Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-14
HIfTItTH CONGRESS.
Postal Telegraph Gets a Severe Setback
in the senate.
4atorfty and Minority Reports Pre-
sented on the Lamar Nomination.
DelegAte Caine Submits His Bill for Adj
mission of Utah.
4 Constitutional Amendment to Give
Congress Authority in Schools.
Bill introduced to Repeal all Internal
Revenue Taxation.

WAsH1NeroN. January 1O.-Mr. Sawyer
from the Postofice Committee reported
/ with recommendation OF indefnite post
ponement Buffers resolution for the APP
! pointment of a select committe on pos al
telegraph. The resolution was !nasiniteiv
postponed. with the remark by Edm0nds
that the action was to be understood as It
determination that the propriety OF a
special inquiry into the subject at some
future session had been decided adversely
Among the bills introduced and referred
we're the following;
By Mr.. Teller: To grant a right OF way
| through Indian reservations to the Rio
| Grande Pacific, and Denver d Rio Grande
Railway Companies, also to equa'ize al
postofices.
By MIR. Edmunds: To incorporate the
Maritime Ship Canal Company Of Near
aqua.
| The bill to credit and pay to the ~several
states and territories and the District Of
Columbia all money collected unoer the
direct tax OF August, 1861, and reported
by Morrill, from the Committee On Finance
on December ID, was taken from the caien-
dar and considered.
Mr.. Berry offered a resolution directing
that in cases where a tax was collected
from citizens either directly or by Il s%le 81
property, that the amount shalt be = ia 10
the Governor, IN trust for sach citizens,
whether the State be or be not Indebted 10
the United States.
Messrs. Sherman, Beck, 3auishury
Plumb, Mcpherson and Chandler spoke in
,--@c:4;1r f0 rho racr)1tinn ryli.h /, % . no
iected by 80 to IA.
Mr.. Berry said as his amendment had
been voted down, he did not think the bill
was q Just one, and he hoped it would not
pass.
Mr.. Gray favored the passage OF the bill,
but argued as States had dealt directly
with the general Government, ais9 the gen.
eral Government should directly 4 al with
tho States in r%efunding The amount, and he
moved to strike out the p~roviso IN the
third section where the tax was collected
either directly or by sale Of property, the
sums SO paid to be held IN trmst Cor the
benefit of the heirs Of those from whom
they were to be collected.
Mr.. Edmunds moved to amend the p~royiso
proposed to be struck out by making il
apply only where tax was collected By the
United States. Agreed to.
Mr.. Ednunds also offered anamendment
requiring that all claims under trust should
be fled within six years and that allclainis
not 90 fled shall be forever barred. At
3 o'clock the bill was laid aside without
further action.
Mr.. Chandler offered a resolution in
strueting the Judiciary Comlnittea l., in
quirs into the suppression Of votes II
colorsd citizens at jackson, Gt,sis ippj. ~
the recent municipal election il that city
and into alleged participation il su"h SUP
preston by the United States District At
torney and by the Deputy Collector OF
Internal Revenue and Deputy United States
Marshal. Laid on the table.
Mr.. Stewart introduced bill, to establish
. national university in the District OF
Columbia for the education OF teachers III
common schools Of the States and Terri
tories and the District OF Columbia. Re-
ierred.
The Senate then proceeded to the corsjd-
Grafton OF the