Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-21
AT TIE NATIONAL CAPITOL. An Urgent Deficiency Bill Rushed
 Through Both Houses.
NEW HAMPsHIRE'S STATUES
Of Stark and Webster Formally Received From the State of
 New Hampshire.

after call of the roll of the house this morn ing Mir. Ere cknridge of Kentucky, from the committee on appropriations, reported an urgent deficiency bill carrying S3j0 1000 for continuing the work of the eleventh census, S125, 900 for salaries and Sl75,0O0 for printing the reports. He said unless this bill was passed the census bureau would necessarily have to be closed, the employees dismissed and the work stopped.
 Mir. Cannon, republican, of Illinois, said it was very proper this bill should pass, but he desired tO suggest the importance of including with it the appropriation of S350 ,000, also made in the bill passed last week, for payment of witnesses aud jurors in United States courts. The bill was amended by the insertion of S100, GOO for this purpose, and as amended was passed
 On motion of MT. Sickles, democrat, of New York, the senate bill granting pen. sion of S100 q month to Mary Palmer Banks, widow of the late Gen. N. r. Banks, was passed.
 MT. Outhwaite, from the committee on rules, offered concurrent resolution pro viding for holiday recess from December 22 to January 3. Mir. English. democrat, of New Jersey, made the point of no quorum on the vote on it's passage yeas 49, nays 0-whereupon the resolution was withdrawn, the speaker answering that be would recognize Mir. Outwaithe
  present.
 The house then went into committee of the whole and procet ded with further dis cussion of the currency bill. The deblte lacked the interest of previous days. Only three members spoke upon the bill, Messrs. Sperry of Connecticut, Harsh of Illinois and Brosius of Pennsylvania, all repuoli- cans and all opposed 10 the bill.
 At o'clock the consideration of the cur rency and banking bill was passed until to- morrow, and at that hour, pursuant to an order adopted some days ago, MT. Baker, republican, of New Hampshire, arose and formally presented to congress the statue of General Stark. He was followed lit3le later by Mir. Blair, republican, of New Hampshire, who in short speech pre- scented the statue of Daniel Webster, both Hampshire. Mir. Baker was the first speaker, and was followed by Messrs. Powers, republican, of Vermont; Grout, republican, of Vermont; Blair, republican, of New Hampshire; Everett, democrat, of Massachusetts; Curtis, republican, of New York, and Morse, republican, of Massa- chusetts.
 The last tribute to the memory of the dis tinguished dead was passed by Mir. Baker. The resolutions accepting the statues were then adopted, and the house adjourned un- til noon tomorrow.
 IN THE sENATE.
 The senate went into executive session today immediately after it's meeting and recalled lle con 0rmat1OU OI OnaTIeS U. Clark, nominated to be district judge for the Eastern and Middle districts oi rennes- see on the 17th instant, and which was confirmed tuesday. This prevents the is- suance of a commission to the recently con- firmed judge ana leaves the case still pend- ing before the senate.
 The fact that the senate should go into executive session almost the moment the session was convened indicated that some- thing unusual had occurred, and assoon 8 the doors were closed MT. Harris made statement to the senate. He said the nom- ination of MT. Clark had been indorsed by the bar of Tennessee, and the conf firmation had promptly followed, so that there might be no delay in filling the vacancy existing on he bench.
 Yesterday, however, MT. Harris said he received m invitation to call on the attor- ney- general, and that official laid before him charges that had been preferred against the firm of which Mir. Clark was member by prominent legal firm ln New York city. These charges were that the Tennessee firm had been guilty of unpro- fessional conduct in accepting fee on both sides of the same case. The attorney general said that charges of this nature coming from a reputable firm should be in vestigated before a comm ission should be issued to the nominee, and in his opinion both Messrs. Harris and Bate agreed. It was for the purpose of putting the matter before the senate that this executive session had been called.
 Mir, Bate corroborated what MT. Harris had said and the senate thought that no harm would come to Mir. Clark, were he not implicated in the charge, by having the whole matter investigated.
 Mir. Hoar deprecated the undue haste that had been recently displayed in con- firming nominations to judicial office, and said that this case, whether the charges were true or false, should suggest to the senate the advisability of permitting the public to have proper notice Of appoint. ment of men to office by allowing longer time to elapse before taking action. The case was referred to the committee on judiciary, with instructions to investigate and report, and meanwhile the attorney general was informed of the action of the senate and instructed to hold up the com mission.
 The executive session was of but a few minutes duration. Then the doors were reopened and legislative business was sumed. All the resolutions that were on the table since yesterday were presented and went over.
 After the introduction and reference of bills legislation was again suspended, and the remainder of the day was given up en- tirely to the ceremonies attending the re- ception of the statues of John Stark and Daniel Webster, presented to congress by the state of New Hampshire, and they were unveiled in the statuary hall.
 By special resolution of the senate his excellency, Governor Smith of New Hamp- shire, and staff and mem bers cf his council, Messrs. Ray and Blunt, were admitted to the privileges of the floor and occupied seats on the republican side of the chamber.
 The ceremonies began with the communi- cation of the governor, which was laid be- fore the senate, after which Mir. Perkins called up the resolution giving the thanks of congress to the people of the state who had thus made the present of this statuary to congress.
 Remarks were then made by tue follow ing senators on the Stark resolution: Gal finger, Proctor, Hawley, Dubois and Chandler, when the resolution was adopted.
 MT. Hoar offered the Webster resolu ion, and remarks on that resolution were made in the following order: Messrs. Cban- dler, Hoar, Morgan, Morrill,, Davis. Plstt, GAlinger.
 ] The houss urgent deficiency bill for the