Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-11
Two Appropriation Bills--Forti6ca-
tions and De6ciency--Passed.
A BREEZE IN THE SENATE TODAY.
Stirred Up by Mr.. Plumb's Night
Session Resolution.
THEN THE ELECTION BILL
SENATE.


trict Of Columbia "a body of which he knew
nothing, he said) demanding the distribution
Of $40 per capita per annum to each public
authority ''such as states, territories districts
counties, towns and villages, within the limits
enabling them to pay their debts and ex-
penses, without any local taxation whatever"
and that national taxation shall be abolished
until freedom from debt shall be universal
within the limits of the republic
The Vice President asked Mr.. Cockrell to
what committee the petition should be re-
ferred
Mr.. Cockrell-To the finance committee, as
the only committee that can cope with it.
1t was so referred.
request and instance" of the same body (''but
without indorsing it in any way whatever') a
bill to establish department of banking. Same
reference.
STEAM VESSEL FOR BOARDING PURPOSES.
Senate bill appropriating s2s, 600 to provide
and equip steam vessel for boarding purposes
at Chicago, ILL.,, was reported by Mr.. Cullom and
passed.
The action of the Senate in concurrence in
the House amendments to the bill for public
building at Sioux City, Iowa, was reconsidered
and then the amendment was non-concurred
in, and the bill was sent to a conference.
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.
Mr.. Mitchell offered resolution (Which was
agreed to- instructing the post office committee
to inquire into the feasibility and advisability
of law for postal savings banks in connection
with all or certain classes of post offices
throughout the country
EARLY AND LATE.
The resolution offered yesterday by Mr..
Plumb for daily meetings of the Senate at 10
a,,I 60 s.OA 49,
taken up.
Mr.. Cockrell suggested that if II a. m. were
fixed for the hour of meeting there would be
an opportunity to attend to some committee
work; whereas if the Senate met at
10 no committee work could be done.
He also questioned the advisability
of night sessions and the probability of an
attendance of a quorum. He reminded the
Senate that during the last session. when the
tariff bill was under consideration, and when
the hour for meeting was 10 am. there were
no night sessions, and vet business done in
q most pleasant and satisfactory manner.
Mr.. Plumb recognized the force Of the sug-
gestion, but
FAVORED TRYING THE EXPERIMENT.
Mr.. Reagan thought that Senator might Just
as well be frank with one another. They all
understood on both sides that the object of the
proposition was to choke off debate on the
elections bill and to prevent its full, free and
deliberate consideration.
~ AN EXCITING DEBATE.
The discussion on Mr.. Plumb's resolution
was kept up (amid considerable excitement on
the floor and in the galleries) until o. clock,
when it went over without action.
THE ELECTIONS BILL.
The elections bill was then taken up and Mr.
Wilson Qowa) addressed the Senate in its ad-
vocacy.
HOUSE.
Senate bill was passed authorizing the First
its name and location.
On melton of Mr.. McKenna (Cal.), Senate
bill was passed appropriating $4,000 to reim-
burse Chas. n. FELTON,, formerly assistant treas
urer of the United States at San Francisco, for
losses incurred in the payment of forged
checks.
PASSED.
The House then went into committee of the
whole (dr. Burrows, Mich, in the chair) on the
fortification appropriation bill.
The bill was read and agreed to without dis
cussion, and the committee having risen, the
bill was passed. together with a bill appro-
priating S400.O00 to meet a deficiency in the
appropriation fOr puDhc prlntlnS ana Dlndlng.
AN ELECTION BILL PASSED.
In the morning hour Mr.. E. B. Taylor (Ohio),
from the committee on Judiciary, called up
and the House passed bill amending section
55l5, Revised Statutes.
The amendment provides penalty for any
person having the custody of the ballots and
who shall alter such returns or erase
the name of any candidate for
representative or delegate in Congress from
any of the ballots in his custody or in any
way alter or deface the same with the intent to
affect the result of such election.
Also a bill amending the act providing for
the removal of causes from state courts. ct
provides for the giving of five days notice and
requires that the amount involved shall not be
less than 81, ,00O)