The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-02-28
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FORTY.EIGuTu CONGHEss So. FIRST
SESSION.
stNATE.
WAsnISGF0s, Feb. % IPfess, - NJ
| Sfwel, irpm the olmmitlse on J bill
au.irs, Reported hyoTuby tbs hOusM ate
! ilf the -lief 81 Filz John Porter military
the tpeelsl order Tor Wednesday, March
18th,
NJ, Wilson. from ihs committee On po,t-
offices and pn.t-raads. Trp0riei iayOrsblY
the bill prohibiting the mail ng 81 news
papefs containing lottery advertisements.
Placed on the calendar.
Mr.. Jackson submitted minority re-
port.
Mr.. Allison offered resolution which
was agreed To, calling an the secretary
the navy 10 furnish tue senate all iniorha'
| tiOn on Tile Ia that department respecting
the progress of tbs work Of construction OF
ship canal ~ the ls,hmus ol Panama.
MIR. Hale introduced the following joint
resolution, which va, Ut once read three
times aud passed without debate;
Resolved, by tho senate and the house OF
representatives that the act Of her Britunic
mniesty's government Ia presenting 90 the
United States government the Arclic
steamship Alert, winch will be used in the
contemplated expedition 10 relieve Leu
tenant Greeley aud party, IL recognized as
opp0rtune and generou and deeply appr.-
clried by CONGRESS aud the people oil the
United States,
Tnat TIE president be and Is here re-
Qu-,t-d to communists copy of this ret-
oluiion 10 her Brltanic msjssiy's govern
mrnt,
Mr.. Mickey, from the committee sn mill.
,ta'y affairs reported iavorsbly, with some
amend meuts, the bill 10 consolidate the
bureau OF military justice and corps OF
judge advocates OF Inc army. Placed on
the calendar
Mr. Plumb offered resolution which was
/ sgreed TO, calling ON the commissioner OF
aRricu ture TO furnish Information ms to the
annual amount OF wheat, rye, corn, and
cotton produced In this country during
The five years preceding 1882: the amount
used at home for food, fodder and other
purposes; the amount exported and the sur.
plus. u any At the end OF said group OF
years: similar information Tor the year 1884,
also, whether In his judgment, speculation
by options or futures In these productions,
where no actual transfer takes place, tends
to Affect their market vslne to the injury
Mr.. Hoar's polygsmy bill was passed
over, owing TO the absence OF that senator
with the senate investigating committee at
New Orleans.
Toe cnair laid before the senate the un'
finished business, being the bill TO author
izs the construction of additional steel YES
sells for the navy.
Mr.. Hale addressed the senate, pointing
out the necessity for ships. the United
States possessing hardly a single , ship OF o,
the world Us necsss ,ry for naval purposes
When We contemplate the things
that were happening almost every
day, the clouds lowering on the political
horizon, though not themselves frsueht
with danger. at least showed that this
country should no longer be permitted to
In case OF trouble the people OF the United
States would be 9TH To forgive any admin
,stration OF public affairs that had not
sought to do something to remedy the
present defenssness condition of the nation.
Mr.. Mcpherson criticized the secretary
OF the navy tor his disrosition to get rid of
all old vessels and build new once.
Mr.. Butler defended the secretary.
The debate was continued ut consider
able length. and without action the senate
went into executive session, ana soon there.
after adjourned.
HOUSE.
| WAsHrHeroN, Feb. &-[Press.1 After
the transaction OF routine matters, the
house went into committee OF the whole on
the pleuro-ppeumonis bill.
Hopkins offered an amendment providing
that the appointment OF examiners shall be
with the consent OF the st ate Legislatures.
Eaton opposed the amendment because
the bill could not be amended 30 az to make
II decent. It WAS unconstitutional from
head to foot. He regretted that the gentle
man from Missouri (Hstcb) had said that
I New York, New Jersey and Connecticut
were barnecles. New York, New Jersey
and Connecticut In 1876. elected 8 ]. IT,
den president OF the United States Zap.
plsastI, and would elect the next demo-
cratic president. IfNew York, New Jersey
and Connecticut were barnacles, the barna-
Hatch said the gentleman had misappre-
hended him to say that New York, New
Jersey and Connecticut were bsrnacles. He
had spoken OF individuals, not states.
Kasson urged the necessity ola federal
INSPECTION law of some tort that wo Id fnr-
ni.h TO foreign ma ions prima facie evidence
United States. A million dollars week
for t The limited States was subjected to
something approaching prohibition IN re-.
gard to some Of the most important Of its
fWslIsr Thought there were provisions in
now INV being formed TO control the cattle
trade Of the great northwest.
Randall advocateds resolution which he
PIoposeu ~, W. .trUnt,nr ~ The mmittee m
suricnjtn q to renort back = bill which
shall embrace a more thorough system of
inspection. to the end that no diseased ami
msls shalI be exported, and further to re-
mort Bill to oreanize Q more strict quaran-
line against the Importation OF diseased
animals and make such recommendation
az v;il sennre bv the states such legislation
As viii eradicate the disease known a.
nisuro nneumoDia.