Show l the House WASHINGTON Dec HAfter some unimportant un-important business the House went into committee of the whole on the fortification appropriation bill The bill was agreed to without discussion and the committee being be-ing risen the bill passed together with the bill appropriating 40000 to meet the deficiency in the appropriation for public printing and binding In the morning hour Taylor of Ohio from committee on judiciary called up and the House passed the bill amending the revised statutes The amendment provides pro-vides a penalty for any person having the custody of ballots and returns after an election held who shall alter such returns or erase the name of any candidate from any of the ballots in his custody or in anyway any-way alter or deface the same with intent to affect the result of such election The law providing that tho personal property formerly belonging to the Mormon church but which was forfeited by Congress Con-gress and placed in the hands of a receiver shall be placed in the common school fund of the territory of Utah which was the disposition made of the real estate held by the church came and without up completing complet-ing its consideration the House laid it aside as unfinished business and went into committee j com-mittee of the whole on bills reported from I the public land committee Pa son called up tho bill to indemnify purchasers of I swamp lands and reimburse several states for lands due them under the swamp lands act After discussion the committee rose to close the debate but Holrnan raised the point no quorum and the House adjourned |