The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-02-03
CONGRESSIONAL.
AT THE CAPITOL.
introduction OF Bills in Roth Houses
Tho House Adjourns for Even-
Ing session to Listen to
ParneiI.
SENATE.

Washington, Feb. Thurman,
from the committee on judiciary, re-
ported a bill reyiving and continuing in
tue court the Alabama claims, and for
the the distribution of unappropri-
ated money of the Geneva award. Put
on the calendar, Thurman will call it
up on Monday.
Edmunds said the report was not
unanimous. He and other members of
the committee had disagreed.
Indian affairs, reported bill to au-
thorize the secretary of the interior to
deposit certain funds in the U. s. treas
ury in lieu of an investment. Put on
calen dar.
This is the new bill drafted to escape
the objections made to former bill,
which was considered and recommit-
ted. The bill passed providing that a
writ of error from the supreme court OF
the United States to the supreme court
of any territory shall lie in criminal
cases when the accused shall have been
sentenced to capital punishment, and
in such case the allowance of such writ
shall operate as supercedeas, and all
cases removed from the supreme court
of any territory to the supreme court of
the United States, as provided by the
act, shall have the precedence of hear
ing in said court. The act applies to
all cases heretofore tried and deter
mined in which judgment has not been
executed. In such cases the defendant
shall have six months from the passage
of this act in which to obtain and per-
feet such writ of error.
The senate went into executive ses-
sion.
When the doors re-opened the senate
adjourned.
Washington, Feb. 2-The following
bills were introduced to-day:
By Phillips: Appropriating 100000
for the relief of sufferers in Ireland;
also, levying a duty of 80 per cent. ad-
valorem on all bonnets, hats or hoods
imported into the United States, COM
posed of palm leaf, chip, grass, willow,
straw or other vegetable substance, or
of hair, wbalebone, or other material
not otherwise provided for.
By King: Appointment of a commits
sion of military, naval and civil engi-
neers to examine and report upon
routes for inter-oceanic communica-
ton: also, requesting the president to
tender to Peru, Bolivia and Chill the
good offices of this government for
restoration of peace.
BY Bland: For free coinage of the
silver dollar.
By Blackburn: Providing for regis
try or enrolment of any vessel built
in foreign country.
By Robertson: Repeating clause %,
of the Texas Pacific bill, which grants
land to the New Orleans and Baton
Rouge railroad company, and re-enact-
ing it in favor of the New Orleans Pa
cific railroad company.
Wells, from the appropriation COM
mittee, reported the Indian appropria-
tion bill. Ordered printed and recon-
mitted.
On motion of Regan, rules were sus-
pended and the house considered the
bill from the committee on commerce,
making certain appropriations.
The house went into committee of
the whole on revision of rules, not
withstanding the opposition of the
greenbackers, who desired to obtain
vote on the resolution which it was ex-
pected Weaver would offer, to the
effect that all metallic or paper curren-
cy shall be issued by the government,
and not by banking corporations.
The committee rose and the house,
on motion of Fernando Wood, took a
recess until 1880 p. m. The evening
session is for the purpose of listening
to the address of Parnell, to be deliv-
cred under the auspices of Clan Ma