The age-herald., 1897-12-14


 congress and vetoed by President Cleve- land.
 Chaplain Milburn in his invocation at the opening of the senate today made touch- ing reference to the death of Mrs Me- Kinley( mother of the president.
 Mn Davis, chairman of the committee on foreign relations, called up the bill pro- hibiting the killing of fur seals in the Northern Pacific ocean, but upon the sug- gestion of MT. Pettigrew, of South Dakota, who said he desired to offer some amend- ments to it, the measure went over until tomorrow.
 A bill was passed for public building at Durham, N. C., to cost $125 900.
 Mir Pettigrew called up the bill to permit settlers the right to make second home- stead entries. He made brief explanation of the matter He believed all persons who were not at the time owner of land acquired under the homestead law the right to make second homestead entries. Each person would be entitled to acquire 16O acres of land. The bill was passed.
 Postal Savings Banks
 MT. Butler of South Carolina spoke at length on amendments he had offered to the bill, providing for postal saving bank system. Such system would in his opin- ion, insure great comfort in the homes of the plain people of the land, as a great many would undoubtedly become deposit ors in such a bank. This would cultivate among them thrift and economy and en- able them easily to provide for themselves in illness and in old age. As another ar gument in favor of such a system, MT. Butler declared if the system was estab- lished there would never be another issue of bonds by the government in time of peace. It would give men of small means an opportunity to increase their capital would place greater amount of money in circulation and offered benefits to ali the people of incalcuable value.
 Changes on Committees ; Mir German of Maryland. of the demo- cratic steering committee, presented an or der making some changes in the demo- cratic representation on the standing com mittees of the senate. The order provided that MT. Jones of Arkansas be appointed chairman of the committee on private land claims; MT. Daniel, chairman of the com mittee on corporations in the District of Columbia; MT. Turpie, chairman of the committee to investigate the condition of the Potomac river front at Washington; MT Berry, of the committee on woman's suffrage; MT. Gray, chairman of the con- mittee on additional accommodations for the library of congress; Mir. Pasco of Flor ida, chairman of the committee on the five civilized tribes of Indians.
 Other senators were assigned to commit tees as follows:
 MT. Daniel, Virginia, finance; Mills, Texas, to commerce.; Pettus, Alabama, to judiciary: German, Maryland, to District of Columbia; Mallory. of Florida. public health and national quarantine; Walthall. Mississippi, to rules and money; Mills, Texas, to forestry, railways, postoffces and post roads. public buildings and grounds and geodetic survey; MT. Hurley, of Tennessee, to private land claims, privileges and election, transportation routes to the seaboard, education, labor and patentst The order was adopted without debate.
 The Immigration Bill
 The immigration bill, the unfinished bust ness, was vailed up by MT. Lodge, of Mas sachusetts, the author of the measure, and a vote asked for immediately objec- tion was made by MT. Allen (pop.), of Ne braska, as he desired time for further con- sideration of some features of it. He sug- gested that Monday, Jan 1T, be fixed as
 the date for taking final vote on the measure.
 MT. Chandler, of New Hampshire, then asked unanimous consent that the bill re- main unfinished business until 1 p. m., Jan IT, when a final vote on the bill and its amendments was to be taken.
 This was agreed to.
 Statement on Civil Service
 Mr. Wilson, of Washington, presented a resolution directing the civil service com mission to transmit statement to the senate for the fiscal years since 1890, show ing the total number of persons examined,