Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-20
CONGRESSIONAL.
The DeIayed Deficiency Bill Reporte q
10 the Senate with bat Few
Amen lments.
Tn. House Presented with the PORTRAITS OF
Three E.-speakers from the state
of Massachusetts.
EfftSeth Congress,
THE SENATE.


WASHINGTON. Jan. 10 Mr.. Hale, from
the committee on appropriations, re-
norted back the delayed deficiency bill
and stated that the amendments reported
nv the committee we're but few il num9er
and that he would ask the Senate to pass
the bill next Monday.
Mr.. Hawley ofered resolution direct
log the Secretary Of the Interior to report
& plan of legislation thought By him TO be
needed for the disposition of the public
timber lands so IS to secure the preser-
vstjon Of natural foreat land ct the head
waters Of the Dsvigable rivers and 20 put
within the rights Of settlers legsl means
Of providing themselves with timber for
building their bomes. Adopted.
The following bills were reported and
plsced on the calendar: To punish burg
isry. rObbsry and larceny IN the Indian
Territory; TO refer to Court Of Claims the
claims Of Cherokee Isdians.
After agreeing to g motion that the ad-
iournment today shall be till Monday the
Senate al 1910 on motion Of Mr.. Saer-
man proceeded to the consideration Of
executive business. When the doors re-
oUened the Senate sd burned.
THE ROUsR,
WASHINGTON, Jan. IS In the morning
hour the House resumed in committee of
the whole co osideration Of the Joint reso-
luton accepting the invitation to the
Uoited States TO participate in the Mel
bourne exposition. After long debate
the committee rose and the Joint resolu-
ton was passed-yeas, l57; nsys, Sc
Mr.. Belmont of New York introduced &
ha
Of the French republic to take part in the
International Exposition to be held IL
Paris in 1889 Referred.
P0ran of Ohio from Of the committee
on appropriations reported the invalid
pensions appropriation bill and it was re-
ferred to the committee of the whole.
Then the struggle over wilkins bank
ing bill was resumed. Wilkins submitte
proposition to withdraw the demand for
the previous question to throw the bill
open to debate and amendment, the pre-
vious Cuestion TO be considered as order
ed at - O'Clock on -d.y. He was wiling
that the opponents of the bill should I'll
up the blanks.
To this proposition Anderson OF Kansas
and Weaver Of IVA OBJ scted, the latter
declaring II would take alI the rights OF
those opposing the oil.
"TO i i0uster," suggested MI Wiikins.
Mr.. WeAvef-GWe x4rcise our rights
and want no iuttm&gOa Of mat kiad from
she gentleman from Ohio"
Me. Browne Of Indiana suggested that
the rules should be so amended that the
minority should always control legisls-
ion.
MIR. Weaver retorted that the obstruc-
tioDists were the men who rushed this
banking u saure in front Of measures fer
the benefit OF the people.
Mr.. Anderson raised the question OF
,cOnsi ieratlon and the House deCiued.
yeas 1924, nays 80. to consider the banking
bill. Fllihusteripg motions were SUB
miLted.
AT 1880 the House took recess unit! 3
o'clock. After the recess in pursuance
al the previous order Of the House, the
ceremony of the presentation By the state
of Massachusetts to the House of the
portraits OF Theodore SsdgWick, Joseph
B FSrDum and Nathaniel 2. Banks, dis
tinguished cit b ms OF Massachusetts,
who have occupied the Speakers chair
in the national House of Representatives,
WAS proceeded with. The portraits
handsomely framed we're ranged side by
side 10 front of the Clerks desk aud at
trscted much attention. Mr.. Long
OF Massachusetts, sal that in
April, 1886, the Massachusetts
legislature mad ad pied q resolution su-
tboTizing the Governor TO have painted
the portraits Of ex-Speakers S5Gg wick,
V8rnum and Banks for presentation 10
the House o! Representative to take II G
place Of the p BOT portraits which hung 4
the House lobby, and TO correspond with
The bsndsCme picture Of Winthrop
already there. The result Of that reso-
luton w6s now before the House. He
trusted that other states following the X
ample OF Massachusetts would array be-
side those portraits the worthy pictures Of
their distinguish he'd sons who had
held me same high q &c and who de-
served. as Massachusetts thought her
sons deserved, some more ehduIiog and
artistic memorials than those which hung
in the scj )iDiDg LOBBY.
Mr.. LuDg spoke st some length and
was followed by Messrs RJCkW> il, Allen,
Collins. Hayden and Lodge
Mr.. Randall OF Pennsylvania said his
object in rising was to accept in behalf of
the House The portraits rendered by the
commonwealth and TO sdd that by Houses
yet to meet they would be eEfeIy treas
ured.
Massachusetts, WAS .filtnt in her list oi
Illus rious men, bat he would refer more
particularly TO MIR Banks, who, to his
n nd, was the typical American He
came from the mill 10 preside over the
deliberations OF a body Of men represent =
ing the country TO day without its equal
on the globe. Mr.. B:uks, ia the dis
casrge Of his duties snd in his whole
career, had been an example which taught
Us Of the strength Of our government and
showed &c every American youth
that by industry, persever,
ence, energy snd wili-powe: be
could occupy almost shy station of honor
When he (RAndsll) came &c Congress
over qusrler OF century ago he hsd
regarded the speskerskip IS the highest
Cifce that sn American cI'iSeu could hold
After be became Speaker he came to
know snd feel that Whist he had thought
was IN reality true. Public men in the
Uni:ed States had few rewards and
emoluments in return for the strain, ex
acting latcr and worry Of public
service and yet the facts should
be borne in mind that the people
did not always forget the good which
their representatives mad done. 1t was
great assistance IN the dlscharGe Of the
6,.;es .rd l.hDrS of the Ouhlic life for