Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-02-04
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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
Proceedings of Congress.
WASHINGTON. u, g., Feb.
SENATE.

MIR. Ingalls,, from the Judiciary Commit
tee, reported resolution (which WAS agreed
toy directing the Attorney General to com.
municate q statement of all expenditures in
connection with the U. s. Circuit Court for
the northern district OF Florida in November
and December 1889, with copies Of all COM
munications between the Department OF
Justice and the officers of that court relating
to criminal prosecutions during the same
months.
Among the bills introduced and referred
was one by Mr.. Wolcott for the admission
of the State of New Mexico.
Mr.. Ingalls, presented petition asking an
appropriation of 500 per capita for emf
grants to Liberia.
Mr. Hawley offered resolution (which
was agreed toy instructing the Committee
for the District of Columbia to inquire into
the condition of the fire department Of
Washington, and remarked that the recent
occurrence the fatal fire at Secretary
Traoy's house, had suggested the inquiry,
although he did not mean his resolution to
imply any censure whatever.
The Senate then proceeded to the consid
Grafton of executive business, again cutting
off Mr.. Blair, who was ready with q speech
Oh his educational bill.
HOUSE.
In his prayer this morning the Chaplain
again feelngly alluded to the affections In
the families of Secretaries Blaine and Tracy.
That the democrats did not consider
themselves yet vanqushed, and that they
proposed to throw every obstacle to the
transaction ofbusiness until some rules were
adopted for the government of the House,
was shown by their demand for the reading
of yesterdays Journal In full. However the
clerk read this document with such rapidity
that the task consumed little more than
nalf an hour.
The reading having been completed,
Messrs. Mckinley and Springer rose, the
former to move that the journal be approved,
the latter to declare that not more than hall
of the journal had been read and to demand
the reading of the portions omitted.
Mr.. Mckinley was recognized and the
Speaker paid no attention to Mr.. spriDger's
protests.
Mr.. Springer thereupon remarked that
the Speaker not only made up the journal In
his own way, but refused to have it read
when it was made up.
Mr.. Mckinley demanded the previous
question on his motion.
The previous question was ordered-yeas
165. nays none.-a number Of democrats
being entered on the journal as present and
not voting.
Mr.. Springer questioned the correctness
of the tally, but when in response to the
Speakers request he expressed his inability
to point any individual instance of error, no
objection wac made to the announcement OF
the vote, but several democrats kept strict
count on the next vote, which was on the
approval OF the ournal.
The journal was approved-yeas l63.
nays 0-the constitutional quorum being
counted by the Speaker.
Mr.. Springer moved to adjourn, suggest
ing that this was the proper time to enter
such notion and On this occasion his
motion was entertained by the Speaker,
only to be defeated by vote of yeas ia
nays 16l.
The Speaker then proceeded to lay before
the House various Senate bills for reference,
and among them was one to relieve the
Treasurer of the United States from the
amount now charged to him and deposited
WITH the several Slater. This bill the
Speaker referred under the rules to the
Committee on Ways and Means.
Mr.. Bland, of Missouri, moved that the
bill be referred to the Committee on AZ
preparations.
The Speaker at Arst declined to entertain
NJ. BANDS motion, stating that under the
rules the bill was clearly within The jurisdic
ton of the Committee on Ways and Means
but Mr. Bland was persistent in his declare
ton,