The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-22
The Sing Sing Mutiny Assuming q
Serious Aspect.
No Election Of u Senator from Michi-
gan Yet.
Some Other Interesting kilograms.

Forty-Seveath Congressional Session.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2l.-Garland offered a
resolution appointing committee of seven
senators to examine into the work now in
progress for the improvement of the Mis-.
sissippi river below Cairo, methods, con-
tracts, application of appropriations, etc
also into all matters pertaining to the FEAST
bility OF the outlet system, and 10 the i'm.
proyement of the mouth OF the river, the
system Of jetties, their permanency, ETC.,
and all matters touching such improve
ments; the committee to hold sessions dur.
ing the recess of congress at places on the
river, or elsewhere, to examine persons and
papers and report at the next session. The
resolution went over till tomorrow.
The bill passed appropriating S25 900 for
the erection of monument at Washing
tons headquarters, at Newburg, New York
and the senate went into executive session
When the doors were reopened the senate
proceeded to the consideration OF the army
approximation bill.
The first important amendment reported
by the committee on military affairs was
tho insertion of paragraph appropriating
$ll3, 900 for civilian clerks for the adjutant
generals department, and for the head
quarters of the military divisions and de.
partments. Adopted.
The next amendment was to increase the
number OF aides.decamp for the generals
from 20 to 81, and to strike out he provision
limitiuu tho num hpr and m "a kipu prnvieinp
rs to their rank and pay, and to insert the
following Provided, that no officer shall
remain absent from his regiment on duty
at Washington city for longer period
than three years at any one time, but this
provision shall not apply to officers on the
staff of the commanding general of the ar
my or to the officers in charge of the publ.
cation of the records Of the war of the re-
bell on, or detailed to work on the Wash
ington monument.
The fact thai the exception did not apply
to officers of the signal service corps gave
rise to discussion, Mr.. Maxey and Others
be removed from Washington after
three years service, and Mr.. Logan,
who has charge Of tho bill,
denying he was AZ represented, hostile to
that corps, and contending that the milf
taTy duties performed by 1t should be
learned by all army Ulcers. He wished all
army officers to have the opportunity of
learning these duties, aud he proposed to
offer an amendment that of the
twelve signal officers now in Washington,
four shall be sent back to their regiments
in 1888, four in 1884 and four in 1885,
other officers to be detailed in
their places, He alluded to the
fact that he had been attacked
Ia, nj Dr;ol rti cIoo al nvor a., onnptr,, 4,
being hostile to the signal service corps, and
said those editorials had been enclosed to
him in II letter with the Information they
had been written in the signal Office and
paid for out OF government money. He
could demonstrate the truth of that state.
ment.
The amendment was excluded on point
of order.
The question was then taken, on striking
out the clause limiting the number OF aides
de-camp, ana providing they shall not
have any additional pay or rank, and it was
stricken out.
The next clause was for fifty surgeons, to
strike out fifty and insert mot exceeding
eighty" Agreed to.
The next amendment was to strike out OF
the bill the provision requiring discussing
officers to give bond with sufficient sureties,
and forbiddng the filling of future vacan.
cies in the pay corps and providing Tor the
final transfer OF the duties of that corps to
the quartermasters department, and to
insert in lieu Of it provision
that vacancies in the pay corps
in the grade of colonel, Northumberland
and major shall not be filed by original APP
pointments until the pay corps be reduced
to forty pay-masters, and the establishing
Of the number of the corps at forty the
present number be NJ fitty-four.
After considerable discussion the pro.
vision proposed to be inserted was ex.
cluded on "a point OF order, and the pro.
vision in the bill was struck out.
The next amendment was to strike out OF
the bill the provision limiting pay for tn ms
portation Of troops and government prop.
erty on subsidized railroads to 80 per cent
of the usual charges. The provision was
struck out without discussion.
On motion of Mr.. Plumb, the amend
mcnt was adopted, limiting the amounts tt
be expended for compensation of civilian
employees in the several departments of tn,
army.
The bill was then reported to the senate
the amendments made in committee agree
to, and the bip passed,
The fertilization appropriation bill wa
called up by Mr.. Hale and explained by
Mr.. Dawes.
The amendments reported by the com
, mittee were agreed TO, and the bill passed
Mr.. Edmunds moved 10 take up the Ulai
bill.
MIR. CAL opposed the motion, but tn
. senate, by a vote OF % ayes to II nays, de
| cided 10 take up the bill.
Mr.. lloa: moved to strike out the seventh
section, which provides it shall not be law
= full for any female to vote at any election
: hereafter held in the territory OF Utah 70
4 any public purposes whatever.
Mr.. Edmunds defended the provision
The votes of Mormon women were COZ
trollod bv men who desired to keep II,
: the political power Of the polycs
, mist Mormon chu CHI. He though
the importance Of the breakin
'' up of the Mormon system would fully in,
lify the suspension Of female voting |
S Utah, without reference at all TO genera
|. questions Of female suffrage.
$ Mr.. Hoar said Mr.. Edmunds proposed /
0 deprive all the women Of Utah of the rich
o of suffrage Okcause he believed certai
o class there would not vote us he thou Ii
n they ought to vote.
d Mr.. Eamunds said the suffrage questio
$ was a political question, within the contrt
OF political power, and that what Mr., Hoa