The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-12-19

HOUSE.-The senate concurrent reso
luton providing for a holiday recess
was laid before the house by the speaker
and it was referred to the committee on
ways and means.
The senate aSsentS to the house joint
joint resolution for printing the agricult-
ural report were agreed to.
Mr.. Mckinley, of Ohio, from the COM
mittee on ways and means, reported a
concurrent resolution for holding recess
from December 21, until January 6,
agreed to.
The speaker having laid before the
house message from the President rec
ommending that the limit of the Interna-
tional Marine conference be extended for
two months, Mr.. HIT, OF Illinois, intro
duced joint resolution extending that
authority until March 1, 1890.
Mr.. Hit said that the conference had
already accomplished great and i'm
portant work, and unless the resolutions
were passed the authority of delegates OF
the United States would close in the
midst of their labors. The Joint resolu-
tion was passed
On motion of Mr.. ROwell, of Illinois,
the committee on elections was granted
leave to set during the sessions of the
house.
Mr.. Mckinley, of Ohio, from the COM
mittee on rules. reported resolution for
the immediate call of States for the in
troduttlon and reference of bills, adoE-
ted.
Before this order was carried out,
however, M. Payne, Ot New York, from
II. ttaE Tod al,
ton authorizing the sergeant at arms to
offer a reward of $4,000 for the arrest
and delivery to the marshal of the Dis
trict of Columbia of c. f. Silcott, .he alb
sconding cashier, the reward to be paid
out OF the contingent funds. Adopted.
Mr.. Sherman, from the committee on
foreign relations, reported, in confor-
nifty with the Presidents message of yes
terday, joint resolution extending to
the first of March, 1898, the time for
holding the International Marine con-
ference, and after brief explanation, a
Joint resolution was passed.
The call of States for the introduction
of bills for reference was then begun, and
lasted until night, the total number be-
ing 1864. Many of these are duplicates,
il not in language, at least in subject
matter, Of their provisions. A dozen or
more measures based on the Blair bill
were introduced, and the silver men were
not idle; and fully twenty propositions
were presented for the free coinage OF
silver.
Bills were introduced for the erection
of public buildings at the following
places: Huntsville, Ala; Hot Springs,
Ark; San Diego, Stockton. San Fran
cisco, San Jose and Oakland, Cal; Pu-
eblo, Col; Danbury, South Newark, New
London and Waterbury, Conn; Will
mington, DEL; Tampa, Fla; Columbus,
Ca; Bloomington, Galesburg, Sterling
and Aurora, ILL.,; Logansport, Lafayette,
Richmond, South Bend, indianapolis and
Madison, Ind; Sioux City, Cedar Rap
ids, Burlington, Fort Dodge and Daven-
port, Ia; Atchison, Selma, Winfield, Ar
kansas City, Kansas City, Newton, Wei
Iington and Hutchinson, Kan; Bowling
Green, Ky.; Morgan City, New Orleans,
Baton Rouge and Alexandria, La;
Washington, D. c.; Bar Harbor and
Houlton, Maine; Worcester, Haverhill,
Alden, Lynn and:Holyoke, Mass; Grand
F Haven, Benoni, Saginaw, Lansing and
Muskegon, Mich; Annapolis, Md; Du,
luth aud St. Paul, Mimi; Meridian and
Yazoo City, Miss; Kansas City, Mo-;
Helena and fremont, Mont; Grand Isl.
and, Kearney, Norfolk, Beatrice and
Hastings, Neb.; Atlantic City, Jersey
City. n. J.; Elmira, Yonkers, Hudson,
Malone, Oneida and Rome, N. Y; VIM
stou, Reidsville, Oxford, Henderson, Fay
etteville. N. c.; Lima, fremont, Findlay,
Tifin, Defiance, Hamilton, Canton and
Youngstown, Ohio; Salem and Port
land, oreROui Allegheny City, York, Al