Morning journal and courier., 1890-03-08
THE FIFTY.FIasT CONGRESS.

Several Public Building Bills Passed In the Senate The Blair Bill - Another Contested Election Case Set. tied In the House-Private Bills.
 WASHINGTON, March 7.-After the usual morning business in the way of the presen- tation of petitions and of the introduction and reporting of bills (none of them of pub- lie importance) the senate at 12:30 proceeded to the consideration of bills on the calendar. A number of public building bills on the calendar were passed and at two o'clock the Blair educational bill came up as the un6n- ished business. Mir. Platt and Mir. Harris could be taken on the bill.
 MT. Blair said that he was unable to do SO. At least five or six senators desired to speak upon the bill and the concluding speech of MT. Evarts would necessarily take considerable time, probably full day. He then proceeded to reply to some of the critf- cisms of the bill made by MT. Faulkner and Mir. Spooner.
 Mir. Blair replied to MT. Hale's argument and to those of Senators Spooner and Plumb, but said the points which he was making were all fully set forth in his eight-day
  had by him and was ready to supply to such senators as might like them. As to the state- ment that the newspapers of the south were opposed to the bill he said that the whole democratic press of the south was not oppos- ed to 1t. The Montgomery Advertiser was strongly for it.
 In conclusion MT. Blair said he had further statements to make and statistics to intro- duce, but he would do so on some other occasion. The next speech would be in favor of the bill by Mr. Higgins on Monday. After short executive session the senate at 5:15 adjourned till Monday. ROUSE.
 Mir. Haugen of Wisconsin, from the com. mittee on elections, reported . resolution in l the Alabama contested election case of Threat vs. Clark. The resolution, which was unan- imously reported, declares Clark entitled to retain his seat. It was adopted. The speaker laid before the house the son. l ate bill referring to the court of claims the claim Of w. E. Woodbridge for the use of his invention of projsctilss for riAed cannon. Mir. Simonds of Connecticut asked that 1t be put upon it's passage.
 Mr. Holman of Indiana raised the point of order that the bill involved an expenditure of money and must first be considered in committee of the whole.
 The speaker overruled the point on the ground that the bill on It's face did not in volve such an expenditure.
 On motion of MT. Simonds an amendment was adopted providing that all persons hay. ing claims or interests adverse to the those of Woodbridge may appear and defend thu same. However, the bill was defeated-yeal Ill, nays, 126.
 The house then went into committee of tn, whole, MT. Allen of Michigan, in the chair on tho private calendar.
 The first bill to be taken up was tha which was under consideration last Friday directing the secretary of the treasury t pay $175,000 to Albert H. Emery of Con necticut, in settlement of his claim for tn use of the testing machine invented by him After Q long discussion the bill was lai aside to be reported to the house with rec ommendation that the enacting clause striken out. This recommendation was re ported, but no final action was taken and g o'clock the house took @ recess until ever , ing. The house at its evening session passe l fifty private pension bills and at 10:30 ad journed until tomorrow.