The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-21
The House..

Inc House.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-The speaker laiC
before the House message from the Pre-
sident transmitting communication from
the secretary of war, together with draf
of bill providing for the reduction o.
Round Valley Indian reservation, Califor
MIA. Referred.
The committee on rules reported a reso
luton providing for the creation of the fol
lowing committees: Standing committee
on expenditures in the department of agri-
culture, to consist of seven members
select committee on irrigation of arid lands
eleven members; select committee on i'm
migration and naturalization, seven mem
bers. Resolution agreed to.
On motion of McKenna, of California, a
Joint resolution was passed making i'm
mediately available for repairing the dam
ages caused by the flood in Sacramento and
Feather rivers the unexpended balance of
$4,000.
The following bills were introduced and
referred:
BY Adams, of Illinois, providing for q
worlds fair in 1892.
By Boutelle, for the relief of the surviv-
ors of the Samoan disaster.
By Ewart of North Carolina, resolu-
ton recitiRg that it had been openly and
VIGOROUSLY charged that the civil service
commission refused to select its clerks
under the provisions of the civil service
law. That civil service questions had been
stolen and had been given out before ex-
animation, and other charges had been pre-
ferred against the commission, and direct
ing that the committee on civil service re-
form investigate the charges.
By E. b. Taylor, to enact uniform sys-
TEN of bankruptcy
BY Grain, of Texas, declaring it to be
unlawful to drape any public buildings in
mourning or to place flags on such build
ings at half mast in honor of any deceased
person unless such person at the time of
his death was in the service of the United
States; also making the terms of mem
bers of Congress begin and end on the 3lst
OF December, and changing Inauguration
day to April 30th. Also to reduce taxation.
This last bill embodies the tobacco features
OF the Mills bill with the free list of the
Senate bill
By Anderson, of Kansas, for the creation
of a Unitedo Estates commission of arbitra-
tlon of railway strikes.
By Bartine, of Nevada, resolution re
citing the recent lead ore decision of the
secretary of the treasury and declaring it
to be the sense of Congress that any ore
that contains lead in sufficient quantity to
make it valuable for commercial and indus
trial purposes is lead ore in the meaning of
the act of 1888, and requesting the secre-
tary to modify his ruling accordingly.
Breckenridge, of Kentucky, presented a
letter from the late Sergeant alarms
Leedom, requesting the House to make
such order or give such directions concern
ing the assets now in his hand as will re-
lieve him from further responsibility for
their custody. Breckenridge then offered
a resolution providing that the means and
other assets in the hands of the late
Sergeant alarms Leedom be turned over
to Sergeant alarms Holmes to be held and
disposed of by him as may be hereafter
determined by the proper authorities.
Breckenridge accepted an amendment pro-
viding that the adoption of the resolution
shall not be held or construed in any way
to affect the liability of Leedom. After a
brief discussion the resolution went over
and the House adjourned