New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-06
MR.. INGALLS, AGAIN CHOSEN.
THE KANSAS SENATOR REFLECTED PRESl-
DENT PRO TEN. OF THE SENATE

ANOTHER MASS OF BILLS INTRoDUCED-PoINTs
OF THE MORE IMPORTANT MEASURES
fpY TELEGRAPH THE ThIBUSEd
wasbington Dec 5-The lawmakers In tho senate
gave the public Printer another hard days WORK ,n'S
sstornoon rvsrv senator who had failed yesterday
70 get on the calendar all the bills with when MS u'
uas bplginr took the opportunity to-day 10 worn o'
his leftover stock. There was little othor
dono in fact than the reading of the tues vi 'oS
various measures, some old, ie" no"' '"N
them obscure and inconscquen'ia' ,,., -.
Senator Reagan broke the mono'ony h'uo W
,,,nr nm and making the first speech OF inc sesslo'
O. NE Free Coinage resolution. But the bufly Texan
o,oororoo soon grew as burtensome as the drohc OF
Tho Heading Clerk and there was fechns Oh nearly
e,ef whom the legal status of silver as currency h'u
hen settled to the satisfaction of the senator from
T.ras and the rest OF the body could go on 10 inc
election Of a president pro tcmpore
senator sherman the first TO catch the ego OF
tho vice President when the time for introducing bills
arrived He offered some pension and other prlVate
measures. Then Senator Coke of Texas introduced
formidabe-looking bill TO limit the jurisdiction Of the
crcut and District Courts of the United Satcs' THIS
was put down some ahtieecton law buncomhe
Senator Beck began his annual campaign win meas
r 70 retire legal tender and National bank notes of
small denominations and TO have com c9rnncao"'
issued in lieu of gold and silver certificates He
Fund Senator Hale sent up to the desk a number OF
bills for the consideration of the Committee on Naval
Affairs One of them for the relief of the suffer
ers by the wrecking of the Trenton, Nandalia ana
Nipsic at Apia, Samoa The Maine Senator also
brought I'm measures TO regulate immigration anu 10
prevent the employment Of foreign contract LABOR Inc
last bill he offered provided that medals should DC
struck for the survivors of the fororn hope in the
assault on Port Hudson
fr0m
announced. The big envelope contained seven oroan
Sheets filled with the names of nominees appointed
during the recess. When the regular ORDER was tdheH
UP again. Senator Blair got up 10 propose aho'ho'
amendment 10 the Constitution. The Senator from
New Hampshire had turned In yesterday MS laVorl'o
Education and Prohibition Amendment measures
This was one in an entirely new vein. IL lhaoe
sort of halfway State OF the District OF Columbia
giving II one Senator and al least one Representative
in Congress and corresponding vote In the Electoral
College Congress to regulate the manner oi
electing the Senator and Representatives Ihls curious
amendment is not likely 10 be hailed with hllariouS
ioy by the people of the District and thcie was
general smile when the title OF the measure ""'
read
Tho next hill of importance was faihered by
Senator ingalls, To aid and the commenora'loh
of the 4OOth anniversary of tho discovery OF A'oo"
Some Of lie provisions are noted elsewhere Senator
Paddock followed it with resolution providing tha'
Worlds Fair should be held in 1877 at Chicago
Senator Voorhees, improved his opportunity, a H''o
later 10 get some extracts from of his last year
stl,np speeches read before the Senate, by sehd4hg
nm 10 The desk lurid resolution on the enormtes OF
IN, present unconstitutional tariff. Senator Vest asReu
that authority be given the Sergeant alarms to en-
ploy as many extra deputies as he may thnk meets
sary 10 summon witnesses 10 the capitol lhls wa,
aDDarentlv the Missouri Senator's enort 10 ger 9Ncn
With some rcfrac tory subjects whom his Dresseu hri
Committee had tried to make appear ana lestuJ III ho
West last summer. ,, - ..ao,n.ior
After Senator Plumb had introduced his resolution
calling for information about the Sub-lleasuIy III NV
York senator Reagan got the floor and spoke Tor ven
ar fifteen minutes while the chamber gfddudnN
third section of the Act Of 1878 a provided Tor h
Gale of bonds TO produce reserve for me redemption
Of legal.trnder notes. There was some taik ABOUT w
necessity Of a new postofiice building In this CITY, ana
then came the only interesting incident OF inc ua!;
Vice-President Morton informed the sehale utal
he would he OF for short time, ana SENATOR
IIoar Immediately offered a resolution thst senator
ingalls, OF Kansas. should be chosen President pro
temDore Senator Cochrcll raised the point maj
nrr siding officer should not be elected while me wee
President was stl in the chair and said that S'hatof
Uoar had himself only recently inslsted upon me
same proceed mt The Massachusetts parliamen'aran
rcniied that he had studied the question further since
then and Thought that now the absence OF the wee
PRESIDENT was not all necessary before An election
could be had. -, 1T, -. At.
Mr. Morton, however, vacated the CHAIR AZ hIs
poinf and Mr. Allison, of Iowa. was escorted 10 the
desk 10 preside Then MIR. ingalls, was chosen unani-
moIIsIy for another term in the chair. The senate
adjourned until next Monday at noon