The daily gazette., 1882-12-09
AspRlNTED FROM Yes1ren
CONGRESS
'ti'i"hA In the sennta
Hrult,yl,. 'Vh 8


Petitions in The senn,.
v, Brought Up.
MAshiNGToN, Dec. S.-Ir a.
morning Senator Logan nr.,o,,. Wv, esoo'e
petitions from tobacen n,l,',S ,1Sut'a seye
III III immediate action % tho to,a g,
ulll On The ground that thc r"oaeeo
eeIsaihly Is disastrous to Lnsin,.' '''e01
q ihrge number Of reiiti6rs Ga,. -,
seetiohs OF the country w,ro 'n ''fei
praying For q htil relating h tl, .e'sn
pensions OF one.armcd ana na,, 'ay'gla
On motion Of Mr.. Morrti, 1p,,n
ulil ,i... OF last session, with pcndip@ % a,
.hchts ana memorials RELATING rs , %'a
tax, was reeommittel to The Fnso.d IN ,O Y!
mittee. i'"ahee
Beek's resolution in rceara :,
assessments was taken up. If, y y FpiN
the hoor and made speech on Il Dl,H snt. II
ioF the resolution offered by Halo % He
ehls resolution contained few si,,,t
posiuons. If Government embloyncs
paid sufficient salaries to enahl3 ~
contribute two or five pcr co~, 's
politital purposes It was tinS !,
interest Of decent economy. lin, u.
psnsauon should be cut down. Hsla,.1
situte, he said, went clearly outside N
had different ends in view. Il wan,al
ind out what distiilers and brewnrs
tribuicd 10 the Democratic camna,on
Perhaps, he said, those class,s bSd \
contributions just the same as tbr ii
bankers had contributed to the R.,ml
fund, but he didn't see how Tint co"il
stopped, inasnuch as those men dl N
their money from taxation of lie ,e1
while employees Of the Government
not ayowedly dismissed for non.paytns
assessments, yet a number of tbo.e mn
not paid were discharged.
MIR. Hale, In reply, said Mr.. Beck 4
! say what he pleased about his (BerE,l
/ sire TO confne the Investigation ia a,
ments from government clerks, but M
. remained that his (the SPEAKERS pro,
4 substitute was for the purpose Of leaI
o everything as to the conduct of Nh,
4 campaign. ...
e HOUSE MATTERS.
Z In the House Mr. Davis ofIllipois nre.
o petition from the tobacco lealel
. Chicago, urging definite settlement,
q tobacco tax question and lavoripg tle
Ie litiun OF the present tax on tobacco.
Is Mr.. Burrows Of Michigan, reported
preparation bill for consular and ditlt
services.
At 1880 the House went into Conn
Of the Whole.
The consular and Diplomatic hills.
ported, appropriates 81 ,45S go, Wild
m Sl32, 800 less than the estimates.
| The House Foreign AfIais Commit
structed their Chairman 10 ak the
on Tuesday next 10 sci aside thr awaI
the Venezuelan Commission Commit,
will ask the House toset au cafly d
discussion Of the Nicaragua tlull.
The Committee on Post 0aiee aud
rs Roads reported the biil reducing
postage to two cents. The rpurt
hauetiyc, covering the llsloryo postal
\ lation and say that Il reduction il p
} will cause deficit III postal rryruil
claims hat this viii only se tcmpora
soon recovered.
The Committee On Elections rtiFrr
protest Of Jones against Shelley al
petition against Utah Delegates ,o su
-- mittees with instruction, to repo
Tuesday. -..-.
The judiciary Committee report
vcrsely upon petitions L. pay llrHH
man and White Frost Of Kcntue&y,
perty sold by the United Stats 10
illegally assessed. -. -..
On Tuesday the same committee "
slider petitions to establish an inter-
Court Of Appeals to relieve the )
Bench.