Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-04

MI. Dingtey, rom Cne m o
Banking and Currency, reported a bill al
thorizing the Secretary Of the Treasury t
invest the lawful money deposited in tn
Treasury in trust by National banking az
sociations for the retirement Of their circu
lating notes. Calendar.
Mr.. Clardy, from the Committee on Com
merce, reported back the Reading strik
resolution, with a substitute requesting tn
Interstate Commission to investigate tn
matter. 1t was made the special order TO
tomorrow.
Mr.. Dockery, from the Committee O,
Postoffice and Post Roads reported a bill
requiring a land grant railroad to con
struct and operate independent telegraph
lines. House calendar.
MI. Blount, of Georgia, from the sam,
committee, reported adversely the bill to
regulate rates of postage on second-class
matter at ~etter-carrier Offices. House
calendar.
Mr.. Merrill, of Kansas. reported the bill
granting a pension to Mrs. General Logan,
also the Senate bill increasing the pension
OF Mrs. General Blair. Both were placed on
the private calendar.
A memorial from the Reading strikers,
asking Congress to order an Investigation,
was ordered printed. Adjourned.
TERsE ANTI-PoLYaAMY BILL.
Chairman Culbertson, OF the House Judi.
clary Committee, in behalf of the subcom-
mittee, to which was referred the bill OF
Representative Taylor, of Ohio, defining
po]ygamy, reported to the full committee
the following substitute:
Section 1. Polygamy shall not exist or
he la wfu1 within tho TIn;A.J OA
place subject to their Jurisdiction,
Section 2. Polygamy shall consist Of
marriage relation by contract or in fact
between one person of either sex, and more
THAN one person OF the other sex.
Section 8. Congress shall enforce this
article within the District Of Columbia and
the Territories Of the United State and
other places subject to their Jurisdiction
and shall have power concurrentIv with
the several States to enforce the same
within the States by appropriate legisla-
ton. ~
The full committee did not attempt to
discuss the report to-day and it took its
place as unfinished business,
HELPING NATIONAL N
The House Committee on Rank;no .,a
to-day reported favorably Ding
eys bill to authorize the Secretary of the
Treasury to invest the money deposited BY
National banks for the retirement OF their
in the purchase OF the United
states bonds. The committee reports an
limiting to IS per cent. the
mount that may be invested, and an.
'horizing the Secretary to sell the bonds
,edeemed, if it shall be necessary to 70.
'eem circulating notes outstanding.
RESTRICTING CHINESE .r1oN
The bill introduced by Senator Stewart
o-day to enforce restriction on Chinese
provides that after 90 da va
rom its passage Chinese laborers shall not
ave the right to enter the United States
n the ground of previous residence. The
econd section declares that the Secretary
u the Treasury shall have the right to
hange at will the form of certificate to no
elivered to Chinese departing from this
for the purpose of Identification
n their return. The Secretary ia also !
ranted the power to make al needful rnles
no regulations to pr, VENT the unlawful
ntry OF Chinese into this country. 4,