Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-02-23
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
MORE BILLS-A FINE OPPOETJNIrT FO DEBATE-A GREAT DEAL OF TALK
 SMALL kEsULS.
W,sHrxcrrx. Feh. P 1s,l

NASHINGTON, Feb. F. lN>L
 Though neither branch of Congress.
 has passed or rejected many bills during
 the week, there has been much ciscus'
 sion of important measures iu bltl
 houses, and various new bills and reso'
 luuons have been presented for consid-
 eration.
 Among bills passed by the senate was
 one for the eradication of contagious
 diseases among domestic animals by the
 establishment of a bureau of animal in-
 dustry; one relating Co Mexican land
 grant titles; and a bill for an appropria-
 ton to complete the approaches o1 the
 capitol terraces aRd stairways, the
 amount st stipulated to be S777.OOO The
 oft discussed, long proposed congress-
 sional hbrary building received renewed
 attention. as did also the question of American shipbuilding. The house sPc-- lgnE tiu.e ln te -l- ea . it
 eXurpate pleurO pneumonia; the longest speech being made by Mir. Lalham. of
 Texas, who thought the operations os
 the measures should be confined to iu- fected localities alone, and should hot apply 10 the great southwest, which is devoted to stock enterprise and cattle interests thus disturbing the business | of large territory where he claimed no disease existed He spoke of Texas be- 1 ing as large as the combined area Ot the ! ten states oi Maine, New Hampshire. !
 Vermont. Rhode Island, Connecticut New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and | Ohio, and saiI it was ''Oy natural seleC- | ton. the home and paradise of the com l man Mir. DOrsheiner's international | copyright Ol!l winch was iavurably | reported to the House. promises to reel | procate III kind and degree whatever | protection a foreign nation gives to an 1 American writer's works. It ls a matter 1 of worldwide interest, and the solution | Ot the problem IS as keenly desired by the man who reads ss by the man who | writes. Among new bills presented iu 1 the House was one for the relief of the Lady Franklin Bay expedition authoriz- ing the President Co offer a rl ward of one hundred thOusand dollars Co tLe master, owner, and crew Ot any ship | shat will during the year ls-., restore t0 any part of the United States, Ldeut. Greedy and his party. Another measure provides for the annual appropriation for national school fund during the period Of ten years, the first aVpropria- tlon .o be ten million dollars, and each succeeding one Co be reduced enc miL lion. A rule of apporti0umeut among the states and territories IS made accord ing to population and ages as shown in last census. X bill was offered to pr5- 1rakH tE N trIct of Columbia and the territories by | the imposition of a fine for every such attempt. Still another bill proposes to amend the Constitution as to the offices and duties of President and Vice Presi- dent by the election of a President and three Nice-Presidents, each for the same number of years. In case of the re- moval of one the office IS to be held by | the first, second, or third yIce-presideut ID order.
 The House has ordered the printing | of ten thousand extra copies Of M1rrisCn's tariff bill. The measure is conceded Go be a moderate one for the most part ! shirks the difficulties that lie in tbe path of reducing rates. While it hits the iron industries of Pennsylvania, the State of Ohio, LuIsianu, Michigan, California, the rioe States and even Kentucky are struck in their "lOcal issu,s' in a manner tO arouse antagouism. The two largest reduC- tiOns are in sugar, and woolen fabrics. Before adopting its new rules, which the House of Representatives discussel | for two days, that body resolved itself | into a debating society on rules and each aneteur parliamentarian had a chance to ride bis pet hobby for a httla while, until ex-Speaker Randall like legislative Sullivan knocked each one down in turn. One by one the propose to the rules fell through. l and with them went Mr. BelfGrd's oft repeated suggestion tO help unload l the plethOric treasury vaults by grant ing a clerk to every member of cOngrcs- not chairman of committee. The re- gently adopted new senate rules CZ clude X-representatIves from the floor of the upper house. and by a significant vote the lower house denied the prIyI lege of its floor to ex-sonators as we'll as lobbying ex-members. While ldvOcat- | ing an amendment to the rules. Mr Weller managed to aim a blow at the bankruptcy system. Co COR demn the action of the republican party in demonetiZing silver. Co express his wish for democratic success at The utLI election, and tO state that Mr. Randall was looked upon throughout the c3un- sry as a friend to mOnOpOlies. Tho last remark elieited some laughter D which Mir. Randall joined.