, 1888-01-19
CONGRESSIONAL,
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. .l6--In the senate
to day among the bills reported from
committees, and placed Oh the calen'
der, wss the house bill relating to pre-
missab remarks, printed and written,
ON second, third and fourth class mail
matter.
Among bills introduced and r. ferred,
wero tie following:
BY Chandler = To alter tho reg u'a-
tions en- .cted by the South Carolina
legislature. in regard to the election OF
u representative in congress.
BY Shenandoah request OF n col
orcd clergyman in North Carolina)
creating u commits. ON t0 inquire into,
and report on the material, industrial
aud mental progress Of the colored
race since 1865
AS soon as the morning business
was all disposed Of, Cat ono o'clock)
Riddleberser rose and moved that tn
senate pr ceed to 80 into executive
| session, and the motion was agreed to
without division. The senate devoted
three and ~ hal hours to -cxecut i've
business, and then adjourned.
Among tho petitions presented in
the senate to-day was oce asking for
II change of postal laws. so that paper
hooks, novels, blood and thunder
stories, shall not be sent through mails
as second class matter (paying one
cent pei pouad) while school, law,
scientific and religious books have to
pay eight cents per p und.
HOUSE.
ptnl,ur rIunr IF Tom
see, chairman on the con mittee OF
printing, submitted the report OF that
committee on the GOrsvenor's resolu-
tion, directing it to inquire into tho
cuu,e of the delay III supplying 10
member, copies Of the daily record,
The report contains u letter from the
public printer stating that the delay
has only happened upon two occasions
and in each case was caused 10y fail
ure of the clerks office Of ths house
to furnish Al copy until late h~ur.
There is also letter from the clerk OF
the hous, stating that this failure was
due to the immense number OF pri.
vate bills introduced through the petit
tion box. Assurance was given by
both these gentlemen that there will
be no delay i. future in the delivery
OF the record. Hopkins Of Illir ois
moved o recommit the leport with
Instructions to the committee TO ex.
tend its inquiry to the delay OF print
ings OF bills and oth,r public docu-
ments. A warm debate ensued in
which, the democrats defended the
public printer. Hopkins motion was
finally defeated, 1856 to l40; the re-
port of the committee ON printing
agreed to, and the committee die.
charged from further consideration Of
the subject.
On motion OF Richardson. q resolu-
tion was adopted directing the com
miltee to inquire what amount OF de-
lsyed work, ordered by former laws,
remains Mt the printing office, and il
it is found that the work is not worth
carrying out, to report bill repeating
such former l.ws.
Under call Of states, the following
bills and resolutions were introduced
and referred:
By McKenna, of Califoania--To in
crease the appropriation 0 for public
buildings at Sacramento; also for the
ere tioI of public building at Oak
land.
BY Lawle~, o.! Illinois--To test the
sc ence of spelling, nd to provide for
establishing hundred schools for
that pu. pose.
BY Anderson, OF Kansas-To pre-
vent the contraction Of currency by
the withdrawal Of national bank notes
from circulation; also to provide for
III issue of fractional currency.
BY Hayden, of Massach chusetts--To
establish postal telegraph system.
BY Wilson, OF Minnesota--To place
lumber. coal ard salt on the free list.
BY McAdOo, Of New Jersey--TO pre-
serve to the public the use Of springs
nd streams of water in the territories
and to prevent their monopoly for di-
version.
BY Outhwaite of Ohio-Amending
Pacific railroad acts. and to secure to
the United States the payment OF all
Indebtedness of certain counties there
i'm named.
BY Kilgore of Texes-Abolishing the
tax on tobacco, and the duty on lum-
Der, coal, salt, wool and blankets.
BY Dockcry of MISUNDERSTANDING all
kinds of lumber on the free list.
Shaw Of Maryland, chairman OF the
committee on accounts, reported reso-
lutions assigning clerks to all the com.
niittees of the house.
Perkins of Kansas offered an amend
ment providing that every committee
of the house shall have rs many clerks
as there are members on the commit
teey
(fhe amendment which is designed
TO give every membera clerk is drawn
i'm this form so rs to make it germaine
to the resolution, and not subject to u