The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-23
CONGRESS ADJOURNS
The Last Days Session Not Marked
by Important Business.

by Important Business.
WASHINGTON, Dec. %. - Immediately
after the reading and approval Of the
journal in the House this morning Mr.. Me-
Millin moved an adjournment Thus was
defeated by vote of AZ to As
The committees were called for reports,
but without important results, and as there
was evidently no quorum present the House
at 1918 O'Clock adjourned until Jel. 4, 1898.
IN THE SENATE.
There was less than quorum Of soma
tors present when the days proceedings
were begun in the Senate. Many had left
the city for the holidays. and among those
was Vice President Morton, in whose alb
sence the chair was occupied by Mr.. Man
derson, president pro tenn. of the Senate.
Among the papers presented and re-
ferred were the joint resolutions Of the Yer
mont legislature requesting congress to en-
act laws establishing a uniform policy of
immigration from foreign nations and Of
migration from state to state.
ANTI-oPTIoN PETITIONS.
In presenting batch of petitions asking
postponement Of the antl-option bill, Mr.
Cockrell spoke OF them as suereotyped petit
tions, marked with fraud and hardly en-
titled to be recognized as the kind OF petit
tions that ought to be presented to the Sem
ate. Numerous other petitions of the same
kind were presented by other senators and
were all referred to the committee on agrl-
culture.
Mr.Chandler from the committee on immi-
grafton reported back, with amendmen Us,
the bill TO suspend and prohibit immigra-
ton for one year, from March l, 1893, and
asked that it be read in full After it was
read and placed on the calendar MIR. Chand-
Ter said that the matter was of such impor-
Al Ia -
s5mollng OF congress in January, On i'm
mediate consideration of 1t. He should
therefore ask the Senate on the first day of
the reassemblinR to take up the bill for con-
sideration and action. Mr. Hill, a member
of the committee on immigration, said that
be had not concurred In the report. There
was one feature Of the bill which he thought
he should object to- lie thought that 9
bill could be framed that would meet the
views OF the country better than the one re,
ported, and he reserved the right at some
future time to sub nit minority report.
ADMISSION OF OKLAHOMA.
MIR. Perkins Of Kansas introduced bill
providing for the admission of Oklahoma
and Indian Territory as stats in the union
The McGarrshan bill had the attention oil
the Senate for half the time that to-day
session lasted, and Mr.. Hunton closed hil
three days speech in favor of passing it over
the Presidents veto. Several senators in
tended to speak in opposition and on this
account suggestion to have day and hour
| fixed for voting on it after the holidays did
not meet with favor. The bill, however
retains its privileged place in the morning
| hour.
A like attempt was made in regard TO tht
anti-option bill after Mr.. PETER had fin
ished his speech in ite favor, but as objec-
ton was made Mr.. Washburn declared hi,
intention Of pressing the bill for considera-
ton and for vote after the reasssmblinG
Of the Senate, even at the expense of long
sessions. He asserted that the bill wal
favored by a considerable majority of the
senator's, by nine-tenths OF the whole people
and by ninty-nine hundredths of the farmers
OF the country.
After a short executive session the Senate
at 3 o'clock, adjourned till Wednesday
Jan. 4.