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From the Evening Bulletin.
WAsHIIsros, Dec. 3l.-Thers has
been much 'slk concerning the prob9-
BILE action by the Committee on Rlec.
ticns OF the House In the case Of Judge
Taylor, whose credentials as the sue
cossor OF General Garfield in Congress
have been hled with the House and
.eferrsd to 1t. Chairman Springer was
asked yesterday wha! course the com.
mittee would take in the matter, and
replied:
~ cannot tell uutil We have heard
from Mr.. Hurd, who entered protes.
against Mr.. Taylor being seated, on
the grounds that the ninstesnth dis
trict, which he is representing has been
Tsdissrieted, aud there having been
no provision made for representation
In Congress, in the overt OF a vacancy
that he can not be received"
"But that district would have been
eutitled to representation had not
General Garfield been called to the
Presid ency :"
eyes; but -tunately when the
redistrieting occurred no clause was
inserted to cover possible vacsnoy.
1t is jus: as though . set Of hreepon-
sible people in IllinOis shsuld elect ma
10 Congross aftor my district has been
changed, vacancy occurring with no
law providing for successor 1t would
be clearly illegal"
Emory speer. ofGeorgia, q member
Of the Elections Committee and one Of
the most liberal thinking SOutherners
In the Honse, at this junctUrs spoke
mp and said:
eyes, you can safely say that all
donbts will bs thrown in favor of the
people Of the district; and If we decide
adversely on account Of tho legal tsoh-
nioality, You can rest assured that 1t
will be a. a period In the session when
neither Mr.. Taylor nor his constituen-
cy will suffer by It," This committee,
said Dir Speer iurtler, "has bssn the
NEST unprejudi,sd and non partisan
Committee ON Elscti ms since the war.
1t has never decided case on partisan
grounds, and will do what is Just and
:quitaNls in this One.'
From this, ! take it, Judge Taylor
will remain Sndistdrbed. notwith
Standing the technical objection raised |
~ Hurd, ot0hio. for party ressens.
Both OF .hcse gentlemen, Rs previously
tate1 in the Bulletin dispatches. will |!
pprar before tho Committee on Janu- |
ny II.
TnR APPROPRIATIONS BILE.
1t ia stated by members of the HOuss
Committee on Appropriations that the
District Of Columbia bill will he ready
Jr the HOUSE before that body has
sted on the Army bill, which is on the
peaEer's desk ready TO be taken up
4. Gay time. The Naval Appropris-
iorS bill will follow. Chairman At
ins Ia working on it. and says he
Ill have il ready for consideration w
he fall committee by the time Con-
rsss rsassembles. Mr.. Cobb has the
district Of Columbia bill in charge,
nd Mr. Singleton is also here vorkingl
n ths lHdisn bill, which will follow
be Naval Appropriations in the House.
rofesspc Monroe, Of Ohio, has taken
D the Sdpdry Civil bill, and soys it
i'll be ready Eor the committee early q
4 January, probably Ehout the middle I
that month. II the progress that is
ntcipated Is made the House will
ave three additional bills at Least in
8 hands by that date, making total
eight wAich will have besn reported.
ABOLITION OF rHB BANK CHECK TAX.
The bill providing for ths abolition g
tax on bank checks, matches, per t
merry, cosmetics, etc, does not, ap- 8
'rsU'ly, hgve q very hopeful future t
fore it at this session. It was refer. 4
d TO q subcommittee Of which Rep Il
sentative Carlisle, Of Kentucky, is o
sirmRn, and nothing whatever Las q
ca done BY it. Mr.. Carlisle went to
3 bone week or two befors the
liday recess, and will not return un-
mex. wssk. Even il the bill should Is
reported favorEbly from the Ways v
d Means Committee, it is doubtful if a.
can gss through both Houses in the
0 months left for business aud bun Il
nbs. 81
THR coN!NH GROWTH OF CONGRESS-.
The first count of The total popula. a,
n of the United States hss been near
completed by the census officers, aud
sibits an aggregate Of over 81 l,0C0,-
}. BY Sunset Cox Sreapportionlnent d'
l on basis of three hundred men- K,
8, this would give Ons representa-. Nj
= 10 rsSched lao, 600, ths population la
he Territories no! bsiDg counted in ia
,putlng rs-appCin!ment. The form TO
ratios o! representatives were Al fol- bs
~: 1880 and 1900, one TO every Sc
BOO; 1910, one to every $4,000; feI
'l, ons to every Al, ,OOJ; 1880, one to
~ 700; 1910, one 10 every 10, $50
o, oHH to every % 40; 1860, oue 10
ry l27,Ooo; 1870, ono to every 49, dc
inhabt ants. cal
DEsriTUr!oS IN THE CAPITAL. ~
he general prsvaleros OF dss.itu.ion iss
want in this city Just now, and usl
'oial!y in the saburbs, arnopg ps.. uu
s OF both coInrs, is srch that :ha ria
trict Commissioners have called q
lie meeting Tor tonight, in order 81
Ise mears 10 relieve thag suf y
os among ihs popTer ciasss.s. IL IL oi
d commentery on the DISTRICT thai, AS
ain ths S%Gdow Of tue Nation let
itol, where millions OF dollars ara j;
tel every year, many citixeas o. lar
great Uaitsa Commonwealth should Vat
the n csssariFs OF lie, kat such is tai
condittau OF things IN truth, ard
, Is the necessity for immedia,s re-.
s' we'll that the Con III ssiOnsrs have =,
pied this plan Of securing it. WIZ
wa
The NervOa> system. Boz
OF tho least important feature in the