The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-18
WASHINGTON.
The House Passes the Mississippi
Appropriation.
A Gran dson Of Thomas jefferson nc a
National Claimant.
. Senate aud Unconstitutional Notes.


be effected.
Tracy, saylor and Patten, the friends Of
Doc. Evans, have discovered violent
opposition TO him In many quarters, In
Guiding Senator Coke. The Texas delega'
tion are almost unit against Evans, which
Is more than his friends are able either 10
ignore or to overcome.
Reagan to-day init oduced large mum.
Der OF petitions asking the transfer OF tho
federal court from Tyler 70 Palestine.
A subcommittee of the house commit
tee on judiciary to-day agreed 10 report ia.
yorAbiy upon Culbersons bill declaring all
crimes. punishable by imprisonment for a
period longer than one year, as infam0u,
and to be presented alone by indictment.
A canvass OF tha senate committee on
Indian pifalrs shows that five out Of the
seven members favor right-ot-way
throu n the Indian territory for railroads,
but with due regard Tor cooperation with
the Indians in the matter.
An evening paper charges that Bliss aud
Ker, of the star route prosecution are
guilty of the offense for which StiIlwell II.
Russell is now wearing the stripes.
Senator Maxey yesterday attended a
meeting Of the board Of tho Smithsonian
regents, OF which no Is a member.
The post. office at Easton, Rusk county,
has been established, with William Glad
ney as postmaster.
The following postmasters were COM
missioned to-day: Il. NJ. Metcalf at
Hutto; J. o. Hunt, at New York, ]. X.
Moseley, at smithsland.
JIM. Lind.ey, of Gainesville, has ar
rived to help out in the Federal court mat
ter.
Proceedings OF the Forty Eighth Congress
SENATE.
WAsnInoTos, Jan. 1.-THE chair laid
before the senate memorial from William
Pitt Kellogg denying all imputnlions
against him, contained in the recent doou.
ments transmitted 10 the senate by the
secretary of the interior relating to the
transfer OF the land grant of The Ttxps Pa
cific TO the Southern Pacific, and asking an
investigation.
Bills were introduced as follows:
BY Nj. Butler-Authorizing the secrs.
tary of the treasury 10 restore TO their
boxe. deposited for safe Keeping in the
trea,ury vaults by The secretary OF war
The boxes, Butler said. contained miniatures
etc, and we're of no value TO anybody but
the owner, He hoped the bill would be
reported iavorably. Referred.
BY Mr.. Van Wycke-ro secure ressona-
BILE rates of transportation for people over
railroads aided by the government. Mr..
VanWycke said he desired to Introduce the
bill as substitute tor one OF similar char
acter introduced few days ago. The first
bill was limited in It's scope TO the Union
and Central Pacific. The present bill extend
cd its regulating provisions TO all railroads
of the United States which have received
government lands. When the people gave
the enormous grants for building three
railroad lines to the Pacific IL was on the
supposition that there would be natural
competition between these lines, but tho
wise purpose Of the people and congress
had been defeated by tho corporations,
which are "psrtitioning," as they call IL,
or dividing up between them, the great
empire stretching across tho continent as
effectively as The partition OF Poland was
effected.
Petitions were pres, nted as follows
BY MIR. Dolph, from the cham Ger OF COM
merce at Astoria, Oreeon--Praying for an
appropriation of $500 0l0 tor the improve
ment of the entrance OF the Columbia
river.
, by Messrs. B,yard, Morrill,, Frye and
Miller, OF n wv York, from various temper
ance org inizations- For a comm ission on
the liquor traffic and constitutional
amendment prohibiting the manufacture |
or sale OF alcoholic liquors AS Il beverage.
Mr.. McPneEson Introduced a bill IJr Tho I
issue of circulating notes OF national
bankir association. Ii provides that
upon deposit OF United States bonds bear
ing interest In the manner required by
law, any national ra,king association maL-
ing the same shall be entitled 10 receive
from the comptroller OF The currency
circulating notes not exceeding the psr
value OF tho bonds deposited, provided that
NJ no time shall the to- al amount issued 10
such association exceed the amount a. such
time actually paid in on its capital STOCK.
At the conclusion OF the morning BUSH
nees Mr.. Garland called up the bill making
an appropriation OF SO 600 as improvisation
for the seizure by the United States govern
ment in 1861, If the Spanish ferry boat
Nuestra Sonora de Regs. Passed.
Mr.. Wilson, OF Iowa, introduced bill 10
establish q board OF Interstate commerce.
1t provides for board OF commissioners
appointed by the president rs n bureau OF
the department Of the interior, the commits
sioners TO be i've In number ard their terms
two, four, elk, eight aud ten years 70 peci-
lively; the successor OF each to hold office
for ten years; one OF such commissioners TO
experienced in law. one in civil
engineering, one In tue management OF
one In agricultural industry,
one in manufacturing industry, tho salary
OF. each to be $1,000, the duties VI the board
to be the consideration and investigation
oil oil questions relating to commerce be-
tween states of the United states and foreign
and especially to the matter OF
- far % necessary TO estab-
lish Q just system ofrsgula,ing tho govern
ment Of the same. They are 70 make re-
~ hal kAp
ist, together with DRAFT Of . bill enbody-
ing lust, comprehensive code, regulating :
among the states which EN-
brace the provisions, fixing both the maxi.
mnm and minimum rates and the preservs- !
hon Of free composition within this
| i@'s' d,:o asni Go nc p's1 every
kind Whatsoever, ana for applying the same Z
principles 10 all persons and corporations
like; for the preservation and enforcement :
,fthe rights OF shippers. They snail select
ines and parts VI lines over which ship
nents shaIl pass. Whenever In the judg. .
nent of the board IL shall appear that any d
company violates the pro- n
Iision OF the laws, they shall give the com.
,any notice 10 writing, and IL after notice '
he violations continue, shall forthwith 4
present the facts to the attorney general. .
Who shall institute proceedings
sd By law. The bill prohibits !
by transportation company
gainet any shipper. and provides q penalty n
u not less than 81 900 10. eacn offsusc. To .
70 recovered by action on Information OF .
ny party having Knowledge OF The acts, 3
vhich action shali be brought In the Urited
'tates court OF any district In which n
be company may nave an agent or place q
business. O1e-nalf OF the penalty re-
overed shall 90 TO the party dam aged by A
he alleged VIOLATION Of the law. A
The senate went into executive session TO r,
onsider the Mexican treaty, and on the =
oors being opeEed adjourned. 4,