Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-11


| ing 1900 acres; Oregon Central. in
volylng l, ,130, 900 acres; Elyton and Boards
| Bluff, involving SOC, 600 acres: Oregon and
California and California and Oregon un-
patented lands }, involving 416,SO0 acres:
part of the Northern Pacific, involving
5,5OO,OOO acres; New Orleans and Jack
son. involving 1,000,Q 900 acres: Iron Noun
tain, of Missouri, involving 601, 900 acres:
part of the Atlantic and Pacific, involv-
ing 100000 acres.
By Mr.. Nichols, of Georgia-For the ad-
judication OF the cotton and other claims
of Georgia.
By Mr.. Blount, of Georgia-For the re-
demption of internal revenue stamps.
By Mr.. Clements, of GeOrgia-To repeal
the internal revenue laws.
BY Mr.. Finerty,- of Illinols-For the
construction of four gunboats and three
additional cruisers for the United States
navy.
BY Mr.. Cobb, of Indiana-To prevent
the Secretary of the Interior from Issuing
patents for lands granted by the United
States to aid in the construction of rail-
roads, when said railroads have not been
completed within the time fixed by the
various acts. Also declaring forfeited
lands granted to certain railroad COM
panies. This is substantially similar to
the bill introduced by Mr.. Payson, of
Illinois, and to one subsequently intro
duced by Mr.. Holman, of Indiana.
BY Mr.. Calkins, of Indiana-Proposing
constitutional amendment providing
that no State, public or private corpora
tion or person shall deprive any citizen Of
the United States of equal protection of
the law nor abridge his rights, privileges
or immunities on account of his race,
color or previous condition of seryitude.
By Mr.. Lowry, of Indiana-A resolu-
tion requesting the President to cOmmu-
nicate to the House any correspondence
which has taken place between this gOy-
ernment and Great Britain in reference
to the trial of Patrick O'Donnell, a citi-
zen of the United States, for the alleged
murder Of informer Carey.
BY Mr.. Lamb, of Indiana-To pension
prisoners Of war confined in Confederate
prisons during the late war. Also reso-
luton calling on the Attorney General for
an itemiZed account of the expenditures
in the prosecution of the star route cases.
The call was interrupted to allow Mr..
Hewitt, of New York, to offer the follow
ing resolution:
THAT this House bring to the notice of
President Arthur the case of Patrick O'DOn-
nell, claiming to be citizen of the United
states ana now under sentence of death in
Great Britain, IN the hope that the President
may secure such reasonable delay in the exc
cutlOn of the sentence as will enable the
President to ascertain whether said O'Don-
nell is citizen of the United States, and if so,
whether he was tried and convicted in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the municipal
law OF Great Britain, and the requirements
OF international law"
The resolution was adopted,
The call was continued, and a bill was
introduced by Mr.. Blanchard, of Louisi-
ana, to provide when the terms of Con-
gressmen shall begin and end, and when
Congress shall meet. The object of this
bill is that Congress shall meet immedi-
ately after the election of members to the
new Congress, instead of thirteen months
after, as now, and to provide for two long
sessions of each Congress, instead of one
long and one short term, as now.
Without completing the call the House
adjourned. The call will be resumed to-
morrow.
IN THE SENATE.
On the assembling of the Senate the
chair laid before it a memorial of the
veterans Of the Mexican war asking that
their names and the widows of deceased
veterans be placed on the pension rolls.
On motion of Mr.. Sherman the Senate
proceeded to the appointment of the
standing and other committees of the
Senate, and the 46th rule requiring desig-
nation to be by ballot was suspended, and
the names were read from list handed
to the Secretary, which list was adopted.
Mr.. Morgan introduced petition from
cadets that that part of the act of August
D, 1882, limiting the number of graduates
of the Naval Academy to be retained in
the service each year shall not apply to
those classes who were in the service at
the time of the passage of the act.
Among the bills introduced was one by
Mr.. Morgan to define the rights of United
States citizens when residing in foreign
countries.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Butler,
fp1l hno bod to
on the table, providing that each senator
except the Chairman Of the Standing or
Select Committees shall be entitled to
clerk or Secretary at salary of $1,000
annually.
Mr.. VOrhees offered the following, which
he asked to have printed:
ResoIoed, That in the judgment of the SEN
ate the public debt is not public blessing,
and that any measure of financial policy look
ing to the perpetuaton of the present interest
bearing national debt of this government for
purposes of national banking or on any other
account meets with the disapprobation of this
body, and should be viewed with alarm bv the
tax payers of the United States.
On the expiration of the morning hour,
Mr.. Hill, of Colorado, called up the reso-
luton heretofore offered by him calling
on the Secretary OF the Interior for copies
of all papers on file relating to the trans
fer of the land grant of the New Orleans,
Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad
Company to the New Orleans Pacific
Railroad. During the debate on this
resolution Mir. ingalls,, of Kansas, said
that he heard it noised about that this
session was to be characterized by an
onslaught on the eSecretary of the Interior,
on the Land Office and on other depart,
ments of the government, but that the
Secretary of the Interior invites the most
searching scrutiny of all his acts.
Mr.. Hill, while disclaiming any attack
and asking only for information, said that
he had heard that the session was more
likely to be characterized by onslaughts
by railroad companies to secure legisla-
tlon IN their favor and prevent Legislation
in the interests of the people against rail-
roads.
At the close of the debate the resolution
was agreed to. and at 2:1O the Senate adj