The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-06-22
An Interesting Day at Warrington :
hr Malone Carries Point In
the Face Of Able Op.
position.
Mr. Reagan, OF Texas, Rises In the
House to Question Of
Privilege.
Story Of the Burning of the Rodgers
The Crew en- Route for
Home.
The Treasury Commissions Report as
to Cattle Diseases.
Political Dots from the National
Capital.
Other Foreign and Domestic News.
Other Foreign and Domestic News.
Forty-Seventh Congress

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| WASHINGTON, June 2.-Mr. Malone call
ed up the senate bill for public buildings
at Lynchburg, Abingdon and Harrison.
burg, Virginia. The bill had been amended
by the public buildings committee 10 MO-
vide for only building ut Harrisonbnr.
at cost of $4,000. ''
Mr.. Malone moved to insert so, ,oCo for
building at Abingdon.
Mr.. Cockrell objected to tbio q. -, :.
tempt to restore the bill in defiance Of tho
committee's action.
Mr. Morfiii, OF the committee. said tbat
only one building had been recon mended
because IL was not customary for the com.
mittee 10 report more than one pnblic
ouuIuing ior state at one session.
messIs. ~. Mahone and Johnston ocaped
'ou MI stfne W III advocacy Of the amendment.
s,nn MT , vest, OF the committee, said that A
$iUV00 building at Lynchburp and one Mt
panvilie mad already been given to Virginia.
share. S'''" hcl iuii
Mr.; Beck complained that his appeal for
building at Lexington, Kentucky. bad
peen refused by the COMMITTEES because
they had made some little provision for
louisville lie demanded the yeas and
Mr.. Vest said If the amendment prevailed
,s ho MHuiu vote In the committee for a new
own aS IN kentucky and for one in his
Mr. Mshone's amendment was carried
yeas, 80; nays, N. '"''''u
!nose OF the members OF the public
pHildlngs committee who responded voted
No" The bill then passed. 'o''u
mr. Morgan then called up the resolution
iol y committees of Investigation into the
labor strikes, their canses and
remedy, the committee to sit
uuiins vacation, to visit different places TO
nor0ona Semu ,ol persons and papers, to examine
Marmsa ne discussion, participated in by Messrs.
West Virginia, Garland, of sherman ,s, S.y,sIi u
oped general unanimity of sentiment in IA.
y9r OF the early passage of the resolution.
Inc only diversity OF opinion was ns IN
the method in which the inyesticat;oo
should be made, whether by a snecial
ora standing committee Tie resoIntion
was hnally referred to the COMMITTEES on
education and labor, with instructions To
report upon 1t within one week.
me senate resumed consideration of
the mouse bill to enable national banking
assoc'a1rons non 10 extend their corporate exist.
enoe, me section before the senate was
Gates. eN''' No''ni'
Inc pending amendment TO allow silver
certlhcates, as well as new gold certificates
W De counted by national banks as n
part OF their lawful reserves, and IN be
USED III the settlement of clearing house
balances was adopted, prohibiting The use
OF gold certificates whenever the cash re.
demption fund falls below 800 OO0, 600.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Coke and
amended by MIR. Pugh was adopted. pro-
yiuihg that national banks shall become
members members oi the clearing house, in which
silver certificates shall not Se eseceivahle in
tettlement of clearing house pslances
A provision was adopted forbiddinc ocr.
tihcation OF checks in excess of deposits.
under penalty Of 5000 fine or five wears
imprisonment OF both.
an agreement was entered into that the
debate on the bill will close at n. m to.
morrow, when voting on the bill and
amendments will begin. '
Mr. Allison submitted o copy of the bill
recently reported from the commerce com.
mitee, for the construction of what il
known as the Hennepin canal, which he
ohered as an amendment to the river and
harbor bill.
After an executive session, the senate
adjourned.
The speaker being absent this morning
the house was called to order by Burruws
OF Michigan, VS.
Reagan, Of Texas, rising TO a question Of
privilege, stated that the bill passed on
Monday last, to regulate immigration, was
not in the shape In which II was intended
70 pass; bat by mistake the wrong draft
had been sent to the clerks desk. On his
motion resolution was adopted request.
ing the senate TO return the bill to the
touse: The main difference In the bill as
passed and the substitute Is, that the former
charges the cost OF returning paupers or
criminals to the nation to which they be.
long, while the latter charges Il 10 the
sEnamshlp n company bringing them over.
The house resumed consideration OF the
bill for erecting q congressional librnrv
building. After long debate the bill was
postponed until next December.
| kobeson. from the committee on appro.
priatiors, reported back the naval appro.
priation b!ll and II was referred 10 COM
mittec fthe whole. " wa"
The house then went into committee Of
the whole on the bill TO reduce the internal
revenue tar. Kelley, chairman of The
committee on ways and means.
explained the provisions OF the bill The
financial. condition Of the government 10.
day presented spectacle such AZ bad
never been seen III the worlds history,
The oiil m question proposed 10 make
reduction Ia the revenue Of less than $6..
10000 to take effect May 1, 1859. Last
year the government had surplus Of siOD,.
m.Wp; Y i had then collected S38o,.
10000 irom all sources. This wear
II would collect over 100000. 900
and its expenditures had been greatly re.
duccd, He. then compared the financial
condition OF the government In the first
nine months Of the present year with its
condition for q similar period for last wear,
toshow that there had been an increase OF
receipts in each Of the three sources Of reye.
nue--customs, internal taxes spd
miscellmeous AT the end Of the
drst nine months Of 1889, there had
leen sSbiblted reduction : in
interest," chAFees from $00l. 200 70 t5cS.0ao.
shile In 1851 the government had er'
ended e204 ,m,Oop, IN 1882 Il had erpeuded
'ut tipl ,0O,0p. For the nine months The
'ct surplus, which a end Of the first tbree
quarters Of last yeas had been S82, ,Ss3. y
was st the end of three quarien OF the