The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-16

be called southern corpsration was $3.50,
600 acres to that corporation
Four million five hundred thousant
acres had been given in aid o
northern canals, and not solitary acre fol
this purpose in the south. AS to the
amounts for educational purposes, the dis
parity was such. Mr.. Vance thought as tc
put to shame the man who accused the
south of illiteracy and boosted of the
north's superior intelligence because while
rs 2l7 900 acres of the common property OF
the people have been given for the support
of schools in northern states, but
G,i34 900 had gone to aid the south
ern. On the northern internal i'm
provements the government had eN-
pended S5,9G6, 100, and for the same
purposes in the southern st.tes S2,559, 800,
A recapitulaton showed n grand total OF
money and funds expended by the govern
ment for the benefit of the north Of S275,
1862, 600 against $9l, $4,000 and donation OF
2i6, 4l0, 000 acres of land, against 2S,3l90O0
acres Besides this, seven-tenths of all the
emoluments of public office were engaged
by northern peope. Denouncing protection
/ as robbery and referring to the text OF the
supreme court decision in support of his as
sertion that this term had been applied by
the court to the present system, Mr. Vance
ridiculed what he called the hypocricy OF
| the manufacturers cry of protection to
] ~ luDCT, ne uClllcll llluI pTOlcCJlOn
built up home market except for manu-
! tacturers.
| Upon the conclusion of Mr.. Vance's re-
marks the pension arrears resolution came
| up.
| Mr.. Call, who was awarded the floor, up
on it deferred mis- remarks until tomorrow.
Mr.. Edmunds then asked for a vote on his
motion to take up the anti-polygamy bill,
| and after an arrangement which entitled
Mr. Call to retain the floor for speech to-
morrow on pensions the motion prevailed
| The bill was taken up and laid over as the
unfinished business in order, after Mr.. Cali
shall have finished his remarks.
A bill was Introduced DyMr. Call to exempt
vessels of less than twenty-five tons in in
land waters of the United States, and not
engaged in transportation OF passengers
from inspection ana licenses.
Mr.. Morgan offered a resolution, which
was referred, requesting the president to
bring to the attention of the government of
Nicarauga, the necessity of arranging by
convention final settlement of all unad-
justed claims existing between the United
States and Nicarauga, and OF the citizens OF
either of said governments against the other
government.
! Adjourned.
Under the call of committees the follow
| ing reports were submitted:
BY Willett, of Michigan, from the com
mittee on the judiciary, to prevent persons
living in blgamy or po'ygamy from hoidlng
any office of trust or profit in any territory
Of the United States, and from being dele
gates to congress. Placed on the house cal
endar.
BY Hammond, of Georeia-Amending
section lU99, revised statutes re-
lating to interest on judgments
rendered by the court Of claims, SO as(to
provide hat in cases where the judgment
| applied for is in favor of the claimant II the
same is affirmed by the superior court III
| terest thereon Mt the rate OF iive per cent
! shall ue alloweu IRON date OF It's preSehla-
ton TO the secretary OF the treasury for
payment. Placed on the house calendar.
Bills were reported as follows;
BY Vance, OF North CarollP1 from thG
| committee on patents, Tor the extending "i
| letters patent for the improvement OF thc
| Eclipse cotton gun patent. iIaceI Oh inc
| calendar.
| BY Orth from the committee on foreign
| alIairs-Adyersely, u rcsoluu,n originally
| offered by Robinson, of New York, calling
on the attorney.general for his opinion as TO
/ whether Joseph Warren helier, Al0h2o -
/ Cornell or Charles Carroll could ne arrested
/ in the British empire without having com
| mitted any crime; or whether the English
| government, by suspending the writ OF ha-
/ beas corpus, could lawfully detain them on
| indefinite suspicion without trial or with
out the right of the United States to de-
mand release,
| Robinson, of New York, desired to de-
| bate the resolution, but the speaker heid
! that the pending motion TO lay on the taDle
was not debatable.
| The resolution was tabled-yeas, III.
nays, l03.
OTth also reported adversely resolution
requesting the president to communicate
all correspondence with the British govern
ment on file in the state department IN
reference to- the case Of ID. Ii. O'Connor'
citizen of the United States, now imprisOn-
ed in Ireland.
Orih stated that the papers referred 10
had already been asked for by previous res
oluriun of the house, under the gulsc Oh
parliamentary inquiry.
Cox, of New York, managed TO get IN
few remarks in support oi Do'h these re5o-
lutiOns, declaring that there was undcrly-
ing the first the great principle OF American
citizenship, and that in the second It was
necessary TO show the state department
that congress was urgent IN the matter:
The house agreed to lay the resolutions
on the table-l7l to 10.
Cox thereupon offered an nmendment re-
questing the president TO Obtain jor u. H.
O'ConnOr and other American cltllehs,
now imprisoned under the suspension oi
habeas corpus by the British government
i'm ireland without trial, conviction or SEN
tence a speedy and fair trial or prompt re-
lease
The point Of order was raised that the
amendment was not german TO the subject,
and the speaker sustained the point. linen
followed lively debate, in which Robin
son, of New York, led off and bore the
chief part. He questioned the manhood
of any member who would vote to table
such resolutions and declared That he had
not been able to get fair play on
the floor. He had been repressed and
sat upon. The committee on foreign
affairs and the state department alone
seemed 10 be unaware OF the TACT that Ainerl-
can citizens we're imprisoned in ireland.
Robinson then ptoceeded to name some Of
the American citizens imprisoned in Ire
land There was Mr.. Mcsweeney, Of Cali