Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-21
The House,.


WASHINGTON, December 90 The
Speaker laid before the House message
from the President transmitting com
munication from the Secretary of the
Interior, together with the draft of bill
providing for the reduction of the
Round Valley Indian reservation in
California. Referred.
The Committee on Rules reported 9
resolution providing for the creation
of the following committees: A stand.
ing Committee on Expenditures in the
Department of Agriculture to consist oi
seven members; a select Committee on
Irrigation of Arid Lands, of eleven mem
bers; select Committee on Immigra-
ton and Naturalization, seven mem bers.
The resolution was agreed to.
On motion of McKenna, of California,
joint resolution was passed making i'm.
medistely available for repairs of the
damages caused by the food in the Sac.
ramento and Feather rivers, an unex-
pended balance of $4,000.
Among the bills introduced and re-.
ferred were the following:
Adams, Illinois-Providing for q
Worlds Fair in 1892.
Boutelle-For the relief of the sur
vivors of the Samoan disaster.
Ewart, North Carolina-A resolution
reciting that it has been openly and
notoriously charged that the Civil Ser
vice Commission has refused to select its
clerks under the provisions of the Civil
Service laws that Civil Service questions
have been stolen and been given out be-
fore examination, and that other charges
have been preferred against the commits.
sion, and directing an investigation Of
the charges.
E. B. Taylor--To enable a uniform
system 0f bankruptcy.
Grain, Texas-Declaring IL to be unlaw
full to drape public buildings in mourning
or to place flags on such buildings at
half-mast in honor Of any deceased per-
son, unless such person at the time of
death was in the service of the United
States; aleo. making the terms of mem
bers of Congress begin and end on the
3lst OF December, and changing Inaugural
ton day to April 30th; also to reduce
taxation. This last bill embraces the
tobacco features Of the Mills bill, with
the free list of the Senate bill
Anderson, Kansas-For the creation of
United States commission of arbitra-
ton of railway strikes.
Bartine, Nevada-A resolution re.
citing the recent lead ore decision of the
Secretary of the Treasury; declaring it
to be the sense Of Congress that any ore
that contains lead in sufficient quantity
to make it valuable for commercial and
industrial purposes, is lead ore in the
meaning of the act OF 1883, and request
ing the Secretary to modify his meaning
acc rdingly.
Breckenridge, of Kentucky, presented
a letter from the late Sergeant-at-Arns
Leedom, requesting the House to make
such order, or give such directions con-
corning the assets now on hand. as will
relieve him from further responsibility
for their custody. Breckenridge then Of
fered resolution providing that the
moneys and other assets in the hands of
the late Sergeant-at-Arms Leedom, be
turned over to Sergeant-at-Arms Holmes
to be held and disposed of by him as
may be hereafter determined by the
proper authority.
Breckinridge accepted an amendment
providing the adoption of the resolution
shall not be held or constructed in any
way to affect the liability of Leedom
After brief discussion the resolution
went over, and the House adjourned.