Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-06
UNDER NEW RULES.
First Sessloa Of Housa Coy.
srrsd BY ih3 NV Code.
Dir slay RshukaS SastrS Of TtIlS iO'
Cha's's sssiast Cen Us Bursau.
Proclamation by the President Putting
In Force West Indian Treaty.

WASHINGTON, Feb 5-For the first
time this se.,ian the House met this morn
ING with code Of rules 80 govsrn its pro
declare SpeAEer Csisp cSlled the House
30 order.
Fltlisa o, Ii iaois sent to the Speaker
fer rsiereuer bill placleg fsfm
implements epon he ftes lit He wished
TO have h bill pr'Hted "a he ktc1ri, bui
Spesk-r Ctisp dec i-ea 10 regogn "a him
tos he purpose Of msklrg tAat r.Qaest y
the ptesegt time
Thc cal.i Of cprnmitgses fNr rep rIs
usually mad by ;hs ; rsksr 10 persaa, VAS
elegsted & o2s of the resiips clerks, Shs
Speaker beng very srse Finally
Speaker Crisp left the chsir 10 McMi lin.
Cummings # Nv York reported h!I
arpsaprislicg 500 0C0 Got the eitc len 81
F IT Green brooklyn, N Y, of a mon
uueat TO the vciim, If the British Vris,I.
shp. Committee Of te eh lie
Ou'hvste Ct 0hio. repafcd bill 10
estAhi sh iiDsst prou.ytrn throughout the
GAYS ~ SIG ,tNbuy brsuches u ihr army
GnH.e calzVIsr.
thial OF IoiGois msic the rfq test chat
ttr b irfFc ducrA bi III ae p.il1~d in h
Rsco d. The request "ss aHcedy o.
The House taen ~ens lllo a comoi tea
Of the whole on the wbols On tue deficiency
bill
Ssyers, Texss, Gin chsrge Of the bin
made an explanation Rs ~ It's provisions
sud h ought charge Of tSIsy gsrce
sssios, the sdmilist-AnNn of she census
suiesu. He ssld hupdrees Of meu sud
women who never ought 10 hsve
been were emp!o}ed 10 thsl , III 2e
1t the iu.tsuce of nsmbare of Can
gress. Had the superintendent of the
census been lsf! to opsratr bis bureau
wi h5u pressure from tAr -, ,ii TO put In
aiica lag numter OF incompetent ter
sona the expenituJes sOuid been yery
much less
Henderson ot lows. -quiteA whether the
gentleman had any evidence 10 josnty 'he
sts;ement. Sayers itiit,d thai he had.
He' dersnB c1at-nd-d tbst tbe Office Was
ecouom caliy administered.
Dlog'sy, Msu ., rek5e't,d lhst the gen
iemsD tICm IeIss he'd mRde charEe-
sesiust the sup erlnterd~nt uf the urnsas
that Ueyet were made byfure the oommi,-
tee or nsiCns. IL tesmed to hIm that
such Charges made hy the gen lemsn ('rgm
agony nous scufces) shou been btuukh.
20 lhe siteGti5L of the CJGmt.0s he vs.
sure that hsd this be. n Zone the minority Z
he committee would have insisted tha' ia
vssrgation e made. 1t is unfair 10 the
eupefinf5Ddent ip4t such c1Argss sh0ul1 be
made gRain,t bim on the fl '0F Of the /! usr.
If there bad been sn' ulsnanageuent vi
,ae census; if soy empiJyes were unft 30
perform heir dunes, these allegations ware
rHett-Ts which sIould have been brought 10
tie attention OF she committee sud not
launch upon the House whgu the mem
5eIs of the comm tee could not have an
oppJrtun " ot a. qu figg whether there sas
sus 5n1rd4tiCn for the Charg p, NC to
LEV d the superintendent i-ltnfully per
formed The duty enuuse Ell 10 bin. II the
e1pend ta5ss of ih~ census bureau had
been increased, this wAs dUe t. the isot
tbs. Congress nsd lr'posed 1ron It the new
and unheaId- 4 ipy Of rqliiing iuto the
private busi ess of ciiiZsns sod compelling
them 10 disclose the amounts Of tbslr fsrin
nor gsges
Stone of Kentucky. psii high tlibu'e
to The ahity and fl liency cf tie superlu-
t,ncegg OF the caDsue.
taYers oi Texss, fer d an amer dnsut
sppr pfiatins slI5 ,5l4 for tina spDsistpr T ce
Of he Sioux / ,JIsus AM C5l!.ne upon the
secretary ut 5h5 interior 70 report 10 the
Houst fhe names Of al employees under the
erection a1d supe vi-iJn II De, IldiaD
bureau
The latter clause Il the smen m n. was
the frs. geaera lesislsi1n W be ccr-
parstei upoa the appropriation bill, but no
objection was made AID the amendment
~zs adopted III committee hsvirg sas51,
the hIil pssss5.
The pn7st calendar was taken up fer
COZ sljeration bag no Prottens was made
The House sdj ,urned until I2 45 toner
row. when enl givs uili be delivered upon
tbs late Repsesegi stive Les Of VlsgIoIA.