The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-11
HOUSE.

stituuon, providing that after the An Of
March, 1855, the President and VICE
Presid ut shall hold office for sx years, I
ard shall be ineligible for more than one
term consecutively, and that members Of |
Congress shall be elected for three wears. |
Referred.
The SPEAKER then called the States Tor
bills for reiersuce
By Mr. WooD-To amend the Laws re
lstlng TO the internal revenue laws. 1t |
proposes q draw back in all manufactured !
tob1cco, OF taxes paid beyond the Fate OF !
sixteen cents per round, prior TO the l 4 Of
Mag, 1879. This bill il introduced by re-
quest Also, exempting from export duties
| classical antiquities and ancient coins and
Inedsis; ALEC, relating TO the treaty-nakiDg
power. Ii declares that while the treaty
making power Is confined 10 the Pref dent
and Sena.e, two-thiIds concurrIng, such
authority does not extend TO treaties that
elect the revenue or require appropriation
OF money 20 execute them, but that in al!
such cases the consent of the law-mskipg
power Of the Government Is required, which
includes the House of Representatives.
| Representative MYERS introduced bill
to retire ;he nationa, bond circulation and
substitute Caiied States Treasury notes
therefore.
The following j,int resolutions i, regard
10 10 Irish stisir-, was Introduced aud re-
ierred bv Representative FRosT:
| WHEREAS, The destruction and sufT-r-
ing that are now prevailing and that are
bcuEd TO increase are in great measure
due to the system Of land tenure which
obtains 10 that urfJriuntte country; there
fore,
| Resided, BY the Senate and House OF
Representatives, That Congress views with
the most earnest and hesrtfelt sympathy
the tf1ris now heing made by the patriotic
Irishman, 10 smeliorste the condition Of
their beloved country, ard extends 10 the
Irish people liz siUcere wish for their sue
Gers In their endeayoTs to obtain for them
selves and their poster,ty the ires;ims bic
boon OF equal LAVE and self government
| By Rel re 'entaiiEe GILLETTE, CT lowe:
| RsSEGsd, b, the Senate and III use oi
Representatives
| lat. That We cordially sympathIza with
the people ii Ireland in their present al srm-
ing condition from threatened famine and
in the exports to obtain relief from the OPP
pressive landlind system.
| 81. That We r'qTest the resident OF the
United States 10 communicate 10 His
| NJ jss;y's govern ment our hopes that some
| jIst arrangement may early be made by
which the Irish peasants may become the
owners Ct the soil Tia = cultivate
| Representative NswBERRY introduced
bills to authorize the issue of $50 100000
| god ceEtihca'es ard establish redemption
| fund therefor: also TO authorize the issue of
so 100000 silver Certificates to establish
redemption therefor.
! Representative JONES introduced a bill
to repeal the act Tor the resumption Of spe-
| Gle payments.
Representative PAIGE, of lowe, intro
duced bill requiring the Resources of
| National Banks 10 BE- kept in gold sud
smaller coins of the United States also
bill in relation TO bank deposits.
Representative BELFORD introduced a
bill for a commission To negotiate with the
| Ute Indians for the extingUIshment of their
title to the U,e Reservation.
| Representative WILLIS introduced bill
to abolish the publication OF official reports
Of Congressional debates.
| There were about go bills introduced to.
day.
| Representative WooD, Chairman of the |
| Committee on Ways and Means, reported a |
| j,int resolution for a Christmas recess from
tuesday, the 3lof December. TO Tuesday, !
the 9th oil snusry.
Representative bLGUgT, on behalf OF the |
| Appropriation Committee, stated that the |
Committee hid expected to report and to
have passed by the l7th of December the
Observation-Disclosures bill; and offered an
| amendment that the recess ccmmerc. on
the l9.h; aud the yeas and nays were or
dered on this amend ment.
Representative BLoUNT's amendment
that the recess commspC on the 10 n was
| adopted and Concurrent resoiut on dired t |
| ing the Com mIrtee on ludisn Affairs to in |
ves!iga;e the cause of the late outbreak at !,
| the White River agency. Referred.
Representative WARNEe, from the Com
miltee on Coinage, Weights and Measures,
| reported resolution reciting that, by the |
act OF June 81, 1879, the sum of Sl20, 600 |
was appropriated for negotiation with the |
| foreign governments, vi. a view 10 an in |
tsrnaIionsl rsmonetiz itiOn OF oliver, ard |
calling on the Secretary Of ) ale for in
| forma .ion a. to what action has been taken
| in relation thereto and what progress has /
| been made 10 secure the CO operation OF
other governments with the United States
| in the full remonstizition Cf silver.
| Adopted.
Bill. introduced or referred
| By Representative hELLY-Pioposing a !
Constitutional amendment prohibiting gen
eral legislation on appropriation bills, and !
| sllowing the veto Of any one or more Of the |
| items in such hiils,
BY Representative HURD Declaring that |
| after the 1t cf J tnrery nothing bat gold |
and silver cola cf the United States be legal !
tender in payment OF dsbts thereafter Con-
trsct.d, uai-ss Otherwise expressly stipu-
| lated.
By Eeprcen;s;ive SHELLEY-To go
amsad the census act az to provide that the
two supervisors IL each district shall be sp-
| pointed from two leading political par .iee.
By Representative LFMNoNS-To pro-
hibit further removal OF Indians TO the In
di Ter;iory.
BY Representative CULBEEsoN Per-
sioning the soldiers Of the Mexican aid
| other wars.
By Representative C,oK-To levy en- i'm
| port tax on pis.ols; also TO levy special
tax on pistols manufactured in the United
| Ststes.
Representative Cox, chsirnan of the
commstiee on foreign All airs, re ported back
fsvorabiy the bill to regulate immigration.
1t provides for fedsrol systeu' OF federal
aEdropriatious in aid Of the immigration
commissioners Of different states. 1t was
accompanied by a written report, which was
ordered printed and bill recommittsd
Representative CLYMER called up the
Senate resolution for filling thu existing
vacancies in the bosrd OF the Smith o lian
Institute.
The House then went into a committee
of the whole, Representative SPRIsGER in
the chair, on the bill defining the duties OF
the Reporter of the Supreme Court Of the
United States, fixing HE compensation and
providing for the publication and distrlbl-
ton OF the Supreme Court reports. With
cut further action Il c. mmitiee rose.
The SPEAKER announced the funeral
services of the late a. NJ. Lay OF Missouri,
would he held at 7:30 C'cicck this evening,