The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-03-01
CONGRESS-.
The Bill Concerning the Arsenal
Block at Austin Passed
the Senate.
Various Bills and Resolutions Of
fered IN the House-Public
Building Measures.
FIFTIEPH CONGRESS,
SENATE.


WASHINGTON, February 28.-Among the
bills reported from the committees and
placed on the calendar was the follow
ing:
Providing for the investment of certain
funds in the treasury, with amendments
striking out the provision to allow ma
tional banks to issue circulation to the
amount of their bonds deposited.
resolution offered last week by SEN
ator Hoar, to continue the investigation
of last session into certain events alleged
to have taken place In Texas lin the pc
tition of Stephen Hackworth and others), !,
was reported back from the committee
on contingent expenses and agreed to
Among the bills introduced and re-
ferred to committees were the following
By Senator Sherman-authorizing the
issue of circulation notes to national
banks to the par value of the bonds de-
posted therefor.
Senator Paddock addressed the senate
on the subject of inefficient postal service
in the western states. He denounced the
management of the postoffice department
for the last three years as failure-prob-
ably more conspicuous failue than any
other of the shortcomings of the present
administration.
On motion of Senator Eustes, the SEN
ate bill for the purchase of site and
erection of building for postofflce,
United States courts and other good uses,
in New Orleans, not to exceed in cost
$1,G00,0O0, Rwas taken from the calendar
and passed.
The following bill was also passed-Au-
thorizing the secretary of war to convey
to the city of Austin, Texas, the arsenal
block of land in that city for educational
purposes.
The senate then resumed consideration
of the bill granting pensions to ex soldiers
and sailors who are incapacitated from
performance of manual labor, and pro-
viding for pensions to dependent relatives
of deceased soldiers and sailors. The
question being on the adoption of Sena-
tor Calls amendment making the bill
apply also to those who served in the war
of Mexico for thirty days, or in any of
the Indian wars. The amendment was
agreed to.
A long debate then sprung up between
Senators Plumb, Manderson, Cullom,
Blackburn, Faulkner, Teller, Hoar, Blair
and others, as to whether the bill had been
framed so as to save it from veto by the
president at the behest of the G. A. R. VS.
the interest of the soldiers, after which
the bill went over without action and the
senate proceeded to executive business
and soon adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Burrows, of Michigan, presented q
memorial of 700 miners of Michigan
protesting against reduction of duty
upon iron ore.
Mr.. Mills, of Texas, objected to the
memorial being printed in the record
and it was referred to the committee on
ways and means.
In consideration of the morning hour
the house remained in committee of the
whole, consideration of the bill for Or
ganization of the territory of Oklahoma.
The morning hour having expired, the
committee arose without action.
On motion of Mr.. Dibble, of South Car
olina, the bill was passed to enable the
secretary of the interior to utilize hot
water running to waste at Hot Springs
Reservation, of Arkansas.
The house then went into committee
of the whole on public building meas
ures.