Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-09

attempted TO grant to any other corpo-
ration or telegraph company any
right to operate lines of telegraph be-
longing to said railroad company, so
rs to prevent the company from per-
formii Z its duty to the government
and the public. Adopted.
Money, of the same committee, re-
ported back the resolution calling
upon the acknowledgements for in
formation whether British spy
named O'Brien has been allowed to
tamper with American mails in New
York. Adopted.
The following bills were introduced
and referred:
observation-disclosures duties on
lumber, timber, and othe products of
the forests.
Ray of .>ew York-Giving congress
the power to pass uniform laws regu-
lating marriage in the states and ter
rtories.
Bagley-To protect applicants for
pensions and prevent frauds in the
pension Office; also to purchase trade
dollars by fractional coins of the
United States.
Beach. proposing the following
amendments TO the constitution: First,
uniform laws on the subject OF mar
rage and divorce; second, giving the
president power to veto one or more
items of an appropriation bill; third,
creating statute of limitations on all
claims against the United States;
fourth. the credit, money and property
of the United States not TO be loaned
or given to private corporations; fifth,
prohibiting the granting Of exclusive
privileges, and turoiddlng Legislation
IN appropriation bills. Also,
"A bill to repeal section 2B7l
ofthe revised statutes. The bill will
allow foreign vessels to ascend our riv-
ers and unload. AT present they must
un Dad at ports of entry. The existing
law is u serious restriction on COM
merce.
Robinson of New York.-Resclution
calling on the secretary of state for in
formation whether our ministers to
foreign courts obey the law prohibiting
them from wearing court dress, and
requiring them TO wear the ordinary
apparel Of American citizens.
Cox OF New York-Calling on the
president for copies of correspondence
between the governments of Russia
and the United States with respect To
the condition and treatment OF He
brews by Russia, especially with
reference to Hebrew citizens OF the
United States; also to authorize
foreign built ships by citizens OF the
United States to be used in the
foreign carrying trade, and for free
ship material; also to prohibit the
coirage of three-cent pieces; also to
relieve commercial travellers of license
tax; also to encourage societies in the
vicinage to erect monuments on battle
fields.
Feran-To prohibit the importation
or immigration of alien foreigners un-
der contract to perform labor In the
United states.
Bv George the Oregon
Pacific railway to construct bridges
across the Willamette river also to
allow the cities of Portland and Asto-
ria, Oregon to levy Ia tonnage tax.
Hopkins Limiting the quantity of
public lands To be acquired by aliens.
Brown OF PeunsS lyania-To Tegu-
late the manufacture and sale of in
toxicating liquors in the territories
also for the further protection OF
citizens against the violation OF certain
rights secured by the constitution.
+. arce-fo enable tobacco planters
10 sell tobacco rai.ed by them free of
tax; also to admit sugar and salt
free.
Warner (of Tenn To abolish the
duty on bibles, trace chains, and
blows; also to reduce the salaries of
heads of departments.
Young-To authorize the construcr
ton OF u bridge across the Mississippi
at Memphis
Ballentine-To repeal the iron-clad
oath
Tbrocl,morton-To grant the Texas,
0klohoma e. Kansas railway right of
way through the Indian Territory.
L1pham-For the erection of n Gus
tom house ut lei Paso, Texas.
Stewart-To erect a building at
Houston, Tex.
Hibby-AlowipE discharged army
officers one years extra pay.
Golf by reguest-To distribute a por-
tion of the surplus revenue among the
states
Deuster-Proposing a constitutional
amendment prohibiting congress or
state legislatures from enacting any
law prohibiting or abridging the man
ufacture or sale OF any article of mer-
chandise composed in part or in whole
of any product of the soil.
Woodward-Fo the erection of "A
public building at Lacrosse, Wis.
Sumner of Wisconsin proposing a
constitutional amendment iaiting
the veto power of the president, by
providing that measure NAV he
passed over his veto by Il nlajority
vote.
Bfenis-For the admission of the
state of Washington; also the cOnsiruc-
ton of ship canal between Lake I'm
ion aud Puget sound.
Tllompson-Callin on the treasury
for Information rs to the number of
revenue and custom districts, and the