Birmingham state herald., 1896-01-31
CROWLEY DOES THE SAME
The Committee Reported Unanimously in fa-
 vor of Both of Them.
QUITE A NUMBER OF BILLS WERE PASSED
Proceedings in the Senate Yesterday Were in Marked Contrast to Those of the Day Before, When Tillman
 Was on the Warpath.

Washington, Jan. 3O.-"Strictly busi- ness seemed to be the motto of the house in it's two hours session today. MT. Wadsworth, republican, of New York, chairman of the committee on agricul- ture, reported the agricultural appropri- ation bill and MT. Grout, republican, of Vermont, the District of Columbia app propriation for the year ending June 30. 1897
 MT. Mccall republican, of Texas, from elections committee No. 2, reported its unanimous finding that David Culberson, democrat, was entitled to his seat as representative from the Fourth Texas district. J. H. Davis having abandoned the contest, of which he gave notice to the clerk, a resolution to that effect was agreed to.
 MT. Jenkins, republican. of Wisconsin, reported from the same committee its unanimous report in favor of the sitting member in the contest between Rosen- thai and Crowley, from the Tenth Texas district, stating that he would call it up for consideration tomorrow. At that time MT. Rosenthal will be granted the privilege of the floor for an hour to pre- sent his side of the case.
 A resolution reported from the commit tee on interstate and foreign commerce by MT. Doolittle, republican, of Wash ington, was agreed to asking the presi- dent to transmit to congress the report of the board of engineers appointed by him to investigate the Nicaraguan canal.
 The speaker announced the assignment of MT. Wellington of Maryland to the committee on labor and MT. Belknap, re- publican, of Illinois, to the committee on railways and canals.
 The following bills were passed: Di- rectng the pension bureau, in claims by widows for pensions, to accept as evil dence of the soldiers death proof of his unexplained absence for seven years; in- cooperating the Daughters of the Revo- luton in the District of Columbia; trans ferring to the state of Nebraska the mill itary reservation of Fort Omaha for a school of instruction of the national guard of that state; to reorganiZe the customs collections of the district of Alaska; to open the forest reservations of Pike's Peak, Plum creek and the South Platte, Colorado in the Cripple Creek district, to the location of mining claims confirming certain cash entries of of fered" lands in the states of Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas.
 The house at 2:10 p. m. adjourned until tomorrow.
 The Senate.
 In contrast with the excitement which the speech of MT. Tillman created in the senate yesterday afternoon, the proceed ings today were dull and commonplace Most of the morning hour was consumed in a discussion upon the joint resolution ordering the purchase and distribution of seeds by the secretary of agriculture Con which no action was taken), and during the remainder of the day, after 2 o'clock, speeches were made on the house bond bill with the finance committees free coinage substitute. Messrs Call and Mitchell argued in support of a substi- tute, MT. Mitchell, republican, of Oregon, declaring himself "in favor of a vigorous, aggressive policy on independent bimet- allism, coupled with a protective tariff"
 Then MT. Perkins took the floor to reply to a newspaper criticism on himself and his colleague as misrepresenting their state on the silver question. He read the latest official action of the California leg tslature in favor of the free and unlimited coinage of silver in disproof of the charge and then spoke at length on the general subject An attempt was made at the close of the days session to have an agreement for a final vote on the bond bill next Saturday
 In a discussion on this point some amusing badinage took place between Messrs. Chandler and Stewart, in which the latter spoke of the dispute over the free coinage substitute as mere dress parade" and intimated that a similar amendment would be offered to the tariff bill.
 Notice was given by MT. Morrill, of his purpose to occupy from forty to sixty minutes in a speech on the bill next Sat urday And the senate at D. m took a recess till noon tomOrrow-the recess form being adopted so as to avoid the de- lay incident to prayer the reading of the journal and the transaction of morning business.
 The urgency deficiency appropriation bill was reported back from the commit tee on appropriations and notice was given bv Mir Hale of Maine that he would probably ask the senate to con- sider it tomorrow.
 MT. Allen, populist, of Nebraska, in- troduced bill to prohibit the purchase or use by the government of any wares manufactured in any penitentiary work house or any other prison, or by convict labor Referred to the committee on ed- cation and labor.