Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-21
NEW YORE'S CUSTOM HOUSE
To Cost Five Millions Ordered BY
s the Senate.
eSsRGAN'S DEFAULT BILL
On the Funding Debt Of the Pacific Railroad
Laid Aside.
sMR. 1uRPIE STILL AFTER THE CANAL
Bogus Affairs of History-Y ost-Tuck-
er Contest Comes Up in the
House Other News.

Washington. D. c., Jan. 20.-The sem
ate passed today the bill for the erection
of a new custom house building in New
York on the site of the present building,
at cost not exceeding $5,000,000, appro-
priating $3.50, 900 for one years rental of
temporary premises, and appointing, at
a salary of $4,000 each a board of five
building commissioners. The bill now
goes to the house. The resolution here
tofore offered by Mr.. Morgan as to Pa
cific railroad defaults was laid aside
without action, and that offered by Mr..
Pettegrew, silver, of South Dakota, as
to the divisional lines between Venezuela
and British Guiana, was referred to the
committee 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, democrat, of West Virginia,
replying to the speech of Mr.. Hill, OF
New York, on Tuesday. 1t went over
without action.
Mr.. Turpie, democrat, 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 hundred millions of con-
cessions by the government to bogus
and quoted the figures of the company's
estimate of costs and of the government
engineers estimates to prove what he
termed the enormity of suppression
practiced by the company. The legis-
lative appropriation bill was then taken
up and finished; and house bill of ses-
sion relieving foreign yachts from tom
mage charges was taken up and passed.
Mr. Chandlers bill for representation
of the United States at the monetary
wa nOStnona6 until TnpS6aU
next.
At o'clock the senate adjourned until
tomorrow.
IN THE HOUSE.
Washington, D. c., Jan. 20-The con-
siderati tion of the contested election case
gave the house today 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 Vir-
ginia, for possession of seat in the
Fifty-fourth congress. The majority of
the committee on elections No. 8, and
the majority of the republican members
recommended that Tucker be permitted
to retain his seat. Messrs. Walker, re-
publican, of Virginia, and Thomas, re-
publican, of Michigan, reported that
Yost was entitled to the seat. The point
i'm dispute was as to the counting of cer-'
tain Imperfect ballots which the state
law declared should be thrown out. If
Lney were CUuHleQ 1OSl WOuiu nave a
small majority. The majority were of
the opinion that they came in fatal con-
fiict 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 advocated by Messrs.
Codding, republican, Of Pennsylvania,
and Jenkins, republican, of Wisconsin,
members of the comrnittee; and that of
tie minority by Mr.. Yost the contestant,
who was accorded the privilege of the
floor; Messrs Grcsvenor, republican, or
Ohio and Daniels, republican. of New
York. An agreement was reached to
take vote on the case tomorrow at 4:30
o'clock.
A partial agreement of the conferees
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;
authorizing the secretary of war to grant
certificates showing the services of tel
egraphers in the war for the union
At sos o'clock the house adjourned un-
til tomorrow.