad-
1ourn over until Monday was voted down.