Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-12
THE DECIDING Vo1E.
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 -->-~---~-~-S~--~~-~-e@-~ fhe question by the committee on privi- leges and elections that great calamity to the state of Alabama would be ayerted
 Mir. Pugh said that there had been no official result of last Mondays election ln any county in Alabama. The returns in- voIving members of the legislature would be sent to the legislature next November, and that legislature would have the ezciu- sive power to deal with the rights of mem- bers to their seats. There was no author ity in organic or statute law for the proposed investigation. And II there should be an investigation he was sure that nothing whatever would be discovered to authorize, justify or support 1t.
 MT. Gray objected to MT. Chandler's re- quest that his resolution should lie over and retain it's place. Such an investlga- tion as it proposed would be long seep in the direction of centralzation.
 MT. Chandler thereupon withdrew the resolution and immediately afterwards offered it anew, and then, under the rules, it went over until Monday, thus getting the better of MT. Gray's objection.
 ANOTHER CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.
 The request of the house for conference on the bill to prevent the interference with the collection of state, county and munich pal taxes was agreed to, and Messrs. Pugh, Coke and Hoar were appointed conterees on the part of the senate.
 BUTLER AGAIN IN THE SENATE. Senator Butler, who has been election eering in his own state for several weeks past, was again in his seat today and was cordially welcomed by his associates.
 IN THE HOUSE.
 The session of the house today was con- fined to the consideration of two items In the sundry civil appropriation bill upon which the conferees had found themselves unable to agree. The first related to the irrigation and reclamation of arid lands, and as to this the house voted to recede from its disagreement to the senate amend meut with an amendment of its own. This amendment proposed to give to each of the states containing these arid lands 1,o00, 900 acres upon certain conditions, the chief one being that B per acre should be expended by the states in irrigating the lands.
 The amendment directing the secretary of the treasury to purchase the Malone lot for site for the govern meut printing office, at cost not exceeding S25O, GOO, was the last remaining item of disagreement tc be acted upon.
 crat of Indiana, that the house rtcsde from it's agreement to the senate amendment, with an amendment to locate the printing office on what is known as the s'fish com mission reservation,' - and by MT. Bank head of Alabama to purchase the lot ad joining the present site and extend th' building over it. The discussion alto eether related to the question of inellgl blity of sites, it being conceded on all side' that new building was crying necessity The proposition to purchase the Mahon lot (he senate amendmenD was defeated 127 to 53.
 The proposition to erect the printing office on the "fish commission reserVa tionD was also defeated-105 to 70.
 The proposition to purchase ground ad joining the present site and extend th building thereon was agreed to-13S to Al The house agreed to a conference on tn Items still in controversy; the old conferee were reappointed, and the house at A o'clock adjourned until Monday.
 CALL FOR CAUCUS.
 Immediately alter the house adjourned ,all for caucus of the democra tic mem Der < Or 10 o'clock Monday morning was read The call was received with applause iron the democrats, he republicans keepin iient.