The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-05-18
AT HOME AND ABROAD.
Forty-SeveDth Congress.

HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, May 13.-The session of The
house to-day was opened by prayer by
Rab'i Jacob Yoorsanger, of Houston, Texas
Page, Oh California, chairman of the com
mittee on commerce, reported the river and
harbor BILL and it was ordered printed and
recommitted, Robinson, of Massachusetts,
.reserving all points of order thereon.
Dingley, of Maine, asked leave to report
from the comm ltee on banking and cur
rency the bill to suspend the issue of silver
certificates and TO limit the coinage of silve"
dollars 10 the reQuiremerts OF the people.
Holman, of lndiana, objected.
Grape, of Massachusetts, then called Tor
the consideration Of the bill to enable
national banking associations to extend
their corporate existence.
After reading of the bill and the presen-
tatiol of the various proposed amendments
TO printing in the Record, Crapo. of MAJ.
sachuseyts, took the floor in explanation o.
tie provisions ofthe bill and in presentation
of reasons which demarded the action o!
congl ess.
After discussion the matter went over.
On motion of Oates, of Alabama, n re o.
luton was adopted directing the sergeant
at-arms to pay out of the contingent innd
the funeral expenses Of the late j. G, Smith,
contestant for the seat from the fourth dis
trict of Alabama; the amount exp" 1ded 10
be deducted fiom any allowance TO be made
for the expenses of his confess.
Aldrich, of Illinois, introduced bill ten
dering thanks of congress to Lieutenant j.
w. Danenhower and co ller 1g upo HIM
The rank Of eutenanC-commander. Re
icrred.
Hewitt, OF New York, introd lced a bill
amending the act recently pas, cd repeating
the discriminating duties on GOODS pro-
duced east Of tie Cape Of Good Hope so as
to make il apply to such goods as ~ be
in public stores or warehouses or OF ship
board, or in port on January lst, 1888. Re-
ferred.
The house then, az 1925, adjourned.
WASHINGTON, May l5.-House Geneva
award bill was tabled temporarily, the iu-
dietary committee which has juriedjction
OF the subject, having already reported the
hill; also, mouse bill for public buildings at
Louisville, Kentucky.
Bills were introduced and referred as fol-
lows:
By Mr.. George (by requesD-To aid in
the construction of the railroad and levees
of the Memphis e New Orleans railroad
company.
Mr.. Pendleton submitted from the COM
mittee on civil service, etc., re-
port to accompany the civil service
re 'orm bill. He said the formal statements
made before the committee would be pre-
sentcd as addenda. Ordered printed.
Mr.. Morrill, presented amendments to
house bonded distillery spirits bill, in the
form Of substitute for that measure. Re-
ferred to the finance committee,
House bill for the .emoval of the remains
OF the late Minister Fitzpatrick from Chilli to
New jersey was passed.
The Senate then listened to a speech by
Mr.. Beck upon the house bonded distilled
spirits bill, now in the finance committee,
his pending re olution 10 sve the measure
precedence of consideration hereafter, being
taken up.
Mr.. Window followed Mr.. Beck in
reply to an aliusion of the latter. to the
pending investigation of the doings o.
whlskey men by a speci i committee OF
which Mr.. Wirdom is chairman.
Mr.. Beck's resolution having served its
purpose in calling attention to the subject,
it was indefinitely postponed.
Following are the amounts appropriated
by the bill favorably repol led: Public
buildings at Jackson, Tennessee, 5000
Newcastle, Delaware, $4,000; Council
Bluffs, $1,000; Detroit, $4,000; Hannibal,
Missouri, $4,000; Louisville, S5Co,01O,
A letter was transmitted from the com
missioner of pensions inviting attention to
the needed deficiency appropriation of Sl6,-
C00,0.0 to meeS the June payment of army
pensions.
After an executive session the senate ad-
iourned.
The vote in the executive session on the
confirmation of Roland Worthington, OF
the Boston Traveller, as collector of customs
of the port of Boston. was 80 ayes to IA
nays. The may" vote comprised eleven
Re publicans and three democrats.
HOUSE.
Under the call of states, the following
bills were introduced and referred:
BY Shelley, OF Alabame-For the sale o.
public lands in Mississippi, and Louisiana
to the New Orleans & Northeastern rail
road company; also to regulate the sale Of
coal and iron lands in Alabama.
BY Robinson, OF New Gork-Calling on
the president for further correspondence
with Great Britain in regard to American
citizens imprisoned in Ireland.
by Lynch, of Mississippi-Amendatory
of Federal election laws; also, TO reimburse
depositors of the Freedman's Savings and
Trust company for losses incurred by fall-
ure of said company.
Under the SUSPENSION of the rules the
bill passed providing that no action for
dama.es fOr Infringement vi patents shall
be sustained for the use of any patented
article or device when it shall appear on
trial that defendant purchased such article
for valuable consideration in open
market.
The speaker laid before the house a mess
age from the president transmitting a COM
munication from the commissioners Of pen
sions, calling attention to the fact that the
deficiency appropriation Of Sl6,0O0,O00 to
meet June payments of army pensions,
should be available as early as the 18th
inst, if practicable. Referred.
Adjourned.
NOMINATIONS.
The president to-day nominated James
L. Mckee, Of Texas to be marshal OF the
northern district of Texas; II. l.. Costing,
of Texas, marshal Of the western district OF
Texas; J. c. Bigger, oi Texas, attorney for
the northern district of Texas; NJ. T. VIII
liams, OF Tennessee, as marshal OF the
western district Of Tennessee; William a.
Maury, Of the District of Columbia, as
sistaut attorney-general OF the United
States.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, May 18.-Peiitions were
by Mr.. Mcpherson. from tine
BOARD Of aldermen Of Jersey City, solemn
prott 81 against What they call the base sur
render by James @. Blaine and James l,us-
sell Lowell, Of American citizens. and
calls on the president to vindicate tier
rights, and demands the recall Of Minister
Lowell. Referred TO the committee on for
sign relations.
Mr, Bayard reported fay0rably from the
finance committee, with amendments in
The nature Of q substitute, the bonded
spirits bill. He said the committee had
Iaken speedy action on the question, be-
cause cf its Importance 20 the public feye-
nue and the extensive business cOn1ected
With IT, and that an amendment Woulh
be offered in the senate allowing
bonds 20 be given annually, - a. to pre-
rent hardship under the present arrance-
ment Of giving bonds monthly. Tie bili
vent 10 the calendar.
The land bill then. came up as unfinished
business.
The bill was discussed for some time, and
fnaily vent over as unfinished buisness isf
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