Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-14
Senator Bdmunds Introduces 1&i
which viii Place Cen. Grant
on the Retired List.
Tho Senate Passes the Sherman Davis
Resolution and takeG up tholntor'
Btato Commerce Bill.
The House Votes 70 Extend Che Laws
Of the United States over tho
Oklahoma Lands.


ATE TINS morning hhlet iuuh INV VVth'
mlttoe on appropriations, reported
back tho last naval appropriation bill,
sent over by the house, amended by
striking out all the provisions for
change in the existing laws. Mt. Hale
said that he would call It up to.mor.
row,
MIR. Dolph OF Oregon, from the COM
mittee on public lauda, reported favor
ably the house hill repeating the pre-
ompWun, the timber culture aud this
desert lands acts ana modifying the
homestead act.
MIR. Edmunds " Vermont intro
duoed bin authorizing the president
10 appoint and place on the retired list
OF the army one person from among
those who had been generals In the
army Of theiUnitod States, or general
in-chief of said army.
MIR. iidmunda expressed hope that
theunanimous consent of the senate
would be given for the Immediate CON
sideratlon OF the bill, Every senator,
he a0ld, would aee the object, purpose
and application OF the bill. IL ould
authorize the president tn appoint
Glen Grant to the retired list. In its
form II ubvlated the difficulty observed
MIR. CoclSrell Of Missouri asked that
should be laid over Till tomorrow.
ON the motion OF Mr. HRwley Of
Connecticut the senate took up the
sherman. Davis resolution and Senator
'JauCe spoke upOuit He quoted from
don. Shcrman's letter In alluainn to
The finding OF Gov Nauoes official
correspondence In the executive man.
siun. He said that no part Of the DILL
Cial correspondence WAS ever kept In
the executive mansion The letter re-
ferrCd TO by Gen sherman was not
found In the copy.hook referred TO for
the reason that uo such letter was ever
there. He asserted ON the honor Of
gentleman that no letter making the
threats that Gen. sherman alleges To
have been made WAS ever received by
the speaker from Jefferson Davis,
Al the conclusion OF MIR Nanoe'E re-
marks Mr.. HRWley said that the pur-
pnye OF his resolution was simply to
make accessible what he regarded Az
information OF historic value He did
not seek this debate aud did not wish
tO pToloug Il. lie had no disposition
wRutOnly 60 Rssail or eNult over the
men who had Loaf, but whenever issues
were presented which brought the past
TO view, as In this discussion, he must
maintain the standard lao had main.
tained In the war, aud characterize As
conspirators and traitors those who en-
gagged In conspiracy and treason.
The debate continued AT some length,
when finally the resolution was passed,
% to 10.
Consideration OF the interstate com.
meroe bill WAS resumed, the pending
question being on Mr.. Browns amend
ment To the amendment Oi MIR. Vance.
MIR. NNuce's amendment WAS that no
railroad company should he allowed 60
charge higher propOHluuRte rate for
the carriage Of small than large par.
GELS, aud MIR. Browns amendment pro-
posed TO extend this principle 60 all
mercantile businesa and 30 forbid mer-
chants from charging proportionately
moro for retail parcels than Tor whole
sale.
MIR. Vance said that he would have
thought Mr.. Browns amendment IA
Joke " ho had not known that Mr..
Brown had never perpOlrated sue.
ceesful Joke In his life. Laughter
MIR. Brownie amendment was not
agreed to.
MIR, Bayard opposed MIR Nanco's
amendment As AN attempt To do what
neither congress nor any human
power could do, deprive properly of it's
natural strength aud take from Il the
weakness of its inherent defect.
Messrs Shefneld of Rhode leland
and Sewell OF Now Jersey also OPP
posed the amendment aud MIR. Vance
defended it.
Tho amendment was not agreed TO.
Mr. Slater OF Oregon proposed an
amendment, making all rebates un.
lawful. Not agreed TO-
A message was received from the
president recommending a provision
f0T oempensatlng the ansclal electoral
messengers. Referred to the commit.
tee ON appropriations. Alao q message
from the Overment engineer In charge
of the Yorktown monument, reporting
liza completion.
Executive eeaslon, adjourned.
rae HousE or REPRESENTATIVE
In the house this morning Mr..
Stookslager OF Indiana, rlslng 10 a
questlOn OF personal privilege, sent Ia
the clerks desk and had read AN artl
Gle IN yesterdays New York Sun,
charging tho committee ON publ,
buildings with log-rolling 10 pass bill,
for che erection Of public buildings IN
Volume cay OF Sl5, 700. 900
giving Mr, Randall great credit iol
lighting and exposing the Job
The statement IA the article, said
StocEslaRer, as 20 the amount involved
In the bAl wns wrong Tho amount
involved was not $40 600 00a. but WAS
N,22g 600 Hha assertion that there
arfa