The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-13

| tary of the interior Tor lnformatlon |
regarding the attempted assignment |
and transfer of Ii granted the |
Texas & Pacific and Southern Pacific |
railways in New Mexico, Southern |
Pacific in Arizona, and Los Angeles |
| & SanDiego in California;; also to per- |
NIT soldiers and sailors to obtain in |
money the value of homeSteads to |
| which they are entitled; also propoS- |
| ing A constitutional amendment grant |
| ing right of suffrage to women; also |
appropriating $4,000 a year, for |
| five years, to aid common schools. |
By Mr.. Turner-Requiring the ayes |
| and nays to be taken on the passage of |
any bill appropriating more than
| $1,000; also, to put salt, trace chains |
| and agricultural implements on the |
| free list.
BY Mr.. Willis-To authorize the |
! withdrawal from -distilling ware |
! houses, without tax, spirits to be used |
for industrial purposes; also, to estab-
liSh a bureau of statistics of labor in |
dustry.
The call was interrupted to allow |
Mr.. Hewitt to offer a resolution that |
this house bring to the notice of the |
president the case of Patrick O'Don- |
nell, claiming to be citizen of the |
United States, now under sentence OF
death in Great Britain, in the hope !
that the president will secure such |
reasonable delay of the execution OF |
| the sentence as will enable the presl-
dent to ascertain whether said O'Don-
\ nell is citizen of the United Statas,
I and if so whether he was tried and
| convicted in accordance with the mu-
nicipal laws of Great Britain and the
| requirements of the international law.
| Adopted.
| By Mr.. King-To equalize pay OF
| male EMPLOYEES of the government.
| BY Mr.. Diegley-To remove certain
! burdens from American merchants
marine; also to constitute bereau of
commerce navigation; also to encour-
age American ship building.
By Mr.. Hoblitzell-For construc-
tion of the Maryland and Delaware
ship canal.
BY Mr.. Blanchard.-To provide
| when term of congressman begin and
end and when Congress shall meet.
| The object Of the bill is, that Congress
! meet Immediately otter the election
of members to new Congress instead
of thirteen months after, and provides
for two long sessions of each Con-
gress INSTEAD of one long and one
short as now.
BY Mr.. Morse-Repealing the act
for the coinage of standard silver dol
Nhiting-To remove all tax
IA r.tiIatfon of the national
bank assO itionS. Also, to fix the
amount of c. 'culating notes to be is
sued by national banking associations
on deposit of bonds. y
By Mr.. Rice-Declaring the policy
of the Unit d States regarding the
Panama canal. 1t declares the con-
structlon OF I ne interior oceanic canal
by means of foreign capital is hostile
to the established policy of the United
States, and in violation of the spirit
of the declaration Of the Monroe doc
trine; that the United States will as
sert and mai ltain such control and
supervision OF said canal as is neces-
sary to protect the national interests.
Adjourned.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. IL. Senator
Aldrich announced the presence Of his
colleague, Senator Anthony, and asked
that he be sworn in Immediately. All
senators arose and remained standing
while Senator EGmonds administered
the oath.
Senator Sherman presented bill
for the encouragement of closer COM
mercial relationship and interest be-
tween the United States and the re-
publics of Mexico, Central and South
America and Brazil
Senator Beck offered a resolution
calling on the secretary of the treas
ury for information regarding the
sinking fund, which he stated was be-
ing kept up by Over-taxation.
The senate confirmed W. g. GreS-
ham as poStmaster-gene
Senator Plumb presented petition
from colored citizens of Kansas set
ting forth their disadvantageous posi-
ton in view of the condition of legiS-
lation according to the decisions of
the courts, and praying for additional
legislation to protect their civil rights.
Senator Ingalls, presented petition
for pensions for ex-prisoners of war
and granting soldiers and sailors, who
served ninety days in the late war, 100
acres of land.
Sen. Ingalls, introduced a bill which
provides for determining the exis-
tence and removal of inability of the
president to discharge the powers and
duties of Office.
After the executive session the SEN
ate adjourned.
HOUSE.
The speaker is suffering with a
severe cold and Mr.. Cox, of New Y York
occupied the chair.
Bills were introduced by Mr.. Lacey
Ito establish postal saving deposit
as branch of the postoffice depart
ment.
By Mr.. Yaple-To abolish the duty
on salt.
By Mr.. Muldrow-To enlarge the
powers of the duties of the depart
ment of agriculture.
By Mr.. Broadhead-To establish
. United States mint at st. Louis.
By Mr.. Hatch-To establish a
bureau OF animal industry, to prevent
importation of diseased cattle and the
spread of contagious disease among
domestic animals; also to allow farm
ers and planters to sell leaf tobacco of
his own production to others than
By Mr.. ONeil-To prevent the
adulteration of food with drugs.
BY Mr.. Burns-To admit free of
duty all grades of sugar; also the re-
. lief of land owners whose land is des-
troyed by any navigable river.
BY MIR. Valentine-To compel the
payment by the Union Pacific railroad
of cost of surveying and selecting GER
tain lands granted it.
By Mr.. Robinson, of New York-A
resolution of inquiry calling on the
secretary of the interior for informa-
tion concerning the purchase of pub
, lie lands by foreign noblemen, So
called, and titled aliens, with their
names and amount of acres purchased; !;
also for information to enable the
House to formulate land bill to pre-
vent the establishment of land mo-
: nopolies and landlord systems in our
country, and providing against hav-
ing the public domain fall under the
! power of aliens; also calling on the
: secretary of state for information as
to whether our minister to Great
, Britain received any title of nobility,
such as Lord inector," from any
foreign state, and whether such Eng
lish "lord" is retained in the service
of the United States; also, whether
officers and sailors of the United States
, navy rendered service to the British
. navy in the recent bombardment of
AleXandria, Egypt also, whether, as
, recently stated repeatedly by the pub
, lie press, British spy, named NJ. E.
O'Brien, has been allowed to tamper
with the mails in New York, and,