Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-05
FROM WASHINGTON.
Favorable Reports on Coke's Bills for
Federal Buildings In Texas
Other Notes.

Washington, February 4.-Senator
Coke's two bills, one for an appropria-
ton OF $500, 900 for public building al
San Antonio, and the other appropri-
ating 100000 for q public building AT
Waco, We're unanimously reported ia
vorably this morning by the commits
tee on public buildings and grounds.
ana their passage recommended.
CABINET MEETING.
The secretary of state will to.mor.
row lay before the cabinet the case of
Mudd, who Is confined at Garcia,
Mexico. kilograms were received
here to-day seeking for protection To
young Trlmble of Laredo, who has
been arrested by the Mexicans,
charged with participating IL the train
robbery in Mexico two months ago.
This will also go before the cabinet
meeting
NOMINATIONS,
Henry n. Lyman of Ohio, second
assistant postmaster-genernl. Post
masters: James e. Oggle, Lampasas.
Texas; A. G. Tompkins, Hampstead,
Texas.
TEXAS BILLS PRESENTER.
Ochiltree to-day introduced a bill
that provides that the United States
court shall meet at Waco the first
Mondays in April and October; at
Dallas the first Mondays in June and
December; at Graham the first Mon
days in February and August; at Gal
weston the first Mondays in November
and March; at Tyler the second Mon
days in January and May at Jefier-
son the second Mondays in February
and September; ut Brownsville the
first Mondays in January and July;
at Laredo the first Mondays in March
and September; mt San Antonio
the first Mondays in May
and November; at Austin the first
Mondays in February and August.
The bill also provides for numerous
other changes, such as transfer of cases
for trial, etc.
Also bill authorizing the secretary
of war to ascertain and to report to
congress the amount of money eX-
pended by Texas in suppressing insur-
rectlons and guarding against invasion
by MeXicans and Indians.
Stewart presented a petition of citi-
zens of Orange and Jefferson counties,
asking harbor improvements for Sa-
biue Pass.
Miller presented three resolutions of
the Texas legislature, asking the i'm
provement of Sabine Pass, of the en-
trance to the harbor at Galveston on
the basis of the pending proposition of
Capt. Eads, and the passage of the
Gulf Colorado Il Santa Fee railroad
bill.
Several other bills and petitions
by the delegation, mostly ola personal
| nature.
BY Associated Press.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Washington, February 1.-The house
committee on elections voted on the
| contested election case of Garrison VS..
Mayo of Virginia to give the seat to
Mayo, on prima facie evidence.
Favorable reports were made on the
bills for public buildings at Waco and
San Antonio, Texas.
VAN wYCK's RESOLUTION.
Van Wyck introduced resolution
in the senate, which was agreed to,
provid ing that no dividends shall
Pacific railroad company but
from the actual net earnings
thereof, and no stock be issued or
mortgages or pledges made on proper
ty or net earnings of the COMPANY,
without leave of congress, except for
the urpose of funding and securing
debts now existing by renewal there
by, and any director or officer who
shall pay or declare or aid in paying or
declaring any dividend or creating any
mortgage or pledge prohibited by this
act shall be punished with
| imprisonment not exceeding
two years and fine not
exceeding $1,000
SENATE.
Washington, February 4.-Hoar,
from the committee on privileges and
elections, reported the resolution
authorizing the committee TO work by
subcommittee and sit whenever
necessary in making Investigations
under the Sherman resolution.
| Agreed to.
The chair laid before the senate n
resolution from the legislature of Ohio,
transmitted by the governor, favoring
tariff for revenue, limited to the
necessities of the government econom-
| icaIly administered, and SO adjusted
as to encourage industries at home
and afford protection to labor, but not
| TO create or foster m0nopolies.
Hoar inquired whether the governor
had given any explanation of the res
olutions.
The chair (Edmunds) replied it was
not parliamentary question:; that the
governor as the executive magistrate OF
| the state of Ohio had transmitted the
resolution in compliance with resOlu-
ton of the legislature of the state.
The Joint resolution was laid on the
| table.
Petitions from ex-soldiers of the
Union army praying for the enact
ment of various laws for the benefit OF
soldiers in the late war were presented
by Logan, Pendleton, Frye, Harrison
and Lapham.
Logan also presented petitions of cit
liens against the passage Of the pro-
posed bill for the relief OF F1tz John
Porter. The petitions and protestwere
appropriately referred.
The following reports from commit
tees were made: Hoar-Favorably,
from the committee on Judiciary, the
original bill to establish uniform sys-
tenn of Bankruptcy.
Blair-Fayorably from the commit
tee on education and labor, Oil TO es-
tablish bureau of statistics OF labor;
| Gro0me, from same committee, the
| bill to fix the hours Of labor in the
| government work shops at st. Louis,
and providing in case of pressure OF
work for the employment of extra
men, rather than permission for over.
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