Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-21
SENATE AND HOUSE.
MIR. TURPrE's ASTI-yICARAGUAC CA
NAL SPEECH STILL UNFINISHED.
THEYOST-T CONTEST
Majority Report, Favoring the In
cumbent, Advocated by Messrs.
Vote on the Case This Afternoon.

WASHINGTON, d. c., January 90
The Senate passed to-day the bill for the
erection Of new custom-house building
in New York, on the site of the present
building, at cost not exceeding 5000, =
coo; appropriating $4,000 for one years
rental Of temporary premises. and APP
pointing. at a salary of $500 each. a
board Of five building commissioners.
The bill now goes to the House.
The resolution heretofore offered by
Mr.. Morgan, as to Pacific railroad de-
faults, was laid aside without action,
and that offered by Mr. Pettigrew (Sil-
verite), Of South Dakota. as to the d.
visional lines between Venezuela and
British Guiana, was referred TO the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations.
The Joint resolution as to electric con-
duits in the city of Washington was dis
cussed during the morning hour. Mr..
Faulkner DemocraD. of West Virginia,
replying to the speech of Mr.. Hill Demo
craD. of New York, on Tuesday. 1t went
over without action.
Mr.. Turpie DemocraD, OF Indiana, con-
tinued his onslaught on the Nicaragua
canal bill, speaking for two hours, and
leaving his speech still unfinished. He
likened the securities offered by the COM
pany for the sl00O090)0 OF concession by
the government 10 bogus mortgages. and
to Peter Funk securities and quoted
the figures Of the company's estimate Of
cost and of the government engineers
estimates to prove what he termed the
enormity OF suppression practiced by the
company.
The legislative appropriation bill was
then taken up and finished, and the
House bill of last session. relieving for
eign yachts from tonnage charges, was
taken up and passed.
Mr.. Chambers bill for representation
of the United States at any International
monetary conference that may be held
was postponed till Tuesday next.
At o'clock. the Senate adjourned un-
III tomorrow.
House of Representatives..
The consideration Of a contested-elec-
ton case gave the House to-day an OPP
portunity to indulge I'm some political
discussion as relating to elections in
Virginia. IT was that of Jacob Yost W.
II. st. George Tucker from the Tenth
District of Virginia, for possession of a
seat in the Fifty-fourth Congress. The
majority of Committee on Elections No.
g. and majority of the Republican mem
bers. recommended that Mr.. Tucker be
permitted to retain his seat; but MessrS.
Walker Republican,, of Virginia. and
Thomas Republicam Of Michigan. re-
ported that Mr. 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. II they were counted. Yost
would have a small majority; IL not,
Tucker would have a small majority.
The majority were Of the opinion that
thew came I'm fatal conflict with the law.
and should be rejected; the minority said
that. as the intent of the voter could
be determined from them, they should be
counted.
The report of the majority was advo-
Gated by Messrs. Codding Republican,,
Of Pennsylvania, and Jenkins Republl-
CAM. Of Wisconsin, members OF the
committee; and that OF the minority by
Mr.. Yost, the contestant, who was ac-
corded the privilege Of the floor; Messrs.
Grosvenor Republican,, OF Ohio, and
Daniels Republican,, Of New York.
An agreement was reached to take a
vote on the case tomorrow, at 42O
o'clock.
A partial agreement 81 the conference
on the army appropriation bill was re-
ported and agreed to, the House insist
ing upon further disagreement to the
Senate amendments still In dispute.
Bills were passed authorizing the con-
struction Of bridges across the Cumber-
land and Tennessee rivers, In Kentucky.
and authorizing the Secretary OF War
to grant certificates showing the services
of telegraphers on the Federal side In
the war between the States.
At EOS o'clock the House adjourned
until tomorrow.