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

Ing all laws inconsistent thereto,
By Mr.. Brewer, Of North Carolina-Reso-
luton instructing the committee ON ways and
means to report what progress It has made
In the consideration Of bills repeating the in
sernal revenue taxes and to state st what
time such bills are likely tobe,reported to the
house. In case the committee is unable to
agree upon these bills It is instructed to
to report the fact to kthe house, and
the bills shall be placed on calender.
To prohibit fictitious and gambling transac-
tons in articles produced by American farm
Ing industry.
Proposing a constitutional amendment lin
iting the membership Of the house to $50.
By Mr.. Smith, of Wisconsin-For the estab.
lishment Of q postal telegraph system.
By Mr.. Guenther, of Wisconsin-To regu-
late telegraph companies.
Bills were introduced for the erection Of
puplic buildings at Galcsburg, Illinois, DAY.
export, 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, fromthc
committee ON ways and means, reported q bill
to provide for the purchase Of United States
bonds by the secretary of the treasury. Re-
ferrcd to committee Of the whole.
Mr.. Caswcll, of Wisconsin, from the CON-
lnittee on judiciary, reported a bill for the
relief OF importers Of animals for breeding
purposes. Referred to committee of the
whole.
Among he executive communications pre-
scntcd to the house was one from the secre-
tary of war III response to the resolution call
ing for information relative to the plan and
scope of the compilation Of the official records
Of the late war. Referred.
Mr.. Richardson, from the 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,
increasing to 25,0O the number of copies to
be printed, was adopted. The resolution was
changed to q joint one and an appropriation
of So, 500 made to pay for the publication.
Bills were reported aud referred to COM
mittec of the whole for the erection Of q pub-
lie building ut Omaha, and for the purchase
of additional lane 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 tho appointment Of Mr.
Taulbec, of Kentucky, to I'll 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 clucidated the legal
points presented in the Anderson hill 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 1850, 600.
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 we'd that
power. The contract between the Western
Union and the Union Pacific was q remarkable
document and 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 todeclarc null and void any contract
which interfered 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 =, 292, ISL, the amount paid
by New York city for principal aud interest
on the bonds issued to the Union Defense
committee of New York in 1851 and 1852. Re-
fcrred.
House adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Feb. I5.-In the house today
Mr.. Perkins, from the committee on Indian
affairs, reported a 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 payment Of
81, 900 to soldiers who enlisted under the act
of July o., 1861, and who were discharged Inv
reason of surgeons certificates of disability,
or hy promotion before the expiration Of two
years, and who have not received $1,000
bounty. Referred to committee 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 reso-
luton for the appointment Of o 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 thcreunder; 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 q 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-