The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-16
Work OF the Porty-Seyenth Congress-.
Fluctuations Of Futures at
Commercial Centres...A
Brighter Outlook.
A Section of Bald Mountain Tumbles
into the Valley near Ashe-
vile, North Carolina.
An Urgent Appeal is Made In Behalf
Of the Midlothian Mine
Sufferers.
Weldon, North Carolina, Indignant at
a COlOred COrOner's Course.
Another Noted Name Added to the Nee.
rOlOgical Calendar.
Other Domestic and Foreign News.
Other Domestic and Foreign News.
Forty-Seventh Congress,

WASHINGTON February l5,-Mr. Miller
Of California, made an adverse report upon
the senate bill to confer positive, in the
place of relative, rank on officers of the
engineer corps of the United States navy
and action on the bill was indefinitely post.
poned.
Mr.. Jackson introduced bill, presented
by Mr. Morgan in the last congress, for the
relief of the publishing house of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church south. 1t appropr-
ates $4,000 in compensation for property
connected with the publishing house in
Nashville, which was taken or destroyed by
the United States in 1854, or at any other
time.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Call,
which was referred to the committee on for
eign relations, directing the secretary of
state to open negotiations with Spain for re-
mitting the tax on cattle imported into
Cuba from the United States.
A resolution reported by Mr.. Platt, from
the committee on contingent expenses to
provide for messengers for the committeeson
finance, post-oilices, pensions, claims, judi,
ciary ana engrossed bills, was discussed.
The absolute necessity of provision to ia
cilitate committee business was generally
conceded, and on motion ofMr Ingalls, the
District of Columbia committee was in
cluded
Mr. Morgan offered an amendment, pro.
viding a messenger for each senator who is
chairman of a committee. He said that by
reason of the onerous character of their du-
ties, many senator's we're literally working
themselves to death, their labors being
from twenty-five to thirty times as
great rs those deyolging upon members
of the house. He thought the resolution
introduced by Mr.. Brown for q clerk to ev-
cry senator who is a committee chairman,
not already supplied with one ought to be
passed.
Several members attacked the resolu
| as calculated TO increase the already iass =
list of employees of congress.
Mr.. Morgan's amendment was rejected
ayes, TO- nays, 2S.
The resolution, as modified, on motion of
| Mr.. Platt, was passe1-ayes, 80 nays, Is.
1t provides that appointments shall be
| made by the sergeant-at-arms upon selec-
tions made by the committees, and that
messengers so appointed shall not be paid
for that part of the year during which the
at 81 400 per year.
The senate then at 9 o'clock
took up, but tempora lily passed over, the
regular order of business, consideration of
the anti-polygamy bill and Mr.. Call on
leave addressed the senate in support of his
proposed amendment to the pension ar
rears resolution, declaring in favor of pen
sions to survivors Of Indian wars prior to
1915. He said that every argument in favor
of granting and continuing pension to
soldiers of the late war applied with equal
force in behalf OF disabled veterans of the
Mexican and Indian wars.
AT 2:25 p. M the anti-polygamy bill, to
amend section 53j2 of the revised statutes
of the United States in reference to bigamy,
and for other purposes was taken up and
the amendment proposed by the committee
on judiciary read.
The sections and amendments were
agreed to up to the sixth section, which au-
thorizes the president to grant amnesty to
classes of offenders guilty before the pas
sage of the act of bigamy, polygamy or of
unlawful cohabitation, on such conditions
as he shall think proper.
The wholesale exercise of the pardoning
power contemplated in the section was
objected to as touching upon legisat-
i've prerogatiye, but after some discussion
the section was amended and the remain
ing committee amendments, up to the
eighth section, were adopted.
The eighth section provides for q contest
of elections, registration, canvassing of
votes, etc, in a territory under the proyi-
sions for the same as made by its legisla-
tive assembly provided for in this bill, and
disappointment of board of canyassers,
consisting of five persons, to be appointed
by the president and confirmed by the sen.
atA oil nf ,,hf,l, uhatl Ia. .hnu 81.
any one political party, etc,
Mr.. Brown amended so as to require that
not more than three of the board shall be
OF the same political party
Several members debated this section un-
I'll 400 when a motion for an executive ses-
sion was lost-ayes, 2l nays, -, and after
several efforts to secure an arrangement for
q vote on the bill, senator interposed with
u motion TO adjourn, and II was finally ar.
ranged that the measure should be called
up Immediately after the morning business
tomorrow. Debate on II closed at $3.50 p.
M upon this understanding. Mt. Edmunds.
In charge OF the bill, consented to an ad-
journment.
Mr.. Coke, on leave introduced bill an.
proprlating Sl0o, 900 for contingencies in the
Improvement OF Galveston harbor.
AT $50 the senate adjourned
HOUSE.
The morning hour having been dispensed
with. the house resumed consideration of
the apportionment BILL and Herbert of Ala.
bama, continued his speech In opposition to
nh increase In the membership OF the
house.
1t was said that large bodies had the adj.
vantage Of being more difficult 10 corrupt,
but he contended that the more members
would bring more schemes. Just In proper.
tien, as the membership was increased,
members would lose individuality and per.
sonal responsibility and would rely upon
the committees, and the corruptonist in.
stead OF endeavoring to corrupt the house
would apply himself to the committees and
the committees could not be made large
enough to put them beyond the reach Of
temptation. lie favored constitutional
amendment limiting the number Of repre-.
sentatives.
Debale'on the apportionment bill occupied
the remainder of the days session, after Il
was taken up, to the exclusion Of all other
business.
Thompson, Of Kentucky, who was enti.
tied TO the iloor tor the last hour of The de.
bate before the demand for the previous