The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-28
WASHINGTON.
A Refreshing Ripple on the Leglsla'
tive Lake.
LOGAN FURNISHES THE WIND,
His Friends In senate and House Indig
nantIy Deny that he ~ u Bioatsd
I,ondhoidcr-A shaft Of satire
from Cox, Etc.
FoRTY-EIoHTH CoNoREsS--FlRsT
SESSION.
SENATE.

DUSS'u Hfhitiilg iiSut-Oi-Wuy thV"Sh
the Indian Territory TO the southern
Kansas railroad.
House bill passed authorizing tho cx-
tension of the Chesapeake & Ohio rail
road company to point on tho military
MIR. Hale, from the Committee on APP.
preparations, reported tho General
deficiency Appropriation bin with
amendments, He will call IL up to-
morrow.
The unfinished business was then laid
before the senate, being the bill provid-
ing for the forfeiture of unearned lands
granted tho Atlantic Il Pacific railroad
company.
Mr.. Morgan offered an amendment to
restoring the land to the pub
tho United states. The amendment
authorizes and directs the Circuit court
of the United States, of the West
orn district of Missouri, TO hear
and determine all questions nris-
ing out of claims to lands
States Attorney of that District To pro-
ceed in that court In the name of the
United States as plaintilf against
any person or corporation claim
ing interest in lands referred TO
so to bring the subject before the court;
right to appeal to the Supreme Court of
the United States and directs that court
to advance the ease on its calender.
y Long debate cnsucd, and finally the
motion to go into executive session pre-
vailed. Before the doors closed,
attention of the Senate to the
statement in the Record that Senator
Logan owned 5000 acres of land. This
statement, he said, was untrue.
The gentleman referred 10 is only
owner of the land on which his
father died and to which he has added
little in his own State Illnois).
Abiding to. the same matter, Mr..
Logan said: "Thc statement
is utterly false: don't
propose to give Il schedule of my prop
erty To anyone, but the property l DO
own is in the State of Illinois. l
do own some two or three
tracts of land, but all put together would
not make Il hundredth part of what
they charge.
The Senate discharged committee on
Privileges aud Elections from further
consideration of the House bill on the
electoral count and ordered Il committee
of Conference on II.
After am executive session the Senate
adjourned.
HOUSE.
WAsHISGroN, June q. Conference re-
giving right-ofway through the Indian
Territory to the Gulf, Colorado IL Santa
Fc railroad were agreed to.
The Senate bill for the reliefof William
Mctiarrahan was reported adversely
from the committee on private land
claims and placed on the calendar.
A joint resolution was passed provi-
ding for the settlement of accounts with
the Mobile ~ Ohio railroad.
Mitchell introduced II hill to incor-
poratc the National Encampmcnt of the
Grand ARMY of the Republic. Referred.
Forncy submitted II conference report
on the Army Appropriation bill. The
report announces agreement upon all
items except upon the Senate amend
ment striking out that portion of the
bill which regulates compensation to
subsidized railways for army transpor-
tation. Tho report was agreed TO.
Disagreement to the amendment in
Dictated was insisted upon and confcrecs
appointed.
Henly made nm unsuccessful attempt
TO secure consideration of the Northern
Pacific forfeiture bill, and the House
went into Committee OF the Whole on
the private calendar.
At o'clock the committee rose FOR the
purpose OF permitting the House To dis-
pose of the "l,ackbonc" Forfeiture bill.
White, of Kentucky, rising to y ques-
ton of.privilege, sent to the clerks desk
written by Representative Ellis, in 1851,
to Captain George, in which he minated
there had been improper means used 10
obtain the original grant. White thought
full investigation of the whole matter
should be made
The Chairman decided the question
not one of privilege.
Ellis said the message had been ma
tcrially altered and garbled to suit the
purpose of the publisher and ut the
proper time he would explain the false,
hood and malignty of the unwarranted
inuendo directed against him in the pub
LEGATION alluded to. 1t is, he said, the last
yindictive thrust of n professional
blackmailer disappointed in his greed,
and his connection with him originated
in desire 20 do him kindness.
Tho Speaker announced the quesuon
to be on a motion to table the motion To
reconsider the vote by which the House
Yesterday defeated tho "Backbono" Foi-
FIXTURE bill. The motion to table was
agreed to-yeas, l2l; nays, ia. so the
bill was lost.
The House then proceeded to the con-
sidcration of private business, and the
following bills passed: To relieve GER
tain soldiers of the late war from the
charge of dcscrtion; for the RELIEF OF
Myta Clark Gaines.
Valentine rising to question of priv
ilege said that some days ago Il gentle
man fromNew Jersey (McAdool had tax
en- occasion TO print as part OF his reports
very long dispatch sent from this city
TO New York. Ii contained some
of our native land monopolistsi
saying the full list would ~
every page of the paper. In the list oil
names as printed in the Record to-day
appeared the name of Senator John ~
Logan as owning 1900 acres of land: sem
ator Logan has called his lvalentine'sl
attention to this to-day, and had desired
him to say TO the House that so far as IL
related to him the statement was alb
solutelv false. The only land he
owned was little hi ncstead in
Illinois. The gentleman rom New Jer-
sew had taken occasion, while he was
laiiding soldiers, to stab one of the
brightest and most gallant of those SOL
diers Qogan). Applause on the Repubs
lican side.
Cox, of New York, in order TO show,
rs he expressed IL, how the gentle
man on the other side at
tempted to strain at n gnat and
swallowed amenagerie ofcamels, quoted
from "A speech printed by Brewer OF
New Jersey, upon the tariff, in
which that gentleman made very
lengthy extract from Blaine's Twenty
Years In Congress- speech IN TACT
consisting almost wholly of extracts.
O'Neili, of Missouri, suggested the
title of the book should he amended by
adding the words: "And tatoed nj last.
McAdoo explained the circumstances
which led to his obtaining leave
10 print, and he desired TO say