The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-03
THE SUN, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 8, ls,g.

N prastice however the clerks DO not , work
$ e 5gsi' 0f ' He' S T. nG Is Urged that Ss
the wGk II the is intense nss
clerks are, for Instance. whose concentrated
hours from . e.Sloet 70 ) Il tbs blli should
working power Of tho departments IL per
cent. Consequently. to perform the present
Of wS done h sSs on ths
rolls would suffice. SO that reduction could
be made to that extent
The proceedings In the House to-day were
devoid Of special interest. the on,ire session
being devoted to q discussion OF the rules A
vote was taken on Mr.. Burrowss amendment
e allow thS Speaker to count @ QUORUM, G Ms
when a,aporqm failed to vote there should Re
answered to his name a should Vote on ~ the
pending question. The Speaker should then
declare that quorum wns eonstiittntaed a ,n
support of his amendment he said that tho
ss .s nSi fnHnen ~
very highest pemScr4tic s;nneti9n ana had
fsH Th Mr "nS @ % s
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locked up. Ho cited The fact that M. kilgore
the sssy s hp tSs @ond
ndsr asp taS heu es nas s
answered to, his name, and he hud assumed
ss S ss Sssk hSa s no nas sh sn r to
i.st hat JUN Quincy $ds%s had adj refused ts
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so. 1.-THE member thought that his consttu-
ssSney would best be served by refusing 70 vote
with him. II was consent and not force that
WAS the sssence OF voting, and the, power OF
pIle, MIR. Reeds. amendment was rejected
The clause providing that no appropriation
Il
pending Whom the t Haus: adi0arnsd. was
thG Treasury from making further purchases
for The Secretary pr The Navy to use in con
WIN es pE cr Dsai o
coast defence purposes.
The Committee on Privileges and Elections
through Mr.. Mitchell. presented to the Senate
to-day its report on tho contest made by Mr.
Du Bots as Senator from Idaho. The report Is
in favor, OF allowing Mr. Dubois to retain his
elected on Doe 5. is!,p and Mr.. cagsStt con-
s s s EhBsr ss nsf s " sPs
was Sufficiently organized on the date Of
Dn Boiss election to elect 2 Senator and
for different terms at the same time. Con-
cerning the organization Of the Idaho Legis-
lature the report says:
Nour I'm ttaei IA nf tha nil hat VIII
:ssa o1.s . IA. .nss The It anti Ss sven sa
Houses .osether transnct BUSINESS exercise Issis4:
s and .n s
40" ., the ~" House. I. cont smpatsa y ,ht s!ai
hr mower Il. m.lariTy Of either iiouss . prsvsn,
. .sSy ns n ts S.eis .a.tar
case where there had been sacn an organization e ~
Junction, Of isgsiatns body such enae.ilx laws
saa es.9f a. e or
s;sS ,s'S' s;S' = aS''s Slate: SEN
In conclusion the committee says:
It's now contested on all sides snd Of thu, th.r. rnn
s w .%s :. 'es .si ~:
oHf
sthird senator for tho run term commencing March
that there would bs vncaney for snsh terni. and il
a eh OF e Stale %" he os
@ 70 npd s SS neil. a.
eaneies while in the Judgment OF your committee Mr.
7. q.
eens MsrsG 1871 senator '0' ''e ' term COM
The committee submitted resolutions de-
claring Du Hos entitled to the scat and Clag-
gett not entitled to it. As there Ia to he Il mi
nority report the resolutions went over.
In the Senate to day MIR. Voorhees,. who had
been absent for several days on account OF i'll
ness made personal OK PLANTATION in regard to
a Washington despatch in Il Philadelphia pa
per which accused him. as he commended. of
ne make deksr with tSe
can senator, from Delaware, Mr.. Higgins: to
States Circuit Judgn, from Pennsylvania. Mr.
Dallas. In return for their assistance in defeat
to Il Circuit Judgeship. Mr. Voorhees,. evident
ly laboring under great emotion. said the
statement was untrue. and applied to it and to
its author q number of exceedingly foroible
epithets. He was sustained in his denial by
the Senators named in the article and by Mr..
Wilson OF Iowa for the Judiciary COMMITTEES.
Tho Senate Committee on Pensions listened
to-day to an appeal from a totally denf eS-
Union soldier named Foster in favor OF the
bill increasing thu pension rate Of $50 month
mon to deaf persons the veteran delivered an
impnssioned argument c cont, that
thereby completely incapacitated from earn
inga living.
Mr. Oatos's bill to prevent "ridicue and
blackmail" by the newspapers. which had
passed the House and had been reported by
the Senate Judiciary Committee and placed on
the calendar was recommitted In tho Senate
to-day on motion Of Mr.. Teller who said the
reporting OF the bill without amendment in thu
Senate was mistake which 1t was desired to
correct.
A Housrkeeper Held for IL ChiId's Death.
MIpDLETowN. y. Y. Feb. 2.-Jeremiah Ser
GeHnts wife died in June last leaving him
with two children. a hoy OF 8 and a girl of 3
years. Nenr him lived John Ellison. who is
poor. hut who Ind Il rather good-lookins wife.
Mrs Ellison left her homo and beca me house
keeper for Farmer Sergeant. Coroner A. /.
Decker WAS notified that Mr.. .Sergeants
last Under suspicious crcuIn.t,mres lie sum.
monrd II jury OF inquest and directed Dr. Chns.
w. Cromrton to perform AN autopsy. DR..
CromptPn told tho Jury that he found twenty