The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-02-12
Minority Report OF The EIee-
Hons Committee Against
the Admission Of
Flnohbach.
Discussion of the IBlll for The
aoNernment Of the Dis.
irici Of Columbia.

luflll lhAt II HAD heNn reported In "A ne,
sponflhle medical journal Of tho 'nlloo
Slaleh, that n Co0llc sup fum' Calrut.
W, had become Infected with epidcml,
cholera during her VOYAGE, aud il Ind
been announced IN u Newspaper Of III,
state OF Texas That n disease rcspln'
ping cholera was raging In Mexico, nj
no great distance from the frontier Ol
the United Slnles therefore, directing
the secretary OF the army, under Tho
direction OF the surgeon general, 10 in.
vesllgale, catenlIy, the matter 0f said
reports ana II they shall hc found IA
DO based on facts, ho shall,
through the surgeon general, give due
and timely notice Of the advance aud
spread Of the dl.casp, aud should Il
threaten TO reach the United states
during the present year, Il shall ho the
duty Of said officer to compile records
OF the epidemic aud report the same
to congress. The bill proposes an Np.
preparation Of Ave thousand dollars Ia
delray the expense Of the lnvpsliu.
ton. Referred to the committee on
appropriations,
The bill 70 provide a government for
the district Of Columbia wns discussed
the balance OF the day,
The amendment Of Mr. Morton, To
have commissioners elected hy lho
qualified voters OF the district, Instead
Of having them appointed 0y lho pros.
identi was rejected .yggS twenty eight,
nays twenty.eight
Mr.. Sargent Offered nm amendment
to provide for the election Of dele
gate 10 congress, which was being dis
cussed when the senate adjourned
The house pissed the postoilce APP
preparation Dill, after rejecting IN
amendment for the practical restore.
tion of the fraGking privilege.
The new tariff was discussed during
the rest Of the dny's session, Mr..
Dawes, of Massachusetts, the chair
man Of the committee on ways aud
means, making u speech for II, and
Mr., Wood oi New York, n member
of that committee, making one
against It. No action was taken.
Mr. Smith, Of Virginia, introduced II
n bill renewing the political disnblli-
ties of DR.. Charles II, Smith, of Rich.
mond, Virginia, Passed.
The senate oaucused this morning
on the order Of business. There was
to he joint session of the caucus to.
night, but failed, probably on account
of bad weather. The south generally
was 10 have been considered
The house committee on patents re-
ported adversely upon the proposition
TO extend the patent of the Wheeler n
Wilson sewing machine. There was u
very small ma ority in the committee
in favor Of the report. 1t set forth that
Allen Wilson, proprietor OF the partic-
ular patent under consideration, has
realized 100000 from the pat
ent; that it has run u long series OF
years; that he parted with his opportu-
nifty to make greater sum to u COM
bination which has cleared ut least
s., 100000, and there was no fault on
the part of the public that he had not
realized much larger sum. The case
has been pending before the commit
tee for over a year The adverse re-
port was adopted BY the house without
q division.
Judge Kelly believes that the dis
tress which the country is suffering Is
owing to the failure of congress
to adopt his peculiar views upon the
finances. He has no hope whatever,
that business will speedily revive. On
the contrary, he is of the opinion that
we shall 60 from bad to worse under
the operation of the law which was
passed in the beginning of the present
Session, looking to the resumption of
specie payments. He has prepared Il
bill, which he will introduce at the
first opportunity, in which ii ispro-
posed to repeal the sixth section OF the
act Of June, 1874, limiting the green
back circulation to S3S2 ,000,0 900, and
the first and third sections of the act
approved January II, 1875, or practi-
cally the whole act. In lieu of this he
to substitute his old 3.75 in
bond scheme. Mr.. KEEL
ley has no idea that his bill will be
passed by the present congress. He
! LILIES h NOV eo,,ntrv " dnriny tha next
twelve months that it will become a
law in 1876. He will deliver speech
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