Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-06

ING ioho"tng proceedings took place In the
House after the report In the first edition closed:
Mr.. Townsend, OF Ohio offered a resolution. cali
Ing on the Secretary OF War for the names and
character or the particular objects referred to
ID That part OF the Presidents message, which dis
cusSes the appropriations for rivers and harbors
as likely to need additional appropriations at this
session s b and the amount. which in his Judgment
ending June 80 1884, Referred.
CHEAP POSTAGE
Mr.. Caswell, OF Wisconsin, offered a resolution
authorizing the committee on appropriations to
embody in the Post oflce appropriation bill
clause reducing letter postage to cents Adopted.
Mr.. Kelly, OF Pennsylvania, chairman OF the
committee on ways and means, offered the usual
resolution for the distribution OF the Presidents
message and the House proceeded, in committee
OF the whole, to It's consideration.
Mr.. Holman of Indiana, moved to amend the
resolution by referring to the COMMITTEES on public
lands that portion OF the message which discusses
the delinquencies OF the Pacific railroads In the
originai resolution 1t Is referred to the committee
on the Judiciary.
Mr.. Anderson opposed the amendment, on the
ground that the question presented was purely a
Mr.. Holman contended that the question in
VOWED was as to the forfeiture of the land.
Mr.. Robson said that SO far as he could find
there was but one clause In the Presidents mes
sage which referred to land grant roads and that
referred to this state of things There were certain
railroads. entitled under acts OF Congress to large
tracts OF land, and then held to their privilege
OF taking them but did not actually take them.
uae was tut cfl IeltTTcu I'd IN the message He dlQ
not know that this was judicial question, but 1t
was legislative question whether it behooved
the United States to take any action 1t was
question as to whether the roads should be forced
TO take those lands or to give them up.
Mr.. Holman then withdrew the amendment
ON motion OF Mr.. Williams {Wts) the question
or the Hawaiian treaty was referred to the COM
mlttee on foreign affairs instead of to ways and
means.
The amendment was lost, 51-92
Inc resolution was then reported back to the
House and adopted as amended.
. The House then, at rs, went into committee OF
the whole (Mr. Wait in the chair) on the state
OF the Union.
The first bill to be considered was one refunding
TO the state Of Georgia the sum OF S35 900 expended
by that state for the common defense of 177f.
Mr. Holman opposed the bill
Capitol Notes
District Commissioner Morgan was at the Capi-
tol to-day.
The report that Senator Hill, of Colorado, would
break up housekeeping Is not true. He remains in
his residence at 1907 street.
SENATOR DAVIS AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE
President pro tenlpore Davis of the Senate, has
again disappointed the republican Senator'S The
latter are not pleased with the present organization
OF the committees, and at their caucus the other
day 1t was decided to partially re-organize them.
Some OF the most prominent republican Senators
are on minor committees while other Senator's
have double share of the important places AS
the Senate now stands no change can be effected
without the consent and vote of President Davis
and when approached in the name of the caucus
desired he refused. He holds that any re-orpanjza
tloG OF committees might upset the present ar.
rangement Of officials, and he prefers to have
matters remain in status QaAo