The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-09
Fonrr.EIGuTu CONGRESS FIRST
SESSION,

WARRINGTON. March ST. Press. J. Phelps
,sked leaye to present resolutions OF Tue
New Jersey senate pro,es ing against we
Morrison tariff bill, but number OF once
Hons were made on the democratic side and
IN. resolutions were rot received. Under
the call OF committees the following
renorts were submitted: Turner, from tue
commIttee on elections. A resolution con-
frmjng the right OF skinner. o. North caro-
Ii ma, TO his seat in the house. Lad over:
Tho house by vote OF yeas 10, payi 10
rainzfd to 70 into committee OF thn Whole
for consideration o! tue oohueu "HlS"J "a
tension bill. .,..,
Dinghy reported adversely, from the oom'
pi,tee IN ebipDiuC, tho bill authorizing tue
IMMEDIATE OF foreign.built ships by United
Btates citizens for use in the iore'Sn carry
ing trade. Placed on the calendar.
Slocum presented the views % the MI
rority which were ordered printed.
Morrison moved that the house 90 mo
a committee OF the whole on revenue DIS
Reading which TownsheDd, OF lllinois,
moved that the house so into commlttet
on the general appropriation bill. ,,,.
The speaker stated thsta vote Wonia lrs'
| ON Morrison's motion, and hahueu Ne-
maud cd -tss yeas and nays.
Reed. OF Maine. inquired whether II tho
motion were carried the committee would
be required 70 consider the internatiohal
Ths speaker replied IL would be required
\ to consider bills rnling the revenue ltbnsre
were any sucn on the calendar.
The OBJECT of Morrison's motion was 10
take M Tor. consideration the bonded ex-
tension bill. The houso, however, refused
| TO adopt it--yeas, 1l5: nsya,.72
| This WAS in no sense party vote, rs
large rumber Of democrats voted IN the
negative With the republicans ma an ann ost
eaz,lly large number OF republicans WIN
the body OF the democrats IN the alhri. lro'
Nor can Il be considered In the Lieut. oi a
stric. test vote on the whiskey bi l. az me
| fact that 1t was autagonlzed oy on
appropriation bill induced many
members TO vote against 1t who VIII
probably support IL when It come
sonarely before the house, and several re-,
pubicans voted for II for he purpose oi
| Immediately moving TO strike out tue en-
the honse then went into committee oil
the whole on the pos.-oilice appropriations
| bill.
Townsend explained the provisions OF the
bill. -r,
dc lciency of 5000 600 II the bill passed II
;ts rresent shape, and the ou'
llv effect the committee pro
ylded was the cutting down o.
81 900 Goo salaries Of postmastcrs. He wa,
opposed to this provision, contending tha'
| postmsstsrs In large cities fully carmen 'nt
salaries they received. He invited ,apecis
attention to the provision for the reduction
Of com pensation to railroads. Though be
Thought II unwise he made no special oo,
lection to IL, his opposition being directed
10 the claim authorizing tne
payment OF only so per cent
OF that compensation TO tho land grant
roads. This did not, apply to the Union
Pacific system. and 1t was doupt
FIJI whether II applied to tnt
Northern Pacific. 1t affected MY
little roads scattered through the country
only ten OF which were on a paying baMs
| While one gentleman from Indiana hoi
mani was here declining to pay these roaol
What they earned, another gentleman ron
Indiana Cobb was in another room taklni
away what bad been given them. IL W.
unjust, unfair and unbecomng the oisn,t,
Of a great nation to deal with these roao'
other than as one individual wouiu asa
with another. .s A.,
.s,.blishing of a postal telegraph. associat
ing its cors,itutionality and maintaining
,hs sdyisability OF such step. IA
declared that II there had been !,
oostai telegraph in 1876 Samuel !
rilJen would have taken possession OF TN
position TO which he had been elected tnei
and to which IL was likely he would ge'
elected again in 1894. L.
The committee, without further action
rose. a.. A..
HINT offered a resolution calling on Ia
| sacrstarv of war for Information
~ to whether he has made or pup
i.hed any rules or regulations Retain
| q the control or ma vigatinn' Ut tho Sonti