The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-09
BILL PASSED
The House DispoSes Of the Measure by Ap-
propriatiag SI4I,263,8oO.
VARIOUS POSTAL BILLS INTRODUCED
Fhc Most Important IS one proyi.
ding for Indemnity for Lost
hssfsicred f.ctfors-A Contest Case
From Georgia The senate Discuss
es the Employment orAIicms.

ro,,onnng Washington, Dec. S-when the Senate
Ss,in Sen. presented u communication from the
iSecFetary of the Trcasry giving the num-
per OF aliens employed iii the rrcasIry
Depariment, as called for by rcsolutioi,
nd ,,l May 9th last. 1t states that the mum
net OF Such aliens at the time of the ation-
uon of the resolution was thiIty-liye Li,.
,hat Una since almost all of them had become
Mr. Gallagher (Rep), of New Hamr.
shire, who offered the resolution sai1
that that fd., II was gratifying to him to notice
employment I'm the public service Iad
found IT convenient. since attention had
oesn ,, called to the matter, to take out ma
Various other departmental communi-
cauons were presented and rcfcrr,st!
amohg them the annual report OF the GOV
ernment directors of the Union Pacific
Railway company.
PETITIONS FOR PROTECTION.
Petitions from Philadelphia and 81
LOUIS favoring the passage of the Ding
and referred to the Finance Committ"n
Ike petitions were presented by other
senators; also several memorials in rela-
toN to Armenian outrages
Mr.. Cullom Gep), of Illinois. rayo no
uce that ne would next Thursday morn
ing submit remarks on the Cuban cues
EULoGlEs ON CRISP.
\ message from the House I'm relation
10 the death of eN-Speaker Crisp was laid
before the Senate. and on motion Of Nj,
nacoH N9einl OF Georgia, who stated that
ne would ask the Senate at some future
t!ine 10 assign Il day for culogics the
Senate at l2:25 adjourned until to-mor-
row.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The House got down to business to-do,,
rcsumtng the call of committees. where
1t left off at the close of last season
Under the call the committee on POST
Offices and Post Roads occupied nearly.
three hours of the session in, that period
securing the passage OF three bills. These
W-Authorizing the use of private nos.
tai cards. poH-
(g.,,Authoriang the Postmaster General
10 allow an Indemnity not exceeding $40
In any one case for the loss of Registered
packages and letters
t0.A9thorizing the appointment of let
Ter Ter carriers at offices where the free deliv-
cry system is not established the cost
thereof TO he borne by the patron.
Mhen the second of these bills was
under 1nna discussion, Mr. bingham, Wep), OF
i,,ai,ny n,ehimsyiV1nia, supporting the bill. ex-
niaincd that the Investigations by The
Postottce Department of complaints OF
losses of registered mail in the last tiscai
year demonstrated II liability by the GOV.
crnment under the terms of the proposed
act q! for 6gn six hundred losses out of over
ham stated that the experience of cvnry.
country which had adopted the system OF
indemnity na,!eiIiy for for losses had boen that the
vastly greater than the cost of Insurance.
PENSION APPROPRIATIONS.
The General Pension appropriation bill
was taken up and Mr.. Grow CRcp1 OF
pennsylvania, made a cf snecch In
iavoi OF a protective tariff based upon
the Presidents recommendation I'm his
message ON the present tariff Law.
The pension hill was passed without
amendment. 1t appropriatcs $l4i 2G3. $50
TOM WATSON'S CONTEST CASE.
The documents in the contest OF Thomas
r. Watson ". j. G. G. Black for n seat
IN the FiftY-fourth Congress from tbo
Tenth Georgia district We're received from
TIN. Clerk Of the House ana by tho sneak
No. /.
Tie House then. at 4:2o, adjourned
until Tomorrow