The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-20
SESSION OF THE SENATE.
THE BUSINESS OF THE DAY NOT
AT ALL SENSATIONAL.

An Adverse Report on the Bill to
Give the District of Columbia Rep
resentation in Congress A Youth
Who Had Been on a Bender Sur
prises the Executive Session.
WASHINGTON, Dec 19-In the Senate
this morning the House concurrent resoIu-
tion for a holiday recess from Saturday
Eext till Monday, Jan. 6, was presented
and concurred in.
Among the bills reported from commit
tees and placed on the calendar were the
following:
To amend the act for taking the eleventh
census.
For light station at Hillsboro, Fla.
For leave of absence to officers in the
customs service who receive per diem COM
pensation.
Mr.. Hoar, from the committee on priv
lleges and elections, reported back adversely
the joint resolution introd dcsd by Mr..
Blair, for a constitutional amend uent con-
ferrtng on the District t G ,lumbia repre-
sentation in both houses of congress, and
in the electoral college, and asked that it
be indefinitely postponed Mr.. Blair OBJ
jected to this summary disposition Of the
matter, and, upon his motion, the resolution
was placed on the calendar.
CHICAGo's EXPOSITION BILL.
Among the bills introduced and referred
to committees were the following:
By Mr.. Cullom-To provide for cele-
oracng the 4COth anniversary of the dis
covery Of America by an expo ,ition of arts,
industry, manufacturer. and products in
1892. This is the Chicago bill.
BY Mr.. Gsorge-To permit the states to
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notes.
Mr.. Edmunds moved to proceed to execu-
tive business
Mr.. Morgan said that he had intended to
explain to the Senate to-day his OBJ ject in
offering yesterd y resolution in regard
to the Independence of Brazil, and to the
existence a I'd permanency of the republic
established there. But, as he understood
there was an urgent necessity to 20 into
executive session, he would let the resolu-
tlo1 lie over until to-morro ", when he ex-
pected to have an opportunity to address
the Senate
MIR. Mitchell offered an amendment to the
Pacific railroad funding bill, which was re-
ferred to the select committee on that sub
ject He explained that the bill itself was
coafned TO the Union Pacific and its
branc les. and his amendment applied to the
Central Pacific and its branches.
The Senate then proceeded to executive
session.
A SOLITARY oNLooKER-
After business had been begun with
closed doors, solitary young man was dis
covered in the galleries quietly surveying
the scene below him and apparently enjoy
ing the sensation his presence crea ed. He
was soon hustled out. He was about 49,
and appeared to be Just convalescing from
prolonged spree. He had nothing to say
for himself and was not detained
Nobody seemed to know him. The
probably asleep under one of the
benches when the galleries were
cleared, and escaped notice. After the
doors were reopened, a message was re-
ceived from the House announcing the
death during the recess of Representatives
Ladd of Nebraska, Townshend of Illinois,
and Cox of Ne York. Resolutions ex-
pressive of the regre5 of the Senate were
offered by Messrs. Manderson, Cullom, and
Evarts, aud were agreed TO; aud, as further
mark Of respect to the deceased, the Senate,
at 4:30 O'Clock, adjourned till tomorrow.
THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
In the executive session a large amount
of routine business was transacted, about
200 nominations confirmed, and as many
more reported from commit ttees and
placed on the calendar. Mr.. McPher-
son criticised the action Of the
President in removing the postmaster at
Jersey City, and, before voting to
confirm the appointee, wanted to
know for what reason the old
incumbent had been removed, whereupon
Mr.. Edmunds reminded him of the fact that
he (Mr. McPhersonl, with other senators,
had voted to repeal the tenure-of-office act,
thereby depriving the Senate of the right
to ask the President or head Of any depart
ment why any removal from Office was
made.
Among the recess nominations sent in
were the followi e:
To be internal revenue collectors:-James
D. Brady for the Second Virginia district,
Patrick H. McCaull for the Sixth Virginia,
Robert A. Mosley, Jr., for Alabama, z ihu
A. White for the Fourth North Carolina,
John B. Eave5 for the Fifth North Carolina,
Eugene A. Webster for South Carolina,
Aug stus 7. Wimberly for Mississip ii,
Dennis Eagan for Florida, William A. Allen
for the s cond Tennessee, David A. Mum
for the Fifth Tennessee, Walter A. johnson
for Georgia.
Collectors of customs: John W. Fisher,
at Richmond, Va; T. Jefferson Jarrett, at
Petersburg, Va; Robert Hancock, Jr., at
Pamlico, N. c.; Enos j. Pennypacker, at
Wilmington, N. c.; John r. Horr. at Key
West, Fla. William B. Sheppard, at Apa-
lachicola, Fla. John H. Deveaux, at Bruins
wick, Ga; William CASTOR Henderson, at
Jackson, Miss.