Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-18
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| The House.
Mr.. Anderson, OF Kansas, offered in the
House this afternoon q resolution directin
| the Committee on Commerce to investigat,
| state commerce OF the continued failure b1
the Reading Railroad to transport sucl
| Interstate traffic and report to the House
by bill or otherwise, for Consideration Il,
any time such legislation as is necessary
| to secure to the public the regular and com
plete execution by the railroad of it's obljga
tions and services as common carrier o
| Interstate commerce. Referred to til,
Committee on Commerce.
|, Mr.. Richardson, of Tennessee, Chairman
OF the Committee on Printing, submitted q
report from the Committee on the Gros
venor resolution, directing it to inquire
into the cause OF the delay in supplying
to members copies of daily Record. The
report contains q letter from the Public
Printer. stating that the delay has only
happened upon two occasions, and in each
case was caused by the failure of the
clerks Office of the House to furnish
copy until d late hour. There is also a
letter from the Clerk of the House stating
this failure was due to the immense number
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peUi'io" boA' Aesora n"ss ~ c1yen " p,,th
these gentlemen that there will be no delay
in futu'e in the delivery OF the Record.
Mr.. Hopkins. of Illinois, moved to re-
commit the report with Instructions to the
committee to extend its inquiry into the
printing of bills and other public docu'
ment-. A warm debate .nsued in which
,ha Democrats defended the public printer.
Hopkins motion Was finally defeated by
1876 to l4O.
The report of the Committee on Printing
was agreed to and the committee dis
charged from further consideration Of the
subject.
On motion OF Mr.. Richardson. a resolu-
tion WAS edopt.d directing the
Committee on Printing to inquire
what amount Of delayed work ordered by
former laws remain at the printing Off e
and if is found that the work is not worth
carrying out b report bill repeating such
former laws.
Under call OF the States the following
bills and resolutions were introduced and
referred:
By Mr.. McKenna, of California: To in
crease the appropria tions for public build
ings at Sacramento; ais" for the erection
OF public building at Oakland.
By Mr.. Lawler, Of Illinois: To test the
fishing hundred schools for that pur-
pose.
By Mr.. Anderson, of Kansas: To prevent
contraction of the currency. by the with
drawal of national bank notes from circu-
lation, also to provide for an issue of
fractional currency.
By Mr.. Hayden, of Massachusetts,: To
establish postal telegraph sy stem.
By Mr.. Wilson, of Minnesota: To place
lumber, coal and salt on the free Lis
By Mr.. McAdoo, of New Jersey: To pre-
serve for public use the springs and streams
of water in the Territories. and to prevent
their monopoly for diversion.
By Mr.. Outhwaite, of Ohio: Amending
the Pacific railroad acts, and to secure to
the United States payment OF all indebted
ness of certain companies therein named.
By MIR. Kilgore. of Texas: Abolishlng
the tax on tobacco, and the duty ON lum.
Der, coal, salt, wool and blankets.
By MIR. Dockery, of Missouri: Placing all
kinds of lumber on the free list.
Mr.. Shaw OF Maryland, Chairman OF
the Committee on Account, reported reso-
lutions assigning clerks to all the COM
mittees OF the House.
Mr.. Perkins OF Kansas, offered an amend
ment providing that every committee of
the House shall have as many clerks as
there are members on the committee.
(The amendment, which is designed to give
every member clerk, is drawn in this
form so as to make it german to the rcso-
luton aad not subject to a point of order J
After brief discussion Mr.. Perkins amend
ment was rejected. Mr.. Shaw's resolution
agreed to, and the House adjourned.
OPIUM IMPORTAuONs.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has sub
mitted to Congress a draft OF bill pro-
hibiting the importation OF opium contain
ing less than 9 per cent OF morphine, and
authorizing the Treasury to seize and de.
stroy all opium prepared for smoking. In
his letter of transmittal, the Secretary
says: Under the existing law, the depart
ment was unable to suppress the smuggling
OF opium by systematic organizations on
the Pacific Coast. If Congress is disposed
to prohibit or restrict the importation ol
opium for smoking and desires to obtain a
revenue therefrom, the present tax of $40
per pound, should materially be reduced &C
that the inducement to smuggling shall be
lessened."
TO PRESERVE FORESTS.
Senator Hale to day introduced a bill
prepared by the American Forestry Con
gress to preserve forests. 1t withdraw
from entry as forest lands all public landt
OF the United States more valuable for thei1
timber than for agricultural purposes. II
institutes the Office of Commissioner o
Forests and authorizes the appointment o
four assistant Commissioners. The Com
missioner is instructed to form forest land'
into what are designed as forest reserves
He is given power to frame rules and regu
| lations for the government OF these re
serves and to appoint rangers to see thai
the rules are observed. No forest land
are to be sold, but stumpags on them may
be disposed of in the discretion OF tn
Commissioner OF Forests.
| Among the bills int, oduced In the Senat
to-day were the following:
A NEW BUREAU.
Br Mr.. Cullom: For the establishmen
of Q bureau Of harbors and waterways i