The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-05-07

sand dollars aud over will be allowed
House-Blll introduced by Mr., Fort
10 indemnify Illinois aud other states
Ia regard 10 swamp lands.
by Mr. Phlllips, to enable the sol-
oilers OF the late war 10 preempt land
TO tho extent OF one hundred aud sixty
acres.
by Mr., Morrison, to amend tho
law In regard 10 the tax on native
wines.
Mr., Shelly, ut the request Of Messrs,
Mobbins n Tucker, moved to suspend
the rules and pass the bill reducing tax
on snulf ana on chewing and smoking
tobacco 10 sixteen cents per pound; on
cigars five dollars per thousand, aud ON
cigarettes, weighing not more than
three half pounds 10 the thousand.
The motion was not agreed 10, yeas
one hundred aud twenty, nays one
hundred and fifteen, not twosthirds
voting In the Affirmative.
The house then proceeded to consid'
or the bill establishing II permanent
form OF government for the District Of
Columbia. The bin In its amended
form removes property qualification In
regard 10 commissioners and members
Of council, aud aboishes the poll tax.
II also provides for the payment OF In
terost OF three.slxty-hfth bonds, but
declares that nothing In tho act shall
be construed ~ an ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF
any liability on the part OF the United
States to pay principal otherwise than
IA provided IN the net for issuance OF
those bonds.
Mr. Cox, OF 0hio, offered an amend.
ment requiring that the commissioners
shall he appointed 10y the president, by
and with the advice of the senate.
Mr.. Townsend, Of Illinois, offered an
amendment requiring the election OF
commissioners by joint ballot Of the
senate and house.
A long discussion ensued ON these
amendments and on the bill generally,
which provides for three commissions
era, one an engineer officer above the
rank Of captain, 70 be appointed 10y
the president one to be elected by the
senate, and the third to be elected by
the house.
Mr.. Townsend's amendments was
rejected. Amendment offered by Mr..
Cox, of Ohio, was also rejected, Yeas
eightysfour, nays hundred and thirty
five.
Mr. Foot moved TO strike out the
words authorizing the pres dent to de-
tail officers of engineer corps Of tho
army as one Of the commissioners,
and to insert the words " directing that
one of the commissioners shall be
competent engineer" Rejected, fifty
four to ninety-seveD.
Mr. Dunnell moved to amend the
clause requiring the two elected com
missioners to have been actual resi-
dents OF the district ten years, by maxi
ing it five years. Agreed to.
The commissioner amendment
striking out the property qualification
clause for members of the council was
agreed to; also, striking out clause re-
curing voters to have paid poll-tax.
The committee also reported an
amendment limiting the vote OF tax
alton to one dollar and seventy-hve
cents per one hundred dol lars OF real
and personal property.
Mr. Buckner, proposed to make the
limit two dollars.
Mr.. Cox, of New York, and Mr.. Cox
of Ohio, suggested that two dollars
rate would produce Two million dollars
year, and that therefore congress
would be called upon to appropriate
like sum, therefore would be to en-
courage increased expenditures.
In tho course of the discussion on
this point, the question of the liability
of the government for the threessixty-
FIVE bonds came up, Mr.. Blackburn
insisting that under the existing law
the government was liable for interest,
but was not liable for the principal,
and Mr.. Cox, of Ohio, and Mr.. Cox. Of
New York, denying the liability of the
government for either principal or in
teres. without disposing of the ques-
ton the house adjourned.
The house committee on education
and labor, to-day agreed upon bill
making it a misdemeanor for master
OF vessel to take more than fifteen
Chinese passenger, male oil female to
the United States, after January l.,
1879.
The committee also agreed on a bill
authorizing the distribution to public
libraries OF one copy of every docu,
ment published for public distribution
by congress.
The president nominated Stephen b.
Parker, of Louisiana, consul ut Liver
pool; Lucius Fairchild, of Wisconsin,
consul general at Paris; Horace f..
Sames, of Indiana, consul at Turks Is
land John Vargin, postmaster, at
Fairburry, Illinois.
A Collin Criminal Caught.
A few days since, Sheriff Moon re.
ceived capias from Collin county for
the arrest of man named NJ. q. Tot.
ten, charging him with swiudling.
Ypaterday morning he succeeded in