Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-01-20
FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON. January 10, 1883.
senate.

Among the petitions aud memorials
presented were the following: Asking
that goods manufactured by convict la
Dor shall be so marked in favor of a
postal-telegraph system for an interna-
tional copyright law; for an amendment
oil the patent laws for an adjustment of
the tariff so as to prevent unequal bur
dens to develop the material resources
of the country and at the same time afford
Just compensation to labor (the latter
being tho action of the Chattanooga
Chamber Of Commerce. for liquor pro-
hibltion in the District of Columbia and
for constitutional amendment prohibit
ing liquor traffic.
Mr.. Hale, from the Committee on APP
preparations. reported back the delayed
deficiency bill, and stated that the
amendments reported by the committee
were but few in number. and that he
would ask the Senate TO pass the bill
next Monday.
Mr.. Hawley offered a resolution di-
recting the Secretary of the Interior to
report plan OF legislation thought by
him to be needed for the disposition of
the public timber lands, so rs to secure
the preservation of natural forest lands
at the head waters of navigable rivers,
and to put within the rights of settlers
the legal means of providing themselves
with lumber for building their homes.
Adopted.
After agreeing to a motion that the
adjournment to-day shall be ill Monday,
the Senate at 1910 o'clock, on motion Of
Mr.. Sherman, proceeded to the con-
sideration of executive business.
The Senate continued in the con-
sideration OF executive business till 4:55
O'Clock, when it adjourned till Monday.
House Of Representatives.
Mr.. Seney, of Ohio, from the Com
mittee on Judiciary, reported the bill
10 regulate practice in causes removed
from State courts. Placed on the House
calendar.
In consideration of the morning hour
the House resumed in Committee Of the
Whole consideration Of the JOINT resolu-
tion accepting the invitation extended
70 the United States 10 participate IN the
Melbourne Exposition, the pending
question being On the amendment Of
Tered by Mr. McAdoo, of New Jersey,
reducing the appropriation from $50, coo
10 $1,000.
Mr.. McAdoO criticised the Committee
on Foreign Affairs for not giving preee-
dence in their report TO the resolution
accepting the invitation of France TO
the United States 10 participate in the
celebration OF one of the most important
events in history-the fall Of the Bastile.
Mr.. Belmont, of New York, gave as
suiance OF favorable action upon the
French invitation by the Committee ON
Foreign Affairs. He remarked that the
Melbourne exhibition was 10 take place
during the present year, while the
French celebration was not to be held
until 1859, and IT was for that reason
that the present resolution was given
precedence.
After a long debate Mr.. McAdoo's
amendment WAS rejected aud the joint
resolution was passed-yeas, lj7 nays,
So
Mr.. Belmont then introduced joint
resolution accepting the invitation OF the /
French republic to take part in the In
ternational Exposition 10 be held IN Paris |
in 1889. Referred.
Mr.. Foran, from the Committee on
Appropriations, reported the invalid