The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-02-19


non,eommlssloned officers afer thirty years
continuous service. Placed on the calendar
Mr.. Thurman, from tho Judiciary com
mitlee, reported adversely the Senate bill 10
extend tho Jurisdiction Of United States Cir
cult courts, indefinitely postponed
AIR, Jones, Of Florida, from the Committee
on Naval Affairs, reported rs u substitute
for Mr., l. CAMS bin n jointresolntlon
authorizing the Secretary Of the Navy 70 de-
tail or charter vessel 10 transport provisions
TO Ireland, Considered and passed
Mr., White, from the Committee on Naval
Aildrs, reported with amendments tho Senate
bill for the appointment OF Judge Advocate
General OF the Navy, Placed on lhe
calendar
On motion Of Mr. Morgan II was agreed
that ON next Thursday the Senate would
consider resolutions commemorative OF the
late Senator Houston,
Al the Oxpraton OF the morning hour the
Senate resumed consideration OF the bill pro.
ylding for tho payment TO certain, States ci
five per cent OF che value OF lands located
therein on military warrants. Senators Fad.
dock, Jones aud kirkwood spoke In favor OF
the bin and Kornrn and Prior In opposition
thereto,
Pending further discussion tho Senate went
into executive session and when the doors
opened adjourned,
lIousE--Mr Warner Of Ohio, from the
Committee on Coinage, reported back nd
yersely the petition of The Bullion club, Of
New York city, praying Tor specie currency
Printed and rccommtlea,
The following bills were introduced and
reierredi
by Mr.. Morton, of New York--Fixing the
rate of duty on barley malt at Poets per
bushel.
BY Mr., Grape Of Massachusetts proyd-
ing for smiling vessels of tho United States
from places whore they are owned or built
Mr., Cox, Of New York, chairman of
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, submit
Ted uul'incu, report of his committee IN
regard ~ Gauges made by the New York
Herald aud Delloit Post against j, II, Arg-
len, ~ Louisiana Mr.. Acklen de-.
mandcd the reading Of the report.
The report was accordingly read. The
committee lind that Mr. Acklen, not being u
member Of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
on the 18th of January, in the absence Of
Mr.. King Of that committee, presented u
paper purporting to be report Of that ccm-
mittee submitted by Mr. King relative to
clNms Of certain citizens against the govern
ment of Nicaragua that snid paper was not
n report Of the Committee on Foreign AT
fairs that 1t hNd never been favorably con-
sid red by II that the alleged report MS
represented consists of four pages Of manu-
script, printed resolution and printed
report Of Mr. Acklen to the Forty.hfth Con-
g ess that the manuscript is in the form ofa
request from the Committee on Foreign
Agairs for the speedy passage of tho resoiu-
ton that the manuscript is in tho hand
writingof Mr.. Acklen's clerk and copied by
him from the draft made BY Mr.. Acklen f;
that Mr.. Acklen being inquired of at the time
by the journal clerk, failed TO convey to him
any other impression than that he had pre-.
scented the report for King. The com
mittee reports that it had not felt justified in
enquiring into Mr.. Acklen's motives
in presenting this report, but
contents itself with the simple finding OF
facts.
At the conclusion of I reading Of the
report, Mr.. Ack len sent to the clerks desk
and had read letters addressed by him TO the
chairman of the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, asking that the scope of investigation
be enlarged.
Mr. COX said the committee had no authority
to 60 beyond the simple inquiry as to the
truth or falsiiy of the charges, and that the
investigation was delicate matter at best.
Mr.. Frost moved that the report be re-
committed to the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, with instructions to report what ac-
ton should be taken thereon.
Mr.. Cox, in behalf Of the committee, OBJ
jected.
Mr.. Whithorne, of Tennessee, said Mr..
Acklen had intimated that he had other
proof which would tond to relieve him from
imputation Of criminal or Intentional disre-
spect to the House, and from any intentions
OF wrong-doing in the matter, and he was en-
titled to have those proofs heard before a