The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-12-11

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read by the clerk; after that resolutions
providing for printing the message, for
extra copies, fixing the daily hour of
meeting, etc, are then adopted. The
call Of States and Territories for bills
and resolutions is then the regular or
der and 10 usually proceeded with un-
less, as happens to he the case, there are
announcements to be made of the deaths
of members during the recess. In the
second session Of the last Congress the
deaths of Messrs. Duncan, Of Pennsyl-
vania, and Evins, Of South Carolina,
were announced, and the House adjour-
ned without call ofstates; aud it is
quite likely the same course will be
pursued today. Two members died
during the recess Messrs. Beach and
Arnst and their deaths will be an
nounced and three new members will
be sworn in, viz. Mr.. Cox, in place of
MIR. Pulitzer; Mr.. Bacon, in place Of Mr..
Beach, aud Mr.. Rusk, iu place Of Mir.
Cole"
This Senate will meet at noon, and
after prayer by the chaplain, the two
new Senators, Messrs. Wililums, of
California, and Cheney, Of New Hamp-
shire, will be sworn in. Next resolu-
ton to meet daily at II o'clock will be
adopted, and that will be followed by
the adoption,.of resolutions for the ap-
pointment of = committee to act with a
similar one from the House to inform
the President that Congress is ready
for business. A recess will then be tn.
ken to await the report Of the latter
committee. 1t 10 believed that the
President will have his message ready
for prompt transmission. The Senate
will receive and road the message and
then adj ,urn out prospect to the me-
mory Of the late Senator Ppke.
The Secretary ofthe Navy in his an
nual report to the President renews bis
recommendations for reorganization Of
of the Navy Department into three
branches; military, construction and
supplies. In regard to tie new cruisers
the Secretary says that the first attempt
of the department at the creation Of
modern vessels Of war has been such as
to excite the greatest concern and dis
The one characteristic
which the unarmored cruiser must
possess is great speed, as che is a con,
mcrce destroyer. He shows, however,
that the Dolphin and Atlanta, the only
vessels completed, are licking in this
qualification. The highest speed Of the
Dolphin, resulting from several trials,
was 1911 knots, running light, and
while that of the French Milan and the
English Alacrity and Surprise, new
dispatch vessels of the same class, was
1874, 1895, aud l7.8 knots per hour
respectively,
The maximum speed Of the Atlanta
will DO less than Is knots, while the
Esmerelda, Giovanni, Bausan and the
Mersey, all recently built i'll England,
and which are about the same size as
the Atlanta, steam respectively 1928
It's and l7.5 knots. The Secretary
blames no one, and is unable to state
where the blame belongs, but says the
facts indicate simple abandonment
on the part Of the department Of any
attempt to reach the conditions which
should have been attained, and the fai-
lure on the part Of the contractor to
reach the limited results expected by
the Department.
The papers and records in the file
room OF the House, and which are to be
removed to room prepared for the
purpose, constitute the originals Of i'm
portaut messages and documents. The
messages Of President Washington, in
the original manuscript, and Of Jeffer-
son, the Adamses, the reports, recon-
mendations, communications, etc., Of
the early cabinet ministers, and othtr
documents Of historical value are among
these files. 1t has been su ggested that
all the documents possessing historical
value or interest should be transferred
to tho Congressional library and SO ar
ranged. when the library building shall