The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-06-09
A Rather Quiet Day in the Senate
Chamber, and Nothing stir.
ring on the Floor of
the House,
Bat the Courts, Committees aud De.
partmen's Furnish Exciting aud
Sensational News.
Judge Wylie Reflects Severely Upon the
Slanderous Newspaper Articles
on the
Jury, and Cautious that Exemplary
Body Department Notes.
Exciting Session Of the WindOn Inyesti.
eating Committee.
Probable Release of BrOckaWay
Probable Release of Brockaway
Forty-Sevonth Congress-.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, June S.-Mr. Blairs reso-
luton calling for information as to the
quantity of lands in land grants to certain
railroads with quantity patented and
amounts accruing for roads constructed
ETC., was adopted. The roads suggested in
Mr.. Blair's resolution are as follows: Sioux
City Il st. Paul; St. Paul & Pacific, first di-
vision; Winnona & st, Clair; Cedar Rapids
4 Missouri River; Mobile IL Pensacola &
Georgia; Iowa Falls & Sioux City; North
louisiana Texas Western; Wisconsin. Lake
Superior h Mississippi Alabama Il Chat.
tanooga.
The senate soon after l O'Clock dispensed
with the calendar and resumed considera
ton OF the district appropriation bill. A
number OF committee amendments wer,
ruled out on points of order, and the bill
was finally reported from the committee.
Votes were taken upon several amend
ments and the committee was sustained il
each instance; and, no further change being
made, the bill passed.
Mr.. Hawley reported from the military
committee joint resolution appropriatips
$4,000, or so much as may be needed, tC
furnish food to people made destitute by
floods in Mississippi 1t is said planter,
there had for long time been paying field
hands in the expectation of being re
munerated by the coming crop, but tha
the new flood had dissipated these expecta
tions and necessitated this additional pro
vision. The joint resolution passed
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
On motion of Curtin, of Pennsylvania
the bill was passed increasing to $40 pc
month the pension of any person who il
the late war lost an arm, leg, hand or foot
or received disabilities equal thereto,
Updegrait moved the consideration of tn
general dehclency appropriation bill.
At $40 consideration of the bill was com
pleted, and the committee rose and reportc,
1t back to the house.
Motions to strike out the Appropriate
for the payment OF amounts due land gran
railroads Tor army transportation and fo
bureaus IN the navy department were LOST
A motion to strike out the clause apprC
prlating Sl22 800 for the payment of specia
deputy marshals at congressional election
in 1851 and prior years was lost.
In speaking to this proposition Cox, {
New York, said: "lnasmuch as the men $,
lectedior these positions at our elections pei
! FORMED their work and are not in any sens
responsible for the law under which the
acted and as the money is due them, we dt
sire to say that in voting for this propos
ton we do not yield our well.considere
Judgment as o.the invalidity of the Fec
eral law"
The bill then passed-yeas, 1l6 nays; 5,
The house Immediately thereafter wen
into committee of the whole on the legis
lative, executive and judicial appropriation
bill.
In explaining the bill Cannon of Illinois
said II the clause.providing for All increase
the force in the pension Office was agree
to, during the'next four years there woul
be required $i2j, 100000 to pay pensions
but it was better to expend the suplus rev
enue in that manner than TO have il n
main in the treasury astanding teInptatio
to those who desired to promote schemes 1
the cost OF the government.
The committee then rose.
Adjourned
NOMINATION.
The president to-day nominated A,
Cropsey postmaster at Terrell, Texas.