The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-12-21
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Bills were introduced declaring forfeited
certain land grants to railroads; appropra-
ting $780, % for Mississippi river improve
mentS: granting pensions to survivors of the
Mexican war; for the or anilaiion of the Ter
r1tOry of Alaska; TO establish bureau of
commerce and navigation; to inc )rporate the
Maritime canal COMPANY Of Niraraugua: to
regulate railroad traffic: to establish a court
of appeals; e. establish uniform system
of bankruptcy; to create the pos
tai telegraph Of tie United States;
declaring hat the constitution of an inter-
ocean, canal by means of foreign capital is
hostile to the established policy of the United
states and is i'll violation OF the spirit and
declarations of tie Monroe doctrine, and that
the United States will assert and maintain
such control and supervision over any such
canal rs may he necessary to protect its
national interests; to abolish postage on Sec
ond class ma liable matter and TO reduce
postage on transient newspapers; providing
that i'll the case of the removal, death, resig
nation or inability of both the President and
president the secretary of state shall
l be acting Pre- ident until special
a bureau of commerce and navigation; or by
repeating the provision of the act for the
coinage of the standard silver dollar; provi-
ding for a uniform system of bankruptcy: to
limit the disposal of public lands adapted to
agriculture to actual settlers under the
Homestead laws. Mr.. Hewitt intro
ducel the following + solution: That
this House bring to the no.
tice of the President the case of Patrick
o Donnell, claiming to be a citizen Of the
Unite States and now under sentence of
death i'll Great Britain, in the hope that the
President may secure such reasonable delay
III the execution of the sentence as will enable
the President to ascertain whether the 81 d
O'Donnell is a citizen of the nited Siafe s
and if So. whether he was tried and convicted
i'll accordance with he provisions of munich
pal laws of Great britain and the lie lure
ments of international law. The resolution
was adopted.
Bills were introduced to establish postal
savings dep sit Il branch of the post oil
department; to abolish the duty ON salt: to
pension the survivors of the Mexican, Florida
and Black Hawk wars: to establish a mint at
st. Louis: to admit free of duty all grades
of sugar; to reorganise the legs alive power
OF [ tab; to repeal the tax on national
bank circulation; to re- ca the tax on
leoacies and SUGGESTIONS; for rhr abrogation
of the ClaVton-Bulwer treaty; for the relief
of Fitz John Porter; general amnesty bill;
for the retirement of the trade dollar: to
amend the emigration act 10 establish
schools in Alaska TO restore the rates of duty
on imported wool, proposing a constitutional
amendment for the suppression of polygamy;
providing for n treaty with the German
empire; for the admission Of Arizona.
.... Mr.. Robinson IN. W presented reso-
luton of inquiry calling for information con-
corning the purchase of public lands by fer
tlSn nODleultn, 50 Culetl, ana llU eel q lie, ),
with their names and the amount of acres
purchased, and also for such information as
may enable the House t. formulate such
laws as shall prevent the es ablishment of
land monopolies and landlord systems in our
country and provide against having the pub
lie domain fall under the power of aliens.
Mr. Horr asked leave to offer a resolution
that the House bring to thu notice of the
Pres dent the case of In recent killing of
several ersons alleged to hive heen citizens
of the United States, AMI the serious injury
of several other persons, also al eyed t. be
citizens of the United States. at Danville,
Va, in the hope that the President may as
certain whether the persons so murdered or
injured were ctz ms of tine Onited States,
AMI, if so, whether the killing and i'll uric, of
said citizens, if they were such, were in con-
trayention Of the principles Of the municipal
law of the st IT, of Virginia or of any
law of the U ted States. Mr.. Nor
rison, who coud not see why
the President should know any more about
the matter than Congress lid or anybO "
else, OBJ ected, an Mr.. Cabell. of Virginia.
a. the representative of the people assailed by
the resolution. expressed his regret that any
oh ection had be II made He was willing to
have the fullest and faires- Investigation of
the mat en- ... The m uittea on rules was
announced, as follows; I he S eaker, Messrs.
Black burn, of Kentucky Kendall, of
Penns} lvania, Keller, of Ohio aud Reid, of
Maine. Mr.. Cox asked leave to introduce
or immediate consideration 'oint resolu-
ion for the rel cal of the test oath, but Mr..
Horr OBJ ected.
A CURIOUS lawsuit is now pending in Lau-
same Adog chased a cat, which fled down
the air shaft leading from the street into a
wine vault. The z followed, and the two
fell against the tapo large cask of YvoTne,
AMI the wine began TO flow The wine mer-
chant claimed he had n cause of action for the
loss of his Wine and as the owner of the cat
90 Al.