New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-06

GREAT NECESSITY FOR MORE RooM-THE DANGER
OF rIRE-TnE SENATE TO CONSIDER TIE SUB
JECT.
(BY TELEGRAPH To THE TRTBUNE.l
WAsnIVGroN May 5.-Early this afternoon Scna-
tor Voorhees, called up bill which. has been lying
upon the table for long time, providing for com
mission 10 decide upon somo plan for securing more
room for the Cnngrr SsiOnal Library. lie made
speech upon it, setting forth tho necessities Of the
Library 50 strongly! that it agrrcdito consider
the measure Immediately Faftcr the District Appro-
priation bill was disposed Of.
Mr.. Voorhees, sad that there are now $4,000
volumes In the Library, with shelf room for only
$50, 900; leaving 5000 volumes to be piled up on
the floor, oY stored away where they practically
inaccessible. Tho vast accumuations of valuable
maps, cnTayings, newspaper files, magazines ana
records of copyrights, are also necessarily kept in
ont e.! the way places where try are anmlt o.
danger, however, is from fire the upper tier on ih"
present library being filled with conhnStbo
matter and peculiarly rNposrdo odrstruttIoh by hl'
The subject has been EprcsScd supon the attention
of several successive CongrS3tS.y but nothing mas
been done owing to he wide diIlrrrnre OF opinion
rs to the proper way 10 secure the relief which AL
ncknOwlrdgc to he tucccssary. senator Voorhees, IL
II tirrlrss champion of any cause OF which he under
fakes the advocacy. and there IL pr0nlls ng out
look for success i'll his present cndcav0r.
SUFFRAGE IN RHODE ISLAND.
SHALL the LLECrORAL VOTE OF THE STATE BE
DIMINIsmED l-RLPoRr OF THE WALLACE COM
MIrILE.
ICENERAL PRESS DIsPATCH.I
WAsuINGToN, May 5.-Mr. Wallace submit
TOD rrpor to-day IN behalf OF IN" majority OF the Som
ate select committee frauds In the late elections, con
ccrnng the ubrldgncn OF suir,agc Of United States
cizrns by the state OF Rhode leland. The report quotes
from the Federal and tho Rhode Island Constitutions
and shows that Rhode Island na'urazcd citizens nro
hat upt
of native born czrns and that this additional quaid
cation amounts TO d!sfranchiycmcnt. This additional
ouncnon u the possession Of real estate OF the value
OF l3l over above al encumbranccs or whehyicd5
a net rental OF at least 81 lcr annum.
TAe committee reports that the estimates OF various
witnesses "a the extent OF tho Acknowledgement IN
Rhode Island range from 5000 TO $4,000 votes. The
committee arrives nt the conclusion that applying the
rule provided in the Fourteenth Amendment 10 the
statement Of Ics would reduce the Rcpu rcnn vote of
Rhode Island, under tho census OF 1870 Ia round num-
bern over 4l'OOO.
TIE committee snys
The importance OF this question may nc further e7
when We recoect that the vote 0t the Electoral
II Is possible thar under the teeuth Amendment
and tho act OF 1872 Rhode Island might Elghitiny
have been iyed OF ono Representative IN tue house
OF Representatives Of the 4LlVth Congress, ana that
cured decided the question OF the Presidency IN 1871
1s5 to 1884, and IL might again decide It,
The report declares that there is peculiar hardship In
real estate qualification in Rhode Island on account
of tho smaness Of the Of that state and the den
city OF the population. Tho total number OF dwelling
houses in the State was only 3s975 In 1875 large
cart of the foreign population s employed In manufao
turing establishments; and small house suitable for
an operatye and his family would cost ~ 900 and up
ward. The report continues
All native voters who own no real estate must regstor
personally ia December and pay their poltaX OF S1 IN
January, OF they are disqualified from voting during
that year This operates 70 dsqualty very many per:
sons aud tends largely to corruption among this oass OF
VOterh , , Restricted Suffrage, registry taxes upon
boot hen a6nS italut6ff oIO1hE Ot the polls at S6set