Helena weekly herald., 1884-03-13
FORTY EIGHTH CONGRESS.
House,.

from Committee on Shipping the bill au
thorizing the purchase of foreign bull
ships by citizens of the United States TO
use in the foreign carrying trade.
Slocum presented the views OF the mi
nority which were ordered printed.
Morrison moved the House 60 into th'
Committee of the Whole on revenue bills
pending which Townsend Ills.) moved the
House to 90 into committee on general ap
preparation bills.
The Speaker stated the vote must first
be taken on Morrison's motion, and Ran
dali demanded the yeas and nays.
The object of Morrisons motion was to
take up for consideration the bonded ex-
tension bill. The House, however, refused
to adopt it-yeas lis, nays 127. This was
in no sense party vote as a large eumber
of Democrats voted in the negative with
the Republicans, and an almost equally
large number of Republicans with the
Democrats.
The House then went into Committee OF
the Whole on the post office appropriation
bill. Townsend explained the provisions
of the bill.
Horr said there would undoubtedly be a
deficiency of S2,50O,000 if the bill passed
in its present shape, and the only offset the
committee provided was cutting down Sl9-
900 in salaries of postmasters none OF them
in large cities
Hewitt opposed this provision, contend
ing that pOstmasterS in large cities fully
earned the salaries they are now receiving
He invited special attention to the provl-
sion for reduction of compensation to rail-
roads. Though he thought it was unwlse,
he made no special objection to it, his OPP
position being directed to clause author
izing the payment of only 80 per cent. OF
that compensation to land grant roads.
This did not apply to the Union Pacific
system, and it was doubtful whether it ap-
piled to the Northern Pacific 1t affected
fifty little roads scattered throughout the
country, only ten of which were on pay
ing basis. 1t was unjust, and unbecoming
the dignity of great nation to deal with
these roads other than as one individual
would deal with another.
Sumner Gal advocated establishing
postal telegraph, asserting its constitution
ality and maintaining the advisability OF
such a step. He declared that had there
been postal telegraph in 1876 Samuel j.
Tilden would have taken possession OF
the Office to which he had been elected,
and which likely he will be elected to
again in 1884.
The committee rose without further ac-
ton and the House adjourned.
Senate.
WASHINGTON, March 1O-Bayard sub.
mitted resolution instructing the Com
mittee on Judiciary to report as to the ex-
pediency of amending the constitution Sc
as to provide that Congress shall not have
the power to make anything but gold and
silver coin legal tender for the payment Of
debts, nor pass any law impairing the
obligation OF contracts.
Garland submitted resolution prOpos-
ing the following amendment to the con.
stitution That that portion of the publ
debt of the United States represented by
notes issued under the authority Of the
law, with the quality of lawful money, and
as legal tender, for the payment of debts
shall never exceed the sum of $3.50 O,OOO,OOO
unless the bill or bills providing for such
increase of issue shall receive the concur
renee of two-thirds Of each house of Con
gress, and the votes on all such bills shall
be recorded by the yeas and nays on the
journal Oh eacn mouse.
House.
WASHINGTON, March 10.-keiter, OF the
Committee on appropriations, reported
back the military academy appropriation
bill with the Senate amendments, recon-
mending concurrence in the amendment
providing that any cadet dismissed fol
hazing will not be eligible for reappOint-
ment, and a Inconvenience to the other
amendments. The recommendations were
agreed to.
Hewett, of New York, proposed the fol-
lowing constitutional amendment: That
Congress shall not have the power to make
anything but gold and silver coin legal
tender in the payment of debts.
The following bills were introduced
ROsecrans-I the Yellow
stone Park Railroad Company.
Tucke-by request-Granting the copy
right to newspapers. This is identical
with the bill introduced in the Senate by
Senator Sherman, and limits the time OF
copyright to hours.
Cassidy, from the Committee on Pacific
Railroads, reported bill to incorporate
the Spokane Falls and Ceur d'Alene rail-
road Company.
WASHINGTON, March 11.-Dawes from
the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported
favorably and had placed on the calendar
the bill to accept and ratity the agreement
with the ShOshones, Bannacks, and others
for the sale of a portion of their lands
Morgan, from the Committee on Public
Lands, presented a report to the effect that
the committee will support the bill yester-
day reported from the committee by him
self, to provide for the settlement of the
rights of States, persons or corporations
interested in land grants which may here
after be declared forfeited.
Dawes called up the house bill appro-
priating So 400 to Louisa Boldly, of Oregon,
in full for her claim against the govern
ment for property destroyed by the Modoc
Indians in November, 1872. Passed.
The Senate then went into executive
session for the further consideration Of the
Mexican treaty, when the doors were
opened.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE Senate
ratified the Mexican treaty by vote of Al
to 20.
House.
WASHINGTON, March 11.-Rosecrans,
from the Committee on Military Affairs,
reported favorably on the bill to authorize
the Cheyenne, Blackhill & Montana Rail-
road Company to build across the Fort
Russell and Laramie reservations Also
favorably on the bill to place Col George
w. Getty on the retired list as Major
General
The House went into committee of the
whole on the post office appropriation bill.
The bill having been read by sections
Horr moved to increase to S12 250, 900 the
appropriation for compensation to post
masters. Pending action the committee
rose and adjourned