The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-08

WASHINGTON, Doc. THE various
executive mmunications, including
the report of the Secretary of the Treas
ury, on the state of finances, wore pre-.
scented in the Senate to-day and re.
ferrod.
Numerous petitions from various
States for and against tho passage of
tho anti-option bill were presented and
referred to tho committee on agricul-
ture.
Mr.. Hill introduced bill to repeal
tho act of July IA, 1890, directing the
purchase of silver bullion and tho issue
OF Treasury notes thereon, and it was
referred to tho committee on finance
MIR. Call offered resolution instruct
ing the judiciary committee to inquire
into tho facts in relation to tho Trial,
conviction and sentence of James f..
Simmons, in tho circuit court Of the
Southern district CT New York, und er
an indictment for conspiracy to wreck
the Sixth National Bank, of New York,
and whether any Legislation is necessary
to prevent the punishment of innocent
persons wroDgfully accused of crime in
the United States. The resolution was
laid aside without action, but was sub.
sequently, at Hoar'S suggestion, referred
to The judiciary committee.
resolution having been received
from the House as to the death Of Rep
resentative Mcdonald, of New Jersey,
MIR. MCPHERSON offered the customary
resolutions of regret. The resolutions
were agreed to and the Senate at 1920
adjourned until to morrow
TIE HOUSE.
In consideration of the morning hour.
Herbert, from the committee on naval
affairs, called up the Senate bill termi-
mating tho reduction of members of tho
engineer corps OF the navy. Herbert
declared that the present number Of en-
gineer officers in tho navy was abso-
lutely necessary. Any further reduc
ton would be dangerous. If the reduc-
ton were allowed to continue it would
reduce the number of such officers to
10. This would be totally inadequate.
II the pending bill were enacted into a
law the number would remain at 1911.
On the question of the passage OF the
bill the vote was 1876 yeas, 95 nays. Mr..
Holman II owed to reconsider and Mr..
Herbert moved to lay that motion on
the table, pending which considerat ion
the morning hour expired and the bill
went over.
Richardson, Tennessee. chairman Of
the committee on printing, then called
up the Senate bill providing for public
printing and binding and for the distri-
button of public documents. The bill
is very voluminous, consisting of sixty
two printed pages and 1903 secti ons. No
radical changes are made in the exist
ing law, but the present regulations
governing the joint committee on print
ing and upon the public printer arc
changed in some particulars and made
more specific. Tho reading of the bill
consumed long time. Now and then
the monotony of the clerks voice was
interru pted by a short colloquy tetwe On
Richardson and some member who was
DESTROYS of some information, but tho
attendance of representatives soon
owindled to less than fifty, and of tho
fifty not moro than a dozen paid any at.
tention to the bill
During one of the Interruptions
O'Neil, Of Pennsylvania, in order to
illustrate the spirit of the times OF tho
system to which the art of printing has
been brought, hold afoat.a copy of to.
days Philadelphia Ledger, which he
said had been placed upon his desk at
noon, although the building in which
the newspaper was published and the
plant had been damaged to very gre at
extent by fire last evening. Pending
final action on the bill the house ad-
journed.