Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-02-24
CONGRESSIONAL.
Consideration Of the Sundry Civil An.
preparation Bill Concluded in
the House.
The Naval Bill Passed the Senate-De.
bate on the Anti-Polygamy Bill
Continued.

| WASHINGTON, February 23.-Hoxse-Th
Pound" rule setting apart one hour eaci
day for the consideration of any messur
called up by the committee, to which ther
shall not be five objections, was adopted.
The Senate amendments to the army ap
preparation and forti6cation appropriation
bills were non-concurred in, and conference
committees appointed.
MIR. Williams Wis. chairman of thu
Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported bacl
the resolution calling on the President fo
all correspondence between the United State
and Russia in regard TO the treatment O
jews in Russia. Adopted.
The House then went into Committee O
the Whole on the sundry civil appropriation
| bill.
the bill Was considered at length, and
number OF amendments adopted, after which
the committee rose, and reported the bill &c
| the HOUSE.
| Among the changes made were the strik
ing out OF the provision providing for the
| lease of the Yellowstone National Park, and
authorizing the Secretary of War to make
the necessary detail OF troops 10 prevent
trespsssers or intruders entering upon the
| park with the object of destroying game
therein, or for any other purpose prohibited
| by law; and authorizing the Supreme Court
to prepare table Of, fees 10 be charged by
the clerk, and providing that until that i.
done the fee charged for recording or copy.
| ing any paper or record shall not exceed
fourteen cents per folio.
1t being Tumored that The friends of the
bonded spirits bill had organized their forces
for an attempt to call up that measure at the
night session, the House, on motion of Mr..
Hiscock, and without passing the sundry
civil bill, adjourned.
SENATE.
After the translation of come miscelIaus :
GUS business, the Senate went into commit
tee on the naval bill.
Daring the discussion Senator Anthony
offered an amendment appropriating $780,
600 to enable the Secretary of the Navy to
build an experimental gur boat.
Senator Mcpherson, discussing the amend
ment, referred to the presence OF the Secre-
tary OF the Navy in the Senate the other
day In conversation with Mr.. Anthony, and
went on to make an attack upon the secre-
tary as one who was at. home in the lobby.
He had great respect for the President, who
bad go far given the country an adminisira.
ton as worthy of approval as any preceding
one, but he feared to at when this appropria-
ton bill should have become law, as il GER
tsinly would, because the Secretary of the
Navy had so ordered, even the President
would become convinced that mistakes were
possible. The President led the list of his
advisers with character and ability the purest
and best, but even before reaching the end OF
the list it had descended by one gigantic
stride 10 the lobby, with all that it implied.
After come further argument, Senator
Hale raised the point of order that the
amendment proposed new legislation, and
the chair sustained the point of order and
ruled out the amendment.
The third section of the bill, authorizing
the Secretary of the Navy to appraise, and
If he thinks proper, cell vessels which have
been stricken from the navy register, was
ruled out, on point of order, as containing
new legislation, and the bill passed.
The Utah bill being the. regular order, it
was temporarily laid acid, with tie Consent
of Senator Edmunds, and the Senate took
up the bill making sn appropriation for the
, District OF Columbis. which was considered,
amended aud passed
Senator Allison, from the Committee on
Appropriations, reported the legislative, ex-
ecHtive and judicial appropriation bill, and
sgave notice that he would call il up and ask
the Senate TO dispose of it tomorrow.
The Senate then resumed consideration of
the Utah bill.
The pending question was on Senator
Blair's amendment making prohibition Of
voting apply only to "persons" tried aud con-
yicted of polygsmy or bigamy, instead OF to
all "femaies," in the bill. Lost-yeas, 6;
nays, 81.
Senator Ingalls, moved to amend section
of the bill so as to prohibit voting by women
in any Territory OF the United States, pend
ing action on which the Senate adjourned.