Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-02

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eroD.
TIE President laid before the Senate
, communication from the Secretary Of tn
Interior announcing the completion Of tn
,ist OF pensioners, with their addresses rate
| OF pension, etc. Senator Anthony said i
would cost over $4,000 10 print the docu
ment. The Senate resumed consideration O
the appropriation bill.
The provision for the payment OF "OIc
Settler" or Western Cherokee Indians
clsImS, reported from the committee, wal
struck out.
| Senator Vest offered an amendment TO the
paragraph appropriating $4,000 for thu
protection and improvement OF the Yellow
stone National Park, providing for g
superintendent at a salary OF $1,000, and len
assistants at $500 each, to be appointed by
the Secretary of the Interior, and to reside
continuously in the park, and to have The
duty Of protecting game, timber and other
| objects OF Interest; the balance TO be ex.
pended in the construction of suitable roads
and bridges, under the direction of engineer
oihcers 10 be detailed by the Secretary OF
War. Adopted.
| The committee having reported provision
authorizing the Secretary of the Interior TO
lease Tor not more than ten years small
tracts Dot to exceed eighty acres, for the
| erection of boieis, etc, Senator Vest moved
| 10 reduce the quantity of land to released in
eas traa IN ton acres. Agreed TO.
Senator Vest offered another amendment
providing that rot more than ten acres shall
be leased to any one person or corporation,
| snd that 20 tract shall be leased within one
| qusrter Of miie Of any Of the geysers or
Yellowstone ialls. Agreed to.
The bill as il came from the committee
| contained paragraph directing the public
printer to employ the highest character of
skilled workmen at prices now fixed by law,
and authorizing him, in case he is unable 10
obtain sutlcieut supply on these terms, TO
expend a portion oil the appro priation for
the temporary execution of the work out
side.
Senator VOORHEES, made point that the
latter provision would change the existing
law which requires that the whole of toe
work shall be done in the government Office.
The Chair sustained the point of order and
the provision WAS stricken out.
On motion Of Senator Harris, the item of
S258 300 WIS inserted for the Nationsl Board
OF Health. The bill was then reported
from the committee. Agreed to, and the
bill passed.
The river and harbo bill having been re-
ceived from the House, Senator Eamuuds
objected TO its second reading. Ii wss or
dered printed, and the Senate went into ex.
ecutive session.
The conference report on the ferti6cation
appropriation bill was agreed TO. 1t appro-
r-'eiss Ssee,oon more than when it passed
the House.
Mr.. Page moved to suspend the rules and
adopt the order limiting debate on the river
and hsrbor bill Except IN regard TO items
for the improvement of the Mississippi river)
10 one minute. Lost-yeas, 1873; nays, So
not the necessary two-thirds in the sffirma-
tive.
The House then went into Committee of
the Whole on the state of the Union, but
Mr. Hiscock objected to the rivsr and hsr.
Dor bill, and the committee rose and reported
the objection TO the House, when the House,
by a vote of l24 yeas to 10Y Maya, ordered
that the consider alton OF the river and har-
Dor bill be resumed, and Immediately went
into committee on that bill.
When the Item relative TO the Mississippi
river was reached, Mr. Robinson Mass ]
offered amendment prohibiting further
construction or repair Of levees, except in
the Performance of existing contracts.
This amendment gave rise to an extended
debate, Messrs. Hatch, King, Thomas, Glib
son, Ellis and Randall defending the build
ing OF levees, and Messrs. Burroughs, Butler
worth and Morrison I'LL opposing it. The
amendment was rel ected, and the clause as
it finally passed is as follows:
That the sum of s., 500 900 be and is hereby ap-
propriated. or so much thereof as may be neces-
sary, out of any money in the treasury not other
wise appropriated, for improvement of the Missis-
sippi river from the head of the Passes TO Cairo,
Vicksburg Memphis, and the reaches at Plum
POint and Lake Providence, and the detection of
waters of the Red and Missouri rivers from
the Atohsfalsya river; S560.000 from Cairo to the
Illinois river, including Alton harbor, and
$50 900 from the Illinois river to Des Moines
rapids including the improvement of Quincy bay,
which said sums shall be expended under the
direction OF the Secretary OF War IN accordance
with the plans, specifications, estimates and
mission. Provided, that no portion of the money
hereby appropriated shall be expended at any
other points than those herein specified.
The committee then rose, and the Speak
err announced The appointment of Messrs.
Steele, Townsend and Spark, members of
the Board Of Visitors 10 West Point, and of
Messrs. Hsrmer, Updegraff and Mills as
members of similar board TO Annapolis.
Mr.. Moore offered a resolution calling on
the Secretary OF the Interior as 10 the amount
of the Indian trust funds invested ID Ten.
nessee bonds, and whether Tennessee has
made any proposition looking 10 their get
Element Referred.
Recsss was then taken.
When the Hous, reassembled, Mr.. His
cock IN. Y moved 10 suspend the ruea and
pass the deficiency appropriation bill. The
motion was agreed TO, and the bill passed
with amendments.
The Houss then resumed, in Committee of
the Whole, consideration Of the river and
harbor bill
Mr.. Anderson moved TO increase the ap.
preparation fer removing snags, etc, from
the Missouri river from $4,000 10 500, 600,
to $4,000 aud 10 $4,000, but all motions
were voted down by overwhelming msiori-
ties
Mr. Van Voorhis moved 10 strike out the
item Tor the improve mint of the Sacramento
river. He claimed that il the chairman OF
the committee had not been from California,
no such item would have been put in it. SIT
is 20 outrageous" said he, $50 damnable, that
nobody but gambler and Gut-throat would
think of lacking such thing as that TO such
bill SIS this"
Mr.. Horn demanded that the words should
be tIken down, which was accordingly
done and reported to the House, aud Nj.
McLsne Md. promptly offered resolution
of expulsion. This resolution led TO a long
and excited debate, which was ended by MIR.
Van Voorhis spologizing to the House and
Mr.. Page, when the matter was dropped.
During this fcene there was good deal OF
excitement manifested, and a number of
anything but complimentary remarks were
made IN regard 10 Van Noorhls's conduct by
members congregated in groups listening TO
the discussion The House then sgain went
into Committee of the Whole and Van Voor-
his withdrew his amendment, stating he had
said all he desired to say before the commit
tee rose.
Several additional amendments were
adopted, and the bill then passed-l12 to 80.
Ga motion Mr.. Van Horns bill passed,
authorizing the construction of a bridge
across the Missouri river near Kansas City,
Mo. Adjourned.