Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-19

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CNiI thought NIL the proposed uchS'
ares defective.
- ,,anso providing that III, when any
aa,,"mal ,,nnk circulation shall be sur
.,n,lorcd. md ~ In not taken up by
,,hcr national bnnltn within thirty
Jav. The aecrctnry of the treasury
shSil issue its epu lvnlcnt In
,r"ns,,ry notes. etc, and by adding
", ,ho close of his amendment the fol-
Invinp. "The true Intent and mean
,ng al this section IL, TINT the volume
NJ inner money outstanding, exclusive
of vold aud silver certificates, shall re-
main as now existing
Aftrr executive session the senate
adjourned
HOUSE.
bills introduced md rcforrcdi Peclc~-
Granting no noreH OF pubic lhhu To
cnch survivor of the Mountain Meadow
massacre. ,
Bellord Resolution calling on the
..crcinry of state To Inform the house
whether Prince Bismarck has sent To
hIa department. amy letter touching
tho resolution recently passed concern
Inc the death OF Herr LnsScr, and II
no 10 transmit n copy OF mo si,n'o ana
inform the honao of any ndviccs he
may have upon the subject.
Nichols regulate rattle on rail-
roads aided by government funds. "
mnkcs freight pools aud discrimina-
lion In freight rates unlawfull.
cobb Providing for paying the cost
of surveying lands granted to the
Northern Pacific and 10 subject the
same TO taxation.
Holman Resolution calling on the
the secretary of tho interior for infor.
nation when the line of the North
crn Pacific wna finally located, and
whether the company claims lands on
which homestead or prc'cmption cn-
tries have been made within the limits
of the grant prior 10 the definite looa-
tlon of thcrond, and If no II said claim
Is being considered by the depart
mcnt.
King Approprin,ing 100000 for re-.
lief of the auiirrcrh from Hoods In the
lower Mississippi. Also for diatribu-
ton of seeds among the sufferers.
Dockcry Appropriating Sl9,OO0 for
the purpose of maintaining, under di-
r,otion of the chief signal oitlc'r such
additional stations M nrc necessary In
order to secure reports and disseminate
the same from and In the vicinity Of
the tributaries Of our navignble rivers
Storm Amending the sinking fund
net. II provides That after the Isl of
July next, coin pnid for duties on im-
ported goods, ~ provided for In title
AZ, Aectlon 3, eOi Of the Revised Statutes
of 1878 relating to the sinking fund
hhnll be applied ns follows: frat, 10
the payment of interest on bonds and
notes of the United States. second, Ia
the purchase and payment Of one per
cent. of the entire debt of the United
States, to he made within cnch fiscal
year, which IN Ia bc set apart na a sink
Ing fund and interest, which shall In
like manner he applied 10 the purchase
or payment of the public debt ns the
secretary of the treasury shall from
time 90 time direct; tbiid. TINT the res'
iduc be paid into the treasury.
l1ldridge mid he Ind received II petit
ton from II gentleman containing II
abatement which, II true, would unscnt
Hatch OF Michigan. Referred.
Holman Calling on the secretary Of
the treasury for information ia To how
much money now IN the treasury can
b. applied al this time 10 the liluldn-
ton OF Tint part of the public debt
now payable without embarrassing
the department.
DorAheimcr, from the committee on
judiciary, moved To suspend the rules
aud ndopt the resolution liking the bill
granting copyrights 10 citizens OF for
cign countries ns the special order for
9Th inst.
Deuster dcmnndcd1 II second, which
WIS ordered 10y l3l To ~. In opposing
the bill DouAler read AN article from
the Chicago Tribune Of the 9th instant,
which asserted that the result of the
DorAheImer bin would be 10 make
books denrcr. The motion 10 suspend
the rules wnA lost by yeas 300, nays 1870,
not the necessary two-thirdH,
Dow, from the committee on coin
age, weights and measures, moved 10
suspend the rules aud ndopt the reso-
luton making the bill for tho retire
mont of the trade dollar the special
order for Tuesday, the ilth of March,
Bucllnor favored Immediate notion.
Townsend opposed the bill, Until
the Inst twelve months, the trade dollar
had circulated side by Hdo with
the standard dollar, aud no
cry hRd come up for ith redemption nj
pnr. Al that lime bankers repudin'
ted the trade dollar, nnd@morohants
refused 10 receive IL. IL Immediately
deprecated 10 80 centa on the dollar
and went into the hands of jobbcra In
New York, who now wanted To have
II exchanged At par. The motion was
agreed by IA too,
A motion wna made by Steele TO
have the rules suspended and tho bill
PASSED to relieve certain holdiera from
the charge Of dehcriion against amy
soldier who served In the late volun'
tccr service when II shall be nude 10
appear that such soldier served faith
fully until the expiration of HIS term
Of enlistment, or until the iHt of may,
1850, or wnh prevented from
completing his term OF service by fch-
hon Of wounds received, but who by
reason of absence from hi command
TIL II was mustered out failed 10 re
ceivo honorable diruhnrge.
a motion wns nndc by Binshnni TO
suspend Tho rules 10 have tho bill
passed iiking nj one cent for rhch fndf
ounces the rate Of postage on seCond'
cahA mail matter when ncnt by per.
sous other than publishers Of nownpn'
porn or their agents. This In nnbalun-
italy the bill introduced by Town
send,
1piE Ei.DnipuE PETITION,
| Washington, February 49, The pe-
litlon presented To tho house by iel-
dridge with the remark that II tho
ohafgoa contained In II were true II
would cost Representative Hatch Of
Michigan his Aent, wns from A, q,
| MINK we'll Democratic candidate for