The Portland daily press., 1877-10-30
Rx Mr.. Rurchard Of lllipois 10 amend Me-

By Mr.. Upton of Illinois for national saw
ings depository as branch of the Post Office
Department.
By Mr.. Clark of Missouri appropriatipg a
million dollars to DEEPEN the Missouri river.
By Mr.. Darrall of Louisiana appIopriating
So 000 600 for the levees of the Mississippi river
also to relieve the Louisiana and Texas Rail-
| road from certain conditions recurring II to be
| free highway for the use Of The United States.
By Mr. Ittner of Missouri, for the reorrani.
| zation of the army.
By Mr. Cause of Arkansas, granting addi-
| tional school lands to Arkansas: also a consti-
tutional amendment relating to Presidential
| elections.
| By Mr.. Conger of Michigan, to promote inn
| migration to the United States; also TO revise.
| amend and consolidate the laws relating to the
protection of life on steam vessels
By Mr.. Ellsworth of Michigan, to provide
| Tor the payment OF mileage to Senators and
| members of Congress for attending the extra
session.
By Mr.. Mills Of Texas. to reimburse the state
| of Texas for the defence of the frontier also
| to repeal the act exempting deposits in savings
| banks from taxation.
| By Mr.. Culberson of Texas, to pay Southern
mail contractors.
By Mr.. Reagan of Texas, to regulate inter-
| state commerce and prohibit unjust discrimina-
ton by common carriers.
By Mr.. Price of Iowa, to restore certain ands
| in Iowa to the settlement under the homestead
law; also to reduce the national debt aud secure
| circulating notes of national banks.
BY Mr. Hazelton of Wisconsin, to simplify
proceedings in civil suits.
By Mr.. Luttrell of California, to complete the
| Mare Island Navy Yard; also authorizing pay
ment of duties on imports in legal tender or ma
tional bank notes.
By NJ. Page of California, prohibiting immi-
| grafton of Chinese.
By Mr.. Phillips of Kansas, to amend the
Pacific railroad acts; also for the disposition of
public lands; also to reimburse the State of
Kansas for expenses incurred in repress sing the
| rebellion and Indian hostjlites.
BY Mr.. Cannon of Utah, for the admission
| of Utah as state.
By Mr.. Jacobs of Washington Territory, to
| transfer to the Seattle & Walla Walla Railroad
| Co. lands granted for branch of the Northern
| Pacific road.
By Mr.. Kidder of Dakota, granting lands
| and territories for university purposes; also
for the admission of Dakota as a state; also
establishing land district in the Black Hills;
1 also to organize the territory of Pembina.
Additional bills for the coinage of & he silver
| dollar and making it a legal tender were intro
| duced by Messrs. Banning. Ewing and Jones of
| Ohio. Bright of Tennessee, Hunter and Baker
| of Indiana, Sparks, Morrison, Fort and Knapp
of Illinois, Bland Of Missouri, Culberson of
| Texas, Cummings and Oliver of Iowa, Phillips
of Kansas, Wilson of West Virginia, and
others.
Additional bills for the repeal of the resump-
| ton act in whole or in part were introduced by
Messrs. Southland of Ohio, Durham of Ken
lucky, Bright and House of Tennessee, Cobb
| and Baker of Indiana, Morrison, Knapp and
Cannon of Illinois, franklin of Missouri, Hub
bell of Michigan, Culberson of Texas, ard
| others.
Additional bills for the relief of tobacco
growers were introduced by Messrs. Mckenzie
and Durham of Kentucky, Whitthorne,
House and DIbrell of Tennessee, Clark and
| Hatcher of Missouri, and others.
Bills granting pensions to soldiers who served
in the Mexican and Indian wars were intro
| duced by Messrs. Turner of Kentucky, Whit
| horne and Riddle of Tennessee, Sparks of
| Illinois, and others.
Several bills were also introduced for the
| repeal of the bankruptcy act.
The total number of bills introduced to-day
| was $50.
The cal was closed at O'Clock, whereupon
the Speaker announced the committees, as
| follows, the first name in each com mittee being
that of the chairman:
der of Ca. Turney Of Pas Cobb Of Ind, Williams of
Alabama Ellis Of La, Wait of Conn: Thornburgh
On Ways and Means Wood Of ny :, Tucker of Va,
Sayler OF Ohio, Robbins of N. c., Harris of Ga, Glib
son Of La Phelps of Conn, Kelly of Pa, Garfield of
| On ADpropriations-Atk of Tenn Blount of
Ga, Singleton Of Miss, ClymeI of Pa, Hewitt Of N.
| ter of o., Baker of Ind, and Smith of Pa.
On Banking and Cawrency-Buckner of No.
Ewing OF o. HardenbeIgh Of N: j., Yates of
1 N. t.,
| Eames of R, L. Chittenden of N. Y, Fort of Ill .
| and Phillips of Kan.
morton of Tex, Morrison Of ILL.,, House of Tenn,
Luttrell of Cal, Landers of Conn., Chalmers of Miss
Elan of La, o,Neill of Pa, Blair of N. H., Caswei
On Ctaims-Bright Of Tenn, Warner of Conn ;,
Davis of N. c., Reilly of Pa, Dickey Of o. Henry Of
Md, Lockwood Of n; Y. Henderson Of i'll, ELS.
| worth Of Mich, Lindsey of Me-, and Cummings Of
On conmeree-Reagan of Tex, FELTON, of Ga,
of n. j., Kenna of W. Va, Hunter of Ind. Dun
nell Of Mimi, Hubbell Of Mich, ana Overton of
| Penn.
On Public Lands-Morrison of ILL.,, Fuller of Ind
\ Cause of Ark, Clark of Mo-, Wright of Pa, Hew-
lit OF Ala, Smith of Ga. Ketchum of N. Y. Pache-
co Of CAL, Sapp of Ia, WEIGH of Neb., and Kidder
Or Post Offices and Post Roads-waddell of N.
e. slemons OF Ark Caldwell Of Tenn, Giddings Of
Tex, Garth of Ala Quinn of N. Y, Money of Miss.
Cannon of ILL.,, Freeman OF Pa, Williams of N. Y,
| and Townsend of o.
Blackburn of KY, Hunton of Va, Henkle of Nd !,
Clymer of Pa, Mayham of N. Y, Bouck of Wis,
Hende s. Of y r. Cahin of Mass, Brentauo of Ill.,
On Judiciary-Knott of KY, Lynde of Wis Har-
rs Of Va, HaGtrdge of Ga. stenger of Penn, Mac
Ter of Mass, Conger of Mich. and Lapham of N Y
On War Claims-Eden of H.. Cabeil of Va, Lut-
der Of T. Kelley Of Penn Oliver Of Il Ia MI fIomp
son of Penn, Kefer Of O., and Robinson Of Ind:
Il
Of Fla, Benedict of N: Y. Manning Of Miss, Baker
Of N. Y: Keghtley OF Mich, Burdick of la, and
| On Private Land Claims-Gunter of Ark, Cald-
well OF Tenn, Giddings of Tex, Bouck of Wis.
Townsend Of Ill. Turner of KY, Williams of DEL,
nsP9 can Of # s. 81 starn of NJ MCGOWAN of Mich
On Manaactures-wright of Pa, Dibrell of Tenn,
Warner of Conn, Wilson of W. Va, Lyon of Ala
Davidson Of Fla, Harrison of Iii, Peddie Of n j.,
Itt the Of No; Upton Of M and Bacon Of N.
/ PrI0pmOra of oF n
Finley of Ohio, Steele of N. Co. Deerng of Ia. Hayes
OF III, Watson Of Pa. and Calkins Of Ind.
Hooker of MISS, Morgan of Mo-, Throckmorton Of
Tex, Gunter of Ark, Beebe of N. Y, Sage of CAL,
Pa, viii Jams Of Del, DibreiI Of Tenn, Clark Of
MINI, White of Pa, McCooS Of N. Y, and Marsh
On Militia-Ross of N. j., Douglass of Va, Scales
of Tex, Turner of KY, Calkns of Ind Bundy Of
N. Y, Evans Of Pa and Smalls of S: G.
Of Tex, Goode Of Va, Willis Of N. Y, Jones Of
N. a., Morse of Mass, Kimmill of Nd, Harris of
Mass, Danford Of O., Harmer OF Pa, and Hanna
of Ind.
On Foreign A6airs-Swann of Nd, Cox of N. Y,
Harrison of Ind. Forney of Ala, Scheicher of Tex
Bridges of Pa. Wilson of W. Va, Monroe Of O..
Williams Of Wis, Grape of Mass, and Killinger of
On Tsrritories-Frankln of Mo-, Riddle of Tenn,
drow of Miss, Morse of Mass, Bagley of N. V
Reed of Maine Aldrich Of ILL.,, Neal OF TO-, and
Maginnis of Montana.
On Revolutionary Pensions and of the War of
1812-Mackey Of Pa, Bland of Mo-, Steele of N. c.,
Benedict Of n. Y, Ellis of La. Kmball of Nd,
Martin of W. Va, Patterson of N. Y, Gardner of
o., Norcross of Mass, and Evans of Pa.
On InUatid PensiOns-Rice of O., Hewitt of Ala,
Riddle of Tenn. Walch of Md, Mackey of Penn.
Crittenden of No. Covert of N. Y, Sinnickson Of
n j., Rainey OF S. c., Joyce of VT, and Powers of
Me.
On Railways and Candts-Schleicher Of Tex,
Cabell OF Va, Crittenden OF Mo-, Shelley of Ala,
Mackenzie OF KY, Muller of n. Y, Clark Of N. j.,
Evans of Ind, Mitchell of Penn, Camp of N. Y,
and Hazeton of Wis.
On Mines and Mining-Beebe of N. Y, Davis of
N. c., Felton, OF Ga. Collins OF Pa, Boone of Ky
Jones Of Ala. Rsa of Mo-, Wren of Neb, Randolph
Of Tenn Shelabarger of Pa, Stone of Mich, and
Stevens of Arizona
On Education and La6or--Goode of Va, Fuller
of Ind, Southland Of o.. Willis OF KY, Manning of
Miss, Bright of Tenn Bell of Ca, LoIing of Mass,
Campbell Of Pa, Hungerford of N. " and Haskell
of Kan.
- On Revision Of Laws-Walsh Of Nd. Walker of
Va, Bland OF No. Bickne of Ind, Herbert of Ala.
Willis of KY ,Cravens of Ark, Field of Msss Clark
of Iowa, Leonard of La, Mckinley of O.
On Coinage of Weights and Measures-Stephens
OF Ga, Maish of Pa, Vance of N. Clark of Mo-.
KnapD of ILL.,, Muldrow of Miss. Clark of XIV OAR