Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-31

the official terms of members Of the
House of Representatives and provid
ing that Congress shall hold its annua
meeting on the frat Monday in
January.
The House Committee has agreed
to report favorably t'e bill granting a
pension OF $4,000 a year to Mrs. John
A Logan and to increase the pension
of Mrs. A. A. Blair, widow of the late
Francis G. Blair, Jr., to the same
amount.
ANDERsoN's MEASURE.
A favorable report has been ordered
by the House Postoffice Committee Of
Representative Anderson's bill re-
quirlng the subsidized railroad com
panies to afford equal facilities to all
telegraph companies for prompt and
convenient exchange of telegraph
business over their wires, and to
maintain and operate their own tele-
graph lines.
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS.
Under the call of States the follow
ing bills and resolutions were intro
duced in the House and referred:
By Oates, OF Alabama, to prevent
aliens from pre-empting or entering
homesteads, and to provide for the
leasing of grazing lands for periods
not exceeding one year.
By Townsend of Illinois, to place
salt on the free list.
BY Baker of Illinois, directing the
committee on postoffices and post
roads to inquire into the expediency
Of reducing the postage on seeds,
bulbs, &C., and reducing to three
cepts the fee for money orders for
five dollars or less.
By I. J.. Campbell of New York,
fixing the salaries of Supreme Court
Justices and of Cabinet officers at
SIS 600 year.
By wilkins of Ohio, for the issue of
fractional silver coin certificates.
By Martin of Texas, instructing the
committee on ways and means to re-
port the bill repeating the internal
revenue laws and revising the tariff
so as to abolish specific duties.
Cutcheon, OF Michigan, introduced
resolutions declaring that it is the
sense of the House that if any re-
vision OF the tariff principle OF pro-
lection be made, the Ameri-
can standard ought to be strict
ly adhered to, and duties ought
not to be imposed for revenue
only, but articles which are placed on
the free list ought to be selected from
such necessaries of life as are not pro-
duced in adequate quantities in this
country.
A lengthy petition from the citizens
of San Luis Obispo, asking for the i'm
provement of Port Hartford, was sub
mtted by Representative Vandever.
He also presented his bill providing
an appropriation of 100000 to estab-
llsh a harbor Of refuge at San Buena-
ventura.
PUBLIC PRINTING.
The Speaker protein laid before the
House letter from the Public Printer
concerning the discharges made by
him. He makes a statement in re-
gard to these discharges justifying
and explaining them. He defends the
administration OF his office and en-
phatically denies the charge that the
Congressional work of the office is
lar. .,ely in arrears. A debate followed,
in which Richardson, of Tennessee,
defended the Public Printer.
Cutcheon, of Michigan, charged that
old soldiers had been discharged from
the Printers office in mid-winter for
no good reason, and said that at the
proper time he would give their
names.
Henderson. of Iowa, claimed that
the discharges had been made to
make room for Democratic workers.
Cutcheon offered a resolution for
the appointment of special com
mittee to investigate the present ad-
ministration OF the printing Office.
Springer, of Illinois, offered as a
substitute, a resolution instructing the
Committee on Printing, with addi-
tional members, one from each side
OF the house, to investigate the work
done during the incumbency OF the
present public printer and his prede-
cessor. Adopted.
Breckenridge, of Arkansas, intro
duced and had referred to the Ways
and Means Committee, the Hewitt
administration tariff bill.
The House then adjourned.