The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-02-24

iuS III laws inconsistent thereto,
By Mr.. Brewer, Of North Carolina-Reso-
luton fnstructing the committee on WAYS and
means to report what progress It has made
in the consideration Of bills repeating the In
ternal revenue taxes and to state ct what
time such bills are likely to be,reported to the
house. In case the committee 10 unable to
agree upon these bills It is instructed to
to report the fact to tthe house, and
the bills shall be placed on calendar.
To prohibit fictitious aud gambling trsnsac-
t.lons in articles produced by American farm
Ing industry.
Proposing q constitutional amendment lin
fting the membership Of the house to $50.
By Mr.. Smith, Of W~isconsin-For the estab-
lishment of q postal telegraph system.
By Mr.. Guenther, Of Wisconsin-To recu-
late telegraph companies.
Bills were introduced for the erection Of
puplic buildings at Galcsburg, Illinois, Dav-
cnport, Iowa, and Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
Bills were passed to prohibit any person In
Washington or Georgetown from making
books or pools on the result of any races or
games of base ball.
Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-Mr. Mills, from the
committee on ways and means, reported q bill
to provide for the purchase Of United States
bonds by the secretary Of the treasury. Re-
fcrrcdt to committee Of the whole.
Mr.. Caswcll, Of Wisconsin, from the COM
mittee on judiciary, reported \ bill for the
relief OF importers OF animals for breeding
purposes. Referred to committee of the
whole.
Among I he executive communications pre-
scntcd to the house was one from tho secre-
tary of war in response to the resolution call
ing for information relative to the plan and
scope of the compilation of the official records
Of the late wal. Referred.
Mr.. Richardson, from tho committee on
printing, reported the senate concurrent rcso-
luton for printing 1000 additional copies of
executive documents, and f~fty-one on the
subject Of cattle and dairy products. Mr..
Martin, OF Texas, declared that every farmer
in the land should have q copy of this valua-
BILE book, and an amendment by Mr.. Hatch,
HN W NV shO III VI CupiC6 "
be printed, was adopted. The resolution was
changed to q joint one and an appropriation
of $4,000 made to pay for the publication.
Bills were reported and referred t. COM
mittec of the whole for the erection Of a pab-
lie building ut Omaha, and for the purchase
of additional land at Council Bluffs.
Mr.. Bennett, from the committee on labor,
reported adversely the bill to provide for
licensing railroad conductors. Laid on the
table.
The speaker announced the resignation Of
Mr.. Cox, Of New York, FROM the committee
on territories, and the appointment of Mr.
Taulbec, of Kentucky, to fill the vacancy, the
latter retiring from the committee ON the
eleventh census.
The house then went into committee of the
whole, with MIR. Blount, of Georgia, in the
chair, on the urgent deficiency bill. In the
general debate, Mr.. Peters, Of Kansas, made
u speech in which he calculated the legal
points presented in the Anderson bill rcquir-
ing the subsidized Pacific railroads to main
tain and operate separate telegraph lines. He
said the entire cost of the construction Of
telegraph lines from the Missouri river to
San Francisco did not exceed $45O,OOO
In answer to the contention that in the act
of 1862 congress did not reserve power
to amend its terms, he declared that
the eighteenth section positively rcscrvedthat
power. The contract between the Western
Union and the Union Pacific was q remarkable
document aud resulted in the destruction of
competition in the telegraph business, which
was the very object of the granting acts to
secure. The Union Pacific in the contract
bound itself hand and foot, and he argued
that under the reserved power congress had
the right todeclare null and void any contract
which interfercd with the carrying out of the
purposes of the grant, and that no vested
right had accrued by reason of the contract.
The committee then rose.
Mr.. Cox, of New York, introduced a bill for
the payment of s., 29s, 657, the amount paid
by New York city for principal and interest
on the bonds issued to the Union Defense
committee of New York in 1881 and 1859. Re-
fcrred.
| House adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-In the house today
Mr.. Perkins, from the committee on Indian
affairs, reported q bill granting the right-of-
way through the Indian territory to the Kan
sas City and Pacific railroad. House calen-
dur.
Mr.. Robertson, from the committee on mill
tary affairs, reported y bill for the paymento of
81 900 to soldiers who enlisted under the act
Of July %, 1861, and who were discharged by
reason of surgeons certificates of disability,
or by promotion before the expiration OF two
years, and who have not received $1,000
bounty. Referred tocommittec of the whole.
On motion of Mr.. Dorsey, of Nebraska, the
bill passed providing that Nebraska shall
constitute an entire judicial district, to be
known as the district of Nebraska.
Mr.. Randall, of Pennsylvania, from the
committee on appropriations, reported q rcso-
luton for the appointment Of q special COM
mittee to Investigate and report what con-
tracts had been made for the construction Of
the new library building, and the amount ex-
pended Hereunder; what caused the delay in
the progress Of the work, and what persons
had been employed and paid from the appro-
priations for the purchase of a site and the
construction of the building. Adopted.
The house then went into COMMITTEE Of
of the whole, (Blount, Of Georgia in the
chair,) on the urgent deficiency bill.
After considerable desultory talk between
Mr.. Burns, of Missouri, Mr.. Rogers, Of Arkan-
sas and Mr.. Randall, regarding trivial prose-