Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-06
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CONGRESSIONAL.
Both Houses Getting Down TO Work IN
Good Style.
Several Contested Election Cases In the
House Referred TO Appropriate
Committees.
SENATE.

s't%NhiE
Washington, December 5.-Hoar pre-
sented u joint resolution from the leg.
isature of Massachusetts opposing con-
Wet labor on public works of the
United States.
Blair presented n joint resolution
from the legislature Of New HAMPSHIRE
opposing further land grants To rail-
roads and the renewal of forfeited land
grants.
Butler introduced a bill TO repeal the
internal revenue laws now in force
and abolish the internal revenue bu-
reau.
Other bills We're introduced as fol-
lows:
BY Cullom--To re-organize the leg
islative power of Utah.
Walker - Indemnifying Arkansas
for swamps and overhowed lands sold
by the United States since 1857; also to
authorize the erection of federal build
ings at Fort Smith; also to donate u
part of the abandoned military reserva-
lion NJ Fort Smith for the benefit of
the public schools of that place; also
for an adjustment of the claims of
Arkansas against the United States.
Cameron of Wisconsin-To provide
for the appointment of another circuit
Judge for the seventh judicial circuit
of the United States.
Logan-To provide for granting pub
lie lands to soldiers and sailors of the
late war.
Cockrell-To provide for the APP
poin tment of a special commissioner
10 visit the principal countries of Cen
trail and South America for the pur-
pose of collecting information looking
to the extension of American trade
and commerce, and to extend the
| friendly and mutually advantageous
| relations between the United States
and other nations.
Blair-Joint resolution proposing n
constitutional amendment regarding
alcoholic liquors. The proposed amend
ment sprohibits the manufac-
ture or sale of distilled
alcoh Ollie Intoxicating liquors ex-
cept for medicinal, mechan-
| zeal, chemical and scientific purposes
1 or use in the arts in the states and ter
ritories, and the importation of such
except for the purposes named. The
bill also provides that should the
amendment not be ratified by three
/ vi bCipiO thN its't ~
December, 1890, prohibition proposes
| to take effect rs an net of congress at
the expiration of ten years.
A resolution by Mr.. Logan was
agreed TO, calling on the secretary of
war for information as to the necessity
for an immediate appropriation for the
completion of work at Rock Island,
Arizona.
Ia. al n
on coinage, giving his well-known
views upon the silver question NJ
length.
Morgan offered resolution instruct
ing the committee on Indian affairs to
inquire into the expectancy of Great
ing n military academy west of the
Mississippi river for the training and
education of Indian youths and men
up to the proper age as soldiers, ana 10
admit them when qualified into the
regular army. go,
Aoar introduced bill concerning
federal elections. 1t provides, Tor the
use of patent ballot box and count
ing device, and requires all baliotlnnS
and counting of ballots to be done III
open meeting, which shall not be au-
iourned until all the ballots are count,
ed. in charge of which the officer snail
be United States marshal or super
visor, who shall be the custodian OF
the boxes, as the representative OF the
attorney general, who shall have prii-
mary charge and responsibility OF such
boxes. A..
A message was received from the
president. The senate then went INTO
executive session and soon after adj
journed.
Washington, December 5,-Randall
objected to the passage OF the resnlu'
ton for the immediate appropriation
OF $40 900 for printing the records OF
the United States supreme court
which had been referred TO the com
mittee of the whole. He said All deii'
ciencies should have thorough lhves.
tiration, not only by the house, bql
also by the appropriate committee dc
had a horror of deficiencies.
The Virginia contested election case
of Garrison VS.. Mayo was referred u
the committee on elections, Wheh aP'
pointed, with instructions TO repor'
The legal question involved therein
II was ordered that when the mouse
adiourns tomorrow, itbe to meet Moh'
day. -, roso
lutions announcing the death "
Thomas II. Herndon of Alabama, and
in respect to his memory the house no!
adjourned with the understandings
that no business will be transacted 10
4 morrow.
Fire in Nashville.