Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-03-19
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WASHINGTON, March 70, 1880.

WASHINGTON, March 70, 1880.
SENATE.
Communications were laid before the Senate
| as follows:
From the Secretary Of War transmitting CO
pies Of reports of surveys for the proposed i'm
provement Of the mouth of Red river and Of
| the harbor OF Mobile. Also transmitting letters
from the Commssary General of subs sence
setting forth the absolute necessity of tho en-
poyment of six additional clerks 10 bis Office
for the consideration of claims pending therein.
| From the Secretary of the Interior trans.
hitting in response 10 Senate resolution Ger
tilted copies of patents issued to Indian tribes
| in tho Indian territory, aud amount OF lands
granted to railroad companies 10 that territory
and copy ofreport Of the Commissioner Of Gen.
eIal Land Office on tho subject, all Of which
were referred.
Tho clauses authorizing an appeal from the
decisions of the Hot Springs Commission to tho
Court of Claims were striking Gu! en- motion of
MI. Davis, of ILL.,, thus making the commissions
award final.
The bill was thsn read o third time and
passed.
Its principal provision reduces SO per cent of
tho assessments to be paid by occupants to Sc.
cure their tites.
The Geneva award bill was then taken up
and at 20 On motion OF MIR. Gordon The Seaale
Weat into executive session.
! HOUSE OF REPREs ENTATIvEs.
Mr. O'Neill. Of Pcnn., presented memorial
| Of Philadelphia manufacturers and dealers in
steel metal and metal goods. and manufac urcrs
and dealers in paints and oils protesting against
the eXters!ea OF the Herman Miller patents.
Referred.
Also resolutions of tho Philadelphia Board
OF Trade praying for The appointment ct a
commission to consider what general laws 10
relation to pilotage can be 50 framed as to BE-
suitable to ali thu navigabls waters CT the
country. Referred.
Ml. Carlisle, Of n.y., from the Coaaittce cn
Ways ard Means. reported til amending the
laws in gard to internal revenue. Ordered TO
| DO Irlnted and rCcpmmIFtCd.
MIR, Wight. Ct Penn, chairman Of The
Committee On Labor Depression, reported n
lalut resolution requesting the President to
give nollGs TO The ChinCsa government that ii
is the desire OF The u. s. government that the
clauses 10 tho treaties between the two govern
mcnts which allow and permit the immgra-
ton Of subj >cts and cNizsas Of the TWO countries
b. abrpgatcd and aDnulled. Placed On the
cal ndar, AID The msjoritj aud minori:y reports
ordered to be Irirtad.
Mr.. Berry. Of CAL, Offered u resolution c.ll-
Ing on Tho Secretary of War fer d COPY Ct tho
report Of Gen. q. II. Mcndal relating to the
effect OF miong debris in the SscInmCbto river
and its tributaries. Adopted.
MIR. Tackcr, of Va. gavo motto, that no
would offer the tollowiog resolutions in lieu of
those reported by the select committee on the
inter ec:anic canal; that in accordance with tho
foregoing declaration Of public pclcy, based
upon the cesr and indsputab.o right to self
preservation. and the Importance Of perpetual.
ing the republican institutions established by
tho Constitution Of tho u. s., and especially 10
Wow Ct the necessity + free and unrestricted
water transit Tor persons and produce between
tho Atlantic and Pacific States OF the Uoion,
It's paramount interest OF the people of tho
U. 5. that DO canal, railroad or other artificial
conmunicsllon across The lsthmus connecting
tho North and South AmericIn continents. for
tho transfer ofvesscls and cargeH from the Carlb
bean sea to tho Pacific oc,an, whether tho slmo
DO built or constructed at Panama. Nicaragua
or elsewhore, should DO in tho possession or un.
der the control or government of any European
or other foreign power, which would imperi the
vital interest Of this country, and whio rocog-
nizlng the right of other nations Of tho world 10
this inter. ocesnic highway for universal CON-
merce, tho United States will insist that, by req
son of lis proximity to them and of lis import
snce as water way between tho States Of the
| Union, tho Interests of commerce muat yied to
tho right Of national slfety.
MIR. Springcr's amendment to Mr.. Gar.
field substitute providing that the general 90
putty marshals who perform duties in regard to
oltc ions shall be appointed by Judges ofthc Cir
cult Court WAS adopted, as was also an amend
mont providing that deputy marshal shnIl not
rtcoivc pay Tor longer timo than days Guriog
any election.
Mr.. Ewing, of.Ohio, appealed to his demo-
cratic friends to accept the compromise teud-
erred them by tho gentleman from Ohio, (Gar-
held,) and 10 modify those bad laws 80 as
to make Thorn non partisan in character.
1t it were not accepted tho cry Of "oulIiica-
ton would 80 up in oil tho ncrthcrn States
from every hill top and valley.
Mr.. Frye, Of Me-, in the abscLce of Mr.. Gar
field, cmphat!cally denied that that gentlemen
had rendered any compromise.
MIR. HaWley, of Cobn., 1850 and declared, 10
an xoted manner, that the republican party
rendered no compromise. 1t repudiatcd and
t1ccrated tho word 'oompromiso.'
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