The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-04-20
NEWS OF'TlIE HOUR
FORTY seventh Congress
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IL snail TAKE eHect, was reJeoVeu -"JV'' 80
nays, 80. The amendments offered ny
p,rmb MIMI mn and Salisbury were nc
49, A., An ,,o.sod yoos n ,ovs
cepteu anu INC piii P"'Sou yo"'' "a nays
l3' H.. 90 ooo ooo IT,. H.. To-,
Dill aPProPria',iS %oJoC'yOo - ,iaeo,'r;
proVemeht Oh the ai.' 4, g.
rivers was made tne uhiinisleu pus''ies' ioi
tomorrow .,.... -, -.
Mr.. flumo, from tiie coiiiihitteo " Up
preparations, reporter WIN en ooa
house phi appropriatipg 9lovooo W supPhy
the uelclehcf ~ 'Ie Gulio IN ye"i ,rIa LiII
sustenance OF the Indian tribes. The Dill
passed. M
Mr.. Plumb, from the same cominiItee,
reported without amendment mouse Dill 10
supply deficiencies in the current year OF
Sl1O,OCJior printing, stamp etc', lor ene
revenue department; $25,C 10 for the man
ufactlle of paDer for the treasury depart
ment. also Sl5OC1O to continue
,porl, ON the Washington mon
wont Woln On Tho lotter apnron, iation
Leino for The next fiscal wear to enable the
oerS 'G IN ' nba,ce Of the work to make his
crontracts for the coming wear at this time.
pnssod
NJ Harrison called up house bill to
onthorize n bridge ACROSS the Mlssissippi at
a.. near KeilhbuTp. Illinois. Passed.
VI w YEA .st, In mil IA Mr. Ianbam nre-
sonted a remonslrance transmitted TO him
~, m" cbamhpr Of commerce. Of New
~ w 60 tho Lrsiness men of that citv
,'a N, aio T.; iva GLina Jrv Goods iron and
en tfn5' trade and amhracipS the SIGNATURES
oS%onl,s hont ars and insnrsnce connnnies,
against the passage of any law prohibiting
LII, o 10 nontrarv to orr national
S SuIm ~ and an unnecessary affront to a
f,ianSiv nation nreiudicial to the CONNER
cial lhlerests VI ene counElp 80 o.;
no. n ou 10 he of vast i'm.
oii.tin, "-i'A - 0'i'i
PostaNTo cold tbo rotitioneru r,oro q n
;,,ontod Nv tiat snirit which so universally
.iia.eH ~ ~; v'% %;s hovbonS and which was
$4,000 $1,000, IN one stonzo in the SONG If "Iei-
ssApl n, ar,d - ;Sart, y Win vbin6 al, arc
f r,no;l;or anu i''''
4hoiI neIIed 5y tyrannv 10 roam,
Shall find amid the abundant stals a freer and
happier home"
The paper went to the committee on for
eign relations. r-.~-. '-...
Mr.. Ma1ey, from the committee on
claims, reported favorably with amend
ments bill to reappropriate and apply the
amount appropriated by the act Of March,
1877, to pay certain southern mail con-
tractors.
On motion OF Mr.. Cameron, of Wisconsin
house bill for the allowance OF about
1900 claims arising under the act OF
July 4th, 1864, for stores and supplies fur
nished to army OF the United States, all o
which have been reported upon by the &C
counting officers OF the treasury, was
passed.
The senate took up the calendar, and, or
motion OF Mr.. Teller, devoted the morning
hour to pension bills, of which a number
were passed. ~,
AT the expiration of the morning hour
at 3 o'clock the bill Tor the improvement, OF
the NAVIGATION of the Mississippi and mis-
souri, rivers, which came up as the regula
order, was temporarily laid aside and sixty
pension bills passed.
After disposing OF this business the regu
lar order was again passed over ana Mr.
Voorhees, addressed the senate upon reFo
He said the secretary OF STATE
failed to respond to the sen
ate resolution of, March 9th lnstructine
him to report upon the Insolvency. case al
the earliest day possible until March 10Th
although every item of information trans
mitted on the latter date was in the hand
of that officer when the resolution reached
him and could have been sent il
within twenty-four hours thereafter
The American state department
he asserted of late years had always pro
ceeded very slowly when appealed to in be
half of American citizens i'll foreign prisons
He proceeded as follows: "a cover 'men
which is Indifferent to the fates of citizen
whether at home or abroad: which wal $ t.
to respond boldly and swiftly to the appeal
for Justice, and leaves them to waste ava,
their lives in prison untried and uncon
yicted is unworthy of allegiance, ant
ought not to have, and will not long retain
a respectable position among the indepen
dent powers of the earth"
The speaker then reviewed the case o
Insolvency., naturailzed american GU
Zen.who was arrested by British author'
ties in ireland, and imprisoned on the I'd o
June, 1881. and who has been in prison
without trial ever since, notwithstanding
the repeated appeals of the prisoners wifi
to our government for protection and lie
dress.
HOUSE.
Willis, of Kentucky, presented minor
ity report on the anti Chinese bill, and
was referred to the house calendar.
The report states that minority c
members had decided to report bill hXlh
the term &c suspension at fifteen years an
restoring the Oenaltv clause, but in view
the statement that Page would on Monda!
endeayor to sass his bill under a suspen
sion of the rl,les they had determined no
10 report the ifIeen year bill, but to vot
for Pages n otion. They filed re
mort. however, or the purpose of formal,
stating then reference Tor the niteen yea
suspension. They base their argument Il
support of hat proposition on the popula
demand o., the people of the Pacific coast
as assert d at public meetings, and on tn
fact That TO the people suspension of eve
twenty years was not acceptable. The re
mott then proceeds to argue that the GOV
Eminent of the United States was given b
treaty absolute discretion as to determinin
the time and manner OF such suspension.
The house then procee sed to the consit
eration of private business, and at l2:S
went into committee of the whole on III
priyate calendar. The hrst Dill on the ca
enSsr for she relief of Edward b. Arm