Show THE ille HOISE washington 1 jan 22 the oklahoma I 1 orna ton town site bill Bom aiu endel was reported to the housa and passed mr mason of illinois intro introduced laced a billt bill to of forfeit certain land grants to aid in the construction of a railroad sir mr grosvenor Oros venor of ohio from the comm committee attee on rivers and harbors reported back the senate joint resolution appropriating for the removal amov ampf a of I 1 enaa anaza and other obstructions obstruction a from the missouri river between st joseph and its month mouth the committee proposed a fredn alg i n the appropriation to and appropriating biating ria ting for the removal of snags from the columbia river oregon on motion of mr herman ot oregon the substitute was amended eo so that the appropriation for the tile columbia river may be expended dorcon for continuing the jetty work the tile substitute was agreed to and the joint resolution was amended and passed the blouse went into committee of the ilia whole on the oklahoma town site bite bill the thirst thira section of the bill wai was finally agreed to after some amend mants and the committee rose stewart of georgia from the committee on judiciary report reported e a a bill for the purchase of of two site s for the erection of buildings for the confinement of federal prisoners at a cost of half a elilion each and appropriating for the erection of work shops the house rouse went ent into c committee om of the whole and on mo motion tion of clunie of california the amendment was adopted providing for thi thieo ee buildings one to be located north and another south of the thirty ninth d degree and east of the rocky mountains no and another west of the rocky mountains the seand section provides that convicts be employed exclusively exilus ively in the manufacture of supplies for the gove government rement spinola of new york offered an amendment providing tha they benot be not employed in the manua facture of any goods or merchandise ise that are macu fractured in any part of the united states Reject rejected id ALI mccrdary cCreary of kentucky offered an amendment providing atiat convicts be not worked outside the prison enclosure 4 adopted kaine of new york offered an amendment I 1 providing that coti convicts victR bo be employed exclusively in the manufacture of euch such supplies liea for li in lii i gov eminent as can be manufactured without the tile use of machi machiner agreed to I 1 pending a riding further action the committee rose mckinley reported back the customs administration ad mi ration bill and it was referred to the committe comini tw of the whole mckinley moed the house go into committee stating as boon soun as is the committee was in session 11 he a well would id move that it rise time and arid ada urn this did not prove to the democrats and crisp inove an adjournment the motion aa as lost lust 83 to 88 and the yeas and nays were called tor for the motion to ada jura turn was lost yeas 04 9 t nays the meeting then recurred on mekin killeya leys leya motion to go fo into committee but as it was e evident v ident tile democrats would demand the yeas and nays mckinley moved to adjure ad ada jurn mm which motion was awed to the tito rhawn underlying crisps motion to adjourn was deferred that the committee on elections rn might ight report upon n its contested election case of smith versus Jar jackson keon from the ah 4 h west virginia district lie does not desire and in this he be has the full sup fiort 0 of the democratic side of the rrt 1 louse that any contested election cage case shall be called dp up while the ilou go Is devoid devold of any regular rulia tor for its government and la Is dependent only on the general parliamentary law as construed by the js I 1 t |