Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-09

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proceeded to executive business. Half an
hour later the doors were reopened and a
message was presented from the house an
nouncing the death of Representative War
| wick of Ohio. The customary resolutions
of regret were offered by Mr.. Brioe and
were adopted; and then as a further mark
of respect for the memory of the dead
member the senate at l p. m. adjourned
till Monday.
| House.
| The annual report of the secretary of the
treasury was laid before the house and re-
| ferred to the committee on ways and means.
In the consideration morning hour the
| pending business was the motion made by
Mr.. Herbert of Alabama to lay upon the
| table the motion made by Mr.. HOLMAN of
Indiana, to reconsider, the vote by which
the house yesterday passed the bill ter
| minating the reduction in the engineer
| corps of the navy.
Mr.. Herbert's motion was agreed to; yeas
ITO, nays SO. So the bill was passed.
Mr.. Cultivate, under instructions, from
the committee on military affairs, called up
the bill extending for three years from
| June &c. 1899, the provisions of the act to
provide for the muster and pay of certain
| officers and enlisted men in the volunteer
| forces.
Mr.. Kilgore of Texas made point of
| order against the bill and quoted the rule
| which provides that business unfinished at
| the end of one session shall be resumed
after the sixth day of the subsequent ses-
zion of that congress.
Mr.. Cultivate suggested that If there
was any force in the point the house would
not be able to transact any business until
six days had elapsed.
Mr.. Burrows of Michigan remarked that
the whole difficulty arose from the failure
of this congress to adopt the rules of the
last congress.
The speaker said that he could find no
decision of any kind of his predecessors
bearing on the question.
By Implication the rule provided that
business unfinished at the close of one ses-
sion of congress could not be considered
during the first six days of a subsequent
session. So chair would sustain the point
of order.
Mr. Boutelle of Maine-Then the house
could do nothing but adjourn from day to
day.
The Speaker-The committee on rules
will try to correct the matter tomorrow
morning.
So the bill was not received, and the
morning hour was considered as having ex
PRED.
The house then resumed the considera-
ton of the bill providing for public print
ing and binding, and the distribution of
documents.
J. D. Taylor of Ohio offered an amend
ment providing that additional copies of
the Ephermeris and Nautical Almanac may
be ordered by the secretary of the navy for
sale.
After an hour consumed in securing q
quorum the amendment was rejected; yeas
&c, nays 1879.
The consideration of the bill by sections
was completed during the afternoon. Mr..
Richardson of Tennessee explained that
the object was to provide for economy in
the public printing and better method of
distribut ton.
Mr.. Holman of Indiana moved to recon-
NIT the bill.
Mr.. Scott of Illinois moved to amend
the instructions 80 as to direct the COM
mittee to strike out the clause which per-
mits the public printer TO employ appren-
tees. Lost.
Pending vote on Mr.. Romans motion
the house adjourned.
NOTES.
| WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-The senate in ex-
ecutive session to day ratified the conven-
| ton concluded between Chilli and the
United States for the settlement of the
long existing claims of the United States
| against Chilli.
The senate to-day confirmed these nomi
nations: John H. Gear of Iowa, assistant
secretary of the treasury; ENJOYS extraor-
binary and ministers plenipotentisry-Da-
vid P. Thompson of Oregon, to Turkey;
| W. P. Potter of Pennsylvania, to Italy.
United States agent and consul general
E. w. Little of Kansas, at Cairo.
Colonel j. B. Weber, commissioner of
immigration at New York, has placed his
resignation at the disposal of the score
tary of the treasury. It is almost certain
the resignation will be accepted and the
Office allowed to remain vacant. In view
| of the present immigration policy of the
| department the work of the immigration
officers has fallen off considerably and it
IL said that Co mel Weber was actuated
by motives of principle and economy.
The receipts from internal revenue to-
day were $40s, 9ls; from customs 1856, All.
The report of the attorney general re-
| views the litigation over the Pacific rail-
roads and the Western Union company and
renews the recommen dalton made last year
for an amendment of the law of August 10,
1888, SO that 1t shall provide that 'any
foreign corporation may be sued in any
district where it may be found, process to
be served as in like cases in the state where
said suit or action is brought.
| THE GILLIAN TREATY.
The preamble of the treaty recites it's
purpose to adjust amicably the claims
made by citizens of either country against
the government of the other, growing out
of acts committed by the military or civil
l 6rsf n
!, | the submission of all claims of corporations
| or individ uals to three commissioners, one
to be named by the president of the United
States, one by the president of Chilli and
| the third by these. The second article
! confers authority upon the commissioners
the third provides for filling vacancies; the
| fourth prescribes the meeting of the COM
| missioners at Washington within si1
, | months after notification; the fifth de
{ clares that evidence must be held through
? | a government agent or counsel on eithel
? | side; the sixth - makes a concur
9 ring decision of two commissioner
t final and provides that interest on claim
' allowed shall not run beyond the close o.
: the commission; the seventh makes tn
t decisions binding on both governments
q the eighth requires claims to be presented
o within two months and to be acted upol
within six months; the ninth provides tina
the awards must be paid within al
months after decision; the tenth provide
II method of procedure and for expenses
:. the eleventh declares that the proceeding
must be regarded as full settlement O
all claims, and the last relates to the rat
l. fcation. There are many long standin
# claims of American citizens against tn
It government of Chilli. Some of them hav
v been pending fifty years; others of thel
n originated between 1850 and 1860, but til
1t most important ones arose out of til
Gillian Peruvian war of 1879 S3.
MUST PAY HIS FARE.
ss The Test Case Decided In Favor
Il. the Old Colony Road.
BOSTON, Dec. SIN the municipal cour
ID civil session, to day 1t was decided in Il
al case of the Old Colony railroad versus
q A. Rackermsnn that q passenger mast ps
e. fare on railroad train whether he
IN given seat or not. Rackermann was
st passenger on the defendants train fe
ch weeks ago going to Hyde park. The @
al was crowded and as Mr.. Rackermann W
of not given a seat he declined to pay his fa
" and suit was brought to recover Is cent
1T The case was heard on demurrer filed
he the defendant. The case will be carried
ng the full bench of the supreme court.
- Stowaways Imprisoned.