Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-23

machinery. Agreed to.
Pending further action the committee
rose.
Mckinley reported back his Custonos
Administrative bill, and it was referrad
to the Committee OF the Whole,
Mckinley moved the House to 90 into
committee, stating that as soon as the
committee was in session, he would
move that it arise aud adjourn.
This did not prove satisfactory to the
Democrats, and Crisp moved adjourn.
ment.
The Speaker decided the motion lost
S3 to SS. The yeas and nays were called
for, and the motion to adjourn was lost
yeas "a, nays 100.
| The meeting then recurred to McKin-
ley's motion t. 20 into comnnit ittee, but as
it was evident the Democrats would de-
msnd the yeas and nays Mckinley
moved to adjourn, which motion, was
agreed to.
| The reason underlying Crisp's motion
to adjourn Was the fear that the Com
mittee on Elections might report upon the
contested election case of Smith versus
Jackson, from the Fourth West Virginia
district. He does not desire, and in this
he has the full support of the Demo-
cratic side of the House, that any con-
tested election case shall be called up
while the House is devoid of any regular
rules for its government apd is depend
ent only on general parliamentary laws
as construed by the Speaker.
| The senate.
| WASHINGTON, January 90 In the Sem
ate today, Chandler offered concurrent
resolution, which went over till tomor-
| row, authorizing the Committees on
Immigration in the two houses to inves-
tigate the working of the various laws of
the United States and of the several
States In regard to immigration from
foreign countries.
The Senate resumed confederation of
the bill discussed yesterday to require
the superintendent of the Census to
ascertain what percentage of people own
their farms, the amount of farms mort
gagged and the amount thereof.
Responding to Vests remarks of yes
terday on the farm mortgage question,
Teller remarked that agricultural de.
preston was not peculiar to the United
States; it prevailed in all the countries
of the world, except France. Recent
Parliamentary inquiry had shown that
the British farmers had within twelve
years sunk more than half their capital
that the condition of the British farmers
could not be attributed to protective
tariff. The trouble was neither free
trade nor protection. Since the United
States resumed specie payment in rs
there had been continuous drop in the
prices of farm products. 1t was that
which was making discomfort and
trouble. He moved that the bill be
recommitted.
The Discussion was kept up for nearly
two hours, going largely over the ques
tions of tariff, of silver, of over-produc'
tion and steamship subsidies. 1t was
further participated in by Morrill,
George, Stewart, Spooner, Vest. Blair
Plumb. Berry and Reagan. Finally
Hale, Chairman of the Census Commit
tee, expressed his willingness to have
the bill recommitted, as suggested by
Teller, and the belief that it would bt
the best disposition of it. The commit
tee would then undertake to perfect ths
bill, and would report it back at an early
day.
On the question of recommital by yeas
and nays, the first vote resulted: Yeas
%; nays, H. AS no quorum voted, there
W"o q NoAA VI tiao oOu&tS, WulCn 6uOW6t
that there were fifty-three Senators pres
ent. Some of them were paired. Tht
second vote resulted: yeas, %; nays, 20
accomplished by the transfer of pairs
and the bill was recommitted to the Cen
Gus Committee.
| The Blair Education bill Was ther
taken us, Blair demanding it's reading il
full. At the close of the reading and
after some discussion, 1t was arranged
by unanimous consent that the bill,be
postponed until Monday week, and be
until then unfinished business.
| The Senate then took up the calenda,
and passed, among other bills, one
to open the abandoned military
reservation in Nevada to homesteC
entry; also bills for a new lighthouse
tender in the lighthouse district of Port
land, Oregon; granting to the city Of
Colorado Springs. in Colorado, certain
lands for water reservoirs.
A bill was reported from the committee
and placed on the calendar, legalizirf
the general law of Arizona, except as t(
certain repeating acts.
The House amendments to the Senate
joint resolution appropriating $75, 900 TO,
jettie at the mouth of the Colum bia
river, Oregon, were non-concurred in, and
a conference was asked.
i After executive session the Senate
adjourned.
/ CLEVELAND FOR ,92.
The EX. President Suhu,I,s -