Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-11
N CONGRESS-.
!, tbe Senatc--Introduc'
~ nils In the House.
| LEGISLATION for the Scs-
|s '. Important Meas
urcs.

sas Introduces 30
! a coinage AT .he or"hc'l
pen If wisconsin. To regu.
g s's,ions of Representatives to
', nd punish violators thereof.
sps TO prevent the unlaw-
s sl,,on n was agreed to author
's a",o,mittee on military affairs
inio the expediency of prr-
ha usncampment grounds &C.
!. ,he revolutionary army at
S. ,@s for national park.
=, fu aIso offered the following,
!, a Ike to have printed;
ly,d. That in the Judgment OF
.,,a the public debt is not a
l' p,,,,ssinp. and any meas
financial policy looking to
.nus,nalion of the present
lpsing national debt Tor the
y y rational banking or OH any
aunt, meets the disapproba-
'y ,his body, and should be
nth alarm by the taxpayers
sa T up his resolution asking
..isry OF the interior to furnish
s " ali papers relating to the
!, II The land grant of the New
y = Bsion Rouge & Vicksburg
n company to the New Orleans
1. Railway company. He said
.ssO0O acres were tat stake in
NM. M. The land had been granted
u and by the terms of the act the
had lapsed for five years, the
~ being built, and they now at
,mtransier the land to the New
r. Pacific railway.
.sMssld the matter Lad been be.
X; X, sttorney-general, who had
NJ opinion that the grant of
Il, an act of congress was Il grant
.,1f and vested the company
t.,iDterest in the lands, but the
4 dld not acquire precision and
r.anny specific lands until the
~.SAe road was definitely located;
.wyio requiring that the road be
IN ythin a given year was merely
.mTta :ubseguent, which did not
N ki,iture. but enabled the
Tsplsss to declare n forfeiture
lrrTsjsdelal proceedings. Until
IN daaation of forfeiture, the
srarlned in the grantee, and the
hsgse company had a right to
IA, interest to the New Or
ehifc company. Such was the
seOft the attorney-general's opin-
hgalls further stated that he
lafd this session would be char
sid by onslaughts on the de-
r.at of the interior. He did
now whether the senator
colorado HID shared this opin-
hi Ingalls, thought this was the
t0fa series of assaults intended to
nide on the administration of that
i'tment. He was informed aud
sves 1t is to be followed by assaults
be administration of the pension
au, The general land Office and the
all service. The secretary of the
nor, he said, invited the utmost
they into all hi, acts.
n said he was merely per-
ing his duty in the mat
The facts are that during
five years allowed, not one
Of railroad had been built. He
we'd his sources of information as
as those of the gentleman from
as, and he believed the
nent that the quantity of
In question is two millions of
to be substantially correct. With
d to the impression referred to by
enator frem Kansas, he (HilD
card that onslaughts will rather
ade by the railroad companies,
only for the prevention of
ltion against their interests, but
secure legislation against
lerest of the people, and in favor
corporations.
alls said he did not know. He
Vt care whether the assignment
estion was valid or not. He
wished TO say that until some
tent authority overturned the
IN OF the Encouragement, there
ma .fdci3 evidence authority
lie transfer. He had not
lightest objection to call for
but thought. the resolution as
! would not accomplish its pur-
Moreover, If that purpose was to
Il the transfer of lands, by the
ne papers are ready the patents
e issued, and he inquired If the
man did not desire mainly to
It The transfer of the land.
stated he certainly did, and de-
hat no action be taken in the
until the information called for
ented to the senate. The resol-
as agreed TO.
HOUSE.
were introduced: by Rose
To indemnity California for
les incurred in Indian wars;
prevent undue discrimination
way transportation.
'ummer-ro fix and establish
llm rates of the Union Pacific
'enlral Pacific railroads The
'vides that after forty days from
isage of the act it shall be un-
Tor these companies to charge
Than three cents per mile for
Ass passengers, two cents for
,,class, and four and half for
lass.
fuIly-To declare forfeited all
ed land giants in California.
'aysOn-Declaring forfeited the
ants of II large number of roads,
ing many millions of acres OF
The names of the roads and
III involved are as follows: Texas
, 10 600, coo acres In California,
a and New Mexico; Gulf d
.lahd, Tuscaloosa Il Mobile, Mo-
New Orleans, aggregating ] ,5oO,-
es; Savannah d Albany, In
; IN, $50; Iron Mountain, ] 49,
iemphis & Charleston, 1000;
* Girard, 4s2. 900; Ontonagon
, :, Line. l42, 900; Oregon Central,
W; Elyton d Boards Bluit,
+; Oregon e. California and Cal