The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-09
THE DAILY ARGUS.
Wednesday January ., 1854.
TIE CAPITAL CITY.
Proceedings of the Statesmen Con.
stitutional Amendments Proposed.
a Message In Favor OF Mississippi
EEiver improvements - Forfeiture
of land Grants - Legislative
and Social Notes.

WASHINGTON CITY, Jan S.-Ia the senate,
a resolution, introduced by Hale, was agreed
70, as follows:
Resolved, That the secretary Of the navy
I've directed to inform the senate what was
the original cost OF the vessels, the names of
which are found in The Naval Register for
the year 1888, under the bureaus of construc-
ton, repairs, steam engineering, equipment,
and recruiting, together with the total ex-
pense Of the repairs since their construction
under the same bureaus or otherwise.
Van Wyck presented preamble and reso-
luton setting forth that it having been as
serted by the New Orleans & Pacific Railroad
company that, as the attorney general had
decided in favor of the company as to the
lands claimed by them, and the secretary of
the interior felt constrained to act upon the
opinion, be it resolved that until congress, at
this session, determine the questions involved
IN the claims of the company, the secretary
of the interior suspend action as to the iSsu-
ing of certificates or patents for the lands
Placed on the calendar.
The senate resumed the consideration of
the new rules.
In the house Hunt introduced Joint raso-
luton for the immediate appropriation of
81, Oo0, 600, in accordance with the urg, Mt re
quest of the Mississippi river commission.
Referred Bingham introduced a resolution
from the committee on poStoffices and post
roads, calling on the secretary of the interior
to report to the house whether any
railroad company aided by the gov
eminent granted or attempted to
grant to any other corporation or telegraph
company any right to operate lines Of tele-
graph belonging to the said railroad company.
50 as to prevent the company from perform
ing its duty to the government and the pub
lie. This was adopted
Money. of the same committee. reported
back a resolution calling upon the postmaster
general for information as to whether a
British spy, named O'Brien, had been allowed
to tamper with American mails at New York
This was also adopted.
Bills introduced and referred were: By
Dorsheimer, abolishiug duties on lumber, tim
Der, and other products of the forest: by Raw,
Of New York, giving congress power to pass
uniform laws regulating marriage in the
states and territories; by Bagley. to protect
applicants for pensions and prevent fraud In
the pension Office, and also to purchase trade
dollars by fractional coins in the Uu!ted States:
by BaSch-propOSing tie following amend
ments to the constitution: / Uniform laws
on the subject of marriage and divorce. =
Giving the president power to veto7one or
more items of an appropriation bill s. Gre
ating statute of limitations of all claims
against the United States. f. The credit
money and property Of the United States not
10 be loaned or given to private corporations
8, Prohibiting the granting Of exclusive priv
ilegeS, and forbidding the attaching Of legis-
lative measures on appropriation bills.
By Robin =, of New York, a resolution
calling on the secretary of state for informa-
ton whether the ministers ct foreign courts
obey the law prohibiting them from wearing
court dress, and requiring them to wear the
ordinary apparel of an American citizen.