Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-16

b Tie uale he wortl ss@Tmons not Ais-
pssring n tise nils, anai Tie distinction
rcxixtizr IN lsw sisssween sinnns szsd
spiritnous liqxors.
Mr.. Tc.isg, % one whs had mover
tasted liauor 81 xuy kind 10 mas life,
Thought tks senate ought % set a good
oxxnzple in this matter, hut could not
favor Mr.. tDschrsliss amendment be-
cause Of tins severity 81 tie punishnsent.
lie did not TANK the Ssnxee msrissd al
that had been aaid Of Il, yet there was
much truth n It.
Mr.. ingalls, thought the vote or this
rude declaration that tine Senate was m
favor Of Temperance, and the inference
might be drawn that those voting to
srYike out tho rziie were m favoro Of me
hristy. He happened 10 rspreseni m
part state thai mad declared very
sfirmativsiy tor prohibition, bat had
ftlt called upon % vote AGAINST the rule.
He thought 1t ms duty 10 show the
country that those who voted Tor the
rude were entirely cognizxnt OF the
/ practices that had prevailed m violation
of II.
I Mr.. cockrsllss amendment wss dis
agreed te--yeas. 20; nays, 30.
On motionof Mr.. Edmunds the clause
providing for tine dismissal Of clerks
who should counive' II the use OF
LIQUORS was stricken out u ontisr 70
make tine rule harmonic with the
sense of the senate on siT. Dockrell's
amendment.
With that CLAUSE ont the thirteenth
rule was then adopted by a vtD0-coce
vote.
Dir. Edmunds introduced bill grant
Iny pension 20 Airs. Julia ID. tfrant.
and another nil granting her frxnkrng
privileges. Air. Ednlunds said that the
bills were precisely N the form adopted
II similar cases heretofore.
Executive session. Adjourned.
Bsass or Representznve..
Mr.. Morrison, OF Illinois, offered .
concurrent resolution providing tor a
holiday recess FROM Tuesday, Decen-
ben I'D, until Tuesday, January jth.
Laid over for one day under tn rules.
liT. Morrison then called up the IT,
port or the COMMITTEE or Rules which
wa presented yesterday. and the pre-
posed new code OF rules was read a.
length.
All Mr.. Morrison's suggestion, the
reading Of the report itself was dis
pensed with and a general debate was
opened by Nix. Morrison, with a short
explanation of the proposed revision.
There w2s nothing new mt said. II his
proposition.
After touching briefly upon one o.
two OF the minor changes proposed.
M. Morrison argued n support Of the
distribution 81 the iaDorS OF the AF
preparations Committee. II the TIE
vision was adopted that COMMITTEES
would be left with jurisdiction over
bills sggre-atinr II the amount over
half the expenditures Of the uovern-
msn;. ard il wa believed by the Com
mittee OF Rules that o. give dilIgsni
ant proper attention o appropriation
bills involving such II amount o.
money would require all the efforts. al
the industry, and al the intelligence
that could be found II any enc con-
mlttee o. the House.
Mr.. Randall said that he had moi IL
tended 70 speak OF the subject to-day,
but some views mad been expressed by
the gentleman from Iliinois Nh, Morn
son which he wa unwilling 70 p1ss
over without notice. lie realized fully
thai nj past relations 60 the COMMITTEES
OIL Approximations would seen 70 md
cate IL the minds Of some men tina at
wa welded o. particular control II
TINS respect; but he wa SURE that
those who knew Mn hes, would give
hin credit u TINS nlatterof &ctinE frons
propeT sense OF duty a II related q the
public good. The gentleman from Illinois
mad seer III O. alinde @ Ms views a
expressed II the minority report. II
that report there waS noss WORD which
reflected Oh . human beIng. H. mac
studiousiy, II and ont o. thIs nal, eB-
deavored 10 discuss znd argue the que--
tion iron q higher level thsn Al md
TIdual Level. lie had SAID with deliDe-
ration. thai the tendency o. division
OF the work OF the Committee CT Ap-
preparations wa 70 increase the public
expenditure OF the Government, and
ne believed that he was II possession o
fact which would substantiate VIVA
he h1d said He inst1need the riveT
znd harbor oil, and presented . table
20 SHOW that while tina oil nat been
II possession Of the Appropriation
Committee the average annual appnc-
prlatIcn Tor internal Improvements hGc
hsen s.,3e0.00O, ana thai since the
oil nad been confided to the Commerce
anu River 2nd Harbor COMMITTEES the
average annual appropriation hAd
Jumped -up % eI3, so .000. This state
msnt, he thought, would bear hin out
II the assertion that tn separs
iion OF the appropriation bill would
largely increase the expenditures. ME
Randall sent % the Clerks desk and
MAD read AZ extrxet from the znnua
message Of President Arthur % the
Forty -seventh Congress, recommending
that no appropriation be made for inter
ma improvement, and informing Con-
gress thal a sufficient amount remained
from the appropriations Of the pre-
vIous wear u carry Oh al necessary
works Of improvement. Yet, II the
face Of this message, and n the
face OF the further iact tnaC NJ
estimates nAd peer submitted, the
Forry-sevenh Congress mad demanded
estimates, ant hxd actually passed
Dill involving al expenditure Of nearly
5000, eco. With this statement Of
tact he was qlite content t. ieaye %
the House and country the question
whether there mad not Been tendency
70 increased expenditures under the
pizn Of distributing the appropriation
biiiS.
AiT. Ii&mmond, Of Georgi&, promised
ms remarks with a statement tnat ne
would rry 70 GET away from the aitercs-.
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