The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-01-08
President Arthur IN TO he Called Upon
TO Tell
WHAT HE KNOWS ABOUT CONGO.
Bills and RESOLUTIONS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
of Internal Revenue Taxes Preci-
pitatsd.on the House-A Mes
scge from the President.
PENsloNA AND sANKRuPTcyTALx
XLvIII Congress

NLNIII Congress
| SENATE.
| WAsMtNGToN, Jan. 5.-The CHAIl
laid befIro the senate the credentials q
Hon. Justin S. Morrill,, reelected sen
ator from Vermont.
Among the petitions presented wa
one by
MIR. SHERMAN, from several friends
praying that provision be made In th'
pending Spanish treaty for n settlement
by arbitration of any difference whicl
may arise hetween Spain and the United
States. Referred.
Bills Introduced and referred:
BY MIR. BECK: To create revenue
commission. IL provides for the forma
| tion OF commission 70 be composed o
the secretary of the treasury, eN-oilicio
| five members OF the house OF rep;esen
| tativcs, and three senators, 10 examine
| and report TO congress, On or before the
| second Monday in December, 1880, wha
changes or notifications ought TO b,
made in the existing tariff and interna
revenue laws.
Bills introduced and referred.
BY Mr.. VOORHEES,: To repeal statute
Of limitations ON allowance of pension
arrears and to regulate proof IN pension
cases. Mr.. VOORHEES, also introduced d
concurrent resolution, extending the
thanks of congress to Commodore
Schley, Lieut.. Emery and all the of
ticers and men of the ships Alert, Bear
Thetis and Lock Garry, for the daring
and skill displayed by them in tho res
cue of the survivors Of the Greedy eXpe'
dition. Referred.
Mr.. MILLER, of California, offered q
resolution which WAS agreed To, calling
. lao fn,.t AZ rat fnNs al
all treaties, except postal treaties
entered into by the United States, tht
ratiiicati ons whereof has ht en- acc, pied
with such treaties or parts Of treaties az
have been changed or ah ogated.
The senate then proceeded TO the con
sideraiion Of bills upon the calendar.
BY Mr.. ENGLISH: To provide foi
the issue of one, two and five dol
lar certificates.
BY Mr.. hRECKENRIDGE: To pro
vide for the creation of river auu iar'
Dor department, which shall be undei
the charge of the missioner of rivers
and harbors to be appointed 10y the
preSi ent at a salary of $500. The jur.
isdiction, power and duties of the com
missioner shall be the same as now ex-
ercised by the chief engineer in regar1
to rivers and harDOrs. Fifty thousand
dollars is appropriated to be- expended
at the discretion of the commissioners
in making special examination OF the
works under his charge.
Mr.. HISCOCK moved to sus
pend the rules and pass the bill ab"l-
ishiDg the internal revenue tax
cheroots, and the tax on dealers in to-
bacco and the tax on liquors distilled
wholly from fruit.
Mr.. Mills demanded second. The
motion was seconded, SO to 20.
Among the bills passed was one nu-
thoriZing the payment of S3 100 to Pear
son G. Montgomery of Memphis, Ten
nessee, tor compensation for property
taken from him and used by the United
States during the late war.
Mr.. MAXEY introduced bill to
amend the revised statutes relating to
the lease of Intian lands tor grazing
made with the indians shall be submit.
ted to the secretary of the interior
for approval, modification Or
rejection, 1t provides further that a
penalt, shall he imposed of 81 per head
for all cattle driven upon Indian lands,
except under authority obtained in ac-
cordance with law.
A message was received from the pres
ident, transmitting the report OF the
secretary of the interior regarding the
present relations of the Cheyenne and
Arrapahoe Indians, and RECOMMENDING
that some provision be made for dlsarnl-
ing those aud other Indians, when ac'
ton was found necessary for their ad'
yapcement in civilized pursuits, the IN
dams to be compensated for their arms
After executive session the senate
adjourned.
MR.. SMITH, of Pennsylvania, pre-
sented the certificate OF election OF JONI,
A, Swope, to fill the vacancy accasl0ned
by the death of w. A. Duncan, OF tne
Nineteenth district of Pennsylvania,
and Mr.. SwOpe took the oath of office.
MR.. HERBERT introduced the fol-
lowing preamble and resolution:
WHEREAS, 1t appears that the pfesi.
dent of tho United States has empOwered
the Hon. John b. Kass0n and Gen. w.
s. Sanford to represent this government
at what is styled the International Atri'
n conference, at Berlin, to consider
the question Of the erection and main
tenance of state in the basin OF the
river Congo; and,
this conference seems to i'm
part is departure from
the traditional policy of the government
of the United States, and rs the house
of representatives is withheld the of
ticial Information OF the reasons which
NAV have induced The president to ac
credit representatives to take part IL
| such conferences: therefore, be II
Resolved, BY the house of representa-
tiyes, that the president be requested u
inform this body, if not Incompatible
with the interest of the country, whether
he has so accredited Hon. John A. Kas
son and Gen. w. 5. Sanford as delegates
| to represent the United States IN saiC
conference, and ii 50, he l. respectfully
| requested to state the reason whlch I'm
PEELED him to take such steps, and II III
has SO accredited said KassOn and san
ford, that he especially he requested u
inform the house whether IN by lette
| OF authority to them or otherwise
there were any conditions offered TO OF
| limitations placed upon the exercise o
their authority as such delegates, o
whether they appeared unconditi1nall,
aud apparently with iull powers to nc
as delegates representing the unitet
States in The conference assembled u
discuss the question Ot erecting AM
maintaining new state on the cont
nent Of Africa. Aud the president II
further requested to impart To the house
such information as may be in his pos
session, tending to show whether Eht
new state to be erected and main
tanned by the powers taking par
in the conference Is TO b,
republican or monarchicsl In form
the president is also respectfully re-
Quested to give his opinion rs t0whetheI
the appearauc0 Of delegates from the