The Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (New Albuquerque, N.M.) 1882-1884, 1884-03-18
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
PORN HOUSES IN SESSION.
TIse House mTnEtfees TO Keep UP
The1r ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Sem
&te and tne Foot and
Mouth Disease.

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WAsHiNGroN, Mafca I7.-Bill intro
duced: Hewitt, New York, to suspend
for two years the coinage of the silver
dollar and making it lawful for the Sec
rctary of the Treasurer to print and issue
treasury notes of4he denominations one
and two doHarss This j. the bill recon-
mended BY the New York Chamber of
Commerce.
Springer, Hlirois cated on
stlss P5siinaster General for copies of
any further correspondence between the
Department of Justice and the Post Of
ice Department in relation to star route
frauds. Robinson. New York, authorizing
the Secretary of the Treasury to pay
$4,000 to Mrs. Septemea Randolph
Meikleham, grand child Of Thomas Jeffer-
son. Oates, Miss, from the Committee
on Revision Of the Laws. moved to sus-
pend the rules and pass tie bill amend
ing Section $40 Revised Statutes. and to
regulate the standing aside of jurors
section as amended by the incorporation
of the following provision land the
United States in such cases of capital of
fenses and in no other cases shall, also.
in conformity with practice have in
any State the right to stand a
Juror aside and not show the
cause of disqualification or challenge
1ntil the venire be gone through
The motion was opposed by CalNns.
Bisbee, Bayne, and Reed, on the ground
that the bill would emasculate the power
of the United States to secure the punish
ment of persons charged with political Of
fenses in the southern States. 1t was sup
ported by Oates. Bennett, and DibOle,
who asserted that the measure was in
tended to secure a fair and impartial
trial, and was in the interest Of the Liberty
of a citizen. The motion was lost, there
not being the necessary two-thirds in the
affirmative.
Randall, Pa. under instruction from
the Committee on Appropriations moved
to suspend the rules and pass the special
deficiency bill appropriating $4,000.
After half hours debate confined to the
consideration of the sums which should
be granted the families of deceased con-
gressmen, the motion was agreed to.
Springer, ILL.,, moved to suspend the
rules and adopt a resolution requesting
the Attorney General to cause to be made
such investigations by the examiners of
his department as may be desired by the
Committee on Expenditures in the De-
partment of Justice, provided such exam
nations shall net interfere Tiih the cur
rent business OF the department, and the
examiners when thus engaged, shall be
paid the usual per diem and expenses
out of the contingent fund of the House.
Agreed to.
Singleton. Miss, under instructions,
from the Committee on Library moved to
suspend the rules and adopt a resolution
making the Senate bill for the construc-
ton of a building for the accommodation
of the congressional library a special
order for April 3. The motion was
opposed by Holman, Ind, Regan and
Townshend on the ground that the bill
contemplated the purchase of a site east
of the capitol at a large cost and Regan
intimated there was a job in it. Singleton,
Nutting and Woodward presented the
pressing needs of the library and con-
tended that the proper time for discuss
ing the propIiety of a site would be when
the bill came under consideration. The
motion was agreed to, yeas $50, nays 6I.
Buchanan La. from the commipee on
Navy affairs reported resolutino approprl-
alton out the contingent fund $1,000 to
enable that committee to prosecute the
investigation previously ordered concern
ing the loss of the Jeaunette, adopted. Ad-
jOurne6.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., March I7.-Peti-
tions were presented from several public
commercial bodies asking a repeal of the
law authorizing the coinage of silver dol
/ lars. Allison, Ia, presented a Joint reso-
luton of the general assembly of Iowa
relating to pleuro pneumonia, and urging
/ the adoption of means for its extirpatlon
Hoar, Mass, offered a resolution call
ing on the Secretary of the Interior to re-
port to the Senate the names of all par
ties who have had pension applications
pending more than two years, and tc
show the condition of such applications
and the reasons why they have not beer
disposed Of
Dawes. Mass, said the principal diff
Guilty was in the existence of claim
agents who gather in The pension claim:
by thousands and tens of thousands
Ii these agencies could be condensed o.
obliterated and the applicant deal di
-rectly with the government or his mem
+ Der of congress there would be NOR
hope for the claim.
Salisbury, Del. said the chief Difficult
ty was with the claim agents.
ingalls,. Kans, repealed the suggestion
that large numbers Of just and proveI
pension claims we're undisposed OF, an'
that hundreds and thousands of men en-
titled to pensions were starving. NJ
government had been more liberal thai
that OF the Unitee States and there wa
no ground for charging it with negli
gence in this matter. Such charges ere
ate wrong impression in the country
The difficulty was that large number c
applicants had not proved their right TO
pension. Ingalls, believed SO few that ha
proven their cases, were at present undis
] ...snl ~ In tha r,ansinr 40 flee that ON