The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-01-28
SANGER BROS,
DALLAS, TEXA S
CONGRESSIONAL.


Washington, Jan. 27.-Mr. Dawes pre-
sented petition signed by John Weleh,
Bishop Simpson, Rev. James Cook. Wendell
Phillips, and thirty-two thousand other
individuals, also with the signature Of
churches and benevolent and other societies,
representing in all more than fifty thousand
citizens, praying congress to observe the
treaties heretofore made with Indian tribes
and in future to do justice to tho remainder
Of that people. Referred the committee on
Indian affairs.
Mr.. Whyte reported iavOrably on the
house concurrent resolution, for printing
$4,000 copies of the genealogical commission
ers report on the cotton worm with means Of
counteTacting its ravages. The bill was
passed, as was also the house joint resolution
10 print 900 copies Of the report Of the ma
tional board of health.
Bills were introduced rs follows:
BY Mr.. Garland-To establish a uniform
system of bankruptcy. Referred to the
committee on judiciary.
BY Mr.. Call--To provide for the pay
ment of part of interest of the sum of $780,
000 under the treaty Of 1854, to t3e Semi.
mole Indians
Mr.. Jones' of Florida, from the committee
on public bailjings and grounds, reported
favorably on tic house bill toprovide for the
construction qf public buildings At jackson,
Mississippi =
MIR. B6og.addreysed the senate for an hour
in sdvocacy Of FREQ ships, taking as his text
his resolution submitted Monday for repeal
of all laws prohibiting our citizens from
purchasing ships TO engage IN the foreign
carrying trade, on whics to prevent regstra-
tion Oh them as \ merchant ships, whom
owned, icommanGe1 and otiicered by United
States citizens He argued that wo were un-
able to icompele with foreign nations, either
for our lown carrying trade or foreign trade
becausI every nation but our own was
allowed 10 buy its ships whore it could buy
them cheapest. What was paid by the peo.
ple of Sother countries only handicapped
US and diminished our chances Of successful
compel Stions. Before the war we could buy
snics teaply, but the eject of our policy ha:
been tcl build up navy for England, which
has ~ Jw the finest body of sailors in the
wo,ld( while the United States is now with
ont n marine. Imminent danger to tbs
UniteSv D States in foreign war with our de-
EnseIs o. ccean and gulf coasts was referred
10 u, Dir surplus being largely sgriculturs
and an 4 great that IL cannot be consumed at
bomS we are obliged to float oul
exnor VS. in foreign ships, and thus Germany
Engj band and France we're doing our carrying
ira3sB. ii these nations went to war, al
tbo,nbrh we might be on the best of tsrm
aitsd The belHgerents, we would suffer NOR
tbarllA they beCauso our products would go tt
tbo Z bottom rs cruisers of each destroyed
me. MAJ 4hant vessels The only remedy wa
for hsto do our own hauling, The grea
nro hucing interest of the west wss perhap
h ono most interested in this question o
obWSap9 transportation, because all Ia,
eos Jst transportation both 70 the sesboard anC
onl lskr the ocean to market, comes out o
II I'sb men who raise the products to be trans
nhbrted. Whatever dimnishes the cost is L
b,9ts benefit, and whatever adds to 1t has t