The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-02-18
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REPRESENTATIVE AcKLENis CASE.
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Petition Prom Railroad Managers Protesting
Against Reduction Of Duty on Steel Rails
Petition Prom New Orleans to I'm.
seat Kellogg ingalls, Case,

washington, Feb 1.-THE House Com.
milIee on Ways and Means met to-day to
receive tho support of the subcommittee
charged with preparing refunding bill NJ
agreed upon at Inst meeting of the COM
inilioe' The bill was carefully read md
adopted with nm amendment which was
agreed 10 by vote Of ten TO three, that two
hundred million dollars Of treasury notes,
provi led for by the bill, shall bear interest at
the rate OF three and half per cont per
annum, the same MS 2;i0 instead of
four per cent, rs originally proposed. The
blll Will probably be reported TO the House
this afternoon.
ACKLEN's CASE.
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs
met this morning and received the report oftho
subcommittee on the alleged Legislative pro.
protes Of Representative Acklen. The re.
port was discussed for two hours and tho
committee adjourned until tomorrow, when
II Is understood they will be prepared to make
n report TO the House. 1t Is learned that the
findings OF me subcommittee are simply Ms
to the truth of published charges and do not
go into the question of motives on recon.
incubation of the propriety of any specific
action on the part Of the House.
CONFIRMATION.
The Senate in executive session TODAY con-
irmed the nomination of Edward S. Wheat
az United States Marshal for the middle dis
trlct OF Tennessee.
CONVENTION OF QUARANTINE OFFICERS.
A convention of United States quarantine
officials has been called to meet In Wash.
ington in May, for the purpo of revising
the quarantine rules and regulations.
CENSUS SUPERVISORS.
Several nominations of census supervisors
were rejected to-day, including, however,
only two from Southern States. The re-
jections were made by strict party vote,
the Democratic majority basing It's action on
the ground taken in the debate last week,
that the nominations thrown out were parti-
san and should, in accordance with the spirit
OF the census laws, have been given to the
Democrats
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.
The Senate Finance Committe TODAY re-
ported favorably to the Senate the bill pro-
viding for an international exhibition in the
City of New York in 1883.
DUTY ON STEEL RAILS.
A large number of memorials from repre-
sentatives of prominent railroads were pre-
scented in both Houses of Congress TODAY.
protesting against the reduction of duty on
steel rails. The memorialists represent more
than fifteen thousand miles OF road in all
parts Of the country.
FRENCH CLAIMS TREATY,
In the Senate executive session to-day the
Committee on Foreign affairs reported back
the French claims treaty, with the recon-
mendation that it be ratified, and il was
placed on the calendar.
UTE CHIEFS FOR WASHINGTON.
Secretary Schurz received telegram to-
day from General Adams, dated Los Pinos
Agency, February Is, saying that all was
qsiet there and that he should start for
Washington on the following day with the
Ute CHI efs Jack, Sowawski, Wash, Douglass,
Thomas and Tim johnson and three Uncom-
paghres.
TEXAS CENSUS SUPERVISORS.
The Senate in executive session to-day
confirmed the following nominations to be
supervisors of census in Texas: George w.
Won Week, First district; p. M. Graham,
Second district; William II. Andrews,
Third district; j. II. Tarblett Fourth dis
trict E. M. Galloway, Fifth district.
RELIEF FOR MoRGAN's RAILROAD.
The Senate Committee on Public Lands
had under consideration to-day the bill for
the relief Of Morgans Louisiana & Texas
railroad and steamship company, and decided
to recommend that it be Indefinitely
postponed. The bill was intended to release
the company from the conditions of the act
of June 3, 1876, whereby it was bound to
transport troops and munitions of the
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