Show The House WASHIJTOTOX Dec 16A resolution re ported by McKinley from the committee in ways and means for distribution of the Presidents message among the appropriate appro-priate committees was adopted McKinlevs resolution for a holiday recess re-cess from Decomber20 untilJanuary 6 was referred Henderson of Iowa from the committee on appropriations reported a bill appro mating 15000 to meet the deficiency in the appropriation for public printing and building and 1250000 deficiency in the appropriation ap-propriation for the census bureau Elands amendment appropriating 200 KDO to enable the superintendent of census to ascertain the number and amount of farm mortgages etc was rejected and the bill passed A resolution authorizing the sergeantat arms to offer a reward of 5000 for the apprehension ap-prehension of Silcott was referred A bill by Springer to organize the terri tory of Oklahoma and one by Baker of Sew York on the same subject were referred re-ferred to the committee on territories A resolution was introduced by Lacey of Iowa directing the committee on elections elec-tions to inquire into the contested election case of Clayton against Breckinridcre of Arkansas Clayton haying been assassinated assassin-ated while preparing his case Breckinndge of Arkansas said it had been his intention to offer a resolution of the same import but since the adjourn mont of the last Congress proceedings had been taken in the United States court in his state relating to matters of current report in the district he represented Inasmuch as those proceedings seemed to him to be conclusive md as the court was one not organized by his party or any member of his party but was throughout its whole organization a Republican court it had appeared to him hat the proprieties of the case demanded that the initiative should be taken by the other side as it had been He rusted that a proper disposition would be > made of the resolution and that he action of the committee on elections would be such as to give the amplest range of inquiry that was proper to the jurisdiction jurisdic-tion of the House Crisp contended that the resolution must go to the committee on elections out he was overruled and the resolution adopted Adjourned |