The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-18
HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE Speaker
laid before the House the message of the
President, transmitting to the Secretary Of
the state Of Pennsylvania, and rendering
the United Statos Marine Hospital at Erie,
Penn, MS IA Soldiers and Sailors Home.
Referred. .a
Mr.. Morse (by reQuest) introduced o bill
repeating the duty on extract OF bemlock
and other barks used In tanning. Re.
ferred.
Mr.. Beach offered resolution calling on
the Postmaster. General for all reports and
papers referring to the Star Route investi.
CATION made by the special agents during
1881.
, Mr.. Skinner. Of New York, objected.
Mr.. Beach called attention to the fact
that the objection came from the Repub.
lcan side.
Mr.. Skinner said he did not object to the
purpose o, the resolution, but be thought
it should 60 to a committee. Referred to
the Committee on Expenditures Of the De.
partment Of Justice.
Mr.. springer, chairman OF the Commit
tee on Expenditures Of the Department Of
Justice, reported back the resolution cali.
ing on theP ostmaster-G General for CORES.
pondence concerning the frauds Of the
Star Routes. Adopted.
Mr.. Cox, Of North Carolina, from the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported .
resolution requesting the President to
transmit TO the House the correspondence
relating to the condition Of things in Msxi.
co since the roposed railroad connection
| with the United Statesi also in relation to
| the boundary between Mexico and Guste.
| msla. Adopted. aaf4t"
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.--The sub.com.
mittee of the Commerce Committee, ap.
pointed to consider the retaliatory meas.
ures growing out Of the prohibition oil
American pork by France and Germany,
will report the following to the full commit
tee, asking its presentation to thu House
FOR immediate passage:
Whereas, The Government of the Ger
man Empire and the Republic Of France
have seen tit to prohibit the importation of
the Amer can hog product upon the un-
proven assumption that they were deieteYi.
Gus to the public health, aud
| Whereas, Said Government Of the Ger.
man Empire has declined an Invitation Of
the President of the United States to Sc nd
its own experts to this country, for the
| purpose OF examining the quality and man-
| ner OF marhrt,u, rnr hog products:
| Resolved b the Senate and house Of
Representatives of the United States of
( America, in Congress assembled, that the
importation of any imports which, upon
| tue advice OF competent experts, the Pres
| ident shall hold to be injurious to the pub
| lie health, coming from those countries,
which, upon the same grounds, prohibit
the importation Of any American goods or
product, is hereby prohibited.
Mr. Robinson Of New York, from the
| Committee on Pensions, reported a bill
pensioning the surviving grandchld of
Thorn rs jefferson. Private calendar.
The regular order being demanded, the
| Speaker announced that 1t would be Mr..
| Hisoeck to commit the Senate bill appro.
| priating 81 900 900 for continuing the i'm.
provements Of the Mssippi river to the
| committee on Rivers aud Harbors, with In.
structions to report it with an amendment,
restricting the expenditure of the money to
the Plum Point and Lake Providence
reaches, except where necessary to protect
the works already begun. The motion was
lost; yeas III, nays 1882.
Mr.. White Of Kentucky moved to commit
the bill Of instructions to the committee on
Rivers and Harbors, and not to report back
until the Secretary Of War furnish an item.
lied account of the expenditures for the
improvement Of the Mississippi river from
July |, 1879, to January 16, 1884. Lost,