The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-02-13

nut hnfe OhHh HiN W"H'''7 wv INV P'"-
Tne seoond article N tie convention
read. NJ filiOwsi All cases Which have
been decided w The c0iannlsslOiierr, "
by Tie umpire heretofore, on which
shall be decided prior 10 tie exchange
0f tIie Publications " this convention,
shall from the date NJ sucli exchange,
he regarded M definitely dlsprOved ~,
and shall he considered and treated ~
finally settled, barred, aud tbenceforth
lnadnilsslblc, pursuant To Tho stipula-
lion contained In the fourth article OF
the convention of the fourth day OF
July, 1868. The total amount awarded
ia cases which have been already de.
cided and which may he decided before
tile exchange OF Publications OF this
con veniion, and In all cases which
shall be decided within the times
In this convention, respectively
named for that purpose, either by
the commissioners or by the
umpire, In favor of the citizens of one
party, shall be deducted from the total
amount awarded to the citizens of the
other party, and the balance to the
amount of $500, 900, shall be paid at the
\
ington, in gold or its equivalent, with
;miwejve months of the 3lst day of
January, 1876, to the government in
favor of whose citizens the greater
amount may have been awarded,
without interest or any other dedue-
! ton than that specified in article SIX
of that convention. The residue OF
said balance shall be paid In annual
coed s3OO. 900 i'm gold or its equivalent,
ceeu sooo,ooV ar III tho Whole sail
harn haan Maid
In the house. Mr.. Senior, of Virginia,
introduced n bill for breakwater AT
Smiths Point, on the Potomac river,
for lighthouse at the mouth or Great
Wiacomico river, and also to make
West Point, Virginia, a port or entry;
Mr.. Sheets, of Alabama, introduced
bill to apportion the eight represent
tative districts Of Alabama.
Mr.. Crossman, of Kentucky, intro
duced bill for an income tax OF two
and half per cent on incomes exceed
ing two thousand dollars.
MIR. Morri, of Louisiana, moved To
, suspend the rules so as to make IN or
der the river ana harbor appropriation
bill, providing for an appropriation to
close the existing crevasses or breaks
in the levees of the Mississippi river
and for making surveys for perma'
, nent plan for the reclamation OF the
aluvial basin of the Mississippi river
. Rejected-yeas o hundred and tW enty'
, two, nays seventy Observation-Disclosures
in the affirmative.
Mr.. Speer, of Pennsylvania, moved
: to suspend the rules and adopt resolu
ito, declaring that in the judgment
of the house, the election of presl
, dent for a third term, is against the
traditions of the republic, is in viola
r ltiou of the example of Washington
, now as sacred as law itself, and i
j.. would be hazardous alike for the liber
ties of the people and the free institu
, ltions of the country. 4h
The motion was lost, the previous
! question not being seconded, by vot'
Of fiftv-seven to one hundred and two
All who voted for it, with. the exccp
lion of Mr.. Smith Of North Carolina
were democrats, and all who voted
AGAINST II were republicans.
| MIR. Dawes, of Massachusetts,, moved
to suspend the rules to make in ordel
an onnronriation bill, an amendment
for tne modification, suspension or re
neal of section twenty-five of the re
vised statutes regulating the time fol
holding elections for Representatives
t in congress. He stated that in ordel
TO make the time uniform, as the law
$ reo,lired, several state constitution.
; would have to he changed between
now and 1875. The motion was agreed
to.-veos one hundred and sixty-one
f NAYS sixtv-four.
/ The president sent to the senate to
dov thp following message on Arkan
+ sss affairs.
, ,,o ,,n,,oa stotes.
+ To the senate OF 'iie oni'ou e'"'
Herewith nave the homol o, 70 s'"o y
in accordance WIN !he Iesotu az, ~ y
the senate, OF the 90 ihs."n', ~ az ho no
iormatioh IN my po9.t tis ~ affairs i,
tofore furnished, relating 10 ai 1' !.
the state OF ARKANSAS WI, 40 zoe
. to express inc OPINION ..iaS So a,1 ' Ts rJ
timony shows tnat III lo'I oosop,
, Brooks was lawfully eiectea gove sii,
OF that state; that ne nus unn'~ "f en-,
D been deprlVeo OF .ne puss st ;m Isgi III.
, Office since that tihe ,naC ~ io.1 Wy
, constitution OF tne s!ate Was uy o~
, lence ana lhtiihiua'ioii anu