The morning call., 1893-12-15
CONGRESS AT WORK.
Republicans Deadlock the House
on the Admission Bills.
There Is No Wild Desire to Admit
Two New Democratic
States.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14-In the Senate
to-day the joint resolution relieving en-
pl0yes injured in the Ford Theater disas-
ter from the operation of the law fixing the
time for which sick leave may be granted
passed.
1t was agreed that when the Senate ad-
journs it be till Monday.
The Committee on Privileges and EIec-
tions reported favorably the House bill to
repeal the Federal elections laws. Chand-
ler. for the minority of the committee, was
given leave to submit a minority report
The bill was placed On the calendar. The
Republicans opposed the bill. and secured
a promise that there should be no attempt
to take it up in the Senate until after
Christmas.
Several petitions in favor of Govern
ment ownership of the telegraph were
presented and referred.
Among the confrmations by the Senate
to-day were the following: Albert E.
Amesbury of Colorado. to be Register of
the Land Office at Montrose. Colo; Mar
cellus l.. Davis of Arkansas, to be Consul
at Lerima. Mexico: John r. Proctor of
Kentucky, to be Civil Service Commits
sioner; Charles w. Dabney Jr. of Tennes-
see. to be Assistant Secretary of Agricul-
ture; Francis Nj. Ramsay to be Chief of
the Bureau of Navigation of the Navy
Department.
Receivers of Public Money: John A.
Bunch at Harrison, Ark; David Dixon at
Camden, Ark; Benjamin 81. Crowley at
Little Rock, A rk.
Registers of the Land Office: John P.
ClendeDniDg at Harrison. Ark; Jesse
Ross at Camden, Ark. Andrew F. Smelling
at North Yakima, Wash; William P.
WooIen at Dardanelle, Ark.
The House was deadlocked for two
hours to-day by the refusal of the Republi-
cans to vote on the motion to 60 into COM
mittee of the whole for the consideration
of the Arizona statehood bill. The Demo-
cratic leaders decided this morning to pro-
ceed with the consideration of the Arizona
and New Mexico bills, and dispose of
them before the holidays. The Republi-
cans do not relish the idea of bringing
these Democratic Territories into the
Union. and at the request of their leaders
refralned from voting. except those from
the newly admitted States Of Washington,
Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and the Da-
kotas. The Democrats expect to have
their own quorum present tomorrow.
The McGarranan bill was called up
during the morning hour, but was filibus-
tered against by Sayres Of Texas. chair
man of the Appropriation Committee.
Immediately after the reading of the
journal Dockery called up the bill to i'm
prove the methods of accounting in the
POstoffics Department. The bill abolshes
the postal note. reduces the schedule of
rates for money orders approximately to
the scale of fees charged by express COM
panies and makes other changes. The bill
passed without debate.
The bill limiting the time under which
claimants to land under the donation act
of 1850 must appear prior to January 1,
1895. and giving the present occupants of
lands preferential claim In case the title
under the act of 1850 was not perfected was
taken up. There was some debate by
Hermann Of Oregon and Van Voorhies of
New York. The latter intImated that
some private interest must exist in the
bill and that it was sought to deprive one
class of claimants Of rights for the benefit
of another. He declared it would be an
other Des Moines River case. Hermann
stated that the old claimants had had forty
years to confirm their titles and it was not
designed to dispossess any claimants. The
bill simply required original claimants or
their heirs to come forward and protect
titles or surrender them 10 present occu.
pants. The bill was passed.