The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-02
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The Secretary NJ State, With accoinpnnyli
q, pnpefs, IN response ~ a resolution " N
> House. NJ the 9lth instant calling for 90
p fospondencu touching The Efforts " M
q government ~ bring nbOut peace botWec
Chill Peru and bolivia
The House then, as unfinished business
proceeded tg the consideration Of resOlt
, ton reported n few days ago from the Com
4 tuiltee on Foreign Affairs requesting th
+ President 10 obtain from the British gov
ornment II list Of American citizens i'm
prisOncd In England, and RObcson, Of New
, Jersey, resumed his speech
lie spoke at great length, and In conclu
sion desired TO offer his resolution pub
lished some time ago, condemning the &C
ton of the United States government in
saluting the British flag at Yorktown, bu
Mr., Orth refused to yield for that pur.
pose.
The House at $40 p. IN. took recess until
1880 a. m, the evening session being for de.
bate only.
SENATE.
WAsHINGToN, January 27.-The Senate al
10 o'clock resumed consideration OF the
Sherman Three Per Cent Bond Bill.
After discussion, the amendment of Mr.
Davis, of West Virginia, striking out the
time feature of new bonds, and making
them payable at any time at the option OF
the government, was carried 30 ayes, 20
nays.
Mr.. Sherman moved to amend so as to
make the bonds redeemable at the pleasure
of the government at any time after 1886.
Mr.. Harris offered an amendment pro-
viding that the new issue shall be three
year bonds, which was adopted-ayes, 81 /;
nays. 20.
An amendment was offered by Mr.. Sher-
man, allowing subscriptions to be made at
postal money-order offices, upon the post
master giving additional bond, which was
agreed to.
Mr.. Sherman's amendment, as mod
flied to provide for three year bonds,
was lost-yeas, %; nays, So.
The, Senate then took up Mr.. Vests
amendment, which makes the proposed
issue of $50 10000 of 3 per cent. bonds, the
sole basis for an increase of circulation by
any National bank now in existence
or for circulation of any National
bank hereafter established.
Mr., Pugh submitted amendments modi-
flying the provisions of Mr.. Vests amend
mcnL as follows:
First: Making more emphatic the provi-
sion that it shall apply only to banks here
after organizing or increasing their capital
Socond: Striking out the provision
which forleits the charter ola National bank
iii keeps bonds or deposits after they have
ceased to bear interest.
/ Third: Making sections 5159 and $50 of
the Revised Statues which Vests amend
ment re-cnacts, apply only to the new 3 per
cents.
The discussion following was participated
in by Mr.. Hill, of Georgia. Messrs. Pugh,
| Beck and Hawey, VIII en- it was agreed TO
defer the vote until the amendments as pro-
posed 10 be amended, together with the
sections repealed and re-enacted thereby
could be printed.
Upon this agreement the bill was in
formally laid aside
Pending motion for an executive session
Mr., Butler introduced bill for a public
building at Greenville, South Carolina.
Mr.. Ferry introduced Il bill granting
pension to certain Union soldiers and sailors
of the war Of the rebellion, who were CON
| tineoI in sOcalled Confederate prisons.
Messages from the President were re-
ceived, transmitting Il further report from
the Secretary of State embodying the pur
port of a recent telegram OF the Special En-
yOy of the United States setting forth the
conditions Of peace presented by. Chill
Also, further response to Senate reSuIu-
| ton calling for correspondence touching
notifications of the Clayton Bulwer
Treaty. Referred to the Committee oh
| Foreign Relations.
AT 40 p. m, aitcran executive session of
thirty minutes, the Senate adjourned until
! Monday.
The following is the full text of Mr.. Da-
Wis amendment: The bonds herein author
lied shall not be called in and paid 50 long
as any bonds of the United States hereto
| fore issued bearing higher rate Ofinterest
than per centum, and which are redeema-
BILE at the pleasure OF the United States,
shall be outstanding; the last of said bonds
| Ia nj l.ol ,a t.I in t.st
and this order of payment shall be followed
until all shall be paid.
HOUSE.
Townsend offered u resolution calling
on the Secretary of the Interior for infer.
nation on file in his department relative to
charges that the Mormons are melting the
Piutes and Navojoes Indians in Arizona to
outbreaks and lawlessness. Adopted.
The Speaker then proceeded to call upon
committees for reports.
Under this call few private bills were
reported and placed on the calendar and
the House then, at $40 p. m, went into
Committee of the Whole, Townsend of
Ohio, in the chair on the private calendar
At o'clock the COm,nittcc rose and the
| House passed a number of private bills
! Caswell, of Wisconsin, from the Commit
/ tee on Appropriations reported the Post
Office Appropriation Blll and it was referred
/ to Committee of the Whole.
! Randall inquired when the bill would be
called up for actioi.. There was a great de-
| sire among many members TO Investigate
| the bill pretty thoroughly.
| Caswel stated that nc would call IL up "a
! Wednesday, next.
! Prescott, of North Carolina, from the
! Committee on the Census, reported the APP
| porlionment Bill Referred to the House
calendar.
CoIerick, OF Indiana, presented a minor
! ity rcpOu-samc reference last named.
/ The speaker iald before the House a
message from the President transmitting
/ in further response to House resolution of
| the 9th inst, the report Of the Secretary
/ Of State in relationto the purport Of recent
/ kilograms from the Special Envoy Of the
/ United States, setting forth the conditions
Of peace presented By Chill. Also a COM
rsunication from the Secretary of the Ma
/ W. in answer TO a resolution of the House,
calling for information relative TO certain
lands aud harbOrs known as the Chir.que
grant
The IIsse, then, at 4.2j p. m, adjourned
/ tn Monday.
Confirmation.
The Senate In executive session to-day
confirmed the nomination Of u. X. John,
as Coiner at the New Orleans Mint.
Gambetta Resigns.
lAAI-, january -t.-'falli"tlId rI'N'h
In the Chamber Of Deputies yesterday was
very eloquent. and was applaudcl by
bis admirers. especially that part in
which Doe rcpudiated the in-iuuation
that Doe a-I,ir-d % dictatorship. Amer bis
SPEECH he proposed that clause in e.
v1r OF scrutn De liste be- in-
serted in the c1mmittee resolution and
that the first paragraph Of the resolution.
which the government opposed, viz. THE
one asserting that it b. expedieut o. revise