Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-08
VISITORS.
s--IY.seCONp CONGRESS.
Y..i Houses Opened with Prayer from
Jewish Rabbis.
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vea>,roS. d. c.. December Sen
...l. opening prayer was offered IN
'e to-day by DR.. Joseph Silver
she Temple Emanuel. New York.
.- Executive communications. IN
....- tLe report of the Secretary OF the
-...g 900 the state of the finances, were
...1 and referred. Numerous petit
rcu various States for and against
..t-.ar- II the auti-Opton hill were
b.. .t.d. and were referred 10 the
.., Uu Agriculture.
THE SHERMAN ACT.
N- '." introduced bill to repeal the
...sI4, 1850. directing the purchase
'....r bullion and the issue of treasury
.... -..r..u. aud 10 was referred TO the
.'... "a Finance.
.s.. ulcreu resolution lnstructlng
'. .lry Committee TO inquire INTO
.l relation 20 tho trial. cOnylc-
... sentence OF James +. Summons
'. ..-..it Court of the Southern Dis
g.. r.V ork under an lndlctment
f.,.rIc, % wreck the sixth National
.... N.w ORR. and whether any legls-
. .. necessary 10 prevent the punish
... innocent persons wrOngtully &C
rme ~ the United States.
.. ....utou was laid over without
O.. I.t .utseqncntly. at Mr.. Hoar's
.. . was referred 10 the judiciary
.t...
..>FUlYNcE WITH INDIANS.
..... 10 resolution introduced yester-
90, ., Sig. Vest tor the appointment Of a
Do % confer with the proper az
che five civilized Tribes OF the
-.tJrv with the view of making
.---rucuts and arrangements with
-...- a- Will induce them % take
... H.. % seVelaity and 10 sell the re-
...'- .. their lands % the United states
Up. and MIR. Vest explained 1t
.'e3 It's passage.
t.Att, Berry, and Butler init
...- utentlon 70 debate the JOINT
.. and II went over without
tr 10 On having been received from
.-. ss ~ the death Of Representa-
Mcdonald. Of New Jersey. Mr.. Nc
.1yred the customary resolutions
.t.... Tie resolutions were agreed TO
senate, az l:20, adjourned TIL to-
House Of Representatives.
-H.r was offered this morning by
'- isaac ii. Wise. OF Cincinnati, o.,
r sac appropriate reference OF a
& executive communications,
..em being engineer reports ana
..- ~ the Court of Claims, the com
were called Tor reports, but none
'.. ..rel.
...tlEI OFFICERS OF The NAVY.
.. tle morning hour Mr.. Herbert,
.. umItteeOn Naval Affairs. called
senate nl! terminating the reduc-
... members Of the engineers corps
r4,r lie declared that the present
.. .t engineer officers IN the navy
.-..ut.i necessary. Any further re-
would be dangerous. IL the re-
were allowed 10 continue the
"a such officers would be but ITO.
-.3 be- totally inadequate. If the
hIl were enacted into law the
would remain at l9i.
+. .m4a, Of Indiana. said that the
"...1 not be passed. The act OF 1882
ls that the number Of engineer
should be reduced 20 40 had been
F considered aud nothing bad oc-
tEce that time 10 induce Congress
20 the policy then entered upon.
tf Herbert replied (satirically) that
~ lad happened within the past ten
'-'' 'tcrpt tho building or authorization
Lee Guiding Of about torty-tye new
. '.a question of passing the bill the
.''.A \ ftht AAu nay 1gs I'll lloA-
'',Yed 20 reconsider and Mr.. Herbert
70 lay that motion on the table,
i'--'Lg which motion the consideration
-i ,2ilied and tho bill went over.
IENcH-KHPrYIS0 BILL
49, richardson. IF Tennessee, chairman
,-e 0mmittee on Printing. then called
p. We senate bill providing for the public
'a,i.g and binding and for the distribu-
. ot public documents. The bill IL
'.} YolUmlnOus, consisting OF sixty.two
i'-itd pages and 1903 sections. No radical
te--ea are made in the existing law, but
i-' present regulations governing the
mmIttee on Printing and the PuO-
frnteT are changed in some partIcu-
'-,, and made more specific.
4he reading Of the DILL consumed long
CSle Now and then the monotony Of the
...'A d voice was interrupted by short
,o-oguy between hr. Richardson aud
As member who was desirous OF some
.-.yi iaation, but the attendance OF Repre-
s.li"uyes soon dwindled 10 less than fifty.
"a ui these city not more than dozen
'-'1 anH attention 20 the bill.
AoDERE JOURNALISTIC TRIUMPH.
Daing ono VI the interruptions Nr.