The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-06-01
WASHINGTON.
rhf Repeal Bankrupt Bill Goes TO the
President for His Signature The
Repeal fakes Eject on the
First of Next January.
CeHkling and Ben Batter Hold a Long
cenfereaee-Text Of Bill Forbid
ding the Retirement of Legal
Tender Notes.
Ttss President. with the Cabinet and
Baticr. eco To- Getsysbure &" Ceie-
brate Decoration Day-toag cessation

Tie President, with the Cabinet and
Bntier, aa Z" Gesysbarg Z" Ceie-
brate Decoration bay -toug ression-
AZ Proceedings.
senator Conkling and Represeuta~
tive Butler had long conference in
the cloak room of the senate to-day.
General Paioaze, adjatant general, il
ds vigorously sick.
The president with the cabinet and
General Batter, who makes the GRAFTON,
leave to morrow evening for Gettyss
burg TO celebrate decoration day.
There will be no public business
done here Thursday. Both houses of
congress will adjourn.
Generals Sherman, McCook and Col
onei Tourtleiotte go to New York to
assist at the grand decoration parade /
t. be given there.
Tae finance committee of the senate |
agreed to report favorably on the I
house bill making certain mint officers |
assistant treasurers of the United !
States.
The committee on foreign relations |
Of the senate agreed to report fsvora. |
bly, L bill appFopriating tive-ana Ia half |
millions TO pay the fishery award To |
Great Britain, if after correspondence
bis excelleucy deems il his duty to pay
the amount awarded 10 her British
majesty, without further eommuniea
ton with congress.
The greenback representatives had
caucus last night and resolved to resist
adjournment until some action is
taken on the bill reported by the COM
mittee OF banking and currency It
the sundry civic appropriation bills,
forlidding the secretary OF the treasury
selling more bonds for resumption Pure
pases.
House. The army appropriation bill
was passed by the house. 1t fixes the
| strength OF the army ut 20,0oj meu, the
number OF eavalry Regiments st eight
aud infantry at eighteen. It provides
IF the vsrious stsff departments and
/ FOR the retiring and mastering out OF
/ .iIicer, who are sapernumergries or un
! Il, for service. IL reduces the pay and
enoiuments Of officers, provides for
! he management OF Indians by the
/ war department, and prohibits en-
I pleyment Of troops for civil purposes,
unless specially authorszad jy an aes
! OF congress.
/ The senate amendments 10 the bill
! for the repeal OF the bankrupt law were
eoncurred in
/ bir. Waddell, from the postoffice
! committee, reported favorably on the
bill for postal savings depository. Re
ferred TO the committee of the whole
/ Also favorsbiy on the bill providing
ocean mail steamships between the
/ United States ana Brazil which was
referred to the committee of the whole
/ Senate-rhe amendment by the
house to the district bill was non-cou,
cured in.
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the senate passed without amend
unent the house bill relative to the re-
tirement of legal tenders. The. follow
lug Is the text of the bill:
To forbid The further retiremeut OF United
stats lssei tender notes;
BE Il enacted, etc, That, from and
after TIE passage of this act, it shall
not he lawful for the secretary OF the
Treasury, or any other officers under
him, 10 cancel or retire any more of
the United states legal tender notes,
and when Aay of said notes may be
Redeemed or be received into the treas.
ury under any source whatever aud
shall belong To the United States, they
shall not Ire retired, cancelled or de-
strayed, bnt they shall be reissued and
paid cut again and kept in circulation,
;3roDided, that nothing herein shall
prohibit the canceliatiurs and desirGc-
r ton Of mutilsted notes, the issue of
n.heF notes of Ike denominations in
their stead "a nov provided by law.
All acts aud parts of aeta in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
Il now goes to the president fer his
signature.
House.--The motion to concur in the
senate adjournment resolution failed,
when an amendment fixing the day
for i5tii June prevailed, in which il is
thought the senate will uDioubtly con-
eur.
A bill appropriating so 600 for the
; expenses OF the select committee or
the presidential election frauds was
: repofted, but through opposing taeiies
: of The republicans it WAS sent to the
committee of the whole, where it takes
It's place at the foot of the calendar,
and can only be reached by laying
aside every other bill on the calendar
The bill amending the law re-
iaiing tn internal revenue. was con-
sidered some time, but no action
was taken thereon.
WAsHINaTos, d. c., May 80. General
holiday.
The ballot in the house yesterday,
whereby the house placed itself at the
mercy of the senate on the question OF
adjournment is widely denounced
The democrats OF the senate will gem
er..ily oppose concurrence in the house
amendment to adjourn on the 18th,
and Adjournment on that day seems
improbsble
The wires are loaded with details of
decoration day 10 various quarters.
Heavy rains dampened the srdor
somewhat, but the various program
mes were followed. General Butler,
President Hayes and his secretaries
spoke at Gettysburg.
Il The aond of George l.. Smith. col
! lector of eustoms at New orleans, Is
approved.
3 Il now appears that Secretary Sher-
man kept Judge Marks, Governor
Hahn aud Anderson waiting In the
suite chamber nearly an heir. In the
meantime sending for his short hand
writer and his lawyer and setting all
t bis traps. II was tame effair through.
5 out and had its origin Ia Anderson's
discontent about not having the re-
cogniti0n 70 which he thinks himselt
; entitled for some service he claims to
, have done for the party.