The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-14
XLVIII Congress.

John N. Simpson, of DALAI, is in tn,
city.
XVIII Congress.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. l3.-Mr. HALE
IRON the committee on appropriations
| reported back the last naval appropia,
ton bill sent over by the house, amended
| ny striking out all provisions for ,
change in existing laws. Mr.. Hale SAID
h. would call it up Tomorrow.
Mr.. DOLPH, from the committee on
public lands, reported favOrably house
bill repeating the presumption, timber
culture and desert land acts, and the
modifying homestead act.
Mr.. EDM UNDS introduced bill au.
| th0rizing the president to appoint n
place on the retired list OF the army one
person from among those who had
been generals commanding armies OF
the United States HI the 5eneral-in.
chief of said army. MIR. Edmunds ex.
pressed the hope that unanimous con.
| sent would he given tor Immediate con.
sideration of the bill. Every senator
he said, would see the object, the pur.
pose aud the application of the bill II
would au horize the president to appoint
General Grant to the retired list. In its
form it Obviated the difficulty encoun.
tered in the Fitz John Porter case.
Mr. COCKRELL asked that il should
lie over till Tomorrow.
On motion of Mr.. HAWLEY the sen.
ate took up the Sherman-Davis resolu
ton, and
Mr.. VANCE spoke upon it. He
gu ted from Gen. Sherman's letter the
illusions to finding Gov. Vance's Off
cial correspondence in the exec.
ulive mansion He said mn
Ia't of his official correspondence and
wor were ever kept in he executive
mansion. The leiler referred to hy
ten. sherman was not found in the
copy book referred To-, for the reason
mat no such letter was ever there. II.
asserted, upon the honor of GENT :
man, mat no letter making the threats
Gen. Sherman alleges to have been
male, W - ever received by the speak er
from Jefferson Davis.
AT the conclusion Of Mr.. Vance's re.
marks,
MIR. HAWLEY said the purpose Of
his resolution " - simply to make ac
cessible what he regard II AZ intOrma
ton OF historic value. Tie did not seek
this debate, nor did he wish to prolonp
IL. tie had not the disposition to wan.
tOnly assail or cXult owe,
the men who had los,
but whenever the issues were pre
Consideration of the Interstate com.
mrrce bill was Resumed, the pending
question being MIR Browns amend.
ment 10 The Amendments of Mr.. Vance
Mr.. Nancr's amruumen, was that no
railroad company he allowed To charge
higher prOpOrtl"nate rate for carriage
OF small than large parcels, and Mr..
Browns amendment proposed to ok
tend the principle to all mer-
camille business, and so forbid mer.
chants from charg ny proportionately
more for retail parcel than for a
u Wholesale
MIR. VANCE said he would have
thought MIR. Browns amendment Joke
II he had not known Mr.. Brown had
never perpetrated successful joke In
his lie. Laughter
MIR. Browns amendment was moi
agreed to.
MIR. BAYARD opposed Mr.. vance's
amendment, rs an attempt To do what
neither congress nor any human power
could do-deprive property of its nat
ural streng h aud take from weakness
its inherent defect.
MIR. SHEFFIELD and Mr.. SEWELI
also opposed the amendment, and
MIR. VANCE defended IL.
The amendment WAS not agreed to,
Mr.. SLATER proposed an amend
ment making al rebates unlawful.
Not agreed to,
a message was received from tn,
president recommending provision fol
cumpenSatiug special electoral messen
gers. Referred to the committee on an
preparations.
Also, n IN, ssage from the government
engineer in charge of the Yorktown
monument, reporting its completion.
A'ler executive session tho senate ad
journed.
Mr. STOCKSLAGER, rising to a aues
ton of personal privilege, sent To- IN,
| clerks desk and had read AN article Il
yesterdays New York Sun, charyinl
| the committee on public buildings VIII
log-rolling to pass bins tor the erection
OF public buildings, involvirl
Sl5WO,UOO, and giving Mr.. Randa
great credit Tor fighting aud eXpusin.
tho job. fhe statement in the article
sand MIR. Stocksldger, is not true. Tn,
amouot Involved IA the bills was no
Sl5,WO 900, but S6,2!7 ,0On. The assertion
that there was any combination, ANY
binding together nf these bills, so far Al
II elerred to hun or 10 his committee
was wholly gratuilous, entirely un
called for, and utterly false.
The SPEAKER laid before the hous
message from the president, trans
hitting the report of the government
directors OF the Union Pacific Railwa,
company. Referred.
The house proceeded to consideration
OF bu mess reported from the commit
tee on the Judiciary.
The following bills, among other,
were passed:
To extend the laws of the Unite,
states over certain unorganized terri
tory south at the state of Kansas.
Repeating so much OF section 1918 {
the Revised Statutes ~ prohibits pr,
motion u positions M commissioned q
non-commissloned officers IN the regu
lar army of private soldiers who serve,
two years since September, 1866.
To regulate the effect of Judgment
and DEGREES of United States courts |
any state, by ~ oviding that they sha
take effect by way of lien or otherwis
IN the same extent aud In like uannt
: ~ judgments aud decrees OF the court
, Cf such state.
MIR. BROWN, of Indiana, arising, sale
| perform the sad duty of announcin
, to the house, the death of schuyler 90
lax ut one time speaker of this hOus
, aud late vice president of the Unite
States. A telegram was receive
: through he associated press this afte
: uoon, about 2 o'clock, announcing tn
/ sad event. | offer the following resol
ton:
; WHEREAS. Intelligence has ju
! reached this house that SchuS Ter c.
| lax, for many yearsa member of tn
body, and its speaker, aud late vic
y -silent of the United States, diod til
I dsv, ut Mank,fo, Minnesota.
WHEREAS, Deceased was dist