The state chronicle., 1893-01-11

Senate.
WASHINGTON, d C., j an 10 Routine
morning business. none of it important,
occnpitd half hour, and at it's close the
bill granting additional quarantine pow
ers and imposing additional duties on
the marine hospital service was again
taken up. the pending lestion being an
amendment offered yesterday by Mr.
White, Of Iowa, that al provisions of
the act shall expire the fret of January
1895.
An important amendment was adopted
to the section giving the President
power to suspend immigration from in
fecttd countries, and now the section
gives to the Pre>iien tpower not to sus-
pend immiyr ttinn but To & prohibit in
whole or in part the in reduction of pei
Sons and property" The bill passed
without division. Mr.. Whites amend
| ment limiting the life of the bill to 1895
was de Gated. After the quarantine bil,
| WAS passed the special order as to bill
prohibiting immigration for one year
WAS permitted to lapse The ami option
bill was then take mp and Mr. Villas, of
Wisconsin, completed his argument
against it
| There was no action on the bill, the
senate adjoutning for lack of a quorum.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10-The house
met at l 55 his morning in continue
tion Of Yesterdays session. When the
speakers gavel fell to call the body tt
oid.r a number members, ignorant of III,
fact that the house had merely been IL
recess, reverently rose to listen to the
chaplain's prayer and then sat dowr
amid the lau .h'er Of their better in
formed col eagues.
The house resumed consideration o
the bill for the admission Of the Norfoil
and Western railroad into the District o
Columbia
Mr.. Buchanan, Of New Jersey. offere'
au amendment providing that the attor
ney general shall apply to the judges q
the supreme court of the District o
Columbia, to assess the value of tn
privileges granted and until the amour
so assessed shall be paid into treasury n
.treetin the cities Of Washington an
Georgetown shall be taken, u ,ed, crosse
or otherwise occupied by the company
Mr.. Cultivate, of Onio, sugges'e
this provision be extended to the exs
-, | ing railroads.
A good deal Of opposition was man
tested to Mr.. Duchanan's amendmen ut au
1t was rejected. 8 to 135
MIR. w A. Stone, OF Pennsy ylvania, o
fered an amendment requiring all passel
ger and eight trains on the Norf"l
| h.. n,
tiict to be supplied with air brakes.
Nj. Outh waite suggested that Il
c amendment should be am, n ied SO a.
apply to all railroads entering the Di
=, trict.
: Mr. Stone announced his readiness
: modify his amendment accordingly bu
as modified, the am mrndment was subj
70 point of order which WAS raised
n Mr. Hemphill and rustained by the ch4i
f Mr. Stone then offered his amendme
r. in its original form. and again Hemph
objected to it, declaring that its o"je
WAS to defeat the bill The ame1G me
- was r. jected and the committee havit
- risen. the bill was passed without opp
sition
- :, Mr. Nc MilleD, from the committee
. rules, reported resolution which W
adopted, making the following busin,
). assignments:
le To day measures reported from (
te committee on the election IF PresideI
1t vice President ard members of coDgTe,
Wedn, sdsy, measures reported from I
le committee on Indian aft .irs; Thursds
h measures reported from the C, mmii,
X on naval aff airs; saturday. measures
ly ported from The committee on judiclal
vO 10 conformity with this resolution I
j house proce. ded to the consideration
ye hthe Grain JOINT reso!u ion. prop ring
< amendment to the constitution substit
ing the 3l>t day of December for
4th day of March as the commencem
and termination of the official terms
~ me IN bers of the house Of rcpresenta'i
Id aud Of the United States Sc
y, trs. and providing that congr
''e shall hold its annual meeting on
Id second Monday In January aud sub;
tuting the 3Oth of April Tor the 4th
'o' March As the date for the C .mmen,e u
u and hmitation of the terms OF the Pr
er' dent aud Wee President La the den
gu which followed the resolution WAS ad
Gated bv NJ ssrs Cram Chipman. B.
'n' we'll, B ,atner and Springer Eugr
10 c. uckrau. Reed and Hooker opp ,sed
'al The vote then came on ordering the
res lution TO th- third reading The y
!. Is resulted yeas 40; nays lei, thus def
'H iug the measure. The house at
3" adjourned.
Us
Va His Condition Dangerous.
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