The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-07
WASHINGTON.
Mr.. LaShasi's Halden Speech Was AZ
tsztively Heard by lhs nSr,e.
The Mississippi River CssVenuOn Kara
o.iiy ~ Work.
rho Foil Proceedings Of Congress.

Tho Foil Proceedings OF Congress.
WAsuNsr1y, Feb. c. [9peclal,l-- Tho
bill 10 create - bureau OF live stock indus
dusiry vas opposed by Mcssrs. Lanham
4 and Reagan to-day. Lsnham In bis mnld'
en- speech attacked irwin rioioale' hS
" charged that The bill m tT'ct would place
thI cattle market under control OF An Gu'
io6racy, would Infringe on state rights aud
that the bill was unoonsti'uuonu'
He said Texss held one'suveEth
of the caita In the Urited Sia'os
and he roprassn,el % much territory es
1 tan eastern states with their sixiy-one rep
! resen,ativca on the floor, and having little or
4 no knowledge OF the cattle ques ton.
Reagan, ~ some length explained the
danger OF the bill where sacred state rights
are concerned.
Mr.. Lsnham secured tho attention OF
good part OF the house.
Mr.. Maxey will oppose the DILL when i,
reaches tho senate. He says he opposed
previous bills of the ncrt as concerning
dangerous aud unconst'tution power, 0Gd
the present bill strikes NJ the ToGas cattle
industry.
Mr.. Hancock introduced bill 70 smerd
the Revised Statutes so ~ to better insure
Justice and remove temptation 20 Il witness
to commi! periary when they testify IN
their own behalf.
WA. Taylor, of A ustin, Is working with
energy for tho Brownsville colCctorship.
He is endorsed by Horny Ward Beecher
whom he ent4Itsined when Beechsr was
lecturing.
Forty-Eighth Congress- First SESSION..
sESATg.
WA.uI,Gros, Feb MIR. Miller Of Cal
ifornia, from the committee on ioreign TO-
lations reported the senate bill prepared
A an amend ment to the anti-Chinese act
Placed on the calendar. LIS provisions
have been published
The senate bill appropristins SIT $50 for
the com ple,ion Of the capitol terraces and
ytairways connected Herewith passed.
/, The following bills were reported iavora.
bly, with amendment and placed on tho
calendar.
By Mr.. Miller, OF New York-From the
commit,cs on agriculture, n bill providing
for the suppression and ex irpstion 81
Dleuro. pneumonia and other contagious
diseases In domestic animals.
by Mr.. Logan-To increase tina efficiency
of the army.
The chair laid before the senate
a resolution offered by Mr.. Butler,
requesting the president TO transmit
to the senate record OF the proceedings Of
the Proteus inquiry. Agreed to.
Mr.. Frye offered resolution, which was
I'll hA n
OF the interior to report to the sen.
Ate whether or not the act OF congress
donating swamp lands 70 the state OF Lous'
lana, Silver Osdao parish was included.
The chair laid bs!ore the senate the un-
1nished business OF YESTERDAY oelhg
debated at great length aud several amend.
msnts proposed auo rejected, NJ
An auiapdmsDt offered by Mr..
Coke was agreed to, excepting from
limitation OF the &C. IN regard
TO three years within wnioh claim
women aud persons men compos menies.
Without action, aud after an executive
session, the senate adjourned
HOUSE.
WARRINGTON, FEB. 6-Lewis offered
resolution referring to the court OF claims
for igntiop, and report all claims for
cotton seize1 by Union authorities during
the civil war. lie erred.
On motion OF Maison the resolution wa
adopted calling on the secretary oil the IN
terror for copies OF all orders aud CORES
pondeDce relating To irregular practices on
the part of attorneys prdcticing before the
pensioa office together with copies OF ~.
officia charges against such attorneys. aud
T., COPIES of circuiaIs by them, which are
deemed deceptive in character.
Bills were introd uceo as iollows:
Bv Thpmss-A utno izing the purchase OF
A r. "a. 81 A In
BY Gu 'tin-For the IS aiitshme1t OF n
branch nome for disabled volunteers in one
OF the western states
Gibson offered resolution dreo ing the
: committee on expenditures IN tns depart
ment Of justice 10 examine in'o the coca
sion for unususi EXPENDITURES by the &c
partment in West Virginia. Referred
Belmont from ths committee on tore gn
affairs reported u resolution requesting tLo
president 20 transmit 10 the mouse, com
plete copies OF alt correspondence pneweei
this government and Great D'ita'h
legged fugitives OF justice that
have taken place since the date OF tie
nresiden,'s special message to congress,
Decem Der 23i, 1876, announcing thli sn'-
pended extfuditon under the treaty OF
1912 had been resumed, aud that tne cor
respondence b. accompanied ny pt'Jec. "a
any new eNlradit on stipuia ions, Whcn
may have baen submitted ~ either gov
eminent To the other since the suspenslon
in 1876 of operation, under he ION article
of the treaty OF 1912. Adopted.
Clement from toe seine committee re-
ported a resolution calling on ths secretary
Of state for information Us u how many
and which foreign m'nisiers, consul or
agents OF the Unitcd States TO any loreign
couutrv have been absent rom their post
OF duty since he 1st OF Jsuusry, 1882; me
length Of such absence; also, wnethtr 'he
salary had been paid during 'has ume
Adopted.
The house went into committee OF the
whole (Uobb in the chsir) on the pienro'
Lspbam strongly opposed the bill rs en-
dangering one OF the raw industries OF tue
country, In which Texas especially was 10.
terestsd. His opposition was not inspired
bv the apprehsnsion that there exists TO-
dsv within his state . single case oil pieuro'
pneumonia. Why had not the commits.
aioper seep fit TO restrict the operation on
Ahe bill TO the states in which tue plague
sxists! There we're In these measures evils
and dangers ind nitely worse 'naa sns c ~.
Droyisions Of the bill. aud especially
3hs section which provides for division
Of che expense OF eradicstiDg the disease
Between the United States and the state
IN which II exist. The United States haa
4 no right to say what amount would De psiu
By any state, and In CAGE 81 refusal lay
an embargo upon he the shipment and tx'
poftation OF iis cattle. II WAS proposed 70
appropriate $3.50, 900 10 carry out tns pro.
yisions Of the bill. but he predicted thai
o260 coo would be found not to be poke
change when compared With the vast sum
cent plan h 4 ever been conceived to un'
lock the vaults OF the treasury and die
gorge the pdhlic funds.
Reagan took similar ground in opposi