The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-03-01
LEGISLATING LOOSELY.
Congress Rushing Matters Pell Me IL at
the Closing.
AN EXTRA SESSION PREDICTED,
But the Statesmen are Trying to Avert
the Necessity.
A MASS OF WORK UNFINISHED.
Tire President Calls the Regular Special
Session of the senate-The Congo
Conference Reports of the
Foreign Committee.
A MASS OF WORK UNFINISHED
GENERAL WASHINGTON REPORTS
xLvIII. Congress.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2s.-Tho CHAIR
laid before the senate letter from the |
attorney-general stating that the de-
iiciency bin, as it was passed by the
house, insutliciently provided for the
expense Of juries, etc, in connection
with United States courts, not more
than one-half tho estimates having In |
any case been allowed. The attorney |
general further states that there will |
not be money enough to carry on the |
courts named during the coming four
months, unless further provision Is
made, Referred TO the committee on
appropriations.
The bill submitted with a report of the
conference comciittee ON the agrioul-
tural appropriation bill was agreed to.
Mr.. VAN WICK from the committee
on the Improvement of the Mississippi
river, reported fsvorably the bill intro
duced by him making an appropriatin of
$4,000 for improvements oil the Missouri
river at or near Eastport, opposite
Nebraska City. Placed ON the callen-
| der.
Mr.. HILL submitted for reference 20
the committee on public lands resolu.
ton expressing the opinion of the SEN
ate that no patent should issue to the
assignee of the New Orleans, Baton
Rouge ~ Nicksburg railroad company,
TO lands granted said company until the
senate has acted on the pending bill re-
latinlg to the subject. Referred as de-
sired.
The substitute river and harbor bin
was read a second time and referred TO
the committee on commerce, which on
the request of MIR. MCMILLAN, got
permission to sit during the session of
the senate.
v MITCHELL offered the following
preamble ami : button:
| WHEREAS, The comm al Na'"e nf
silver has so far deprecated that stand
ard dollars, coined under the act of 1873,
are now worth but 50 cents in the open
market; and,
WHEREAS, The nlntnnad coinage OF
such deprecated Collars, now amount
ing to nearly S5OO,OOO,OOo' seriously
threatens the suspension OF gold pay.
ment by the government from neces.
sity, and the consequent punishment OF
gold coin from active circulation; there
fore,
Resolved, That tho committee on
finance be- and hereby is instructed
forthwith to prepare and report to the
senate proper bill to provide for the
immediate suspension of the coinage OF
standard silver dollars and for the
resumption Of such coinage whenoyer
the commercial value of standard dol
lars shall rise to within per cent. to par
to tho standard gold dollars of tho
United States.
Mr.. Mitchell ed unanimous con.
sent TO have the resolution considered
at once and to have read in connection
With the resolution "a very important
letter from n distinguished person
(Meanins the letter OF the president.
elect on the silver questiou),
Objected TO bv Messrs. Harris, Maxey
Cameron, OF Wiscc""eeii,n.; and others
both to the reading OF the Lear aud tt
the present consider ,tion OF the resolu.
tion. Therefore IL went over one day
under the rule.
The sonste then, on motion of Mr.
Wilson, took up hoUse bill to forfeit un
earned lands by -h9 Sioux City & St.
Paul railway.
PENDING. debate ON this bill, houst
nllls pFsTlding for the erection Of pub.
NC buildings az tho following place,
were taken up and passed:
! Az Aberdeen, Mississippi, not &
exceed $4,000.
Clarksburg, West Virginia, $4,000.
Wichita, Kansas, $4,000.
Port Townsend, Washington territory
$50, ,0OO.
For the appraisers Office at Chicago
$4,000
Also a bill increasing to 81 600 COO tn
J appropriation iOr q pubic building q
Louisville.
A message being received from tn
house announcing disagreement witt
the senate on tho post Office apprOpri d
ton bill, tho senate,
On motion OF Mr., PLUM b, insiste
on its amendment ana
Tho CHAIR designated Mpssr,
Plumb, Allison and Beck as as con
mttteo Of conference.
Tho senate resolved 10 admit to th
floor membets.olect of the house Of rel
resCntatives,
House bill was passed authorizing tn
collector of tho port of New York to d,
liver FREQ Of duty to a. b. Vanheuson, {
that city, the silver cup won by hin Z
wimbledon, England, as member
tho American rifle team.
I Debate ON the Sioux CITY IL st, Pal
J railway forfeiture bin was resumed.
.ehqulEt i,gifrther dehuto on the biN
H.,, - ~ 90, up aud tho sspai
passed house bill donating to tie city ,
Adjourned till Monday al o o'cioc
am,
HOUSE.
Mr.. DIBRllL submitted y conie
enco report on the agricultural appr
- priatien bill. Agreed TO.
~ The house then proceeded 10 conside
vi alton of the senate smeudmeuts OF tl
post-Oilice appropriation bill.
.6 The recommendations of tho appr
priatlon committee were generally Il
lowed. The commltteo was vot
down, no Ecver, on its recommeudati
Of non concurrence In the amendmou