The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-04-30
SUMMARY OF CONGRESS.
senate.

no naval appropriation VII WIS p"H'o'
with an amendment nppropriatlnT
10000 for the construction o; new stool
cruisers also nm amendment proposed by
Mr.. ayard requiring the secretaries OF war
and the navy and the gun foundry board to
report to the next session OF Congress plans
and cot mates for n gun factory to complete
guns IRON six inches to sixteen inches call
Der. he : cnat took II the bill 10 cstab-
lish uniform system o. bankr ptcy thro igh-
o this country. ectiOns constituting the dis
tir,t couirus Oi bankruptcy, AMI providing
for the appOintm mt OF commissioners Ill
bankrupt y to have oil the powers Of mas
TER in Chan"cry, and supervisors III rank.
riptcy Ia examine into the ADMINISTRATION OF
proceedings, were n r. oil to- The postoilice
appropriation bill was reported with nrly
$50 0,0D add u Asnm 'nlcd 10y the Scnat,
committee it provided for n total appropr.h-
ton Ok SO, 12t 400, which Is sb,&ij. 80 in eS-
cess Of the amount apFrJpratol last year,
and s ,4gg. 300 in excess o, tn, amount called
for by the bill when it left the llou@.
{ i'll was reported fayo ably 10 provide
for commits ion on the sub t Of the nj O.
holic Ii II or traffic o.. he House ,oint lcsoln-
tion providing that certain booze b. iur'
nshcd t. the Cine mat! law library was
amended n d Iasscd .... he Bankruptcy blll
was further considered and much progress
Nas ma ic
The Senate agreed to the resolution direct
ing the judiciary committee to inquire
whether n II Strohach. who's nomination Tor
marshal of the Middle and Soithcra districts
Of Alabama was rejected by the Senate, and
who is now performing the duties Of that
o.lice. is entitled to oNuIy the Office.
.... The Scna.o took up the
bankruptcy bill. Amendments were
o or d 10y Mess $, George, iloar, Ingalls,,
Wi son, ike, Harrison, harlqnd and all,
most Of which were II reel -. The bill "ai
A. .,,l..s t.1t tn
several amendments, however being indi "a
| ted to b. INA c when the bill is reported IRON
| committee Of the whole. The bill TO pro
vide portion of the great reservation % the
| Sioux natl ms Of Indians into separate rts'r-
| ya,iuns and ,ecurc the rel nlushInent OF the
Indians t tie to the remand r was passed:
Mr.. Wilson offered resolution declaring
| that it is competent for Congress, by law,
10 prevent freight pooling agreements among
railroads, and by his re quest il was tabled,
in order that he might ask unanimous con
sent ON calling it up to make aspeech Mr.
| Slatcrs hill TO forfeit tn uncarned land
| grants of the Northern Pa iii' railroad, and
tie bankruptcy hi were both considered
without II ton except the ado tinn OF II lew
amendment 81 the lat en- Mr.. Co ell III
tro luced a bill topruyide for the appoin mcnt
of n Missouri River ommisSiO !, 10 carry int
effect plans for the I'M. ,royement Of the river
TO its head waters
The postoiicc Appropriation bill was pass u
increasing the appropriations about ti'"",',
900. As amended the bill increases tht
amount Above for postmastcis salaries from
$iO.iOO,CM 81 Sll,Dl,,Ol, for salaries OF
clerks in pOStoiiiccs from Si,,'5,WO to ~,
WO,Wh, for payments to letter. carriers ahl
EXPENSES of tho FIRE, delivery system iron
&, 600 600 to si,W0,uN. The Senate strike
ont the clause providing that eriodical pub
locations, other than daily newspapers whei
delivered within tho city OF publication
hall b. charged the same postage n
II delivered elsewhere. For mlan'
mail transportati n the APP rorrlato'
i increaSd from 81, C0Wn to Sl!,0HON
The Appropriate N for tn railway 20 tom
c r service is mere, ell from sl,LUO CO..
S1,G25. 900: aud : s 400 is nppropr Mt d ia
necessary ard cidf iii : o. tru k lin
The latter ian ,und r TODD To b for fHs'o
mail .eryice in tn South The rp. roprati ,
for star 10 / Is is in II ed RON 81 W,o
$50 NOOO, bit TIN lust clause r. plroprl
tin tn "un xI ended blanc IS u last y ar
, appropriat OF l. til len o.t...hr IN
man. from the com lite OF the librlry, r
p y ed adycr oily The Newspaper ,op ri
bill. 1t was, however, plac oil OIL the 1911
/, dar.
S Mr.. Turner INTRODUCED bill recitinG 'h'
the bondholders and milliolaires have pa
=. no tax on incomes TO support lc Sovcrnmel
i for over twenty years; that taxes sh uld
= imIosll, and that there should bo no laNor'
"a class: anil providing hit nn i'll ONE tax
three per cent Oh over 5000, Il e per 90.
oil over $4,000. ani ten POI cent. on oN
r 100000 be coll ct d. IA b II was init
70 dured by Mr., Dorsh inner n,thorih
70 the PRESIDENT 10 appoint a
10 retire John e. Fremont witt
=. rank Of maiOr-gcncral ~ slhllar mi "
* introduced in the Senate by MIR sherman
Nr. King introduced bill To place ngri
~ tural implements, cotton ties, ilanncls hlnl
lg cts, knit goods aud mo othr articles
/. thu free list. "a resolution wa pass |
TcCting the committee on agrl'ult ire To
vest gate the rcnoricl Introduction o;
foot an -mouth disca q in'o Maine
The intcrc IN mi 70 ted in TIE tlrir
Il on the ann Of tn" d j a'e was not rtrcw
on Ito ,cm d day Of the discussion, Ii
Tendance in the galleries being sra l. \
e Ru II, Of Massp'hns It's, spoke in o.Ioslti
totIcii |, hi remarks, like III lsc of Mr. h
lej,n The pr vious day, helm, chiefly dnvot
d t. the pulrcr labor of Europ', Mr. Bloul
o. &, orgo sooke in support OF the bill; -.
I. Consideration Of the pension aprropriati
: bill was resumed After mn hour OF gencl
debate the bill was read by paragraI
d for amendments Mr.. Gof, OF W
Virginia offered a proviso that no proof sh
be re mrod either In pending cases or thu
i hcreafter.hled us to the physical coniiti
OF the soldier Mt the time re was mus ,ei
in into the service; and all claims hereto!'
rejected on account Of n lack OF such pr,
shall he rchcard Against this proviso
>. Randall and Mr., hammond, nl neort
raised POINTS Of order, and it was dccla
out Of order Mr.. Hancock offered an anne
ne mcnt Increasing from s. TO $40 per ono d
drcI vouchers, the allowance to pcn'
"a. n cents for vouchers prepaid and pad
- them in excess Of 1850 per annum. Agi
to.
100 Quite n scene occurred in the Homo
"a White, of Kentu ky, in sp aking to
! ncwed his charges against Governor n
las raw OF Utah Hs was called to or Ter,
10. the sp ak r said he thought that the rem
ill of tho gentleman were MT relevant to
~, hill. Mr. Whit, said that the difference
III tween the Spta kar and himself was
while he had been cndeavorins to de
is the r.glts Of the poIet Ie1pe
Mt his State, the Speaker had
endeavoring Ia get his bills thy
Congress for the biggest whisky mon0p
eet in the state of Kentucky. mr M,lie Inc,
ia. manded that these words be taken dow
unnarliamentary The Speaker SAID M
sired TINT the words should not be u
es- down. and that no notice should DO lake
NJ ,bem This was received with applause,
there the matter rested. Twehty-eienp
sion bills were passed at the evening" soss
r a In THE SoupAN. In illustration oil
quality with which General Gordon
yd. to deal, it is related that in 1871 Ism
The son Of Mehemet Ali, the conqnero
the Soudan, was ordered by his ia
q NJ TO collect the tribute due from the u
rod of Bedouins of Shendy on the Nile,
' way between Berber and Khartc
Jsmail summoned a chioftain know
ca the Tiger, and told him to iurni
III large amount Of forage and fodde
lieu of q money payment. Next m
has ipp Ismail and his troops found
SOD satisfaction piles of the stuff demal
|. placed around the camp, but Their
ton faction was short-lived. The stun
EN-. soon set on fire, and those not blu
its we've picked off by men lying In wal
hind the burning piles. Meheme
leri- ayeuQe his roasted son, RACED the
the ns Sbenlv Int the Tiger made trac