Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-13
WASHINGTON.
Rouse Of REPRESENTATIVES.

WASHINGTON, May lin the House. Mr..
Hamilton, from the committee on foreign
affairs, reported a bill in the matter of the
Venezuela claims. II authorizes the President
to enter into further convention with vene-
zuela IN case that government should desire q
rehearing Of any of the cases decided by the
commission heretofore organized. Printed and
recommitted.
The following bills were passed: To restore
to the market certain lands to Utah; for the
relief of settlers on public lands; providing
that any person who shall plant and maintain
for eight years ten acres of timber land shall
be entitled to patent for such quarter section;
permitting Nebraska to cede certain territory
to Missouri; providing for the sale of timber
tory, Nevada and Colorado in quantities not ex-
ceeding 16O acres to any one citizen, at the
minimum price Of $3.50 per acre, and making
it unlawful to cut any timber on public lands.
Mr.. Wright, from the committee on public
lands reported bill providing for loan of
i've hundred dollars to every person who shall
settle on the public lands under homestead law,
the act to be in operation till ten million dol
lars has been expended. The bill was reported
without recommendation, and referred to the
committee of the whole.
Nr. Reagan called up the bill to regulate
prohibit unjust discrimination by common
carriers.
MI. Bragg made speech against the bill not as
being what it purports to be-a bill to restrict
railroad monopolies-but bill in the interest
of railroads and of the great railroad kings, as
shown by the fact that the Pennsylvania legis-
5lature-Tom SCOTS legislature had instruct
ed the representatives Of that State to support
1t. The bill was an absolute prohibition
against competition. 1t protected one great
trunk line from another Scott from Garrett,
and both from Vanderbilt, and not being
obliged to fight each other, they would join in
consuming all that the grasshoppers had left to
the farmers of the West.
Mr.. Phillips opposed the BILL on the ground
that its practical effect would be to make it
impossible for railroads to ship freight over
great continuous lines and that it would then
cripple the industries of the country.
Dir. Potter also opposed the bill and 1t was
then read by sections.
long debate followed, in which the prin-
cipal objection expressed against the bill was
that its meaning was buried away in such
mass of verbiage as to make it almost unintel-
liglble. The House finally proceeded to vote
on the amendments.
Mr. Cannon offered an amendment prohibits
ing pooling arrangements of railroad COM
panies. Agreed to.
Without disposing of the bill on which, how
ever, the previous question was seconded so as
to keep it before the House, an adjournment
took place.
Outstanding Currency Circulation.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE following is q
statement Of the amount of outstanding cir
culation of legal tender notes and fractional
currency at this date:
United States notes, new issue.... $19, 764, O97
United States notes, series 1867. l5,2O4, 1892
United States notes, series 1874.... 1856, 1872
United States notes, series 1875 80. 13,455, 255
United States notes, series 1878.... S0l, 100
Total United States notes. $50. 1856 68l, Ol6
Fractional currency ............ SIG, 8O4, 1881
Grand total S.969 dQE 0Q7