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Show COM5K1.SS. Si I A1I, Wasuinciton, D, C, Dec. 20. In Beuste today tbu army appropriation bill from thu llouso was proteiited aud referred to tho committee on appropriations. appropri-ations. A large number of petitions for aud against Ihe anil option bill were presented pre-sented and referred to the committee on agrlcultuie, Bheiman Introducod n bill to extend to tbu North 1'tclflo ocean the provisions provi-sions of tho statutes for the protection of fur seals and other fur bearing aul-malt. aul-malt. Heferred to the committee oil foreign relations A retolullou far thu assembling of both houses Felruary Silt to wllneat Ihu count of the electoral vote waa (resented (re-sented and referred. The McQaranulu bill wat laid aside and the Hoar bill for thu sale of navy yard lands In llrooklyn passed. Tho bill Introduced by Jlatoof Ten-ursseu Ten-ursseu to repeal tbo statutes relating to eupervlsora of eloctiout and special deputies wat taken up and Hale m Jo nu argument lu 111 favor. These lawa hu said bad beeu lu operation over twenty years anl hal uot reconciled Ihe leoplt to their harsh Interference with allalrt lelonglng exclusively to Ihu state-.. It wat nut turi rising that thu late political revolution had twei t from power thu parly which en forcid machinery for Interfering with Ihu elections ol the atntes. The Force bill bud been potent lu the late overthrow over-throw of Ihe Hapubllcan parly. The law which be proiotod to have repealed re-pealed wtstne termof the Force bill, rime lawa had no constitutional warrant; war-rant; atrvo no good, and their re main lug oil the statute books waa n dlreot disregard of Ihe spirit and power of elections and the cace aud quiet of tbo couulr). The bill wout over without uoliou. Alter a brief Itruggle over the nt tempt of lllackburn of Kentuoky to displace the antl-Ojtlou bill wllh the Hudson Hlver llrllgo bill, Ihe former Mut taken up Palmer of Illinois addressed ad-dressed IheBenatoln opposition to the bill. He urged tint thu meanlnr and eflectofthu proposed bill was to glvo collectors of Internal revenue absolute authority overall contracts mado by any persons for tho sale uud future delivery ol prolrty. It gave llio most extensive aud alarming Juris diction to collectors of Internal reveu lie. 11 gave them nulhorlt) to look Into tho buslnni of every and uuy man in the country, n powir whloh lierdolero has only been cr-mltted cr-mltted under very limited and re tlrlctec. circumstances for row re-vcnuejurteioj. re-vcnuejurteioj. the bill la objectionable objection-able on blunder groumll. No senator, ho apprehended, would rlak Ills reputation repu-tation aa a lawyer and legislator ty claiming that Congress '."(tested power pow-er to prohibit dealings In options on luturca lu states The attempt, how-over, how-over, wat but thinly distillled In the bill to thruat the Jurisdiction or the federal povernment Into thettatet to define and puulah crimes. A senator who called the bill a revinue multure knew Ihu term wna a misnomer, be catita thero was no purloin to raise revenue under thn bill. Thu Democratic Demo-cratic part) whin It cimes Into power will not tolerate a fraud of the diameter diame-ter of thu pending bill, (lambllng In rtatet will never I u prohibited I y federal fede-ral action; but the Driuocritlo parly will en Jcavor to suppress such vices by slate action. After further argument In the same Hue, but without concluding conclud-ing hit speech, I'alniur yielded the floor, the anil-option bill going over without action Beu-.tor Culloni Introduces 1 two bills Intended to strengthen the w enk points In tho Interstate cummerco net. The first comtNili the ttitlmon) ct wit-nesiet wit-nesiet lefora the Interstate commerce com-merce com mission. Tha other doll do-ll net the word "line" at used In the Interstate commerce law and construe It to mean a 1 hyslcal line, whether of ono railroad nr two ur more connecting connect-ing rallroadr, ur putt railroad and art water, when both aro uted under common control. The word, "any common carrier" aru construod lo mean ono or mora than one such carrier, and ench common carrier lo any such contract shall lie held Individually responsible for tho ra'.ea over such Hoes in which It ll Interest el. 1 n executive icsslou the Benate con firmed Ihe nomination of It. B. (J rots. up, to bo United Btatea dhlrlctjudgeof tbu northern district of Illinois; and Blhet Alexander, secretary of New Mexico; -.. II. Lyman, pottmaiter ut Yuba city, California. lilt ML ' III thn llouso the attendance grows slimmer day by day, nud tho business transacted today was of vory little Im Iiortauce. Thu committee ou publlo lands called uplheblll adjusting claims under the svsnip landa act, but no action wat taken un It-Mr. It-Mr. Durborrow of Illinois Introduced In the llouso today n Joint resolution, repealing the religious legislation r tabling to the World', fair. Ihe resolution reso-lution proposes to leavo thu matter of Hunday observance entirely within tho power of thu regululy conttlthtud authorities of thu exposition. The slreuun Lteellou. Bai km, Ore,, Dec. LU The un jfllcl-a) jfllcl-a) canvass of Outrun for President electura give, the following figures: Iter ublhan, .13,002; Democratic,! V-M-i; I'ojUllat, L0.S7S, Prohibition. 2-8. Pierce, ono of the Populists, who wat endorsed by the Democrats, re calved .tJ.bl.V Mandamus iroceedlngi will be argued In the ttatu supreme court tomorrow. The suit It brought lo re vent the tccretary ol Ihu statu from counting tbe voles cast for Pierce In (hose countlea In which hla name appeared twice ou ufllclal ballots. Ills s nirlke. PnoviDKNor, II. I., Dec. 20. Over 600 men nnd women employed In the lllackttone Woolen mills at UlacUtouu, Mass., struck todsy. They claim Ihe flmahave been excessive. |
