The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-17
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WfSIIiN,;rON Ian. iJ-!There was caucus OF
! Reiubliea,S senators This no ming IL consider
| the pre S!.lsF5t T. the SenafS. IL was ueclueu
if senator Antiiaiiy .ieehres riye oifSs. Sena.pr
Edmunds should be rc-eiett - 20.
| Among the persons mentioned a. fcSS.bte
delegates To the national Republican co;7HcTl-
| ton mt Chicago are Il. G.. lngeISoll, frederick
| Douglass. \, NJ. Clapp' L. ,. Lewis FFH'
| I'm tioust commit.ee on elections heard the
ai'tiiriAntS il the CnaIuerS- Manning contest
] ed election case. |hiclf = I" be continued To-
MO H5ri ruilp PHILLIPS as This morning. re
renresepted the Mobile, Aia., AiSsr'es in Con-
grCSS FRI III 1853 to 1881. -. - 49,.
The bill introduced TO day by Mr. DJSNSFE
provides thai the postage on newspapers ana
Dar.Oifi Sa'S IHEilisltCd in the United STATES
Shall be atOi;sf'st after Jane ,, the present
Mr.. Graves introduced iii. piuvidmg that
the Jurisdiction OF the United States Sfail pol
he deemed 10 extend 10 any judicial OF other
officer elected ar appointed under the laws OF
state also extending juriSdicti moi the court OF
cams 10 the adjustment OF al claims Tor
d:,TN"ccs arising from tue use. appropriation
or injlifi tGTfo''er'y by the army or navy in
In response to the 1iouSe tesu,Utlon an the
subject tn. secretary of the treasury adj
dressed Il ! tier 10 tlat body statllS tnst me
ceiyed assessment circu,As iroA the lndlahd
Republican state central committee, lut nc
had been unable To discover the person us
formed that during the last political c nteSt
circulars Acte received from Il L lit ~ com
mittee in New Srk; bt, he was n0l able TO
obtain cOpy.
The Supreme Court of the tinted States to-
day denied the motion of Myra Clara Gaines
TO compel the city of New orleans TO Increase
the SuperSedaS bond.
Senator Romero, minister of Mexico PAID
to-day tn the secretary of state rightly Install
mentS of the indemnity due January 81, 1854,
from Mexico TO the United states: ,
senator Beck introduced blll l9e nj ,f3l
sion of two years the bonded period OF dis
titled spirts; Also blll providing mat sry
of the treasury to apply the surplus money IN
the treasury to the purchase or redemption al
United States bonds for cancellation, SHAH nor
70 construed to authorize him TO purchase NJ
premitiifi any outstanding bonds ot the United
States in advances OF the time when they be
come due.
Follett. who will have charge Of the pension
| bill when il reaches the House, j. strongly III
| favor of abolShing entirely the pension agell-
! cy business. The present cost OF the c1shteeh
tension agencies is $3.50 OOO year. ana pel:SipiI
agents receive yearly salary OF $4,000 ana
| fee OF Ii cents for every voucher above 400 Is
sued from their offices.
Mr. Follett thinks that 4 saving of $500 ~ a
| wear could be made by having work done H. =
| force of clerks in Washington without deiri-
| mcnt to service or Subjecting pensioners 10
! any delay OF the payment of pensions: IL Is
I
| hy the sub committee, and the bill, wren re-
| ported by the full committee, will contain pro
| yisOn Tor the abOlShing of all pension offices.
| At a meeting Of the House committee on
| UlIblic lands today. Chairman Cobb submitted
4 report declaring forfeited the land grants to
the Gulf and Ship Sland. Tuscaloosa 4 Mobile,
Mobile y New Orleans, Elyton & Boards Blum
| Memphis & Charleston, Savannah q Albany
| New Orleans state Line and Iron Mountain
& Arkansas Railroad companies that had MOI
complied with the terms and grants by build
ing roads. Report adopted and ordered
presented to the House.
The Senate executive session took up the
Mexican reciprocal treaty. Only one vote was
taken, and that upon a motion to recommt
1t /, understood the purp Sc OF the motor
was TO defeat the ratiiicat.o on by delaying
the treaty on commerce until after TN
aOth of Ii is month, upon which date, 1
in the interest of the sugar producer
of Louis ana, who are the foremost in opp0s
ing the treaty. but was probably supported o.
: iii the enemies of the treaty, and the result l
! remarked as test of its strength in tile sen
ate A motion TO recommIt, after some DIS
cuSSon. which hardly entered into the merit
OF the MAIN question, was, upon DIVISION, los
liz n considerable majority. Further discus
sion followed in the course of Which the gen
c.il economic feature of the treaty was CON
mented upon, chiefly by its opponents.