The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-16

ence could only be changed by suspension of
the rules. Cox, Haskell and Morrison held
that the majority o. ths House had the right
to send the bill to lily committee it chooses.
The vote on sending the bill to the committee
on ways and means resulted as follows--143
yeas, IS nays. Ev-
WASHINGTON, March S.-The following
bills were introduced: :
By Nichols for the removal of the duty on
all articles used in paper making, and to re-
duce the duty on unsized paper to so per
cent. dd rdlorem.
By Speer: preventing military dress parades
on Sunday.
By Morrison: reducing the duties in excess
of so per cent. ad rdiorem on all articles
embraced IN schedules A, B and e, but with
drew the bill to allow the Speaker to examine
the rules as to how it might be referred.
BY Fort a bill %pensionlng the soldiers and
sailors Of all wars disabled from work.
By Gillette appropriating $4,000 to en-
courage the manufacture of sugar from corn
stalks and sorghum.
BY Mckenzie: abolishing the duty OH all
agricultural implements.
By King: putting on the free list all articles
used in the manufacture of printing paper,
and all magazine and book papers.
BY Hatch: for salt duty free, and wanted it
referred to the committee on agriculture, but
the House, by a vote of 12S to 93, referred if
to the OH ways and means.
By Covert: to punish Matchmaking in the
District of Columbia.
King offered, by unanimous consent. the
inter-oceanic canal committee resolutions
reatfirming the Monroe doctrine. They lie
over to be called up any time.
The election committee unanimously.
except Weaver, reported that Clemens was
entitled TO the seat from the second district of
Arkansas. Weaver believed the seat was
vacant.
Hunter presented a petition of 25, 1000 citi.
zens of Washington, that rape he made a
capital offense. Referred.
The Speaker presented the Presidents
canal message, which was referred to the
inter-oceanic canal committee.
The House then adjourned.
W~AsHINGToN, March 9.-Scales, from the
committee, reported a bill authorizing
the President to prescribe suitable police reg
llatlons for the Indian reservation, and the |
of arson, murder, rape and burg
larry on Indian reservations. Placed on CAL
ander. y
Considerable number of bills are repvrted
from the same committe for various local pul-
poses.
Whittmore, from the naval committee. re-
ported a bill authorizing and e%quipping an arc
tic expedition. Referred to the committee
of the whole.
Hostetter moved to consider the assessment
bill. Agreed to 11G yeas, 1O4 nays. He
VIII call the previous question at 4 p. III. to-
The House advocated the bill. He
referred to the reckless and unbridled ex-
travagance and corruption of the Republican
party when flushed with conquests, and had
maiorities in both houses. |
people had spoken and called Democracy
TO he front In no uncertain voice. He ridi-
culed the civil service reform policy of the |
and Secretary Sherman. He de.
clared Iilden had been elected President but
had defeated the voice of the people.
The bill under consideration woulu remedy |
The evil and eradicate the terrible abuse. Adj
WAsHINGToN, March 1O.-Mr. Reagan
and obtained leave of the House to
have printed the following resolution, which |
he would offer as a substitute for the resolu-
ion of the committee on the inter-oceanc
anal:
Resolred, That while we recognize the
general interest of the whole commercial
world in a ship canal or railroad across the
sthnus connecting North and South Amer
ca, and while we will respect that interest if
'uch line OF lnter-oceanic communication
'lall he established, We declare that as the
"a ooSA iiiC VI SoHiillttIliCdllOl
would practically connect the Atlantic. Meyi-
can Gulf and Pacific coast lines of the United
states, and as the United States would have
great local as well as general interest in the
work in common with other commercial DOW
RS of the earth, and as the political control
II such line of communication would be viz
ually necessary to her commercial interests,
md to the preservation of her territorial in
egrity and political Independence, she will
INSIST whenever and by whomsoever such
project is commenced. on such political con-
rol OF it as will give security to our CONNER
nal and political interests.
Mr.. Whitthorne, chairman of the committee
IN naval affairs, reported a joint resolution
or the organization of a board of officers of
he navy to report upon the practicability of
completing the dcuble-turreted monitors
Puritan, Monadnock, Amphitrite and Terror.
Agreed to.
Bills were placed on the House calendar
'ppropriating 100000 for the relief of the
,oor of Ireland, to restrict Chinese immicra-
ion and TO prevent the removal of Indians
rom the States into the Indian Territory.
Consideration was then resumed of the
assessment bill, and the House was
addressed by Young, of Ohio.