The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-07
PART OF The REPORT LOST.
4 Strange Piece Of CareleSSneSS
Brought Out in The House.

One Page of the Conference Report on
the River and Harbor Appropriation
Bill MissinR-The Report Returned
to the Committee by the House-The
Williams-Settle Contested Election
Case Sent Over to the Next Session.
Washington, Aug. EN- the House to-
day the Senate amendments TO the House
bill rearranging the judicial districts of
North Carolina, were concurred in.
The House nOn-concurred in the Senate
amendments to the general deficiency ap-
preparation bill, and asked for confer
ence with the Senate on the same.
Messrs. Breckenridge of Kentucky, Say
ers and Cannon were appointed managers
on the part of the House
Mr.. Catchings offered a resolution ask
ing the Senate to return to conference the
report on the river and harbor appropria-
tion bill to which the House had agreed
on Friday last. He explained that in some
way, either in the room of the enrolling
clerk or by himself, a sheet Of the report
had been lost en- route from the conference
room 70 the Senate, so that the report
which appeared in heRecord was not the
one that had been agreed upon. He de-
tailed the several steps by which
the report had been prepared and
presented, from which, he said. the
House could judge where the fault lay
For himself, Mr.. Catchings said, he had
no doubt whatever that the sheet was
lost in the clerks office where it had
been examined by numerous persons in
terested in its contents. He charged
nothing more than carelessness in the
disappearance; no one could have had
any object in causing its loss.
LISTENED TO ATTENTIvELY.
The members of the House listened at
tentively to the statement, and Mr..
Catchings was interrogated by several
mem berS as to whether he proposed any
action in the premises.
Mr.. Catchings replied that he did not
Mr.. Reed suggested that something
should be done in order to demonstrate
that that is not the way TO conduct the
business of the House.
The resolution was agreed to.
Mr.. Paynter, dem, of North Carolina,
who made the report of the committee on
elections in favor of Mir. Settle, rep, of
North Carolina in the contested election
case of Williams VS.. Settle, from the
Fifth North Carolina district and which
was set for consideration to-day stated
that under an agreement made this morn
ing, the case would go over until the next
session for action.
Mr.. Woodward, dem, of North Caro-
lima, who made the report in behalf of
Williams, had been called home, and 1t
was deemed best to let the matter go over
as announced.
THE CHARGES AGAINST RIoKs.
Mr.. Johnson, dem, of Ohio presented
the memorial of the Central Labor Union
of Cleveland, preferring charges against
Augustus j. Kicks, judge of the United
States court for the northern district of
Ohio and demanding his impeachment
thereon. The charges are that he col
lected and illegally retained for his per-
sonal use ard benefit several hundred
dollars of fees, which had been accruing
while he was acting as clerk of the court
over which he now presides. The charges
were read in full and referred to the COM
mittee on the judiciary.
Nine private pension and relief bills
were passed clearing up the docket of
the committee of the whole from Friday
nights session.
Mr.. Catchings submitted the conference
report on the river and harbor appropria-
ton bill, and 1t was agreed to.
The conference report on the Indian ap-'
preparation bill was presented by Mr.
Holman. II related to three items which
Uhe conIereeS could not agree TO last
week, and they were still unable to come
to terms on all of them. They related to
the Cession of the Indian reserva lions in
the northwest.
John Allen moved that the House re-
cede from its disagreement to the Senate
amendments, and division was taken.
The vote was announced as ayes 70,
noes 40.
A vote by ayes and nays was ordered,
and pending the call of the roll, the House
adjourned until tomorrow.