The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-01
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
SENATE.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, March sO.-The bill to increase the
efficiency of the army was taken up, and Mr..
Logan {, ntinued his remarks in its support
Mr.. Teller said one of MIR. LoganS arguments
against his MI. Telers opposition to the bill was
that when there once great parade of soldiers
on Pennsylvania avenue, he (Nlr Teller was not
there
wordy skirmish between Messrs. Logan ard
Teller then ensned after which the debate ON the
army bill closed, and Mr.. Plat addressed the SEN
ate on the Washington territory bill, which he
characterized as an ''enabling act" He gave sta
tisics of the population and resources of the terri
tory, and asserted that on this showing it was en-
titled to admission as a state
Mr.. VOORHEES, introduced the bill for the
admission of the territory of Montana in place of
the bill originally introduced by him. "The bill
now introduced Mr.. Voorhees, said, sis an en-
abling act, while the first bill provided for the i'm
mediate admission of the territory"
After executive session the senate adjourned
HOUSE.
After some preliminary business the house went
into committee OF the whole on the postoflice ap-
preparation bill.
MIR, j. NJ. Taylor of Tennes 'ee, defended the
postmaster general from the criticisms made upon
him by Mr.. Burroughs of Michigan, and said that
the subject of increase had been left by
congress to the discretion of the postmaster gem
eral.
Mr.. Dingley, Of Maine said that the question
involved was not one of subsidizing American
steamship lines, but Of giving them fair compen-
Cunard and White Star lines thirty eight cents per
mile for mail service on their outward trips last
year, but America steamships were paid only four
cents per mile one way.
Mr. Blount, of Georgia, defended the action of
the postmaster general in refusing the $400O ap-
propriated by the bill of last year, to compensate
American YES els for foreign mail service. This
subject, he said, Had been considered at cabinet
meeting, and whatever of error or crime attached
to failure to use this fund, attached not only to
the but to the president and his
cabinet.
Mr.. Springer, of Illinois, thought that the post
master general, instead of receiving criticism,
should receive the encomiums of congress and
would receive the plaudits of the American people
Houk, of Tennessee, criticized the administra
ton and declared that the president had assumed
an attitude before the country, which could not
be tolerated in any but two other countries in the
world Russia and Persia.
The committee then rOse and Mr.. Randall, of
Pennsylvania, asked unanimous consent to offer
the following resolution:
"Resolved, That a committee of five members
be appointed, whose duty it shall be to investigate
circumstances and causes attending the killing, on
the 18th OF March, 1886, in Carrollton, Miss, of
number of cOlored persons of said state.
Mr. Reagan, of Texas, objected on the ground
that congress had no jurisdiction over the matter
Mr.. Randall then asked to have the resolution
referred, but Mr. Reagan objected, notwithstand-
ing the request made by Barksdae, of Mississippi
in behalf of the Mississippi delegation, that there
might be no objection
The house then adjourned.