The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-01-29
NATIONAL NEWS NOTES.
THE uhps.oAlvtsron MATTER
The Appropriation knlnfsed, and The
salary acknowledgements fost-
Rse-Tbe New silver nit
CONGREGATIONAL, Etc,
XVIII Congress.
elNATE.


srNATE,
wAsuIRdroN, Jan. ia resolution
was agreed 10, requesting tho prehi-
dent IL not incompatible with
public interest, To communicate 10
the senate the correspondence between
the United States government and tho
government of Liberia, respecting arbi.
tratlon between the latter country ana
Great Britain, upon the boundary line
between Liberia and Sierra Leonoi also
the instructions given Admiral Shu-
feldt as umpire In the matter, etc,
on motion of Mr.. MILLER, of Cali
iornia, the senate won't into executive
session.
Mr.. MAXEY, from the committee on
military affairs, reported iayorably the
bill to grant rlght-of-way to the New
Orleans Il Mississippi Valley Railroad
company through tho public grounds at
Baton Rouge. Placed on the calendar.
Mr.. MORRILL,, from the committee
on finance, reported tavorably, with
amendments, house bill Tor tho retire
ment and recoinage of trade dollars.
The vote In the committee was q In
favor 10 against. The bill was amended
rs follows:
BE IL enacted, etc., That until July /,
| 1885,. United States trade dollars, II not
| defaced, mutilated or stamped, shall be
received AZ the office of the treasurer, or
any assistant treasurer OF the United
States, in exchange for like amount,
dollar for dollar, of standard silver dol
lars of the United States.
Section 2. That trade dollars received
by the treasurer or any assistant treas
urer of the United States, shall not be
| paid out or in any other manner
| issued, but at the expense OF
tho United States and shall be trans,
mitted to coinage minis and re-coined
| into standard silver dollars.
Sec. 3. That the trade dollars so re,
ceived ut the minis be regarded and
treated as silver bullion, and that this
bullion shall be deducted from the
amount of bullion required to be pur-
chased and coined by the act OF Febru-
airy 20, 1873, and shall be re-coined into
standard silver dollars according TO the
provisions of said act, provided me
amount TO be so deducted, as provided
| in this section, shall not exceed Soo,VOo
| in any month.
Sec. 4. That all laws and parts of
laws authorizing the coinage and issu-
ance of United States trade dollars are
| hereby repealed.
Sec. 8. That the president is hereby
authorized to renew negotiations with
the states of the Latin Union, and with
other foreign powers for the purpose of
making treaties with them to consider
and secure such proportion as may en-
able the nations agreeing thereto TO
| omen their respective minis TO the nee
coinage of silver with full legal tend err
power at the agreed ratio to gold.
Sec. C. That in case no such treaties
as aforesaid shall have been made and
ratified prior to August II, 1886, then
and thereafter such act of February rs,
1878, as authorizes and directs the secre-
| tary of the treasury TO purchase rom
time to time silver bullion at the market
price of not less than $2000,0OO worth per
month or more than $4,OOO,OVO worth per
month and caused the same to be coined
into standard dollars as fast as SO pur-
| chased, shall be suspended.
| Mr.. MORRILL, gave notice that he
| would call up the bill on Tuesday night
Mr.. CAMERON, of Pennsylvania
| from the committee on military affairs,
reported favorably the bill authorizing
the establishment of retired list Tor
non-commissioned officers and privates
of the United States army who have
served thirty years and upward.
At p. m. the doors were considered
open, so far as to allow presentation by
Mr. Hale of the conference report on the
naval appropriation bill.
Mr., HALE said the bill had been
stripped of all new legislation, and was
the itemized appropriation bill under
which to conduct the navy department..
Its course of action and the legislation
under which it existed were not
changed.
Mr.. BECK said he was willing to sur
render everything the house desired,
because the naval appropriation was
exhausted and 5000 or 1000 people with
families to support, whose employment
was not by salary but by days wages,
had been kept idle since the LIST of Jan
uary without any possibility OF getting
n,hS, He bpnnl rnnpraSS
would make some provisions for those
people in the deficiency bill, or else
where.
The conference report was adopted land
when the doors re-opened the senate
adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr.. WHITE, OF Kentucky, rising to
correct the Journal, demanded that the
Joint resolution introduced by him
yesterday abolishing the Office of COM
missioner of internal revenue be read.
The SPEAKER said the Journal was
correct and it was not competent 1or
the gentleman to demand the reading
of the resolution. An animated co1loquy
ensued between Messrs. White. Black
The SPEAKER laid before the house
the resignation of Mr.. Chace, Of Rhode
Island.
/ would waste time trying to play
tutor in such cases, concluded Mr.
Mr.. WHITE: OF course, you do agree
with the gentleman"
Mr.. White then continued, creatne
laughter and securing his point by
reading a joint resolution and thus in
surfing its printing in the record. lie
then withdrew his resolution.
After brief general debate the bill
was read by paragraphs for amend
ments. When the paragraph for the
pay of the army was reached.
Mr.. MoCOMAS offered an amend
ment, authorizing the retirement OF
Gen. Grant, though not specially nam.
ing him, with the rank and full pay OF
general.
Ruled out on point of order raised by
Mr.. Forney, who has charge of the bill.
The house then went into committee
of the whole on the army appropriation
bill.
Mr.. SUMNER, of Colorado, offered
an amendment providing that the cost
of kilograms on official business, re-
ceiyed and sent by officers of the army,
shall not exceed the amount paid by the
government under contract for tele-
grams sent similar length to and from
: Signal service stations. Adopted.
Mr.. M'MILLIN made the point OF or
der against the section of the bill when
provides, when any cadet of the United
States military academy has received
his regular degree from the academy
staff, he shall be considered candi.
didate for commission In any
corps, for the duties OF when
he nav be competent. If there be no
vacancy in such corps he may be at
tached to it by the president as an addi-
tional second lieutenant until vacancy
shall happen.
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