The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-10

run for crutches and practice the lame. hal
and blind act. while surplus bursters vii
dance with glee and Southern taxpayer
groan in the agony Of carrying the bur,lel
and getting nothing in return except
trlhing Appropriation TO improve rive
which Conkling used 10 derisiyely term
"babbling brook"
SENATE.
In the senate this afternoon. the follow
| ing bills were introduced: BY Mr.. Platt: II
provide for the admission Of the states o
Idaho and Wyoming. BY Mr.. Allison: II
reimburse the several STATES for interest on
money expended for raising troops TO sup
press the late rebellion. By Mr.. Mitchell
To extend the free delivery 10 cities hayin:
a population OF 3.u0O. and a gross revenue
OF $1,000 for the last fiscal year.
The following joint resolutions, anon.
others, were introduced: By Nr. lIender
son: Appropratng money for the purchase
Of sugar beet seed from abroad. and tO eN
empt beet sugar machinery and such sec'
| from import duty. BY Mr.. Blair: PropOsin.
a constitutional amendment establishing Z
| Federal system Of public schools. By Mr.
Chandler: Making the commissioner %
| fisheries an officer Of the navy. and appro
/ priating $500 for the relief Of the heirs %
John Roach. This is the amount deducted
/ by Secretary W hiiney from the contract price
of the Dolphin. BY Mr.. Daniel: Appr0
priating the following amounts for the con
struction Of public buildings: Roanoke, Va.
100000: Norfolk. Va, SljO,0o0; Lynchburg
Va, $1,000: and for improving and enlarg
ing the public building at Petersburg, 800
OW. by Mr.. Platt: To provide form of a
government for Oklahoma. The bill pro
vides for the appointment Of Governor 10y
the President, 10 serve for term OF touI
years; for a Secretary OF state. a
supreme Court. Legislative Assem-
bly,, Ac.. tO correspond 10 the gov
ernment features of other Territories.
BY Mr.. IIiscock: Providing for the pay
ment Of - a day to prisoners who were con-
ilned IN Confederate prisons after the eN-
piration of their enlisted time. BY Mr.. Dam
lei: Appr0priatng S2O,Ooo to complete a
monument Of Mary. the mother Of George
Washington. AT fredericksburg. Va; also
his bill introduced in the last Congress 10
settle accounts of certain states and the
city of Baltimore for money expended in the
war of 1872: also bill authorizing the Pres
ident 10 appoint "A board 10 report on the
five best attanahle sites for fabricatlng
guns and armor plates. by Mr.. Blair:
Making Sunday day Of rest.
REFERENCE TO DAVIS.
In his prayer in the House today the
Chaplain referred 10 the death Of Jefferson
Davis, saying: millions sit cold in the at
mOsphere Of death. mourning the departure
from earth Of man dear to their hearts,
who had reached the term Of four-score
years"
HOUSE COMMITTEES.
The following committees were announced
by Speaker Reed to-day:
Vans amt Nc0nS.-M Mckinley (chalr-
nam, Burrows. Bayne, Dingley. Mckenna,
Payne. La Toilette. Gear, Carlisle. Mills.
Mcmillan, Breckenridge, of Arkansas, and
Flower.
ON appropriations. - Cannon (chair-
mani, Butterworth. McComa>. Henderson.
of Iowa; Peters. Cogswell. Belden. Nor
row. Brewer. Of Michigan; Randall, Carney,
>ayres. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, and
DOckery.
On manufactures Mcssrs. Kelly. Bur
rows. J.. b. TAYLOR. of Ohio; Arnold. Morse
sanford. " ilson. of West Virginia; Bynum.
W illiams. of Illinois; Grimes, and Fowler.
On EecfOpS Messrs. R0wcll, Hunt
Cooper, llangcn, sherman. DalZell. Bergen,
Greenhalz, Comstock. Crisp. OFerrall.
Cultivate. Marsh, Moore, of Texas; and
Mikc, of Illinois.
On MdcDgc Messrs. Lind. Townsend,
of Pennsylvania Wallace, of Massachu-
sets; Clunie. and Pennington.
WHY MfKINLEY WAS AProINTD.
The appointment Of Mr.. Mckinley as
chairman Of the Committee on Nay- and
Means in preference to William -. Kelley.
Of Pennsylvania. the oldest member OF that
committee, was made on account Of "A letter
from Nr. Kelley 10 Speaker Reed requesting
that he be relieved from further duty on IT
on account of advancing years and increas-
inO infirmities. Mr.. Kelley served on the
WAYS and Means Committee for twenty
consecutive years.
PHYSIOLOGICAL SCHOOL.
The senate Committee on Public Lands
at its meetin. this morning ordered "A IA
yOrable report on the bill 10 grant public
lands 10 the State OF Alabama. for the es-
tabli-hment of "A school Of technology; also
the bill granting the use Of lands at st.
Augustine. Fla. for a public park. The
committee ordered an adverse report on the
bill introduced hy Mr.. Call, OF Florida.
granting land warrant for l6O acres Of
land 10 each officer. soldier. and sailor who
served in the Seminole Indian war 0f 1876.
and granting land warrants 10 the widow
and orphans Of those who have died.
The senate at - to-day went into exc
cutiyo session. and at 2:lj adjourned until
tomorrow.
COLONIAL STATESMEN MONt MENr.
The Governors Of about thirty states viii
meet AT the Ebbiit House at II O'Clock to-
morrow mornin. 90 take measures for the
erection of a monument 10 the i.uers Of the
Declaration Of Independence. and Of the
constitution Of the nitcd states. The
intiat0ry steps toward this ObjsA were
taken in Philadelphia two years W, and
the meeting tomorrow h. an adjourned one
from that time. Governor Greene, of New
Jersey, will preside. 4 bill appr0prlating
money for the monument ha. been pre-
pared, and if it proves satisfactory to the
meeting it will Doe presented 10 Congress.
\ number OF state Governors have already
arrived. Most Of those that Will attend the
meeting will remain over in Washington u
attend the centennial celebration OI the in-
auguratiOn Of Washington in the House Of
Representatives on Wednesday.
THE slLCOrr AFFAIR.
The committee appointed by Speaker Reed
TO investigate the >ilcOtt deialcatlOn spent
to-day in hearing arguments by members Of
the House on the question concerning where
the loss shall fall. some members held that
the individual members Of the House should
bear the loss. while most Of those who spoke
on the subject thought the government was
responsible EX->ergeant-at-Arms Lecd0m
has requested the District Attorney here 10
have >ilcott indicted.
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