Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-01
CONGRESSIONAL.
Officers Whose Terms Would Expire
on March Shall Continue In
ONCE Until april 80.
Bills Passed In the House for nhe Erection
of Public Buildings at Vsrious
Pefnis IN the Country.
FiRsieIh Congress,
THR SENATE.

ing AZ RAONANS Ava NuANASOSS4Ae5 AN04A
brandy.
Among the bills introduced and re-
ferred were the following: By Mr..
Stewart, to establish a United States
land court and to provide for the settle
ment Of private land claims; also to en-
force restriction on immigration.
By Mr.. Mitchell, to permit miners and
mining companies to prospect and de-
velop mining portions Of any Indian
reservation, on certain terms and condi-
tons.
Mr.. Riddleburger offered resolution
that the treaty between this government
and that of Great Britain now before the
Senate in executive session be reconsid-
cred in the House, and asked for its i'm
mediate Consideration.
Mr.. Edmunds objected, and 1t was laid
over.
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr..
Edmunds instructing the postoffce COM
mtEtee 20 make thorough inquiry into the
case Of inefficient mail service, especially
in the west and south, was taken Rp for
consideration.
Mr. Henderson said he felt q sense of
personal gratitude to the Senator from
Kansas who introduced the resolution
and he hoped that the investigation would
be thorough. Those who lived in the ad-
VAnciDg states of the west had suffered
very greatly from inefficient post arrange
ments for the last two years.
Mr.. Stewart said similar complaints as
to ineliciency in the postal service were
made in Nevada. The mail service had
been cut down and expenses reduced SO
that the service WAS wholly inadequate.
He had received large number Of letters
ON the subject.
Mr.. Salisbury said he did not know
anything about postal arrangements In the
western states, or whether the complaints
from there were well founded or not. he
had no objection to an investigation, but
he thought it unfair to the executive
officers TO have placed on the records of
the Senate newspaper scraps and private
letters rejecting on them. He was pleased
Yesterday to. hear the Senator from Kan
sss chare the Postofice Department with
beirg too economical, because he recol-
Iected grave charges of "sts- route"
frauds and other defalcations preferred
against that department under the former
administration. He was pleased that no
charge Of that kind had been made
against the present postoffice admins
traticD.
MIR. Morgan expressed his satisfaction
thst the resolution had been offered, be-
Cause be thought the pOstcffi;e commit
tee needed the administration Of a
s.imUlant.
MI Reagan favored the resolution. If
there were any ineficiency in the postal
service which was inexcusable that fact
should be developed, and il not, the
action OF the PostOfice Department
shCtfld be indicated. As to the
charge of numerous changes in
the personnel CT the department his IN
derstRDdirg was that there had been
fewer changes under this administration
than there had been under any previous
administration even when there WAS no
change Of party.
The resolution went over until to-mor-
row without action, aud the Blair bill was
laid aside informally to permit motion
to be made to take pills from the eAlen-
dar and pass them.
The following, among others, were
taken up and passed:
TIC grant right of way through public
lands for irrigating purposes.
To punish robbery, burglary ana
larceny in the Indian Territory.
1 Jint resolution proposing an amepd-
menI to the constitution. 1t provides
that the term Of Office of the President
and OF he Fittieth Congress Shall con-
tin1e until April, 1885, at noon; that The
Senators whose existing term would
otherwise expire on the h Of March, 1883,
and thereafter, shall continue in office
until April so, succeeding such
expiration; THAI the SO.h OF
April, at moor, shall thereafter he
as the commencement and termination Ct
HoE, 90 prgcfh.ynf
President, Senators snd 2presentsEiNeA
in Congress, and that the twelfth aFsicle
of the amendments to the constftutioA1
shsn be amended bv striking out the
words "tourth day OF March," and sR5-
stitu.ing the words " thirty est day in
April st noon.n
Mr.. K snns gave notice he would next
Thursday submit an observation on the
Presidents message and on MI. Saer-
mans reply thereto. The Senate then
took up the Bla!r educational bill tni
was addressed by Mr.. Evarts in
its flvor. The people Of this couatry
he said, had made up their minds that
there should be no ignorance where 1t
WAS within the power of the state and
within the proper limits of the United
States to prevent il. Iieducation wes
not to dissipate the dark clouds of ignor-
Ance that existed in the south, the clouds
would grow darker snd lower. II ignor-
ance could rot be lifted from the low
level where it now rested, it would not
stay there but would go lower and lower
and become brutal, savage and hostile.
Mr.. Pugh took the door and said he
would withhold his remarks on the bill
till tomorrow.
After executive session the Senate sd-
journed.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3l.-0n motion
of Mr. Bland of Missouri, bill was
passed authorizing the construction OF q
bridge Gcross the Missouri river at Jeffer-
son CITY, No.
MIR. DipgIey Of Maine, from the COM
mittee on banking aud currency reported
bill authoriz ne the Secretary of the
Treasury to invest the lawful money de-
posted in the treasury in trust by Ms
ttonaI banking associations for the re-
tsinment Of their circulation notes.
House calendar.
Mr.. Clardy of Missouri from the COM
mfttee on commerce reported back the