Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-17
FlFTY-eIRsT CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON. December 1G, 1889.
senate.

The House Joint resolution for printing
the agricultural report for 1889 was passed
with amendments fixing the number OF
copies at 400 .000 and apprOprlatlng cZOO,UUO
for the expense,
MIR Plat offered resolutions making
changes and additions IN the Pcrsonnel OF
the committees. agreed 70 III the caucus,
and which have been published. All agreed
to. &C.,
SIr. Call offered n resolution. which was
referred 10 the Judiciary Committee, Us 10
the constitutional right of Charles owayne,
appointed District judge Of the Mort hern
district of Florida. to exercise the pulles
OF that Office without cOnhrnatory action
by the Senate.
ThcScnate prOceedcdtoth the conSide-
raj on of executive business.
After the doors were re1peued the CON
current resolution offered by Mr.. ingalls,
last week for holiday recess from lhurs-
dav. December 18th, TO Monday, January
9th. was taken up for action.
Biz. Edmunds demanded the yeas and
nays upon it. expressing his own opposl-
ton to IL.
The resolution was agreed to-yeas, II;
NAYS. y. The negative votes were: Messrs.
| Allison, Blair. Chandler. Dawes, Dolph,
Ednunds, Frye, Hearst, Plat, Plamb'
Reagan, and Wilson of iowa.
A message from the House announcing
the death Of Representative Edward j.
| Cav. OF Louisiana. was laid before the SEN
| ate. and on motion of Mr.. GIBSON tne
Senate (as an additional mark of respcct 70
| the memory of the deceased, at 5:5J' Hu-
| turned until tomorrow.
House of Representatives.
Mr.. Mckinley. Of Ohio, from the Com
mitteo on Was and Means, reported re-
! solution for the distribution OF the Prcsl-
Z
| committees.
The House went into Committee of the
Whole MIR. Burrows. of Michigan. being
/ selected TO prcs.dc) for the consideration
| of the resolution.
Mr.. Spinola, of New York, objected to
| that clause Of the resolution winch pro-
vides that all matters pertaining 10 fortlh-
| tons and coast defence be referred 70 inc
! Committee on Appropriations. The proper
! committee TO have jurlsdictlop over sue Il
| matters was the Committee ON Military
| Affairs. he urged upon the House the ne
! ccssity of taking steps 10 protect the s. a.
coast cities of our country. \ war occur
/ ring suddenly with "a second or third or
| even fourth-rate Power would leOpar lize
! the interest, Of all the great cities on the
! Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The SUBJECT
was an important one and could DC III 'ie
intelligently acted upon by the Milhary
Committee than by the Committee Oh Ap-
pr)priations.
M. Cutcheon, of Michigan. who has
served upon the Committee on Military
| Affairs tor six wears past, took the same
| view and protested AGAINST that commit g
being deprived of the jurisdiction which
right.ully belonged 10 it,
Mr. SpinOla offered an amendment pro-
| viding that all matters relating to coast
dcfcnces lie referred TO the COMMITTEE on
Military Affairs. Lost.
The committee then rose. and the reso-
| luton was adopted.
On motion Of Mr. Mckinley a resolution
was adopted granting the Committee on
| WAYS and Means leave TO sit during the
sessions Of the House.
Mr.. Mckinley offered a resolution tor the
holiday recess from December goth until
| January 9Th. Referred. He also intro
duced a bill 10 simplify the laws in rela-
ton 10 the collection OF revenue. re-
ferrcd.
Mr. hoffman. Of Ohio. from the Com.
mittce on Accounts, reported rcsolui lol
for the payment TO the widow OF Neal =
Brown. late Reading Clerk OF the House a
sum equal to one years salary. Adopted
| Mr.. EnlOe, Of Tennessee, offered r"sO.
luton authorizing the Sergeant-at-Arm-t to
ofer reward of $1,000 for the arrest and
delivery to the Marshal OF the District OF
Columbia Of &. =. Siicott. the absconding
cashier of the late Sergeant Gt-Arms; the
reward to bc paid of out of the contingent
fund of the House. Referred.
Mr.. Springer introduceda bill to organize
the Territory of Oklahoma. Referred e
the Committed on Territories, together witt
bill on the same subject introduced by
sir Baker. If New York.
The House adopted q resolution directing
the Committee on Elections to inquire ntt
the contestod-election case of CiaytoI
agaius. Breckenridge, from the Second dis
trict of Arkansas (Clayton having been az
sassinatcd while preparing his case), an'
then. AT $50 o'clock, the House adjourned
uuu! tomorrow.