The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-04-10
A Bill Proposing tho Issue Of
Four Hundred Million Dol
lars In Groonbaoks.
The Tarln MI lnder discussion In
la Present shape II viii Pro.
ducc u Revenue Of one Hun
dred aud Forty Millions.
The Final Vote on the Pacific Railroads
Funding Bill Stood Forty Ayes TO
Nineteen Mays Similar Bill 10
ho Reported In the House
rhe New Orleans mint ~ he operated
mn Tor the Improvement ~ ued
HiyeT

| Tue New orleans Mint ~ he Operated
mn Tor iho InpTo, cnen, ~ ued
HiyeT,
WAmnNGroN, April D. MIR, Eusile,
OF Louisiana, presented resolutions Of
the legislature of Louisiana In favor of
the Improvement % the navigation Of
Red river. Referred Ia the committee
on commerce..
The finance committee OF the senate
discussed bui adjourned to Friday, the
resumption repeal The mint hill ap-
propraleu 100000 for New Orleans
In the house, Mr.. Wright, Of Penn
sylvaniu, offered n hill proposing tn
issue four hundred million dollars OF
United Suatea notes, 10 he known M
United StntCe money, Referred,
The house went Into committee OF
the whole on the tarilf bill.
Mr. Wood, chairman OF the con NIT.
tee on ways aud means, made the
opening speech In support OF tho bill,
which he claime viii, while relieving
and encouraging commerce and manu-.
features, and a6oliehlnG many hard.
ships and HbsurditieB resulting from
the existing tariii, produce revenue
OF one hundred aud forty'one millions
IA against one hundred aud thlrtysOne
millions last year.
Among unimportant nominations
was Mrs Susan II. Bnrbridge, postmis.
trees at llopkinsville, Kentucky,
A New York dispatch says Secretary
sherman visited the subNtreasury aud
had u long interview with Assistant
Treasurer Hillhouse. At one O'clock II
conference was begun between the
secretary and number Of prominent
bankers, whom he had invited to meet
him. The meeting was strictly pr.
waite. The object, II IL understood, IL
to interchange views regarding the
financial condition OF the country, and
the praoticability OF rcsumiDg specie
payment on January iirst,
The committee on elections agreed |
to a,report Diminishing 0'ConDor versus
Cain from South Carolina.
Evarts, Sherman, Key and Dovens
were absent from the cabinet to. day.
No important business.
The senate committee on appropria,
lions reported the deficiency bill ~
passed by the house, increasing the
aggregate nearly half amlllion dollars,
of which the army gets $500, 900.
The railroad funding bill was re-
sumed in the senate, which is still In
session.
All amendments were voted down.
The final vote stood; Ayes Anthony,
Bailey, Bayard, Beck,
Booth, Burnside, Butler, Christiancy,
CockrelI, Coke, Davis (lll), Davis
CIV. Va), Edmunds, Eustis, Garland,
Grover, Harris, Hereford, Johnston,
Jones (Fls.), Herman, Lamar, McCree.
ry, Mcdonald, Mcpherson, Maxey,
Morgan, Oglesby, patter>
son, Plumb. Ransom, Rollins, Sauls-
bury, Thurman, Voorhees,, Wadleigh,
and Window 40.
Nays-AIlison, Barnum, Blaine,
Bruce, Conover, Dennis, Dorsey, Ea-
ton, Ferry, Gordon, Hin, Kellogg,
Matthews, Mitchell, Paddock, Ran.
dolph, Sargent, Saunders and Spencer.
10.
A report of the special commission
on railway service was submitted to
both houses to-day, signed by Daniel
NJ. Fox and George w. Bassett, the
postal commission. 1t recommends
space end speed instead of weight
Is basis of compensation.
The committee on Pacific railroads
Of the house directed Representative
Chalmers to report, with favorable re.
u funding bill similar
to that now pending In the senate,
known rs the Judiciary committee
bill.