The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-05-04

companies than five dollars for
every freight or passenger ear, and
contents .tfanSpDrtest User raid bridge.
and Ia case If the transportation Of
coal, salt, grain Or lumber. not more
than two dollars and fifty cents ar
car shall be charged 10 other eonipan-
ies. la The opinion Of u majority Di
the committee The enactment of Ihi-
ar some similar measure is required
to give effect la The recent decision of
The Supreme Court that the Omsha
bridge should be considered and
operated as a part of the continuous
line of the Union Pacific road. The
committee agreed that amendments
may be offered TO this bill by several
members when it is reported to the
House for action.
The Small Change Scarcity.
Considerable uneasiness is manifes-
ted at the Treasury Department over
the unsatisfactory working of silver
resumption and consultations have
been held ms 10 the hest method of
averling "A dearth of small change. 1t
is maintained here that Secretary
Bristow has already the necessary
power if he chooses to exercise il to
prevent any further scarcity, and to
relieve the country by paying out in
exchange for legal tenders or to meet
daily disbursements. three million
dollars of silver Oin, which was on
hand on the l4lh of January, 1875,
when the specie resumption act be-
came a law.
Davenport Again.
John /. Davenport testified to-day
that he could not produce any partic-
ular set of vouchers that would cover
the particular sum Of 500. 600 received
from Whitley, but he could furnish
vouchers running from the time hS
FIRST received any money, in 1872. up
to the time he had expended it in
1874, covering every dollar he receiv-
ed. He then produced the vouchers.
The committee desired the witness TO
produce every other voucher in his
possession, 30 that he might be able
TO say to the Committee that he had
produced every voucher he was able
TO produce.
Miscellaneous Matters.
Walls, recently unsented from Flor
ida in the House, will he made post
N .f 1r...r NJ. 1t. - -.f
we'd TO be elected 10 Congress again,
he says.
Al the Cabinet meeting, yesterday,
it was decided that formal notice
should he given 10 Great Britain of
the abrogation of the tenth article of
the Ashburton treaty, which relates
to the extradition of criminals be-
tween the two countries. 1t is en-
iirely within the pnwer Of the cxecu-
tive department of our own govern
ment TO give the notice of abrogation
without the assent of the Senate. Fish
formally notified the British govern
ment this evening Of The action of the
Cabinet.
The chairman of the appropriation
committee to-day said that he was
prepared to bring the business of that
committee TO Il close on ten days no.
tice. The ways and means
committee however, has yet
to consider the new tariff
bill and the Revenue reform
bill, besides the fun1ing measure.
Thursday the committee VIII con-
slider the latter mrasureand Tuesdays
bills relating TO Internal Revenue.
Randall and Hale, the sub-commit-
tee charged with the preparation Of
the naval appropriation bill, compile.
ted it to-day for submission 10 the
full committees. 1t foois up a total al
about Sl2, zoe, 900 against about ST..
600, 900 for last year.
NEW YORK.
A Lazy Legis lature.