Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-23
NATIONS CAPITAL.
Secretary Blaine's Samoan Let
ter Made Public.
First Contested Election Case Decided
Jackson. Democrat. Being Unseated.
Bids for 0unboats aud Practice ves-
sells Opened, Bath Being Second In
Amount.

| WAsHISGroS, Jan. 2s.-Chandler o6ereS
| = concurrent resolution (which vent ovei
uutil tomorrow authorizing committees or
immigration 10 the two houses. to investi.
gate the working laws Of the United States
and several other States in regard to immi.
grafton from foreign countries, Especially
the iA~ of Aug. 8, 1882; also 10 inve.ti-
gate the workings of contracts made BY the
secretary Of the treasury under that Law
with the various State commissions, boards
and officers.
| The Senate resumed the consideration Of
the bill discussed yesterday. to require the
superintendent of the census IL ascertain
the percentage Of people who osn a num-
Der of farms under mortgage, and the
| amount thereof.
The discussion vas kept up nearly two
hours, going largely over questions oftari d
silver, over production. and stsamshi p sub
sdies, participated in by Senators Teller,
Morrill,. George. Stewart, Spoonef, Vest,
Blair, Plumb, Berry, and Reagan. Hale
chairman of census committee, expressed
his willingness TO have the bill recommi, ted
ss suggessed by Teller. and hi, belief was
that it would be the best disposition of it..
The committee would then undertake to
report the bill and would report it back at
an early day. The vote for recommittAl
resulted yeas 26. nays 90. and the bill WAS
recommitted to the census committee.
The Blair education bill being reached,
Blair demanded its reading in full.
At the close of the reading. after some
discussion, arranged by unanimous consent
the bill was postponed till Monday week.
The bill for presentation of badges to the
rtf and % tha
pedtion passed.
After brief executive session the SEN
ate at 80 adjourned.
The House went into committee of the
whole, Burrows. of Michigan, in the chair,
for the consideration of the Oklahoma
town site bill. The third section Of the
bill (the only one in dispute was some
what amended. The committee arose,
Bill passed.
Stewart of Georgia, from the committee
on Judiciary, reported bill authorizing the
Attorney General and Secretary of the In
terior to purchase two sites. one north and
one south of 69th degree, north latitude. to
erect thereon buildings for the confine
ment of United States prisoners at cost
Of $500 900 each, sppropriating SlOO, 900
for the erection of workshops.
Holman of Indiana. rails d the point of
srder that the bill must first receive con
sideratlon from the committee as a whole. |
The speaker overrul-d the point of order, |
and Holman took appeal. The decision of
the speaker was sustained, yeas l43, nays
1872. The House went into a committee of
the whole for the purpose Of consider ring
the bill.
On motion of Clunie Of California, an
was adopted providing for the
purchase of three sites and the erection of
three building, one located to the north,
another to the south. of the 39th degree
north latitude, east Of the Rocky noun
tsins. and one to the west Of the Rocky
mountains
The second section provides that con
victs shall be employed exclusively in man
ufacturing supplies for the government
An amendment was adopted providing that
convicts shall not be worked outside the
prison enclosure.
An amendment providing that convicts
shall De employed exclusively in the manu-
faeture of such supplies for the government
as can be manufactured without the use of
machinery, was after further discussion
agreed t.. Pending further action the
rose.
Mckinley of Ohio, from the committee
on ways and means, reported back customs
bill referred to committee of
whole.
Nc ,inley moved the house go into com
mittee, stating that as soon as the commit
tee was in session he would move it rise
and the house adjourn
This not proving satisfactory to demo-
Gratis, Crisp of Georgia moved an adjourn.
ment.
The Speaker decided the motion lost
S3 to Ss- Yeas an! nays called. Motion
to adjourn lost, yeas "a. nays 100.
The motion recurred on McKinleys mo
ton TO go into committee, but as it was
evident that the democrats would demand
the yeas and nays. Mckinley moved to ad
journ. which motion was at s. 80 agreed to.
The reason undertaking Crisp's mo-
ton TO adj )urn was be feared the committee
on elections might report upon the contested
election case of Smith va Jackson, from
the Fourth West Virginia District. He
does not desire (in this be has the full sup
port OF the democratic side) any contested
election cases called up while the House
is devoid of any regular rules for it's gov
and dependent only On the general
parliamentary law, as construed by the