The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-07-02
SUMMARY OF CONGRESS.
ScIlNlc.

Mr. Plumb, from the committee on nppro
priatons, reported the army appropriation hlg
TO the Senate. AS agreed upon by the com
mittce the bill apprOpriatcs 2i,5M,AD, 5cin,
an increase over the House bill of s&6,Om,
and a decrease from the estimates OF &,'5l,'
Gi3. The Senate debated without action
the resolution providing for an examination oi /
New York banks. Senate amendments TO !
the rostoncc appropriation hill were inssl@i |
upon The Utah hill was further debated
An angry controversy took place between
Senator Brown. of GcOrga, nnd senator
Ingalls,, of Kansas, during which both were
called to order 10y the chair. The trouble
grew out of Senator ingalls, charging Senator
Brown with having intcrpolatcd sentence
In the printed records in some remarks nlnda
by the latter dcrogatOry to the former Mr..
Brown replied 10 Mr.. ingalls, remarks OF tho
previous day concerning hir. Brownsrcysion
Of his speech ns it appeared in thc Rec0rd.
He said Mr.. lngallss language was n drlihrr~
atcly planned insult There was sharp lc-
ply from Mr.. Ingalls, who insisted that tho
Record was intended tu bc AN exact vcrballm
report and should not hc changed
Consideration of the Utah bill was resumed.
| Various amendments were proposed and de-
hated, some Of which were adopted and S'lne
Mc,saS Bayarl Vest, Ingalls,, lloar,
| Beck. Call, Slater Dolph, Brown,
Maxcy, lapnam and Mcpherson. Among
the amCndmcutS offered was one by Mr..
lloarto strike out thccla abollsllng woman
suffrage in Utah, which was rcjrctciby aNule
of II yeas to 81 nays All amendments beng
disposed of, the hill wns read third timrnnd
passed by u vote of - yea. Ia ID nays
The S mate passed bills To prevent The I'M.
portntion of tea dust into the United iat"s aud
10 canaizc the rank ol mit"l States naval
academy graduates. %, Ih" Mexican pnNlon
bill was considered further without action,
House.
Mr.. Dcuster OF the foreign affairs commit
tee, introduced II hill Ia prevent AMI punish
the prosecution, under tile protection "I the
United States uf fraudulent claims against
foreign governments TIL, hill provides
penalty of fine AMI imprisonment slnilllr u
= that prescribed for making or presenting
v fraplulcnt claims against the lnltci N'a'c
!, zee. Mr. Lowry, from the committee On eye
u tions. submitted II report on the c"n'c'','
II election case Of Campbell against Murry' Il,
clnring the contestant entitled to tie "a'
II Laid over for future action,
The House agreed 10 the conference r'pnr
II on the Fitzjuhn Porter Till, striking nat OF tli
Ii bill the words together with all the rlghl'
II titles. and privileges and inserting lll
% words provided that the Ald fl'Il"l
Ie Porter sliull receive no pay. c"lnW'hS,
=, tion, or n lowance Whatsoever prior
lc his appointment under this act u
re stead of the following words III thc bli
IL "But this act shall not u" construed us III
OF thorzing pay, conp"nsl,lon,, or alio"n,n, VI,
liz prior Ia his appointment under IT, '..., II
to deficiency AUTHORIZATION bill was passed, Il
1t amendment hy Mr. Randall aincd again
" political assessments being ruled out VI
A. = Hewitt presented 10 nrl from VI
Ia committee ON ways and mcansin laNu" "' "
ON bill to carry into effect the new irca,S vi
20 Mexico
,r Mn MILLER, Of rcnnSylvanio, olIcrgd'
W. a question Ot privilege II resolution dr''nli'
I'M James r. Chalmers entitled to The seal iIu
~" the Second district Of Mississippi. y
Thompson, of Kentucky, raised the Iu'sli
me Of consideration and the House refused toe,
liz, slider il now. Yeas, GS; nays, lGI. The On
contested election case ot Campbell asah
me Morcv being called nv. the question ol e.
IN si,cration was raised ny MI Thompson,
Kentucky, and the lious' a'Nr refused toe
hat | slider it.
% t"r Mr.. Hopkins from the committc' on lHl'
ran called mp the hill 10 prohibit the mp l'o'
ore and migration Of foreigners nnd aliens nn
ur contract TO perform labor. 1t ma'@ II
10 lawful to enter into an agreement or com +
lho with any foreigner OF alien to perform In
al ar or service Of any kind in the United States
"o' 10 prepay the transportation or III any v
assist or encourage the importa' ion or I'M
the ton Of any alien or foreigner under conn
leo or agreement, parole or special, or cSpres
implied. 1t declares all such contracts
re- and of no effect 1t makes it crime
ent ishable with fine and imprisonment for
mt master of n ship to land such aliens or or
tato eigncrs, so under contract, IN any ui
the States port. The act is not to apply to
tracts for skilled workmcn in any new III
ash. try not Mt present established here, prov
ap- that skilled labor for that purpose cannc
stor otherwise obtained; nor professional &C
v ac- lecturers or singers. Mr. Jones, OF WIS
past sin offered nm amendment, which
n Of adopted, providing that nothing III this
shall he construed as prohibiting any
et,or vidual from assisting any member o
An. family or any relative TO migrate from
, rr. foreign country tc the United States, Th
and was then passed without division
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