Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-26
CONGRESSIONAL.
A List OF F0urth.Class Posimasters
Removed by Cleveland Sent
to the Senate.
Dockery wants the American Eagle to Be
Seen ON Every Sea ON Ameri-
can Vessels,
Xix Congress.
THE SENATE.

WASHINGTON, March 25-In the senate |
to-day, Mr. Hoar reported from the library |
committee bill establishing commits
sion composed OF the secretary of state,
the librarian of congress and the secre-
tary of Smithsonian institute to examine
and report TO congress as TO the character
and condition of the manuscript belong
Ing to congress. Mr. Hoar explained
that the work involved no expense, The
bill was passed.
Mr.. Frye reported favorably from the
committee on commerce bill to provide
for the encouragement OF American snip
ping and to promote our postal and COM
mercial relations with foreign countries.
! Mr.. FRYE explained that the bill appro-
prated Sl,l00, 900 for carrying the United
| States mails in American vessels to ana
| from foreign countries, Placed on the
calendar.
4 The chair laid before the senate letter
4 from the acknowledgement transmitting,
| In compliance with the recent senate res
olution, tabular statement OF the tourth-
/ class postmasters removed since MaEcn
4, 1885 Referred,
On request of Mr.. Edmunds the army
4 bill was by unanimous consent mace we
unfinished business of tie morning houl
tomorrow, and the Edmunds resolution
\ was placed before the senate, when Mr.
Il VOORHEES, took the door, IN opposltlon ie
the majority report o.
Mr.. Evarts also addressed the senate
In support Of the majority report, snort
~ after which the senate adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, March 25.--On mot'oi
of Mr.. Scott OF Pennsylvania, a resolu
ton was adopted calling on the secretar
OF the treasury for alist OF claims ailoWe'
/ by the accounting officers OF the treasury
: Mr.. Dunn of Arkansas, from inc sup
; ping committee, reported troe.shlp ~
? and 1t was placed on the calendar M
! Dmgley of Maine presented a mmoft
report. .,,,.,,o
> The house then went into committee {
= the whole on the postoillce appfopriato
/ bill. Mr. Dockery OF Missouri feVieWe
> the legislative history OF the foreign llo
service of the postoillce department. ~
> Ils45 down to the present tlnei anu tu'
" ne dismissed the subject anu went On
= discuss the reYiying Oh ailc'
y can commerce. lie SAID ne Wahleu
~ see once again American SHIPS oMn
~ bv American citizens manned ny Aihe
;, can crews on all the waters OF the slol
!; protected by the broad egls ol we h'ie
nd can dag rApplause on Democratic SIDE
u Mr.. Peters Of Kansas ade strong
neal to the committee to do an act OF J, J
ne tice to railway postal clerks oy sNi
he them the full salary allowed by law
as MIR. Geuuther of Wisconsin also spol
On then the committee rose ana 'no no'
'as took a recess till 1880 O'clock
raj 'o, The evening session of the house v
rs deynted 10 consideration OF resolutt
VI express Expressive Of the sorrow Of that body
90, me death Of Representative Joseph Ran
OF from Wisconsin. Eulogistlc eAetcl
mo we're delivered by Messrs; henaer'
RI Of Iowa, Bragg, Guenther, Ihomas =
rky TaFollette of Wisconsin, Henderson
and iTiinois Maybury OF Michigan, aud 10
"a, SON Of New York. The resolutions "
'uTi then unanimously adopted, and as IN N
a 2 Of respect to the memory Of deceased
700, house at $3.50 p, m adjourned