Show TO RESTRCUfMIGRATIN A Bill to that Effect is Reported in tHe Senate THE CHOLEEA SCOURGE Treasury Officials Anxious and Fear An Outbreak the Spring The SpeaUership Subject Discussed by Representatives Rep-resentatives 8mlJ Now Looks as it Speaker Crisp will RoElected Washington Notes WASHINGTON Dec 22In the absence of the vicepresident Mr Manderson of Nebraska presided over the Senate today A Batch of petitions asking postponement of action on the anti option bill wera referred re-ferred to the committee on agriculture The committee on immigration reported back with the amendment bill to prohibit i immigration for a year from March 1 I 1S93 which was read and placed on the calendar Mr Hill of New York reserved re-served the right to submit a minority report re-port in the future as to one provision to which he was opposed The Senate bill of last session to amend existing laws relative to mineral nds and mining resources was on motion of Mr Stewart of Nevada taken up and passed Mr Perkins introduced a bill to enable the people of Oklahoma and Indian territories ter-ritories to form a constitutional state government gov-ernment and be admitted to the union which was referred The McGarrahan bill was then taken up and Mr Huuton of Virginia continued contin-ued his argument in favor of its passage over the presidents veto At the close of Mr Hunt ns speech an effort was made by Mr Teller of Colorado to have the day fixed 17th of January for taking a vote on the bill but Mr Morrill of Vermont and other senators objected and the bill went over without action retaining a privileged position in the morning hour The antioption bill was then taken up and Mr Peter of Kansas continued his speech in its favor At the conclusion of his remarks Mr Washburn having failed in an attempt to get a day fixed for a vote on it announced that he would keep it before the Senate till disposed of The Senate then went into executive session and when the sesion doors were opened adjourned until Jan 4 |