Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-30
CONGREssIONAL.
Senate.

WASHINGTON, January 2s.-Dsvis OF
Illinois presented petition Of citizens
OF Bloomington, Illinois, against the
reduction OF duty on sheet zinc.
Herman presented petition Of claimants
to the uusppropriatsd balance Of the
Geneva award; also petitions Of persons
not claimants.
A communication was received from
the Secretary Of War recommending, on
the suggestion Of General Newton, that
81, 600, 900 be appropriated In annual
installments for iuproving Harlem river,
New York.
Allison, from the Committee on APP
preparations, reported with sundry
amendments, the House bill making
appropriations for Notifications and
other works Of defense. Ordered printed
and placed on the calendar.
Herman introduced . bill to provide
for celebrating the n hundredth ami.
versary OF the treaty Of peace and the
recognition Of American independence
by an exhibition OF arts, manufactures
and products Of the mines, In New York
In 1883.
Gordon submitted O resolution that .
committee OF United States Senators be
appointed to take into consideration tho
subject OF the construction Of . canal to
connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,
and that all papers, documents and
information relating to said subject be
referred to said committee. and that the
committee be authorized 10 confer and
act concurrently with any similar com.
mittee Of the House. aud be authorized
to employ q clerk. The Chair. In the
absence Of any objection. declared the
resolution adopted.
Davis Of West Virginia called attention
to the great number Of special commit
tees appointed during the present SEES
sion, and the expense thus incurred.
He asked II one of the regular commit
tees could consider this subject.
Gordon said 10 the Senator from West
Virginia was as copvsrsant with the
facts In the case ss he (Gordon) was, he
would probably make no objection to
the resolution. The matter was the
most important now before the Ameri.
o people, and the Committee on Com.
msrcs had found II impossible to give It
the attention II demanded.
Davis desired 10 rssums bis comments
on the resolution. but the morning hour
having expired, he entered . motion to
reconsider the vote by which the rssolu-
ton was adopted, aud the matter went
over.
Adjourned till Monday.
House.
The regular order being demanded.
consideration was resumed Of the bill de-
claring all public roads and hishwayspost
routes. The previous question Was sec.
onded and tho bill passed-yeas l34,
nays 81.
The joint resolution appropriains
go, 900 for the purpose OF enabling the
United States Fish Commissioner to
represent ths United States at the Inter.
national Fishery Exhibition in April
next. was reported from the Committee
on Foreign Affairs, and objected to BY
Mcmillan.
The House Committee on Pacific
Railroad today instructed their Chair.
man to report favorably to the House,
and urge the passage Of the bill intro
duoed BY Representative MoLans, to
alter and amend the Sinking Fund Act,
approved May z, 1878, after agreeing
upon the amendment extending the pro.
visions Of the Act to oil persons and cor.
porstiops into whose possession the
Union and Central Pacific may come BY
purchase, consideration OF otherwise.
Warner, from the COMMITTEES on Coin.
age, Weights and Measures, reported
back, with amendments, the bill to stop
paper imitation and providing for .
needed increase OF the volume Of oar.
rsnoy BY the free coinage Of cold and
silver and the Issue Of gold and silver
Ordered printed.
Adjourned.