Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-05
IN CONGRESS-.
Do'h Houses In Working Trim and
Preparing for Legislation.
An Avalanche of New Bilis-Shapiny
the Next Campaign.
Inc Postal Telegraph Contests for
Seats In the House.
SENATE.

troduced; BY Ingalls--To amend the
arrears of pensions law by remoyinr
certain limitations in that net.
Beck-Providing for the removal Of
disabilities imposed by the I4th amend
nient TO the constitution; also author
lzing American citizens to purchase
ioreiign-built ships, and engage in tie
foreign carrying trade.
Edmunds-To provide further pro-
lection for colored citizens of the
united States against violation of GER
tam rights secured by the constitution.
also to establish postal telegraph
system.
Sherman--To provide for the issue of
.'culation of national banks, allowing
circulation to be issued for 90 per cent.
OF the market value of bonds, instead
of the face value.
Beck-To repeal the act of July ..
lS62, and such sections of the revised
statutes of the United States as perpet.
uate the oath prescribed by the four
teenth amendments; also to authorizes
the payment of customs duties in legal
tenders.
Edmunds To amend sections I.776
and l,75l Of the revised statutes. 1t
abolishes the iron-clad oath and fixes
one oath for all officers alike, saving.
however, all provision against rebel
claims and penalties, etc. Also the
draft OF bill reported by the commit
tee ON Judiciary some years ago,
dealing in general with the rights of
colored citizens, especially with
view of securing them free vote and
a fair count OF all votes. Edmunds,
commenting upon the first bill intro
duced by him, said il undertakes To
provide security for the protection of
colored citizens of the United States
against inhuman, wicked and unholy
distinctions, and that in some states
made against them in respect to civil
rights, and to protect them consistent
ly with the late decision of the SUI
preme court of the United States.
Coke presented n petition from the
United States Attorney of the Western
district of Texas, praying for legisla-
ton to correct the evil OF judges APP
pointing relatives to Office In their
courts.
Blair introduced bill to establish n
bureau of statistics and labor under
the departing mt of the interior; also IA
bill to regulate the hours of labor of
workingmen and mechanics in the
employ of the United States, linn
iting the hours which consti-
tute days work to eight, and
providing that wherever found
necessary TO substitute labor by the
hour for labor by the day, such labor
to be paid for at the rate of one-eighth
of u days pay for each hour.
Logan-To appropriate and expend
$50, 0000, 900 derived from the internal
revenue tax aud sale of public lands
for the education of all children IN
the United States.
Hoar-To provide fer the perform
ance of the duties of the Office of pres
ident in case of the death, resignation
or inability of both the president
and Weep: esident; also to fix
the day for the meeting of
electors for president and vice
president. and provide Tor and regulate
the counting of votes for president and
vice-president; also bill providing for
a uniform system of bankruptcy, (the
Lowell BILL
Logan-To provide for pensioning
prisoners of war confined in confed-
Brown-To extend the time in
which action can be brought in the
court of claims under the provisions
of the captured and abandoned proper
ty act for two years.
Van Wyck-Declarin that railway
shall pay within 90 days
costs of surveying and locating lands
to which they are entitled, otherwise
TO be subject to state and local TAX
also the presumption of homestead en-
tries; also to restore to the public do
main lands donated but not earned by
railway corporations when the roads
are not finished within the time speci-
fled in the grant; also To protect all
AID homestead entries
made after forfeiture or failure TO
build the road within the time speci-
fled also for the relief of settlers on pub
lie lands in Nebraska and Kansas on
the line of the Denver &St Joe railway.
1t provides for the payment OF $500 per
acre TO settlers where lands by the re-
cent decision of the supreme court re-
verted to the railway company.
SIater-To repeal the Northern "a
ciiic land grants. 1t confirms to the
company ali lands earned by the con-
struction of u portion of the road, but
restores to the settlement and sale sew
eral million acres in Washington ter
ritory and Oregon, being applicable 10
that portion of the line west of Walla
Walla junction. The rig ht OF settlers
to odd sections Is preserved
by allowing them to en-
ter union homesteads under
the pre-emption laws, or TO purchase
not more than 1850 acres at Sl.O5 per
acre.
agreed to, calling upon the secretary
OF the interior for copies OF all leases,
contracts. orders, regulations and cor
held by the department
with any parties relating TO the iel-
park, including statement
of all special privileges granted, ana
all applications for the privilege OF
hotels, etc.
sherman and Bayard, the committee
annointed with the committee OF the
hnrse 10 wait on the president
10 inform him that both houses
were organized aud ready to receive
anv communication he might make.
returned to the senate, and sherman !
a nnonnced that the committee hah
its duty. The president ~
reply requested. the committees
convey TO the two houses ~ ms pc
half the compliments OF the sen5un
md congratulations on their organlzh,,
lion and say that he mt once Wouiu
in writing. WitnIn