The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-12-14
FoRTY-NlNTH CONGRESS.
HOUSE.


resolutions were introduced and re-
fcrred:
BY Phelps Authorizing the lease to
the National Hotel Company Of New
Jersey, for hotel purposes, tract OF
land on Sandy Hook. Object of the
company is to secure resort free
from gambling and liquor.
Oates, of Ala.-Prohibiting appoint
ment of congressional funeral COM
mittees and drapery of public build
ings except by order of the president.
Also authorizing the appointment Of
clerks to senator's and representatives
who are not chairmen of committees.
Weaver, of Iowa, calling on Secre-
tary of Treasury for information con-
corning issuance of treasury notes for
smaller notes cancelled; also as to 81
and So notes cancelled since that act
and authority for destroying them,
etc.
Townsend, of ILL.,, granting use OF
hall three evenings to National Wo-
mans Suffrage convention.
Allen, of Mass, granting pension to
to postal railway clerks disabled in
service.
Grant, of Vermont, enabling people
to choose postmasters.
Springer, Of ILL.,, for admission OF
Dakota, Montana, Washington Terri
tory and New Mexico.
Throcl,morton, of Texas, for leasing
of vacant Indian lands.
Report of secretary of treasury re-
lating to customs collections, referred.
Lawler, of ILL.,, resolution providing
for expanding the millions Of surplus
cash in employing the million idle men
in work on coast defenses and war
ships.
Hewitt, of n. Y. authorizing secre-
tary of treasury to anticipate payment
of bond-debt interest.
Others of less and no importance
passed.
House proceeded to call of States
and then to business of District Of
Columbia. First bill, providing for
twenty-five school trustees as board of
education, was discussed, and house
adjourned without action.
SENATE.
Morrill, presented Edmund's creden-
tials for March full term.
Bills introduced and referred:
Cullum-Amendment of statutes
for immediate transportation of bond
ed goods: also to revise government
printers wages.
Bowen-New basis for national
banks, same as last session.
Morrill,, have committee to report
some practical measure for national
banks without adding expense to gov
eminent.
Mcpherson, relating to bank circu-
lation and government bonds. The
bill provides that all banks having a
capitol of $4,000 or less, should be
required to keep on deposit United
States bonds in excess one eighth of
their capital stock, as security for the
circulating notes, and all such banks
having a capital stock of $4,000, or
more, shall not be required to keep
in excess of $25O,OOO, but such banks
shall keep on deposit with the treas
urer of the United States the amounts
OF bonds herein required, and such Of
those banks having no deposit bonds
in excess Of that amount are author
lied to reduce their circulation by the
deposit of lawful money, as provided
by law; provided that the amount of
circulating notes shall not exceed 10
per cent of the par value of bonds
deposited, as provided in this bill.
Plumb, from commi tee, resolu-
ton authorizing certain public lands
in Kansas to be certified to that State
for agriculture.
Hoar, on motion, brought up the
electoral count bill as received from
the house. Ordered printed.
Morgan, of Ala, called up his reso-
luton calling on interior secretary for
reasons why coal and iron lands in
Alabama had been withheld from sale,
Notwithstanding act of March, 1888.
Adopted.
Five other resolutions of no import
ance passed over.
Morrilrs anti-tarif revision rcsolu-
ton was called up, and there was full
discussion of the necessity for tariff
rofnrm Seuafor Dawes lead off f;l-