Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-21
PROCEEDINGS or CONGRESS.
SENATE.

Washington, March Goa resolu-
ton introduced by Van Wyck was
agreed to, calling on the secretary of
the treasury to furnish the senate
copies of accounts and vouchers of dis
bursting agents of the department of
justice for miscellaneous expenses re-
lating TO the star route cases for the
last three years.
Hoar then called up and the senate
resumed consideration OF the bill in
creasing the salaries of United States
district judges to s. 900. The pending
question was on Morgan's amendment,
providing that the increase shall only
apply to Judges hereafter appointed.
HOUSE.
Washington, March 20.--Immedi-
ately after reading the journal, Turner
OF Georgia called up the Virginia con-
tested election case of Garrison against
Mays. The report declares the con-
testant Garrison entitled to the seat.
Mays, the sitting member, was heard
in his own behalf.
AT the conclusion of his speech and
after further debate, the resolution
declaring Garrison entitled to the seat
was unanimously adopted, and that
gentleman appeared and took the oath
of office.
. On motion of Keifer the conference
report on the military academy appro.
priation bill was taken up and agreed
TO. The bill, as passed, appropriates
s3l4,5l6.
The morning hour was dispensed
with, and the house, without OPPOSE
ton, went into committee of the
whole on the bonded extension bill.
lis features were explained by Willis,
who declared that failure to pass the
bill meant bankruptcy and ruin to
many of the most important and inilu-
entail firms in Kentucky and through
ont the West. 1t meant bankruptcy
and ruin not only to manufacturers,
but to innocent holders of whisky; II
meant bankruptcy and ruin to many
leading banking interests In the
West. AS a result of tax aglta-
ton the whisky interest had been
obliged TO come TO congress and ask
relief, and the committee on ways and
means, of which the gentleman from
Pennsylvania (RandalD was II MEM
Der, had unanimously reported back
bill for unlimited extension. Willis
Then reviewed the course of tho bill In
the last congress, and declared that
though Secretary Folger had objected
TO 1t, he had done SO simply. because
lhe extension was unlimited. This
was not special legislation; IL was an
effort TO remove the only special legis-
iation which dlsgraced the statute
books of the country. Distilled spir-
ITS were the only victims OF special
legislation in the land; alcohol was the
only taxable article that under the law
was compelled TO pay tax before u
reached consumers. In the last thirty
days the price of whisky had sprung
I'VE cents per gallon. From n finan-
en- standpoint, he asked the members
70 look around them and see the condi-
lion OF the country. There had been
! shrinkage In grain and stocks with
~ me last few years amounting TO bill
iohs OF dollars; there had been
snrihkage DISCO, 900 900 in the value OF
.nls warehoused property. England,
onc OF the great purchasers OF Ameri-
van grain, had last year supplied her
sell from India with one-tbiid ofall the
gram sue needed, and II Is predicted
mat IN less than three years she
would be independent OF the United
STATES. What would become OF nun