The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-26

forty seventh Congress

the Treasury IN response to u Senate rcso
luton as TO the present ratosand duties i'm
posed by France, Germany and MeSic
upon American Manufactures.
Mr.. Davis, Of Illinois, from the Commit
tee on Judiciary, reported back lavorabll
the bill to permit Ward Hunt, Associat,
Justice of the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States, to retire. He gave notice tina
he would ask its consideration tomorrow
Mr.. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, from thC
Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the
resolution for the examination by that com
mittee of the new system Of Naval defense
invented by Captain Jerrckson, and re
port thereon. Adopted.
Mr.. Anthony from the Committee on
Naval Affairs, reported favorably bill au,
thorizing the compilation and printing OF q
naval history of the war
Mr.. Blair offered a resolution instructing
the Committee on Public Lands to inquire
into the administration of the land laws
practical dispositions of lands and any
abuses and Lardships which may exist in
their administration, and report the facts
and recommendations. Adopted.
The remainder of the morning hour was
occupied by Mr.. Brown in remarks upon
? the currency by the withdrawal of silver
certificates, or the discontinuance of further
restriction of silver coinage, and that gold
and silver coin be based upon the proper
rates of equivalents between the two
metals, and the issues ofpaper predicated
upon and convertible into coin on demand,
constitute the proper circulating medium
of this country
The Senate then resumed consideration
Of the Sherman Funding Bill, and Mr..
Morgan spoke in opposition To the bill. AT
the conclusion of Mr.. Morgan remarks the
bill was informally laid aside until to-
morrow.
Haskell, from the Committee on Indian
Affairs reported bill for the sale of the
land of the Mama Indians in Kansas.
Haskell moved that all the bills for In
dian Depredations Claims that are before
the Committee on Claims be referred to the
Committee on Indian Affairs, He stated
that the Committee on Claims was COM
pletely buried under work, having over
GOO bills referred to it. The chairman OF
the latter committee being absent the mat
ter went over without action.
Stephens, from the Coinage Committee,
made report on the subcommittee Me-
trio Coinage. The report is i'll favor of the
bill to authorize metric coinage for inter
national use and to be known as 1.-THE stel-
la" and Of bill to authorize the coinage
of Ga!oid metric dollar, two dollars and
fractions off dollar; also, for the coinage of
metric double eagle, eagle and half eagle,
all of standard value.
Neal offered q resolution for printing
5000 copies of the report of the Guiteau
trial for the use of the House. Referred.
Burrows asked leave to introduce, for i'm
mediate consideration, bill defining the
Qualifications of Territorial Delegates, max
ing any person guilty of bigamy or polyga-
MY ineligible. An objection being made,
the motion was withdrawn
- The House then resumed the considera-
ton of the report of the Committee on
Rules, proposing an increase in the member
ship of certain committees, the pending
question being on Orth's substitute OF the
appointment of board to select com
mittoes.
Robson made point of order that the
substitute was foreignto the original propo-
sition, because the substitute applied to the
next House and not this, and because
it embraced Il matter not in the original
proposition. A discussion of the point Of
order was participated in by Robson, Orth,
Springer, Holman and others. The
question was finally submitted to the
House and the point of order taken against
the substitute was sustained by the follow
ing vote: Yeas, 1853; nays, "A. So the sub
stitute was ruled out of order.
King offered an amendment relating to
the Committee on the improvement of the
Mississippi River providing that it shall
have the same privileges, in report
ing appropriations for the improve
corded to appropriation committees
in reporting the usual appropriation bills,
and spoke in support of the amendment as
bearing on the question of cheap transport
tation.
Dunn opposed the amendment, arguing
that the question of improving the Missis-
sippi river belonged to the Com .nittee on
Commerce.
Thomas advocated the amendment and
said there was no reason why the Commit
tee on Commerce should have charge of the
question, unless the object was to make the
appropriations for the Mississippi carry
through the House the River and Har-
Dor Appropriation Bill. He asserted that
the commerce of the Mississippi
river was two thousand times greater than
the whole foreign commerce of the United
States, and the projected improvement
transportation would be cheapened 81 per
ccnt.
Thompson opposed the amendment.
Springer advocated the amendment, and
appealed TO the Eastern members to give
- interest TO the Mississippi Valley
D5mniittee specially provice ed for in the
Turner also advocated the amendment
and suggested that the committee should
also have jurisdiction of the Ohiu and other
navigable tributaries Ia the Mississippi
River.
Van Horn spoke of the '-urdity of the
Mississippi River which east needed i'm
provement, leaving untouched 5000 miles
OF uD-river navigation, which supplied W
per cent 81 the commerce OF the lower
river
NJ. Willis moved to amead the pages Of
th amendment so Is to give the Commit
tee on he Improvement of the Mississippi
ri yer Jurisdiction also over the principal
tributaries. The matter then went over for
dav, Robson stating he would call the
psc,ious question tomorrow.
The House then adjourned.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, January Bon motion Of
Mr.. Davis, of Illinois, the bill to permit
Judge Hunt, Of the Supreme Court to re-
tire was taken up and passed-yeas, 4li
Ati.55 the sherman Funding Bill was
taken up and Mr. salisbury took the floor.
After an Intellectual effort by Mr.. Ingalls,
to secure an arrangement for test vote on
the bill to-day, discussion Of the Funding
Bill was continued by Mr.. Window against
the bill. and Mr.. Hill, Of Georgia. who
charged that the operations Of Secretary
Window In continuing The 5's and Us al y
per cent. was unconstitutional.
Mr. Hawley, a member Of the Committee
on Railroads, moved 10 rec0mmit that com
mitiee bill ratifying the action Of the
General Council Of the Choctaw
Nation granting TO the 81. Louis *
San Francisco Railroad Company right-Oi-
way for a railroad and telegraph line
through that nation. lie said that the
oficial protest. Ofthe ChicEasaw Nation and
other documents submitted since the bill
was placed on the calendar had not been
before the committee. and he thought the
measure should be considered under the
new light thus thrown upon H. The mo
ton met with considerable opposition, par
firularlv from Senators Marcy and Coke,
On the ground 81 delay b tie bill through
losing IL place on the calendar. To meet