Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-10
Forty-Seventh Congress.
WASHINGTON. Jan. {

SENATE.-Mr. Brown presented petition from cit izens of Georgia in favor of pending educational penditure of money to obliterate teracy the South, well legislation to guard against federal CT petitions were presented urging legislation subject and for the adoption of constitutional amendment prohibiting the sale and manufacture of
 The resolution providing for the termination of referred to the Finance committee
 The presidential succession bill was then taken up. MT. Edmunds in brief speech recounted additional objections to the measure and argued in favor of perfecting the present system.
 After some remarks by Mr. Frye and MT. Jones, of Florida on the constitutional questions involved, MT. Edmunds motion to recommit to the Judiciary HawIey and Platt voting nay.
 MT. Ingalls, offered amendment to the first providiDg that whenever the duties of the Preti dent devolve of the persons named in the bill it shall be the duty of such person Congress is not giving twenty days notice agreed to-yeas 29, nays indicated want of confidence in republican institu tiouR. Mir. Logan made brief speech in support of
 After further debate the bill passed with some minor amendments-yeas 40, nays 13. Those voting in the negative Messrs. Blair, Coke, Davis of Illinois, Edmunds, George, Jonas, Jones of Florida, McMillan Miller of California, Vance, Vest, Yoor-
 The bill for the establishment and temporary sup port of the common schools was taken up. Several amendments were sent in and ordered printed. MT. Logan in response to remark that the bill might be passed without debate, said he intended to discuss
 MT. Morri1 said that much he loved the of education he would ask the Senate at o'clock to- morrow to lay aside all other business and proceed to the consideration of the tariff bill.
 At 455 the Senate went into executive session and adjourned at 5:45 p. m.
 HoUsE.-The House concurred in the Senate amendments to the military academy bill
 The shipping bill WAS taken up. Messrs. Bisbee of Florida, Springer of Illinois, Herbert of Alabama and others the House on the merits of the bill
 the interest labor Labor depended upon the value of it's products and the value of its products depend ed upon the factories for market. Hence any in- creased market for it's products was benefit to labor.
 MT. Holman, of Indiana. contended that coast wise trade which in itself exceeded the commerce of most of the nations the word served the purpose claimed for the bill of providing nuclues for He entered his protest against this entire sys
 Mr. Robeson said the teaching of the statesmen and experience had demonstrated the necessity that
 nation should be possessed of means of maintaining it's own dependency, the power of intercourse with foreign nations, and facilities for manufacturing the weapons of it's own defense If we would be inde- pendent in peace and powerful in war our commerce must be kept up. It was found that the protec tion to our commerce which forefathers thought sufficient, and which was under the then conditions sufficient, was from 8 variety of causes made quate Was it important that there was paid to for eign nations last year $20o0oo,000 out of the products? England has seen to it that every line she has established was established 8 firm foundation. Mr. Robeson said England was pacific through her commerce. Let Congress enact free ships and she could go to war with Trance to- morrow by transferring her carrying trade during the and 1t at the close making the United States the cats-paw net only of her commer cial but of her national policy.
 At o'clock general debate was terminated and the bill was considered under the ve-minute rule. The bill was read without material amendment to the eleventh section, which prohibits the payment of sd fered, and pending which the House at 4:5O p. ad journed