The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1890-01-23
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THE LATESTNEWSBY WIRE
THE EDUCATIONAL. BILL. SET
FOR wEDNEsDAY.

The House Passes the Oklahoma
Town site Hill and Diacussc,
Everything From Public Build
inxa to Convict Labor.
WASHINGTON, January 22.-SENATE
The senate resumed consideration o
the bill that was discussed yesterday, tt
require the superintendent of the ccnsu.
to ascertain what per ccntage OF tn,
people own their farms, the number o
farms under mortgage and the amount
thereof.
The discussion was kept up for nearly
two hours, going largely over questions
of the tariff, of silver. of over production
and Of steamship subsidies. 1t was par.
ticipated in by Messrs. Teller, Morrill,
George, Stewart. Spooner, Vest, Blair
Plumb, Berry and Reagan. Finally, Mr.
Hale, chairman OF the census committee
expressed his Willingness 10 have the hill
recommitted, as suggested by Mr.. Teller,
and his belief that that would be the
best disposition of it. The committee
would then undertake to perfect the bill,
and would report it back at an early day,
The question of rccommittal was taken
by yeas and nays. The first vote re-
suited in ayes, 20; nays, IA.
As this was no quorum voting, there
was call OF the senate, which showed
tiity-thrce senator's present; some OF
them paired. however. Then Mr.. Hale
proposed that the vote be taken by di.
vision, but Mr.. Vest, who opposed the
recommittal and wished the bill passed
as it is, objected.
The Se.npI enp,,tt.l /.
nays, 20: accomplished by transfer OF
pairs and the bill was recominitted to
lie census committee.
The senate then took up the calendar
The Blair educational bill having been
reached, Mr.. Blair demanded its reading
in full. and the secretary proceeded to
read II. At the close OF the reading.
Mr.. Harris suggested that, as the bill
WAS now properly before the senate and
had to become unfinished business"
unless some other arrangement were
made by consent. the senator from New
Hampshire should fix day in the future,
when it would become II special order
and remain before the senate till final
action. There were several senators
now absent who desired to discuss the
measure. Mr.. Blair declined to iorero
the advantages OF the position which the
bill now had, and after some discussion,
it was arranged by unanimous conscn,
that the education bill be post poncd till
Wednesday week.
After the passage of some local bills,
and brict executive session, the senate
adjourned.
Al - t,.,
business the house resumed in commit
tee of the whole the consideration of the
Oklahoma town site bill. The third sec.
tion, the only one remaining in dispute,
was finally adopted. The committee
rose and the bill was passed.
Mr.. Stewart, OF Georgia. from the com.
mittce on the Judiciary, reported bill
authorizing the attorney general and
secretary oi the interior to purchase two
sites, one to he located north and one
south of the 39th degree of north lati.
tudc. and to erect thereon buildings for
the confinement of nitcd States prison.
ers at the cost of S5OO.O0O. and appro.
priating 100000 for The erection OF
work shops.
Mr.. Holman raised the point of order,
that the bill must receive the first con.
in the committee of the whole,
The speaker oycrrulded the poin, o,
order, and Mr.. Holman took an appeal,
The decision of the speaker was sus.
tainrd-ycas, l+3; nays, l22.
Then Mr.. McCrcary, of Kentucky.
moved that the house 90 into committee
pf the whole for the purpose OF consider. |
inc the bill. This was agreed to. nth,
committee Mr., Holmes raised The point |
of order that the bill was not in ,he com. |
nittcr of the whole. lint Chairman Bur.
rows, ol Michigan, held that the motion
,f Mr.. AIcCrcnry carried the hill ,o the
committee
ON motion of Mr. Cluucc. of Colorado.
nm amendment, was adoptrd uroyiIinu |
lnr The purcbns. of three sites and tb, |
erection of three buildings. the ,dd;,iounl
,ur To be LOCATED west of the Rocky |
The second section provides
That the conyicts I've employed exclusively
in The manufacture of supplies for the
Mr. Sn;nolo. of New York Offered N,
,nendn,.nt nroyid;np that conv;ris shall
M, IA, cmnlov,d in The monufnrtu,. all
any yooJs or merchandise ,bn, mr., man.
,tnctur,d In amy mari of The Tinted
Stntes Rejected
MIR Nccycnrv. of k,ntucky Offered nm
pr6yid;nv that conyicts shall
NOT bc worked on, side of the prison en-.
closure. Adop,cd,
Mr., Cummings. Of New York offered |
mn np,ndmrnt nroy;d;n, ,h,i ,v,,v.
, h;pv mnnulnr,ur,d by conyic,s shall Il,
branded prison made"