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WASHINGTON, Friday, Jan. &C. 1917
The Senate passed, TO day, the resolution !" uJ'"."
this session Of Congress on WednesoS' ""' " "
Morton called up the resolution during The morning houf
40 aay and urged immediate action upont An arrange
had been made by the ring THAI no speeches. shOnd
he made by the supporters of the measure "ho ha'S
twothrs of those present pledged TO vote against a
amendments sat still their seats and called tor the
.ouestion" Sumner asked Mt Morton why THIS
so,n,,on was messed so early in the session Mr. Nor
ton replied for no political reason. Mr. Sumner then be-
gan IN read from speech delivered by Mr., Morton on
the 9TH Of May 1870 in opposition TO resolution 10 ad
,ourn on the 4h Of July Of that year, In
which he urged that 1t the duty of
t,onCrcss 10 remain in session until the Tariff
had been revised and other important legislation per
fectcd He mced that the same reasons now existed
why Congress should not early fix the time adjourn
ment The morning hour cut of the debate. and it went
over until later in the day. When called up again. every
amendment providing that the session should not close
until the Civil Service bill passed the tariff revised,
vote reached the House bill repeating the duty on
coal, etc. voted down, the only Republicans who
voted for the Civil Service amendment being Messrs
Sumner, schurz, Upton, Trumbull, and Fenton 1t is
generally believed that the resolution will pass the
House without much opposition from the Republicans
The remainder Of the day in the Senate was spent III
discussing the AppOrtionment bill. The indications arc
that the House bill fixing the number OF Representatives
at 2s3 will be passed in the Senate.
There likely TO be check placed upon the eX-
travagan expenditures for Government printing. Con-
gress responsible for great part of the waste or
public money in this direction. But at least haf the
blame attaches the several executive departments,
which have heretofore had the TO order printing
done 10 any and in any STYLE however expensive
Gen Garfield illustrated the abuse OF this privilege to
the House to-day by exhibiting large volume entitled
"Geolog1c Survey OF the Forteth Parallel by Clarence
King, issued under direction of the War Department
hnnE
dered paper, with wide Margin and was profusseX
illustrated with costly engravings The General SAID
was one of FIVE similar volumes now in press. Accom-
panyng il was very LARGE " Mining Atlas, which,
when opened covered three OF the members desks com
prising elegantly engraved and colored maps OF me
Nevada mining Gde W6 s I sDec SU5n w of
printing extravaganza before him as text for his re-
marks, Gen. Garfield had no trouble in getting the
House 10 vote for amendment TO the pending ApprO-
pration bil providing that the heads of departments
penses be voted by Congress III the same manner as
s Sa e book printing e Ons at the
office the past year e9ualed l2OoOO volumes OF , go
Executive. and Judicial appropriation bin;
with the Rebellion. There is statute of limitations
against soldiers applying for bounty or pensions but
tractors and Rebel claimants the House refused to do
mittee the and Nays called on the PROPOSE
ton.
The Legislative, Executive, and Judicial ApprOpra-
ton bill pages in length was finished to-day,
the House having worked upon but three days The
Pensions Appropriation hill was also passed This rate
OF progress with the appropriation bills is unparaeledin
recent years. The Legislative Appropriation bill which
usually occasions contention than other, has
frequently taken the House three or four weeks to pass
SION Il 10 be attributed in great part good manage
ment Of the Chairman OF the Appropriations committee
of his Committee, and in some measure Also to the
determination of the majority OF the House TO vote down
all propositions for increase of salaries, which was SO
manifest that few members ventured to offer amend
lnents Of this description.
Win ,.t hara tho moi az
Republican Executive Committee met with the Chair
man. Mr. Halsey for the purpose of selecting time for
the meeting State Convention, and arranging
The basis representation 1t has been the the practice
heretofore of having delegate 10 every 1000 nbat
1tants The COMMITTEE utciafu o-4}' 10 a 10. a one
delegate for 1900 Inhabitants wlch VIII hIlhs Ihe uele
May Is.
At joint meeting of the Committees Post
Oniees and Commerce. and the House
Committee Commerce, this morning, the question OF
the proprety of renewing the contract for mail service
TO Liverpool on Wednesday with the Williams GuiOD
line considered at the request Of the Postmaster
the making of the contract year ago The unard
Rs NOW WITH an tSa fn@n and HamSaS c Sought to
the Government last by refusing to per
form the service at the price agreed the Postal
Treaty with Great Britain These lines then owned the
gland. '9 and they thought they could force the
Government to pay high price for the mail
General SAID he disposed to reject the offer of the
GHnSrd ne ana renew 5ne Contract sp IH %n SamS h
said he able to compete with the other lines In speed
and thus ohyiae the objection that has been urged
against the in which they have performed the
" service All the members of the three COMMITTEES
present agreed with Mr. Creswe 10 the propliety Of
renewing tie contract
Senator Norwood and Mcssrs. Gift Seeley and Owen
of Georgia, and Mr. Tamadges of New-York made
arguments before Ways and Means Committee, to-
day. against the reduction of the tariff rice
They cOntradcted the staemens recently made by those
favOring the reduction in the tariff that there was com
biDaton among the OF rice lands TO limit the pro-
ducOn for the sake OF keeping the The dele
cation representing the leather manufacturers
Of NewYOrk, Pennsylvania Massachusetts, NewJcrseY,
and Maryland, appeared to the continuance OF the
present tariff that article. Tncy claimed that there
capital iOf S20OOOO0O invested in the business IN
file states named.
The Congress Temperance Society will celebrate its
sixth anniversary at the First COneTegaOnast Church
this city Sunday evening. Senator Wilson VIII pre-
vin. and speeches will he made 10y Senator's Morrill,
Mej. Loe.n, and Pomeroy, and by Representatives.
Moore nll), ana Lant.sit a. ~.
The Committee on Coinage. Weight and Measures con-
sIdered the new bill regarding coinage. DR.. Lnder-
man. formerly Director of the Mint and John jay Knox,
gave the views Of the Treasury Department, Tut 10
decision was reached
GENERAL PRESS DISPATCh.i
The only confirmation made by the Senate that of
James +. Legate TO be Governor Of Washington Ter
TitoTy.
A. NJ. Puett, Chairman OF the Executive Committee OF
the National Labor Reform party after considering the
mOOted question OF the pOstpOnement Convention
which TO meet in Columbus Ohio, the 2lst OF Feb
ruary next finds he has no right 0 postpone the meet
ing. Therefore, che Convention will be held the day
appointed.
THE CUSTOM-HOUSE INVESTIGATION.