St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-11
The House of Representatives.

WASHINGTON, March 10.-The following
| bills were introduced and referred:
By Mr. Rogers, granting Kansas City, Fort
Scott & Gulf Railway company right of way
| through Indian territory.
By Mr.. Potter, proposing the following
constitutional amendment: That the legis-
lative powers granted to congress by the con-
stitution to include the power to pass any
law making anything but gold and silver
coin tender in the payment of debts, ex-
cept after a declaration of war, when the
public safety may require it.
By Mr.. Hewitt, of New York, proposing the
following constitutional amendment: That
congress shall not have power to make any
thing but gold and silver coin as tender in
the payment of debts.
By Mr. Rosecrans, to incorporate the yell
lowstone Park railroad.
By Mr.. Glasscock, for the erection of a
public building at Oakland, California, to
cost 100000.
By Mr.. Townshend, in relation to pilots
who served in the rebellion.
Mr.. Keifer, from the committee on appro-
priations, reported back the military academy
appropriation bill, with the senate amend
ments, recommending concurrence in the
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missed for hazing not be eligible for reap
pointment, and reconcurrence in the amend
ments. The recommendations were agreed
to.
By Mr.. Perkins, for granting the right of
way through the Indian territory to the st.
Louis & Baxter Springs Railroad company.
By Mr.. Morrill,, for the erection of public
building at Atchison, to cost sixty thousand
dollaas.
By Mr.. Broadhead, for carrying on the
improvement and repairs of river and har-
bors by contract.
By Mr.. Barnes, for granting the right of
way through the Indian territory to the St.
Joseph and Rio Grande Railroad company.
By Mr.. O'Neill, of Pennsylvania, for au-
thorizing the construction of bridge across
the great Kanawha and prescribing dimen-
sions.
By Mr. Tucker, by request, for granting
copyright newspapers. This is identical
with the bill introduced in the senate by
Senator Sherman, and limits the time of
copyright to eight hours.
By M. 6. D. Wise, to authorize the estab-
lishment of export tobacco manufactures.
By Mr.. Deuster, resolution reciting that
the United States minister to Germany has
been assailed by the semi-official newspapers
at Berlin, and calling on the secretary of state
for copies of any communication and official
correspondence which he may have on the
subject.
By Mr.. Payson, resolution calling on the
secretary of the interior for information as to
excess of lands alleged to have been certified
to the Burlington & Missouri River railroad
company.
The speaker stated that the postoffice de-
partment asked for leave to withdraw from
the files of the house the reports of the spec
ial agents, to investigate the star route cases,
as the papers sent were the original papers
Leave was granted.
The house then proceeded to consider the
measures relating the District of Columbia
senate bill, establishing the standard time in
the district Passed.
The district business was temporarily laid
aside to receive message from the presi-
dent, and Guenther asked it to be immedi-
ately read, though Cassiday suggested, in an
undertone, it might be better to wait until
the new steel cruisers were completed. The
message was merely astransmitted, without
comment, of the documents received from
the secretary of state, relative to resolution
OF the house on the death Of Edward Lasker.
Hiscock Immediately offered the following
preamble and resolutions, which was referred
to the committee on foreign affairs:
WHEREAS it has come to the knowledge of
this house, that communication from it to
the. parliament Of the German empire, en-
terely friendly in its intent, respectful in its
character, and sent through the regular chan
nels of international communications, has
been arbitrarily intercepted and returned by
Derson now holding the nosition of chan
cellor of the German empire; therefore
be it
Resolssea, That this house cannot but ex-