The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-21
THE DoINGs OF CONGRESS.
The YOst-TucLer Case Affords a Vent
to Party SpIeen-Other Matters.

to Party SpIeen-Other Matters.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2O-The consideration
of a contested election case gave the
House to-day an opportunity to indulge
in some political discussion as relating
to elections in Virginia. 1t was that of
Jacob Yost VS.. H. st. George Tucker, from
the Tenth district of Virginia. for the
possession of seat in the Fifty-fourth
congress. The majority of the committee
on elections No, 3, and the majority of the
republican members recommended that
Tucker be permitted to retain his seat
Messrs. Walker, rep, of Virginia, and
Thomas, rep, of Michigan, reported that
Yost was entitled to the seat.
The point in dispute was as to the
counting of certain imperfect" ballots
which the state law declared should be
thrown out. If they were counted Yost
would have a small majority if not, Tuck
er would have a small majority. The
majority were of the opinion that they
came in fatal conflict with the law and
should be rejected; the minority said that
as the intent of the voter could be deter
mined from them, they should be count
ed The report of the majority was ad-
vocated by Messrs. Codding, rep, of Penn
sylvania and Jenkins, rep, of Wisconsin
members of the committee, and that of
the minority by Mr. Yost, the contestant
who was accorded the privilege of the
floor, Messrs. Grosvenor of Ohio and Dan
iels rep, of New York.
An agreement was reached to take a
vote on the case tomorrow at 4:30 o'clock
A partial agreement of the confe~N VS. on
the army appropriation bill was reported
and agreed to, the House insisting upon
iG tO no . Il.
ments, still in dispute.
Bills were passed authorizing the con-
struction of bridges across the Cumber-
land and Tennessee rivers, in Kentucky
authorizing the Secretary of War to grant
certificates showing the services of teleg-
raphers in the war for the union.
A. sos O'Clock the House adjourned until
tomorrow
Washington, Jan 20-The Senate passed
to-day the bill for the erection of a new
custom house building in New York on
the site of the present building, at a cost
not exceeding $5.OOO,OOO appropriating $780,
900 for one years rental of temporary
premises and appointing at a salary of
5000 each, a. board of five building COM
missioners. The bill now goes to the
House.
The resolution heretofore offered by Mr..
Morgan as to Pacific railroad defaults,
was laid aside without action, and that
offered by Mr. Pettigrew, sill, of South Da-
kota, as to the divisional lines between
Venezuela and British Guiana. was re-
ferred to the committee on foreign rela-
tons.
The joint resolution, as to electric con-
duits in the city of Washington. was dis
cussed during the morning hour. Mr..
Faulkner, dem, of West Virginia, reply
ing to the speech of Mr.. Hill of New York
on Tuesday. 1t went over without action.
Mr.. Turpie, dem. of Indiana, continued
his onslaught on the Nicaraguan canal
bill, speaking for two hours and leaving
his speech still unfinished. He likened the
securities offered by the company for the
hundred millions of concessions by the
government to bogus mortgages and to
Peter Funk securities, and quoted the fig
ures of the company's estimate of costs
and of the government engineers esti-
mate to prove what he termed the enormi-
ty of suppression practiced by the COM
pany.
The legislative appropriation bill was
then taken up and finished, and a House
bill of last session relieving foreign yachts
from tonnage charges was taken up and
passed.
Mr. Chambers bill for representation of
the United States aM a monetary confer
ence was postponed till Tuesday next.
At $50 o'clock the Senate adjourned I'M
til tomorrow.