Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-12-12


Among the petitions presented. was one
for the pensioning of ex-prisoners 0! var ana
one for granting soldiers and sailors who
served ninety days in the late war, warrants
for leo acres of land
By Mr. Hawley. to establish standard time
in the District of Columbia.
By Mr.. Ingalls,, 10 establish uniform sys-
tenn of bankruptcy.
When the House met this morning, the
Speaker was suffering from q severe cold,
and Mr.. Cox of New York, was called to the
chair The reading of yesterdays journal
was dispensed with. The Speaker pro tenn
continued to call Of the States for bills and
resolutions of Inquiry, under which call the
rumber introduced and referred were - fol-
lows:
By Mr.. Raw of New Hampshire, to repeal
the duty on sugar and molasses; also to re-
peal the tax on national bank circulation;
also to reduce the fees for post office money
orders.
By Mr. Brewer of New Jersey, to provide
for the widows of keepers and surfmen who
lose their life in the life saving service.
By Mr. McAvoo of New Jersey, to pre-
vent aliens, other than bona fde settlers,
from owning lands in the territories of the
United States.
By Mr. Fielder of N. j., to prevent any
officer or servant of the government from hir-
ing or contracting out the labor Of prisoners
incarcerated for violation of the laws of the
United States.
By Mr. Robinson of N. Y, resolution of
inquiry calling on the secretary of the In
terror for information concerning the pur-
chase of public lands by foreign noblemen,
so called, and titled aliens, with their names
and amount of acres purchased. and also for
such information as may enable States to for
mulate such laws as shall prevent the estab-
lishment of land monOpoles and landlord
systems in our country, and provide against
having the public domain fall under the
power of aliens.
resolution was offered calling on the
secretary of state for information as to
whether the minister to Great Britain re-
ceived any title of nobility, suce as lord rec.
tor, from any foreign State, and if such Eng
lish lord is still retained in the service OF the
United States; also calling on the secretary
of the navy for information as to whether any
officer of the navy has received or accepted
any gift or present from any king, prince or
foreign state without the consent of Congress;
also whether the officers or sailors of the
United States navy rendered any service to
British navy in the recent bombardment of
Alexandra in Egypt; also reciting that there
press that the British spy NJ E. O'Brien had
been allowed to tamper with the mail in New
York, and known as such by United States
Inspector Newcome and by him permitted to
visit his office in New York postoffice, where
he had apparently unlimited opportunity to
tamper with and open the correspondence of
American merchants and citizens and where
he had laid plans for entrapping those I'M
fortunate men, some American citizens re-
Gently tried in Liverpool ard sentenced to
imprisonment for life, and directing the post
master general to examine into the matter
and communicate to the House the facts and
circumstances connected Herewith.
Mr. Robinson of New York also introduced
bills for the enforcement Of the eight honr
law also to abolish the test oath for the reg
istration Of ships and vessels and for the en-
couragement of United States shipping; to
reduce to one cent the postage on drop let
tiers.
By Mr.. Burleigh, to abolish the tonnage
duties on tugs and vessels not propelled by
steam and trading between contiguous for
eign territory and the United Sta'es.
By Mr.. Slocum of New York for the re-
lies of Fitz John Porter.
By Mr. Van Alstyne of New York, for the
retirement of the trade dollar and recOinage
into any authorized coin of the United States.
By Mr. Rosecrans of California, propos-
ing a constitutional amendment suppressing
polygamy.
By Mr.. Smith of Pennsylvania, to remove
the tax on bank circulation.
BY Mr.. Poland of Vermont, limiting the
use of the unit kabeas corpus.
By Mr.. Ouray, for the transfer of the In
dian bureau from the interior to the war de-
partment; also for the admission of Arizona
as State.
By Mr.. RAYMOND of Dakota, to establish
the territory of North Dakota.
By MIR. Cain of Utah. for the admission of
Utah as State.
By Mr.. Warner of Tennessee, to abolish
the duty on salt, matches, needles and
brooms.
One thousand and twenty-one bills were
introduced yesterday and today.
The House at 5.l5 adjourned.