The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-06-08
A Short Session of Both Houses OF Con.
gress Republican Caucus Call.
ed and Mischief PrOba.
bly, Brewing.
The Crescent City Journalists Resort
to the Code-Major Burke Is
Painfully Wounded.
Oregon Probably Republican with q
Close Legislature Capital ver-
sus Labor.
Garlbaldi's Family Decide not TO Gre.
mate Him.
Happenings in the Commercial World.
Fire Record.
Other Foreign and Domestic News.
Other Foreign and Domestic News,

SENATE.


WASHINGTON, June Mr., Jonas from
the committee on railways, reported back
with written report the. petition..of cit
izens of Louisiana for the forfeiture of the
land grant to the New Orleans, Baton
Rouge & Vicksburg railway.
In reply to an inquiry by Mr.. Cameron,
of Wisconsin, Mr.. Jonas stated that the
committee saw no reason for the forfeiture
Of the grant. as the proposed road had been
built by another company, the assignee of
the original grantee, when had power to
make such an assignment.
Upon his motion the committee was dis.
charged from further consideration of the
subject.
House bill appropriating $1,000 for a
public building at Lynchburg, Virginia
passed.
House decaratory resolution regarding
the death of Garibaldi was agreed to.
Consideration of the district of Columbia
appropriation bill occupied the remainder
OF the day, Less than quorum of mem
befs was present. while the bill was under
consideration.
Mr.. Van Wyck offered a. resolution direct
! ing that the question of confirming the
persons appointed to-day on the riff COM
mission be considered in open session. The
resolution was laid over on an obj ction by
Mr.. Plumb.
After an executive session the senate ad-
journed.
| HOUSE.
Sparks of Illinois, rising to question OF
privilege said that during the debate on the
deficiency bill, yesterday, some angry
words had passed between Cox and himself,
not, ho ever, to the extent reported In the
Washington morningpapers The remarks
had been made aside anu had not gone into
the Record but for his part in the colloquy
he respectfully begged the pardon of the
gent 'emen from New York, toward whom
he had always maintained kindest feelings
Cox replied that he was glad that the
gentleman from Illinois had taken occasion
to express his regret for the remarks mad,
by HIM. He thought that the gentleman
had made the amende, and he accepted tn,
apology in the kind feeling in which it hat
been rendered.
The house went into committee of the
whole and resumed consideration of the
general deficiency appropriation bill.
The clause directing credit to ex-Treas
; urer Spinner Of $7 the amount debiteC
to him on the treasury books, was ruled ou
on point of order.
Blount and Hewitt objected to two item
aggregating $3G3, coo for the bureaus of IT,,
navy department, and another politica
controversy arose between these gentlemen
and Robson and others, the point of at
tack being RobeSon'S management Of tn
navy.
The house at $50 p m, adjourned and
republican caucus was announced to tax
place at s o'clock thsevening.
NOMINATIONS.
The president to-day sent to the senat
the nomination of members of tariff com
mission telegraphed last night also tn
nomination of G. j. Burnett postmaster a
Henderson, Texas.
COMBINATIONS.
The senate confirmed the nominations {
l.. J. Burlatodr, of Louisiana, secretary {
legation at Paris John W. Howell, collec,o
of customs, Fcrnandina, Florida; John W
Arnold postmaster, Columbus, Gcorgit
and Matthew X. Aster postmaster, CIR,
NADIA, Mississippi.