The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-27
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Other Racy News from Washington.

Forty-SeyeRth Congress- Second sesaio,
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-Mr. Grover pre.
serted the credentials of Mr.. Dolph, his
successor as senator from Oregon.
Mr.. Garland, from the committee on Ia.
dicimy, reported the bill to punish false
personaton of officers aud employees Of
the United States. by a fine not more than
$1,000, or imprisonment not longer than
three years, or both in the discretion Of the
court, The bill passed.
The resolution was adopted requesting
the house of representatives to return the
tariff bill, in order that certain clerical
errors in 1t might be corrected
House bill to prevent the importation of
adulterated or spurious teas, passed,
The committee on education and labor
was authorized to continue its inquiry into
the relations between labor and capital,
ETC.. and TO print the testimony.
Mr.. Van Wyok called up the resolution
requesting the president to communicate
any information In his possession touching
the alleged agreement Of the ministers OF
Great Britain, France and Italy at Lima.
to make q Joint effort to bring about peace
between Chill aud Peru, and TO inforra the
senate whether the minister of the United
States has been instructed to accent the
mediation of the ministers of European
powers in settling purely American cues.
tions. 'N'
Mr.. Van wyck made long snooch i,
support Of the resolution, and IL Was sdoniad
without dissent. p''N
Mr.: Vest called up his resolution for tho
appointment OF Il committee ofiiye senators
to examine into the condition of tho Vn,-
lowstone park. In the course Of hi. va.
marks he had read letter received bv M,
from the secretary of the interior. which
says II nave determined not to take anv
acton IN the matter of the lease to Hatch x
Co. until congress shall take action on
your Dill; ~ least, not until the close of the
session. III congress shall take no action 81,
the subject, shall feel inclined to eronn,a vn
lease in strict accordance with The vieuS
expressed by your committee in the renort
made to the senate" 'po..
At the request of Mr.. Gorman tho l;e, -
directors OF the Yellowstone Na,;onoi
Park Improvement company. were
read, among whom are Riffs
Hatch,, Roscoe Conkling. Hnab
T., Hastings, William SulertoiI.
John x: Brady, A. ]. vanderpeel and
Frederick Is. Church, all of New York. ~
=, me morning hour expired while Mr..
| Vest was speaking, aud he pronoseJ that
the unfinished business should be set aside
IN order to dispose Of his resolution. which
he SAID would take but little time.
MT. WINDOW said the resolution womb
probably take more time tfen the senator
from Missourisupposed There were tyUa
sides 10 the question, and he proposed 10
demonstrate that the secretary OF the
interior had acted wisely in undertaking. Ia
make leasei That that wGs the better Wny
OF preserving the park,and that parties now
making improvements there were acting a,
accordance with their contract with fhn
secretary of the interior. "''A '"o
Mr.. Cameron insisted on proceodinp with
the unfinished business. the bill 10 nav
and passed. e" Wy
Mr.. Mdmunds moved to take ,p the
Utah bill. =" '"o
Mr.. Mitchell moved to proceed with the
consideration of the pension bill on the
calendar. Agreed TO. ''o
Several bills grantisg pensions to indi.
vlduals were passed, among them hills
granting pensions of $50 a month 10 ths
widows OF Rear Admiral Beaumont and
the late Major-General Warren,
Mr., Mitchell moved to take up the honse
bill granting pensions to one.armed md
one legged soldiers.
MIR. Williams moved to take up plenro-
pneumonia bill, a bill, he said, In which
the people generally were more intereaied
than in any other bill before the senate tb;s
session. Hostages, IL; nays, 20.
The increased pensions bill was then
taken up. '' '"'"
Mr.. Plumb reported from the 'comm,,,eo
circumference on the post-oflice appropriaiion
bill, that they bad failed to agree. Mr
Plumb said the disagreement was mostly an
the appropriation of slS5 600 for sneciai
mail facilities, and the change proposed In
the charters OF Pacific railroads. A new
conferences committee was appointed.
with the pension bill pending, the senate
went into MI executive session, and soon
aftersa djourned. ''o"
HOUSE.
The senate amendments to the District of
Columbia appropriation bill and to The loo.
lsia,lve Dill were not concurred in, aud a
conference committee appointed.
Caswell submitted the conference renort
on the postoillce appropriation bill and ex-
piained that the conference committee had
retained The appropriation of SIS. 900 for
special mail fact ilics, and had struck ont
me clause limiting compensation TO bp paid
lor mai transportation to tnbsldize roads.
ana nxeu october j, 1883, as tbe date when
me two'ceht postage shall 10 into effect.
inese were the only important items OF
The epgrossed copy Of the senate amend.
,nent 70 tne internal revenue bill was re-
turned TO the senate for correction. ""'
Inc bouse then resumed consideration of
sne corLeynce report on the postolfice