, 1873-12-24

hlr. Giadings wants Tod FiHll Dar, wllcrovor
that nay bo,-said to DO somewhere around Gal
yoston, n,-mproyod to tito aum Of 5000. Who
would not DO a Bar antt hnvo Gitldfngs fo1
friontll
Mr. Jasper Ward wants all mining claimants to
flo nm application with tho Land Noglstor, aud,
three months thoroaftor, pny ton dollars M aero
and got the property. How ca1l CongreBa fntol-
ligontly act on thoao dinant aud technical propo-
sitions? :.
Mr.. purman wanta tho modest sum of $500, 900
appropriated to ropatr tho dry dock at ponHaco-
Ia. md construct six marlno railways. ,Of conrze
parnan ia from Florida. Ho III uaoful to r,oint
tho moral TINT thus far in tho bill-tllo nobody
Inns broaohod proposition to Haye tho Treasury
anything.
) And horo Is Packard, Of Indiana, Colfax'a
SUCCESSOR, who has somehow got to bc chief Of
tho Committoo OH sccrotqry Fish's oxpondi-
turos. Packard wants telegraph cable stretched
from tho American to tho Asiatto coaats, ono or
moro ateam-yoaaels and many Boundings. II
there aro to bo any soundings In braas, Or Hnk.
lngs in cymbals, appyopr1ato Packardt
h1r. Duoknor proposes that, whereas Eugouo
Loitsusdorfer, in 1916, did, single-hanlcl aud
alone, mako tle formidable Pueblo Indians keep
tho peace, go into their 1uolo.hills and pull up
tho ladders, thoroby preventing runous war,
feartul sacrifice, md much combustion be 1t re-
solved, accordingly. said Duoknor, that we ap-
propriate tho sum Of $1oo, 900 to Eugeno Lotions
dorfor. How much, then, ahall wo glvo the
puoblos for kooping tho peaco7
And wo hnvo Coningo, OF Missouri, with
Railroad bill worry simple and mysterious in
phrnsoology. forbiddlng any law of State or
Territory to impede or delay the great Kansas
City i Momphis Company, hocausc says Co.
mingo, in oifoct, It iB paramount, vital, and
lovely. Ho proposoe, bofore tho road is built,
to have 1t declared military and post road, 80
that no state, VIC presume, can correct it.
A1r. orth, now tic atalwart hoad Of tho Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs, wants Nicholas
Whitohall's patont for cultivator extended
fourteen years moro,-in all, thirty-four yoars.
No interest is 60 inordnntely protected as in.
vontlons. It might be we'll for tho c1ause pro.
vdng for the extension Of patents to DO wholly
repealed.
John 3. Clarke wants 100000 appropriated
to tue improvement Of the Missouri River. Ho
is rich enough to pay 1t himself.
1lr. Stanard wants private soldier paid e8
month for nine years, tho soldier having neglect
cd to npply for pension until 1861, when he
discovered that ho had been wrongod by that
amount.
Afr. Kendall, breezy new member, starts In
wholosomcly With bill to pay s22,0G4 to somo
constituent whose ground was made into mill
tary reservation two yoars ago. Can any ground
in Nevada bo worth TINT amount? Did tho os-
tabllshmont of tho reservation save tho scalp or
provide market for tho o1aimant'
Mr. Elkins, Of Now Mexico, wants o new land
district created in Now Mexico, which will in
volve new set Of officers. Who would be Unclo
sam7 He Is like the elder ohuzzewit with all
bis selfish brood begging around him.
Armstrong, Of Dakota, the Territory which per-
mits it's Secretary to be murdered, and then lets
the murderer out on bail, vants to regulate JUS
tics out there, 80 that the Judges can accommo-
date themselves to the situation, md not go into
districts wherc thoy may be shot unnecessarily.
Mr. Dunnell wants man named Savage to he
voted quarter-Hection Of land, under the act to
encourage tho growth Of timber on Western
prairies. Is Savage to bo planted and grow
wild7 Is he d vegetable or military kernel?
Mr. Hailoy, q spright1y Delegate, noxt appears,
with request for $4,000 to lay out wagon
road In Idaho. Tho smaller the population tho
moro roads.
McFadden, Of Washington, wants $40,000 to
improve q corner lot at Port Townsend with
Custom-uopae.
Delegate Mccormick wants the right and titlo
Of tho United States In tho City Of Tucson to be
granted to tho corporation, and by them to be
given to the citizens ~ they like. The whole
population of Arizona ia less than 10000. The
size Of Tucson is not known.
AIr. Page, OF California, brings In a suspicious
bill allowing individuals to tako up timber-lands
In California and Oregon to the amount OF GAO
acres por individual ut $500 heud.
alr. McFadden, Delegate, wants $4,000 to
survey the interesting rivors spelled as follows
skaget, snohomish, md Chehalas.
1Ir. Hereford wants So, 900 for Lodge of Odd
Fellows at Charlostown, ". w., who lost their
regalia.
h1cFadden, aforesaid, wants $4,000 moro for
another wagon-road in Washington.
Elkns, OF New Mexico, whom 40 have seen
wanting another land district, now wants tho
Fort Sumner Reservation vacated for tue benefit
Of certain eix-months' squatters.
Ben Butler wants Massachusetts reimbursed
for the sca-coast dofensos thrown up ln.the Es-
sex District during the Civil War.
Mr. Joe 0haRoe files hill tor 100000 to pay
tho Legislature Of Colorado compensation aud
mileage.
Armstrong, Of Dakota, aforesaid. wants
$4,000 to repair bridge over the Big Bioux
River.