Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-15
FROM THE CAPITOL.
NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
1t is Finally Passed in the House
This Morning.
MONTANA CASE IN SENATE.
THE SENATE.

Among the petitions presented and referred
was one by Mr.. Dawes from the Boston Execu-
tive Business Association for the privilege of
purchasing ships abroad for ten years.
Among the bills reported from committees
and placed On the calendar were the following:
Providing for the return of second-class mail
matter.
Senate bill to allow the state of California to
make certain grants to educational institu-
tons.
Mr.. Sherman offered resolution (Which was
agreed to- directing the Secretary of the In
terror to communicate to the Senate the repor {
OF Jesse Spaulding. government director of the
Pacific railways. as to the general manage
ment OF such railways.
INFoIMATTpN AS TO CELESTIAL MOVEMENTS
WANTED.
Mr.. Wilson Oowa) offered resolution
(Which was agreed to- calling on the Secretary
of the Treasury for information as to whether,
since the adoption of the Treasury regulation
OF September 2S, 1882 in reference to the
transit of Chinese through the country and
their departure therefrom, any Chinese, EN-
tered for transit under such regulation, has
failed to depart from the United States in due
course.
CHIEF MAYsE CHARGED WITH REORGANIZATION.
s Mr.. Butler offered a resolution, which was
referred to the committee on contingent ex-
penses, modifying one hitherto agreed to- SO
as to authorize the select committee or the five
civilized Indian tribes to investigate the status
OF the negotiations in regard to the Cherokee
outlet. with power to send for persons and
papers and to visit the Indian territory In
connection with the resolution he sent to the
clerks desk and had read a letter from Chief
Mayse urging that that course be adopted.
while MIR. Jones (Ark.) ntimated that the OBJ
iect of Chief Mayse was procrastination.
On motion of Mr.. Cameron House bill in
creaslng the limit of cost for the post office
building and site al Scranton. Pa, to $3.50, 600
was taken from the calendar and passed.
.Mr. Hawley gave notice that he would try to
call up the Chicago world's fair bill next Friday.
THE MONTANA ELECTION CASE
was taken up and Mr.. Morgan addressed the
Senate. Regarding himself as occupying with
his brother Senator's the attitude of a iudge.
he felt constrained to discard. as far as posi-
bic, the predictions which naturally belonged
to a man who had been ill the Senate 80 long
as he had been. and who had been arrayed
politically against Senators on the other side
of the chamber. He criticized and denied the
correctness of one OF the leading statements in
the majority report, to the effect that in the
organization of the Iron Hall house of repre-
sentatives (the republican branch) the auditor,
"who is required by the constitution to pre-
side,' called the house to order. That state
ment, he said, was the column of support for
the whole theory for the seating of the repuD-
hcan claimants, and he challenged Mr. Hoar to
point to the clause in the constitution which
warranted il.
Mr.. Hoar cited the constitutional provision
that the territorial officers should continue in
office and discharge all their functions until
their successors were chosen. and then he cited
the law of the territory making it the dutv OF
the auditor TO preside at the opening of the
house until a speaker was elected.
Mr.. Morgan argued that these facts did not
justify the statement in the majority report
because In the absence of the auditor the oldest
member OF the house was to call it to order.
CRITICIZING THE MAJORITY REPORT.
Suppose, he said-as in the case in question
the auditor was not present in the hall of the
House of Representatives Gas well known III
Helena as the Senate chamber in Washington
but thought proper to go elsewhere Ito the
Iron HalD to organize political
not the duty then of the oldest member present
to call the house to order? II was. therefore.
not correct to say Gas the majority report did
say that the auditor sis required by the con.
stitution to preside at the organization of the
house"
Only One Nomination Today.
The President today sent to the Senate the
following nomination: Henry J. Richie OF
FLORIDA TO be collector of customs for the dis.
trict OF st. Augustine, Fla.
HOUSE.
After the reading of the journal Mr. Boutelle
(Mc.) called up the naval appropriation bill
the pending question being upon the amend.
ment adopted in committee of the whole strik-