Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-19
Proceedings of the House Yester-
day.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 13.-The speaker
laid before the house the reply Of the post
maSter-grneral in response to the resolution
calling for information rs TO whether the Ell llt
hour law IS now applicable to carriers, referred.
The pOstnASter-generai stats that there lS qO
department regulation prescribing the number
OF hours during which letter carriers are re-
Quired to w0lk, and that the eight hour law has
not been deemed applicable to letter car
rlerS because they are not regarded as lab0IerS
w,rklnen or mechanics. The opinion III t
The law Is not applicable to etter-CarrierS was.
the p0Stmaster-generdl is Informed, prolhul-
gated from the department before his incllln-
bancy of his office, aid no ch nge has been di
rected.
Mir. Parson. of Hin is, from the co mittee on
public lands, reported y bill to quiet the titles on
The Des Molnes river lands IN iowa; house cal
endsr.
Mr.. Geddis, of Ohio. from the co vmittce on
war ella ms, reported uank Mr.. BlanchardS res.
%Oluti0n, Gazing on lhe secretary OF the treasury
for information as to the money and funds seiz-
ed or collected by Gems. BanES or Butler while
on duty in The department of the gulf: adopted,
MI. Bragg, OF Wisconsin. from the committee
on military affairs, reported a bill providing for
the establishment OF II branch Of the Soldiers
Home west OF the ROCKY Mountains; committee
Of the whole.
Adverse rerortS were submitted from the COM
mittee on pOrtOttices ard poStr)ads, on bills 10
enable the people to name their pOStmaSterS;
to regulate the naming Of post ,tticcS; to taCili-
tate the delivery Of mail matter and to regulate
the Sub-letting of mail contracts, and they were
laid on the table.
MIR. Campbell, of Pennsylvania, from the
committee on manufactures, reported Il Bill
authorizing til appointment of a C InmisSi0n to
examine and report on steel and OF Ter building
materials; commute OF the whole.
Mr.. O'Neill, OF Missouri, from the committee
on labor, reported a bill to protect mechanics,
labOreTS and servants in their wages: house
calendar.
Mr.. Gibson, of West Virginia, from the conf
mittee ON expenditures in the department Of
justice, submitted a report Oil the resolution
relative to the Bell Pan Electric Telephone con-
troversey and it was referred TO the house cal
endar.
1he pending business n the morning hour
was the motion to table the notion to recon-
slider the vote by which the house on Thursday
passed the bill authorizing National Banks to
increase their capital stock and change their To-
cation and names. The motion to reconsider
WAS tabled; yeas NE, nays 81.
Mr.. Durham, OF Illinois, on behalf of the
committee on commerce, called up and The
house passed Il bill authorizing TIE Mier Water
Power and Boom company. Of brainerd, Min
nesuta, to construct II dam across the Missis-
Sippi river,
MIR. Irion, OF Louisiana, on behalf OF the same
committee, called up the bill authorizing the
several executive departments to loan the New
Orleans Exposition certain articles for exhibit,
Pending action the morning hour expired and
the house went INTO committee OF the whole,
Mr.. Springer, Of Illinois, in the cnair, on the
FitZ John Porter bill.
Mr.. Swinburne, of New York. who was en-
tilted to the floor, being in i'll health, his rec
marks were read by the c ERIK. He favored the
bill, and expressed the opinion that the country
oWed Gen, Porter gratitude instead Of punish
ment.