Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-30
rHErmrY-rIRsr CONGRESS.

| Passage of the ApPortionment Biu by the Senate-Dfscussing the Army
 Appropriation Bill-Work of the House. ssT..
 WASHINGTON, D. O., Jan. 29.-The senate bill creating the office of fourth assistant postmaster general was passed. The senate then proceeded to the consid- eration of the apportionment bill as the unfinished business. Amendments to increase the representa- ton of Minnesota from to 8, of Missouri from 15 to 16 and of New York from S4 to 35 were rejected.
 The bill was then passed exactly as it came from the house-yeas 37, nays 24 (a strict party vote).
 The senate then, on motion of Mir. Blair, took up the house bill providing for the men and mechanics, arising under the eight-hour law.
 Objection being raised the consideration of the army appropriation bill was pro- ceeded with.
 After 0 number of amendments had been accepted and rejected the question in re- gard to the charges for transportation on the land grant railroads was taken up, and Mir. Allison stated the views of the appro- priation committee and advocated the amendment proposed by the committee.
 The bill and an amendment went over without action, Mir. Allison giving notice, however, that he would expect both the army appropriation bill and the fortifca- tions bill to be passed tomorrow
 On motion of Nr. Hoar the senate bill appropriating S10, 900 for a life saving sta ton at Brant Rock in the town of Marsh field, Mass, was taken from the calendar and passed.
 After short executive session the sen- ate at 5:30 p. m. adjourned.
 HOUSE.
 The journal was approved without ob- jection.
 A bill was passed providing for the issu- ing of commission of F. c. Johnson as rear admiral
 The house then went into committee of the whole on the military academy appro- priation bill.
 The committee having risen informally MT. Dingley of Maine, chairman of the committee Investigating the alleged ''silver pool" presented special report of that committee.
 
 a subpoena to appear before the committee was served upon J. A Owenby, and that said Owenby has refused or neglected to obey the subpoena. He asked the speaker to compel his attendance.
 The report is accompanied by the fol- lowing order:
 Ordered, That the speaker issue his warrant di- rectly to the sergeant-at-arms attending this house, or his deputy, commanding him to take in- to custody forthwith wherever to be found the of the house to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt; and in the meantime keep said J. A. Owenby in his custody to await the further order of the house.
 After brief legal discussion as to the power of the house to compel the attend ance of witnesses the report was agreed to as a preamble to the order, and, as amend ed, the order was made. The committee of the whole then resumed its session. Matters ran very smoothly for while until the murder of Matthews, the postmaster of Carrolton, Mass, was brought up by MT. Kelley of Kansas, in a speech in which he criticized some remarks made by Mir Lewis of Mississippi. He denied (as stated by MT. Lewis) that the murder of Matthews was attributable to other than political causes.
 After rather stormy scene between the chairman (Mr. McComas of Maryland) and Mir. Breckenridge of Arkansas, pertaining to question of recognition, the commit tee rose and reported the bill to the house. No quorum appearing in the house that body, without disposing of the bill, ad journed.