The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-17
WASHINGTON.
News Gathered About the Capital

CITY.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE subcommittee
OF tile House committee on public lands To
Mhea rs reierrea me question 70 erder land
ported that consideration will be BEGUN inime-
diately in the following order: Texas Pacific,
fcrnia s. Oregon, and California Northern Pa
ellie, Atlantic & Pacific, Southern Pacific. Cali
fornia \ New Orleans, Baton Rouge & Vicks-
burg. ATLANTIC, Gulf West Indian, Pensacols
y Georgia, Florida Atlantic & Gulf Central,
Mobile & Girard; Selma, Rome & Dalton;
Nicksburg, Shreveport 4 Texas; Sioux City &
st. Paul; Chicago, st. Paul s MINNEAPOLIS;
Chicago, st. Pa1 4 Omaha and Wisconsin,
Central. The reports we're adopted by full
COMMITTEES and the clerk directed to give u
| copy To the press, signed by the CHI iirInan OF
| the committee. The Texas Pacific grant will
| be considered first as it was originally made.
| Texas & Pacific Railroad. and INV claimed by
the Southern Pacific. The lands amount to
| 1000. 600 acres; estimated at SO 900 COO.
The secretary OF treasury will call ten NIL
| lion threeS tomorrow.
| At meeting OF the House committee on
postofiices and post roads Money was author
| lied to report to the House favorable action on
| the bill making public roads highways for post
power to establish postal service whenever In
his judgment the public welfare required 1t.
A meetin OF the members of the House com
mittee on agriculture, and the members Of the
committee of cattle men appointed recently at
Chicago, was held at the capitol. The general
discussion OF con agious diseases among cattle
1
in answer to inq tries Of the representatives
said the disease existed in Delaware District
of Columbia, MARYLAND, Pennsylvania, Yir.
other places. In New York there we're few
counties reported infested
Mr.. Hunt, OF New Jersey, said Congre S
would appropriate an adequate amount paya
4 bic to the order of authorities from the differ
kenU states. and would protect Kew jersey for
SIX months tbs from the importation Of diseased
out pluero pneumonia in its territory. DIR.
Law, of the cattle commission in the treasury de-
partInent, said the disease undoubtedly was the
| resnIt Of imDortatiOn. He said with nlentv n,
money andieder4l law he could eradicate It in
twelve months. and that New York city had oil
one ii Q stamped il out in three months. He
advocated the burning of buildings where the
disease occurred.
Judge Carrick, of Wyoming, gave history
of the disease, saying it was like Asiatic chol
era spreading through Europe and reaching
New York. forty years ago. 1t existed on the
continent of Europe, Great Britain, Australia
New z t nd. and this country. All that
live transportation from the East t1 the West
had been small, otherw Sc the western plains
would have been infectected at once. The evi
dence of their spread over the entire country
could not be stopped He said hundreds oil
millions of dollars were Invested in the cattle
business in the United States.
Representative Hatch said Mr.. Singleton, Of
Illinois, offered $1,000 reward for an animal in
fected W III pleuro pneumonia, but no one had
accepted Several members of the cattle com
mittee at once offered to show the disease t
any one doubling its existence.
Representative Weller gave notice that ht
would oiIer 6i ia apRr Pre- $1,000 goo ,!
giOns diseases of cattle, to be distributed
among the states and territories, according t6
the ratio of representation in Congress; pro
vided each state shall appropriate a sum edua
in amount to that given by the government.
In the committee of judiciary to-day, Gray
and Bullet made argument against the trans
fel of the consideration of the New Orleans s
Pacific land grant forfeiture from the commit
tee of Judiciary to the committee on pubic
lands. The gentlemen argued that the ques
ton was "a legal one, and not public policy OF
equity A subcommittee consisting of MeSsrs
Culberson, Broadstreet and Taylor, are ex
pected to report on the transfer question to
day The report, however, to be submitted
Tuesday, as now prepared, recommends tina
the committee on public lands be given thu
question of forfeiture.
The bill e-organizing Utah Territory undel
commission was sent TO the committee on ter
ritorles, by vote OF TO 6. It is lntima ed the
committee on territories viii report unfavor
ably upon the measure.
The following subcommittee were ap
pointed: Bankruptcies Moulton, Culberson
Collins, McCord and Bisbee; female suffrage
Maybury, Poland and Tucker; bigamy. etc.
Tucker, Meuton and Bisbee; civil rights
Broadhead, Dorsheimer, Seney, Taylor ant
Browne; modification of the vei power OF tn,
president = Dorsheimer, Maybury, Browne
Poland and Tucker; presidential succession
McCord, Broadhead, Collins, Reed and Tucker
Combinations of United States consuls-
Frank II. Mason, Marseilles; RObt j. Ste
phens, Palermo; Geo. Clifford, Basla; Bolivar
j. Fridge. Piedras Negras. Saml. ". Fergu
sou, of Mississippi member Of the Mississippi
river commission, vice james +. Eads, re
signed. Registers of land oficers-NaChanie
Larned Kan; Harwell 2. Myson, Garden City
KAN; AlonZo l.. Father. Oberli1, Kan. An
drew j. harrington, receiver of publ C moneys
Garden City, Kan.
The committee representing the Senate r.,
publican caucus, held brief consultation viii
, Senator Anthony in relation to the presideuc,
!, | pro TEN. The senator said he was cOmpelfs
to decline the proposed honor. believing it N
expenient in his present state OF health tom
, dartake the dniipS of the office