Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-08
In CONGRESS-.
Both Houses Buckling Down TO Work
Aftc the Holidays.
by Associated Press.

Washington, January I'm the SEN
ate II number of petitions were pre-
scented, asking an appropriation TO pay
the rebate on tobacco.
Secretary of the interior transmit
ted the correspondence relating To the
transfer OF the land grant of the New
Orleans, Baton Rouge d Nicksburg
Railway to the New Orleans Pacific
railway.
Dolph presented petition of citi-
Zena of Oregon and Washington ter
ritories praying for forfeiture of the
unearned land grant OF the Oregon
Central railway.
Bills introduced:
By MIR. albson-'ro establish navy
yards and depot of supplies Mt
Aigicrs, on the Mississippi river.
BY Mr.. linguistic authorize the
construction of bridge across the
NJ sslssippi at Sibley, No; also to
grant iight-ot way through the Indian
Territory 10 the Southern KANSAS
railway.
The resolution presented by Miller
of Colorado was agreed to, rs follows:
Resolved, that the seer tary OF the
treasury be directed to transmit to
the senate all documentary
lnlOIHlallOn III IiS poSS'H'i''i
relating to the act of congress entitled
IAN act to execute certain treaty Sup"
ulations relating TO the Chinese" APP
proved May 6, 1882, together with
all facts which have come to his
knowledge concerning the difficulties
encountered by officers of the govern
ment in the enforcement of said act.
HOUSE.
In the house, after reading the jour
nal, Reed offered the following, which
wa, adopted:
Whereas, it has been alleged
that circulars were distributed
in some of the departments, asking
contributions for political purposes IN
violation of civil service law;
Resolved, that the heads of depart
ments in which the distribution, If
any, has taken place, are requ. sted to
inform the house OF the facts connect-
ed with such distribution.
Townsend offered resolution,
which was adopted, requesting that
the president furnish Information re-
lating TO the exclusion of American
hog products from Germany and
France.
Randall offered "A resolution adopt
ing the rules OF the Fortyseventh con-
gre-. ms the rules of the present cou-
gress. Adopted.
Bills referred: Rosecrans.-To place
George w. Getty on the retired list ol
the army with the rank of major-gen-
eral. Also to equaliZe bounties.
Tully-To prevent the United States
mail from being u'ed u circulate Az
refreshments OF poXlous and dangerous
M dicine-, food ana COMPOUNDS
Sumner-To establish minimum
rate OF FRI light fares ON lhe Union ana
Central Pacific railroads. III provides
that after sixty days from the passage
of the act il shall be unlawful for those
companies to charge a greater sum
than seventy per cent. OF the lowest
rates of freight or lowest pIic's Of car
riage existing on December 3, 1883.
Townshend-Reso requesting
the president To invite the co-opera
ton of the governments of American
nations in securing The establishment
of tree commercial intercourse u der
an American customs union. Also, "A
constitutional amendment proNlhihB
for the election OF senators by the peo-
pie.
DEMONSTRATING pensions To all
United states soldiers and sailors of
the late war who served 80 days or
participated III any engagement, and
the widows of all soldiers deceased.
Calkius To prOhlbit imports rom
foreign countries which urjustly dis
crinlnale against the products OF the
United States,
Brown OF Misunderstanding that
whenever any foreign government
may prohibit or impose undue restrlc-
tions on The importion into its ports
or m ,rkpt5 of American cattle swine,