The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-16
NLVIm CONGRESS-SECOND SIS,
SION,

~ N'i''n'a h0hAllb NNhN Nlf' llN"'lNN ANAN .
twenty per cent, on valuation of uusiIed pa
per- be repealed. The memOraliss say this
tax produces little revenue, auA serves only to
enlarge the profits Of manufacturing mon
opoles They also ask the abolition Of duty
on soda ash md wood, straw and other pulp,
and on type,
Mr. Dayi. spoke IN advocacy Of the mem
orial, and in tho course Of his remarks said
that, while he regretted il might not be prnc-
tlcablc NJ this session 10 reform the taril as u
whole, there was no reason why this pnrtlc-
ulrly desirable change should not be made
at once.
The Vice President hid before the Senate
n communication from the Secretary Of the
Interior, transmitting, in response TO a Senate
resolution information regarding changes Of
location Of lines of the Northern Pacific
railroad.
Messrs. Williams and Bccl, presented mem.
orials Of the press association OF Kentucky
for the abolition of duty on all articles used
In making paper.
Mr.. johnson and others pre- ented simil r
petitions.
Mr.. Conkling presented II memorial OF OH
GERS Of steam vossels'asking form modhcati N
ofthe law relative to fees Of pilots.
Mr.. Bayurd, from the Judiciary Commit.
tee, reported favorably tho Senate bin pro-
hibitiug the arrest of election officers ON
election day 1t makes 1t unlawful for Mar
shals Deputies or Supervisors to arrest or
imprison on election day any election officers
acting by virtue OF State laws for any ohtnse
against United States election laws but
warrant or process for such ohinse may be
executed any time after the close Of such
election day, Placed on the calandar
MrEdmunds sta oil thN' he and other mem
bers of the Committee did not concur in the
mElority reports.
Mr., Gordon presented The petition Of OK
Confederate officers, concerning the preser.
walton Of records Of the buttleof Getty, burg.
Mr., Mcdonald submitted the views Of the
minority on the bills to reimburse several
States for the interest paid on war loans,
which was recently reported adversely from
the Judiciry committee.
The Senate resumed consideration Of III
Star route deficiency appropriate, n
BIZ, as rported from Seiae APP
prlHtion committee. The pream-
bic recites that the deficiency results
from violation Of the law by the PostotEce
department. The bill then appropriates
100, 000 for the expenses of the null ser
vice on the star routes for the remainder Of
the fiscal year. No further increase Of trips
or expedition of time is to be made. II also
appr0priates 100000 for placing the new
service. No contract is to be increased more
than fifty per cent.
Mr., Wallace explained the changes in the
bill, saving that the business interests Of the
country demand that the service shall be kept
up 10 the existing standard, and that con
tracts, made in good faith, shall
not be abrogated and contractors
ruined because of the errors Of the
department. When the authors of errors are
discovered they will be punished Mean
while the committee think the service should
not be crippled
Mr.. Maxey supported the committee bill,
but thought the preamble unnecessary ana
unjust. The Postmaster, General had fall dis
erection under the existing law, and had done
what he thought best, and the result had Jus.
tilted his action The Fort Worth and Yuma
route, about which there had been so much
said, was increased principally through Mr..
MaXey's own efforts 1t had helped much in
facilitating the wonderful growth of Texas.
and other routes had had the simila.. effect
in the States.
Mr.. Beck supported the preamble, declar-
ing the Postmaster-General had violated the
law by expanding so much OF the apprpria
ton, in t first part Of the Of the year as TO
make the deficiency inevitable
Pending debate the Senate adjourned.
Householder call of States the following
b lls were introduced and referred:
By Mr.. Singleton, of Illinois: In relation to
telegraph communication. 1t provides that
all telegraph messages be delivered for trans
mission to any telegraph company awaiting
itself of the provisions of title IS of the re-
yised statutes, and copies thereof, made by
such company at the place of destination or
any intermediate point, shall be deemed to
be, and ,hall be, protected from unreasona-
BILE search, and secure from production as
evidence in Judicial and legislative proceed
ings 10 the same extent as communications by
the United States mail.
By Mr. Wills, of Kentucky: The resolu-
tons of the Kentucky Legislature, approx
ing the address of the Mississippi River Com
mission; also for the relief of soldiers Of the
late war.
By Mr.. O. Turner f Kentucky Resolutions
Of the kentucky Legislature, asking for the
reduction of the Presidents salary TO S25 600.
BY Mr.. Ellis, of Louisiana, by request; To
revise the act of June 3D., 1876, and to make o
grant of land to Morgan's Louisiana ard
Texas Railroad and Steamboat company.
By Ms. Acklen: Proposing Constitu-
tional amendment. 1t recites the fact that
the evidently growing tendency in the United
States to Capitalization of power in the Fed
ersl government has awakened throughout
the country Just fear that in the near future
the perpetuation of this Union may again be
imb, ried by internal commotion, thereby
wrecking the peace and prosperity of this
Republic and breaking down the doctrine of
the perpetual union Of the States finally ard
fully settled b. war, us well as infringing on
home rule of States guaranteed by the Con-
stitution, and proposes Constitutional
amendment declaring that the Union
of the United States shall be perpet-
uatad and that all acts or attempts to separ-
ate or destroy this Uuion shall be treason
against the Federal government and shall be
panished as such. State lines and boundaries
Shall be nviolate, provided that new States
may be formed with the consent of the
States from which they are formed, and the
right Of State to make, execute and en-
force it. local laws by or through its chosen
representatives or officials shall never be in
terfered with by the Federal government.
By Mr.. Buckner, Of Missouri: For adjourn
ment Of Congress on the oath of May.