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SIXTEENTH YEAH. OMAHA. WEDNESDAY MORNING , XAECH 2 , 1SS7. NUMBEK 237 JUGGLING WITH THE CHARTER Eusssll's Tricky Tampering to Delay the Judiciary Committee's Report , IS HE IN WITH THE JOBBERS ? The Penitentiary Contract Extension lllll I'asse l By the Senate The House Devotes the Day to Prohibition. ? l ore Chicanery Ilosortert To. u.vcot.x , Neb. , March l.-lSpeelal Tele- Tara to the Ur.rThe ] chicanery which Jtus ell of the houw Judiciary committee Is rewrting to In h.s efforts to mutilate and de feat the Omaha charter hat arou cd a good deal of fecline in the Douglas delet-ation and become the subject of unfavorable comment among other member * . Ituell and his Judi cial } committee have held the bill nearly t .n daj s. Thn reference of it to that rommittee was , to state It mildly , a % ery questionable proceeillns. net only an Insult to the Uouslas delegation , but discourteous to the committee on cities and town . When ineffectual elfort was made last Thursday to recommit the bill to an appropriate commltte * ? llussfll promised to have the bill re ported on baturdiy morning. The game night the committee patched up the bill with numerous amendment.- * , and Its vorK of mutilation was supposed to bo Imished Friday night. On baturday morn- Inc Mr. Kus'ell claimed he had three clerks copjinc on the amendments and would have the bill read ) in the afternoon. Sitn.rd.iy afternoon he a ked until Monday to report the bill. When the hotie met Monda ) IJus- scll pretendinl tint Ms clerk was still copy ing. Mondav night ! lu aell recalled his com mittee nd repeated his farce of revision. The Omam and Lincoln charterj had been made a sjKJcial onlt-r for 2 o'clock this after noon. At 11 this morning , after Mr. Smith , the chairman of the com mittee on cities had reported back the Lincoln charter exactly JLS the Lancaster delegation hid hxed it , Hus elt was called on to report the Onuha charter , lie stated that his clerk was still at work copying the amend ment , but promised he would be read ) to re port this afternoon. His statement was flatly contradicted by his committee clerk , McMurphv , who , in reply to my Inquiry about the unfinished work on the charter. told me that thu copying had nil been done early this morning , but he iiid not tiUed ont the customary blank which accompanies eacli committee report bscaiiae the chairman had not requested him to do so. This afternoon llusseil told Mr. bmvth that he intended to call the committee to gether to-night to co over the work once more and make < ome more change- . The tr.eetiug was not called , however , and It is evident that llussell U sinipl ) juggling with the charier and has some sinister design to bring about its final defeat The lobby who are opposing the charter has been kept fullv informed about this plot as they bragged this afternoon that 15u ell would hold on to the charter for several days jet. Uuxselt's trickv tampering v > it'i the Omaha charter Is Inexplicable ex cept on the thfon that he lias been retained b ) the contractors' gang or the railroad lobby for th.s performance. E. HO-KVVATLK. Senate Procerdlnui. Ltiiroi N , Neo. , March 1 [ bpeclal Tele gram totiie ! ! EE. ] A petition from Wytnore ottering 010 acres of land and S'C03 tor the location of the soldiers' home was read and referred to the committee of mihtar.v ntfairs. Hnuie roll 53 , repealing the law relating to regl-ters In Plattstuouth , was ordered to a third reading. Mr. Brown , as chairman of thespecial com mittee to report upon unnecessary emploves and committee rooms of the senate , reported that they found no further need for rooms outside the capltol , and recommended the rent bo topped thereon. Thev named fifteen employes and recommended their discharge. They ale recommended that the stan-llng committees discharge unnecessor ) emploes of their committees. ThH lieutenant governor recommended the passage of a law limiting the number of em- plo > es of the senate , ( julte a number of the empoes ! had been appointed b ) him , all of whom were appointed upon the iirtrent re quests of enatcrs only. Iho-e necessar ) and mo < t competent should oe retained , lie added that he would decline to si n vojcher- for extra work of emploes , for the ) were well paid for the servlee-i rendered , as many had little to do thf hr t half of the session. Afterconsiderabledisciiislon the report of the committee. WA.S adopted. It is safe to predict that the standing committees will be e\cecdlngl ) slow to discharge their hangers on , as ncarlv every time the ) hold their pluce u3 the price of political debt ? . The gust of ecoiioui ) is qiniit likel ) to blow- over and the dust settle down , not to again bo tils turbed. The seiat < > again resolved Itself Into committee of the whole , and the nr > t bill to bfl considered was that extending tne peni tentiary lea-e and contrict. Mr. Yande- uiark moved that It be recommended to piss. Mr. Dnras submitted an amendment to strike out all after the enabling clnu-c and Insert n Dili In substance providing that pro- posalv for bids be published In Omaha , Lin coln and fTifcigo pipers , and that th < > contract - tract l > e awarded to the lowest responsible bidder He moved lt % adoption and made a strong argument in IU favor. Mr. smell wai.atlsfied that the present contract was fair and reasonable , lie had visitiil the penltentiirj and examined thor- ou.nlinto thu Important features of its management He gave iigurei to show that the Mate saveil money b > - the contract sy > - tem and it had been shown that the welfare ol the convicts had l > cen dul > guarded. Mr. Fuller thought the terms of this contract were not aliberal as the ) might IK\ and .iiil , taking Ne > % \ork ns a b\sl > . the present contractor * would make too union money even though the state might not be able to maintain the convicts as economically 111 her. The senat took a recess until 2 o'clock pending i-ousideratinn of ttio bill. At ' 'o'clock the senate committee ol the whole resumed consideration of the penitent- Jar ) contract bill. Mr. Fuller poke agi n against extending thecontract thirteen vearx thereli ) taking the matter out ot thu hands of the legislature. He was in fro or of the amendment of thu gentleman from Saline , and If that should not carry , ho would sub mit an amendment limiting the contract to liveiMr " . He wave additional ngure > ot the > "ew \ oik ponltentlarie-i show Ing the pront-s accruing to that Mate under the vMm in \ocuu there , aj agitnst the contract system. He also called attention to the recommenda tion by the board for additional < rh ! , and waoteil to knnvr wb ) this was made In the face of the agreement of the alienee to build such cells. Mr. Oiiras oppod t'io ' bill because the sen ate had no assuranre tbat the present le- would not a 5Un toanotuer paity at such a HKiiro that the prisoners could not be as vvejl carwl for as by the le s . . 'n , ! * bruught "P the humane phase of the onetion on the treatment of prisoners , lie held that if the contract xliould U > assigned fur a considera tion by the lessee , the iib-coinractor would bo in the same position as the original lessee , vthonitcht take thelcauaftt ' Je amounl. Ilenco ho arguetl Umt the stale lumld adver- tl o for bids , that the moat might be secured for the leust outlay b > - the state. Mr. MeiVlelohn * id that under the art of \Vn the board of public lands and buildings wai iriven the right to lease prison labor in thUbUte. This act pro * idol practically the game M th uieudtnut of Mr. Duns. The rontrai-twa * entered Into by the board , and lu INM It was e tended b' larne majorities of theho'na and * enate. This extension in cluded ihe prorlio th t additional cc'Is ' Ixooid be conjiruc'.etl , and it Lad been a- ted why they ha 1 not been built The reason was that the board had decided that the cells ought not to be built upon the rrtsent row of ctl.'s. and that Contractor btout stands ready to build the cells on demand. It had been decided I in Doll tic on account of the health of convicts to build the additional cells until the west wing should be built to tne penitentiary. The gentleman Inqn.res with reference to the bonds. No matter to whom the contract may be assigned the original bond U liable for fulfillment of contract Mr. Duras contended that tne state should advertise forbids , and if a contractor should take the lease at : cents per capita per day , his responsibility to the stite would be as great as that of tlte present lessee at 40 cents. Mr. Mcikleiohn said that In 177 , when the state controlled the maintenance of the con vict" , each convict cost the state 51.25 per day. 1 he Icas < r should be extended tn per mit the lessee to put in a large amount of ma chinery , otherwise he will not put In such fa cilities. In even- case where Mites hav ccon- trolof convict labor and derived a profit the state owned the plant in the pcnltcnti.ir"i while In N"ebra k-\ the le 5eeowns It. Mr. Casper said he came to the legislature prejudiced against the contract y tem , a * n man who tries to bo In siupithy with the class to whom he belonged. He was a workIng - Ing man. and had always been But , In looking over the pamphlet of the Anti-Con vict Contract association , he found such as sociation to bo managed exclmlvely b ) imn- ufaclurers of agricultural implements. This struck him with i > ecuiiar force. In view of the fact that the-e manufacturers had brought so tinny foreign mechanics here blnce I-N-Oover 247.O.O skilled mechanics had come to this country to comjwte with our working people. 'Hie goods manufactured In the penitentiary were those chletly used b ) the producing classes , and if thev could he cheapened he was in laver of It. The farmers were earning S.s per cent , on their average investment per jear. while the man ufacturers of agricultural Implements were earning " > percent , on their average Invest ment For this and other reasons he In- te-jded to support thl- bill , prov ided the -en- ate should decide thit no b-stter contract could be secured. The Omaha Uepublican hid been -houtine fraud with reference to the Dill , but the senators "should remember that it only represented a few bumtuer- Omaha , while the senators represented 59 per cent , of the working people ple of this state. He had -tated the facts upon which his position was lased. and if the Omaha Kepubllcin still clamored for an investigation he was readv for it at any time. The bill w recommended to p.iss and the committee aro-e. A resolution was pissed to pay emploves for week days only , from date of appoint ment. Under bill * on third reading the bill for the relief of Otrx county in the expen-w of the trial of Cjuln liohannon was taken up and pas-eil. Next was house roll 170 , to extend the pen- Itentiarv contract which occupied the senate committee of the whole the greater part of the dav. Mr. Duras moved that the bill be recom mitted to committee of the whole. Mr. Coibv objeetfd on the cround that the subject Had alreadv claimed too much atten tion of the senate. Th aves .md nas were called tor and resulted lu i3 votes against re commitment The bill was then pis cd by a vote of 03 for andOa.a'nst ' ' 1 he bill reads as follow- "That tliu contract leasing to W. H. 13. Stout the penitentiary , penitentiary eroiinds and convict labor ot the state of Nebraski. executed on the ± M day of beptember. l-77. and which has been bvaid stout assigned and transferred to C W. Mosher , be and the sAine Is herebv extended for the period of ten year- from the 1st day of October. 14 > , to said C. W. Mosher , subject to all the condition tion- and provisions contained in the said original contract Provided , that s.iid Mother shall receive 40 cents per da ) in cash for each convict In full for ins com- pen-ation under slid contract. Provided , further , that upon the takm. effect of this art the Slid Mo-lier snail enter into a bond with the-tlte of Nebraska in thf1 penal sum of SlOO.Cu ) , with good and -uHMent suretie- conditioned for the faithful performince of -nd contract , and upon the execution and deliver ) otaid bond and tn approval of -aid sureties the board of public linds nnd buildings shall endor-e upon -aid original contract a statement that the same ha ; been extended to said Mo-her for the ticrtod of ten ) e. r from the 1st day of October , Is- * , ac cording to the provisions ot this act" This bill as passed was amended ons not to permit the minufacture of cirarand brick nor the cutting of stone except tor improve ments of the penitentiarr. House roll 2i ; , providing for a building UIMIII the state university grounds for practical and scientific Instruction , was pis-ed. benate file relating to warehousemen , was passed. Mr. Lininger's bill to establish a state school for dependent children was ] > \ - ed. benate hie ll'J , to provide a sstent ot rev enue , VMS pas < ed. bcnate nle 108 , relitive to assessment of propertv for road tax , w as pa-sed. Senate ti'e 41 , tin * "stniendous joke" of tliu senate , was read the third time. It Is the sop thrown to the people bv tho-e senators who came here to defeat all railway legisla tion. As the clerk proceeded to read the bill Mr sterling discovered that the bill was Imperfectl ) engrossed , nnd the kinks which -Mr. MeiUlejohn nr-t noticed had not been straightened out. He therefore moved that the bill be recommitted to committee of the whole. Mr. Brown favored the motion , which car ried , whereupon Mr Colb ) jumped up and moved that the senate resolve Itself into com mittee of the whole to consider-enate hie 41. The vote faulted in a tie. the lieutenant governor voting In the atllrinatlve , but before the bill could be taken up Mr. Sterling moved that the committee arl-e. tbe vote again resulting In a tie. Mr. Meikle- johu. In the chair , voted in the athrmative and the committee arose. The-enate then took arecess until o'clock this evenlnsr , to hear the report of the special committee appointed to recount the ballots upon the legislative amendment Theecnate met at sis : nnd on motion of Mr. Drown n committee of two was ao- rwnted by the president consisting of Messrs. JUown and MeiUejohn , to confer with n like committee of the house to take Into consideration the canvass ot votes cast for thi legislative amendment The com mittee soon reported , announcing that the joint convention would meet Immediately , 1 he senate then proceeded in a body to the hou' ' Alter the convention adjourned the senate returned and immediately adjourned. The governor his sizned the bill tolimlt the indebtedness of corporations. Mr. Llnlngcr explained his vote against the penltentta ) contract bill in writing , which goes nn record"I am opposed to the bill hrst , U-ciiiso It extends the contract too creat a length ot tune , and second , because I am opposed to tliu contract s > - > tem. " Dolngw in ilie House. Lixcouv , Neb , , March 1. [ SpreW Tele gram to the UKE.J In tha house this morning their was a large attendance of ladles to hear the discussion of the prohibition amendment bereral unimportant bills were indennitel ) postponed. The senatb tiles were read a second time. One of these , rile fis the antl- gambling bill indicting a nno of not less than < .iO and not more than t-V upon gambling nouses. A committee was appointed to ascer tain the number of emplojes in the houes and the length of time they hav A been em- ploved. Ine committee on cities and towns recom mended the passage of the Lincoln charter Tha bou < e went Into committee ot the whole , Mr. Caldwell in thecnair , on the prohi bition amendment , as follows : The manu facture , sale or keeping for sale , of malt spirituous or vinous liquor ? as a beverage , is proh.bltal. Mr.N atson of Otoe otferrd an amendment prov idln ? for the nav ment by the state for any lirojttrty that mlcLt WcoutiM-atedby the law , thf > amount of tixe same to be determined by the district court. Hr , McConaii'hy of Polk , by whom the bill was Introducvd , vvx > urprUe4 at the auieudment. It was au attempt on the part nt thn enemies of the law to kill it. He did not think It should obtain , because men Mho are now in the liquor business and feared In jury to their interests would have two years. In which to protect tl.cmseives by getting out oT the biuicess. Mr. Fox of Haw son made his maiden S ] cech , which referred to t -horrors of I o- temperance and closed with in adiocac ) of the amendment. Mr. bui ) th of Douglas oppo&cd the imend rnent on th ground that It would destroy the I property of hundreds of people In this tate. I Mr.ichol of Antelope * aid that the ani . mus of the objection to the constitutional Amendment was the fear Hint If It should bo submlfed to the people the latter would vole to adopt In an ovenvnelmlnz nnnner. Mr. Jeary of Ca < alil that It had tyen clnrced by the opponents of the amend ment tbat private propertv would be de stroyed by the same , and replied that he de nted to the whisky people on the same eronnd the rlcht to dwtrov his sons and daughters or the sons and daughters of any other person. Mr. Kief of Hall said tbat prohibition had not originated with the members of that party , but with their wives. In this state there wasnowhlsh license. They nl oh d local option In many places. If prohibition were wanted , why was It not souzht under high lcen ! 4 and local option ? lie scouted prohibition and showed that In Iowa where It obtained he had < een men ret dniUK lu the presence of their families by drinking whisky which they carried in their canes. Mr. Handall of Clay said that the whlskv people hero wanted the state to do for thcai what neither Iowa nor Kan < as bad done for liquor men within their boundaries This was preposterous lu thegentleman'sopinlon. Mr. Andres of Douglas did not believe In prohibition , noret In local option. He did not want the amendment to prevail. He did not wish to be deprived ov a majority of his personal liberty. If Kansis and low a had already done soto their residents , that w as no reason w hy Nebraska should follow In their wake. He did not want to make the people hcocrltes and turn the busine-s of the aloons into the drug stores , and raiee the price of drinks from 10 to 75 cents He denied the right of any majority to vote awav ills personil liberty , lliat avored too much of autocratic rule. In trie regions of the Hu < - slan czar it might be all right , but In this countrylt was entlrelv wrong. If people were afraid of their children's destruction , why were not the Children looNed nfter be fore it became too late0 Children were al low ed to go to fairs , eiiehre-pirties , rmk- > and other resorts , and the next place they went to % va the siloon. Mr. Andres then showed that prohibition would throw thousands out of empioj mcnt , kill a number of home Indus- trit-s. and deprive the fanner of a home mar ket tor the produce of hN farm. Mr. Cole of Adims moved the committee report and a-k leive to sit again. Mr Stnvtli ot Douglas moved to amend by striking out' to sit asain. " Mr. Cole amended that the report of the committee be adopted Carried. A recess was then taken until J p. m. AFTKHXOOX SKs IOV. The question of the prohibitory amendment to the constitution was called up again in the afternoon and Mr. Wat-on of Utot- took the lloorln support of his amendment to the amendment , which Is as follows : "Prov Ided , 'I hat no person shall bedcprived of his prupert ) or the value or use thereof without due process of law , and the legisla ture shall provide by liw for indemnlfing all persons for damaces sustained bv reason of the provisions of this ankle , b ) providing a mode ot procedure in favor of such per sons a alnst the tate. in thedi tnet court ol the count ) w herein the property taken or damaged , or the Use thereof it forbidden , U situated or the claimant resides ; and pro vided , further , that all propert ) u-ed In the mauiir.ii ture of intoxicating liquors in this state , at the dite of taking otlect of this act , shall be Daid for b ) the state to the full value thereof , when a certilned bv the court atore- > aid , and thnt every p > r-on en- gagtd in the manufacture of intoxicating liquors at the date of takinr effect of this ar ticle shall be indemnified to the full extent of the dainize he shall have sustained bv reason of being compelled to abandon siieli business. All mdemnit ) herein providedfor shall be ascertained by the district court aforesaid under a law to b - emcted by the legislature. " .Mr , V > at-on held that It was but just to the people who invested money in tins state to be given the assurance tint their propertv should have the -ame protection ninn-t de struction that thev had when they estab lished the same. He wanted to know wlj ) , i the prohibition people wanted prohibition.f tliev did not enforce the present law. The fict was that the prohibitionist- moral cowards. If thev wanted a prohibitorv law thev could get it bv passing it in both house- . There was no necessit ) in submitting the matter to the peoole. 'lhat was done be cause of a lack of sincerity and suggested by a desire toeiuru per-omland political pop ularity. Judge Hrewer had held that no leg islature could pis , a liw which deprived a man ot his projertv without com } > eu atlou for the same anil t'.ai principle was found In the constitution of the L nited States 'Ihe leading stui-of tl-ocountr ) were now passinc hull-license biK ! nnd denouneiru prohibition as impracticable. He had ahva } been a republican , and If it hid not been tor tt'e pronibitionists the rrpubl cmswould long since have seated James U. Uiaine in the presidential chair. Prohibition Is wrong and cannot be enforced. Wonld this amend ment clo-e the bars and distilleries4' it would not. The latter would > tilell ! and manu facture , and dee without i licen-e. Mr. Keiine ) of Webster spoke in favor of the constitutional amendment and ; oppo-ed the amendment to the iunemlRvnr. Mr. Miller of Uutler made a forcible and sensible speech , in which he claimed that the prohibitionists , in opposing Mr. \ \ atson's amendment were not honest in their work. The ) knew that tne principle- thu latter were just to the -ame decree that their opco- nents would expect a railroad to pay for anv land it might take In running through their farm. Why then object to tl.e provision to pa ) for property which prohibition might de-tro ) ? lie felt the people had aright to say Low they felt upon thi- question , but he wanted Mr. V.'atotramendment to pass so that they might know their propertv was not to be destroved , and if it was to be taken thev would have pa ) for it Mr. Harlan of York quoted thestat" con stitution to show that that instrument guar anteed that no property could b de-troved w ithou : due process of law , anij held that Mr Watson's amendment was suportluous. A vote was taken on Mr. Uatson's a-nend- ment to the amendment , ana it was lost by a vote of 4J to3 . Mr. Smith of Domlas moved to strike out thf enacting clause ot theamendment proi er , Mr. Keiper of Pierce made a long speech in favor of the rvendment Mr Whitinoruof Douglas scouted the Idea that , because thw last republican state con vention had put a prohibition plank in lt > platform , the republicans , therefore , on the tloor were to be governed b ) the same. He did not believe it , and did not hold himself bound b ) it or anything which conflicted with his ideis of whit was right and just. He did not think It was their dutj to submit the question to the people. Hut he did feel that it was their right to determine whether or not the l > e-t interests of the staio de manded a submission to the people. If jlicy did , he would vote for sui.li a submission. Hut , as he believed prohibition was a cur-e , and woula be a curse here as It had been In other ulace > where It was In force , he would vote against the submission when the proper time arrived. He then thowpd how- even Mas achutts had come to feel that hiirh Ileen.se and local option were far superior to prohibition , in this state the ) had prohibi tion In effect If the present laws were en- forced. He was not an athocateof thuliqtior tranic. but he believed high license was the bet thing the ) could get. Mr. Peuiberton wa.in favor of the sub- mis.iion because of the number of people througnout the state who had a-tea It. Mr , Mater of Wavna made a forcible speech in Which he sliovveti the disastrous results of prohibition In Iowa. He also showed tint If the prohibition plant had not been sneaked through the state republican convention it would never have been incor porated In the platform. Mr. anoth of Douglas id that before this amendment w&- submitted to the people the meuibor * should bo saisned that , if Incorpo rated in the constitution. It would not act to the Injury of the state. There were questions which should not be submitted to the state. This was one of them , and against even a cani > titiiUonal provision , which was that contracts - tracts should not fee violate. ! . They djd not know how man ) | > eople had asked for this amendment , and If toey did know and fell it would act Injuriously , they should not sub mit It. It would cost millions to pay for the breweries and distilleries which would be destroyed. Were they ready to lay for them ? He elo l wilh statistics fhowinv the won derful Increase in the number ot s-aJoons in Iowa since the introduction of prohibition. Mr. liandall of CU > npoke In favor of the amendment and declared that the people be fore many 3ears wuuld elect men who would give them prohibition. Mr. Knox of Douglas replied that when the people wanted It they would get prohibi tion , but that would to ttcr they had been eJucated up to it Tim would te the time to submit the question to them and not now when the mattec would be worked up by pollt c-an . Mr. Crane of Loop and Mr. Uallard of Filmore spoke m favor of the amendment nnd Mr. Andres scouted the conduct of many of the opponents whod ehlmed prohibition while favoring the amendment J < r. Harlan of York spoke aaln , closing In an Impassioned apr-eii to the supporters of the amendment , bevcral other members spoke , Mr. Cole of Adams at C:4 > moved the com mittee arise report proiress and ask leave to sit again. A division was called on the vote and It was. carried by a vote of 49 to SU. Adjourned till S o'clock to-night BVKMSO istov. Mr. Caldwell ot I anca ter moved that a committee to act witli a like committee of the senate be appointed to canvass tlwiote on the constitutional amendment Increasing the lenzth of the session to . , vtv davs. The chair appointed Messrs. Caldwell , Craig of Hurt , IJarveyof Douzlas. These conferred with the senate conim ttee and reported ihit the committee on the recount of the ballot was readv with the report and it was agreed tint a Joint session of both houses should be held to canvass the same. The senate made its apppiraneo In the house and Senator M iklejohn of Xancu moved tint the entry on the record In which It was declared that trie amendment to the const tiitlon providing fora legislative ses sion of sixtv davs had been defeated , be re scinded and a record made to how the adop tion of the -tine. Thea > es andnavs were called for bv Mr. Majors and resulted in the adoption of the resolution b ) a vote of W to l-\ lThe The lieutenmt governor aldThe ob ject of till * joint convention Is to receive and adopt the report of the committee of the two houses appointed to recount the billet on the subject of the amendment submitted : al-o to correct the records 1 hold in mv hand the re port of that committee , which the speaker of tne hou e w ill. according to law , now cauv ASS and announce. " bpeaker tlnrlan sitd' "The following re port has beeu submitted , belnc an abstract of the votes cast it the general election held in the state of Nebraska on the -d day ot No vember , 1 0. for and ae.ilnn the proposed amendment to the constitution relating to the legislative department al o an ab-triet of all ballots cast at said election In which the elictor- express no choice as to said amendment : also the ballot- upon which were printed "tor the proposed aiuendtnent to the constitution relating to the legislative de partment , ' and 'against the propo-ed amend ment' etc. ; al < o those on which neither wis erased. The total for the proposition isri.497 : azaitist 22,1 il ; total vote cast at siid election , 1 fs.4il. A majority hav ing voted In tav or of the amendment relating to the leglsHtive de- ptrtment , 1 therefore declare the amend ment carr ed " A vote was taken and the report adopted by W to 1C. The senators voting In the negative were : Casper , HUghis Kent and Major- . Absent or not voting : Colbx. Holmes , Lin- Incer , Sher-.in. Snell and Wolbaeh. The representative * voting in the negative were. Cameron , Fentoti. Frantz , FuchsT ( raf- ford. Hav den. Heimrod. McOrew , Miller , Overton , White , and Wright. Ab-ent or not voting"AIexander , Uiird , Harrett , Bowman Cone , Ellis , ( Jamble , ( iieen , Litta. bchwab , bullivin. Tracey , Tvsnn Veach , Wardlaw , Watson and Wi.son. 'I he se-ston then adjourned. NOTI-S The gallery in the afternoon : o-day was filled with ladleonng and old. plain and prett ) , bat ver ) few of them seemed to be en tranced with the volumes of nee which character. zed n-ost oE the polemical efforts ot the speakers on the prohibitory amendment. < -ome of them t.red early in each < > the ses sions. and others came'and went in a stream throughout the dav. Mr. Watson of Otoe humbly dlstlnzulshed him elf in the most rtosieal and effective speech of the da ) in support of his amend ment. v Mr. Keiper of Pierre easily showed his pro- fe-sionnl tnfornntlon .is i phsieian and stu dent of the bible in nls discussion of pro'.ib - tion this afternoon. It would have been greatlv appreciated if the hou > e had not been as nois > as a country school. Iho-e who wanted to listen couldn't , and those who didn't were careics ? as to w nether the doctor spoke or ret. red to his -eat ' Knox of Omaha , w th his ruddv face , silvery liiir and rtonmi : beard , -at in the main at-Ie during the amendment discus sion. When he ro-e to speak , with tl'e mien and air of a patriirch , everv jailer ) oecutnnt leantd forward to catch the lew sensible re marks to which lie gave expression. When Mr CUdwell wa- called to the chair this morning , in the committee of the whole. one of the longest speakers on the tloor hail his mouth -oiled. Kverybod ) seemed to di vine the intent of the mover of the motion , and a ? the Lincaster orator took the chair a heart ) laii-n greeted hts acce-sion. Kothaoker of the Omaha Republican ar rived this morning , and hadn t been on the ground more than a few moments when he wa- corralled by Vandervoort an J able-bodied whispers which resulted titled the Capital hotel rotunda like escaping steam irom a safetv valve. There is one man in the house who has the ability to btj in the middle of a whirlwind of eloquence and nois and at the -ame time re main obliviou- the fact During the ten hours' debate on the prohib.tor/ amendment to-day he never uttered a word. He ju t -iinpfy read -0-Cfnt novel , " . > lie. a History of Adventure.1 His name is Wilheltnsen of Howard. Vs was feared , the dl-cu-slon of the pro hibition amendment occupied the attention of the house all day. It crowded out the con sideration of the Omaha charter , and it can not be stated at what hour to-morrow the subject will be taken uu. The lobbyists. however , are satisfied with the dehy. It gives them all the more oppnrtunit ) to work their opposition. They were Increased In number by'l. I. . Kimball , whose tine rail road smile Illuminated one corner of the house. Others of the crowd , wlio-e presence had become familiar , to avoid notoriety , took UP ob-cure positions In the callery. New Jersey Senatorshlp. v , N' . J. , March 1. At a Joint meeting of the legislature to-da ) , the roll call showed all present. A ballot for United States senator was taken and the result oc casioned some surprise. Thirty-live demo crats -tood tirmlv hy Abbett as In the previ ous ballots , but the republicans In evident pursuance of caucus action div ided up among Sew ell , PlielpUedle and Kas. The last two are democrats and they were voted for with the purpose of trj ing to break up the Abbett column. The billet stood as follows : Abbet 35 : Jsewoll ( republican ! , 04 ; Bedle ( democrat b : Potter ( laDor'J ) ; Lndlow diem- ocrati. 1 , Kai- ( democrat ) , 7. Phelps irepub- licain , : t. and Colby ( republican i , l. Five republicans voted for IJedle , live for Kajs > . All the republicans voted. Hun Ooun , ily u Train. PITTSJH no , March i. There was a fright ful accident at Ixiu.lenvllle station on the Fort W.ine road thl > morning. A young man named litnuier , ton of a wealth ) farmer. wa > driving * team of hors.es across the railroad track- . Just as the horses approached preached the trucks the express -tram rounded a curve only A short distance away , running at the rate of forty miles an hour The wacon , team nnd Ad were struck with terrific force. The wagon was reduced to splinters which were .sent living in ever ) di rection , and liender nnd his horses horribl ) mangled , were hurled several vard > away. IJender vvas.dead when picked up and the horses died in a tew minutes , struggling in ajony. Thfi Cose or Turple , WASHINGTON , March L The action of the senate committee on privileges and elections till- morning In reporting tuck the creden tials of Turple , U said to hat a no signifi cance , but WM UVeu lq accordance with the continuous line of precedence. It U under stood when Turpie , at the next session , pre- &eut- himself to IwswQrn , a protect will be entejEtiand that ttt coolest 'Till then begin. Notice haJ been receives ! from Indiana that additional paper ) lu the case are to be sub mitted. Failure. NFW YORK , March I. Man > liall , Co. , Iron merchants , nude an assignment to day with preference * amounting to $ t2,000. A RUSH OF LEGISLATION Otmgraa Working Llrcly in tha Last Days of tbe Session , THE APPROPRIATION BILLS. A Number ot Them l'ns ed In Both lirnnclics Another DUnKt-co- mcnt on the Diplomatic nnd Consular Measure. Senate. WA-tttvfiTov , March L The presiding officer submitted a message from the presi dent vetoing the s iutc bill tor a publicbuild- ing at Lafaette. Ind. The message was re ferred to the commute on public buildings and grounds. The committee on priv ileges and elections reported back the credentials ot benators Stockbrldge of Michigan and Turple of In diana , together with the protest of the two houses ot the Indiana legislature In the latter case. They w ere placed on tile and the com mittee was discharged from their further consideration The naval appropriation bill was read a second time and referred to the committee on appropriations Fifty-seven pension bills were then passed In twent ) five minutec. On motion of Mr. Platt the house bill to annex a portion of Idaho to Washington territor ) was taken from the calendar and passed with amendments. A conference was risked on the amendments. The conference report on the river und harbor bill w as presented b ) Mr. McMillan and explained. The bill , as it came from the house origiuallv , appropriated , he said , S7,4&- > ,0 X ) . As it passed the senate It appro priated blO.C.O.COt. As now reported trorn the conference committee it appropriated 5V013.SJO. The reading of the bill was then commenced. It was interrupted for the follow-In ? pro ceedings ; .Mr. Platt inquired of Mr. Hoar the meaning nnd effect of the report made this morning from tl e committee on priv i- leires and elections in the cas < ; of benator- elect Tuipie of Indiana. Mr. Hoar replied that the effect of the re port was slmpi ) to remand to the action of the senate ( to be tiken after March 4) with out prejudice , without being in the lea t af fected by any action or any question w lilch anv " peison might see ht to ra'se. lhat was all. > o prejudice for , no xrejudlce aiainst any person who micht conceive niiD-elf en titled to a eat in the semte hcreattrr would ar.se or had arisen in consequence of the ac tion of the committee or of the senate this morning. 'Ihe reading of the river and harbor bill was then completed , and the conference re port was areed to without discussion and without division The s.'iiate then resumed consideration of the bill for the forfeiture of certain railroad land grants in Michi.au and the bill waa passed without division. On motion of Mr. Culioni the hou-e bill to convey to and connrui In the citv ot Aurora , 111. , a small Island In the Fox river within the limits of that c.t ) , was pa-scd. Other bills were taken trom the calendar and passed afollow - benate bill to authorize the construction of a oridge across the Missouri river at or near "Innktcn. Dak. fcenate bill to rmlet title of settlers on Des Moines river lauds in Iowa. When tbe senate rea-st-mbled the deficiency bill w us reported from the hoa- , read a hrst and second time { Edmunds not being pres- i.nt ) , nnd referrexl to the committee on appro- pnat.airs. HIP b 11 for ortalning and settling pri vate lind claims iu New Mexico , Arizona and Colorado i which was pending when the re- ce- > - was taken' , was again taken up. After a long discussion tne bill was amended so as to make it applicable to other state- and ter ritories and was pissed without division. A conference was asked. 1 he senate nex : too * up tl'e house bill for the allowance of certain claim- reported bj accounting officers of the United btites tri-a-ury department. The bill covers ninet ) three printed page- , giving the names of the several clainnnt- and the amount due to each , the niijontv being tor quite siniil sums They are chiefly for quar termasters and commissaries storis taken b\ thu ami ) durm. : the war in Missouri , West Virgin a , Kentucicy , Mar ) land , and some portions of lenne-see , there hiving been ' > - , < ) such claims hied under the act of Jul ) 4 , Is > l Mr. Harris moved to amend that provision so as to leave the treasur ) department to a > - tin in the matter of pa ) went under its own rules and reculation- . Mr. bhertmn assented to that proposition and the bill was so amended. The bill was then pissed without division and a confer ence waasked. . The legislative app-oprlatlon bill was re ceived from the hou-e read a first and second time ( Ldmunds not being present ) and re ferred to th > * committee on appropriations. Hesoliitions in honor of the ui mor ) of the lite MessrArnot Heach and Dowdney. representative- from tlie state of > * evv i'ork. were presented by Mr. Miller , who nddres-ed the -enate in enlosv of the decea-fd. Mr Ulackburn also eulogized Arnot Like re-olutions referring to the death of the late ISepre-entative Price , of Wisconsin , were presented b > Mr bpo'iner.w ho addressed the senate. The resolutions were severally adopted , and the senate at 11. ! > p. m. ad journed. The si nate In secret se-sion confirmed the nomination ot Daniel Mazone to be collector of customs at the port ot Mew York. llOHSC. WA-nixoToy , March 1. On motion of Mr. lielmont the senate amendments to the diplomatic and consular appropriation bills were non-concurred In and a conference ordered. On motion of Mr. Townshend of Illinois the bill making appropriations for tha pay ment of Mexican jienslons was p-ustd. It appropriates S2.ao.COO for the remainder of the current fiscal ) ear and H'XO.COD for the next fiscal jear. Mr. Paj son of Illinois submitted the con ference report on the bill restricting to American citizens ownership In territories of real estate It was agreed to. Tne conference report on the river and harbor appropriation bill was presented and read. The report slates that the senate in * creased Item : in the house bill to a sum ag. gresatmg 52rjOcXl. TnU was reduce. } In conferinceto 51,500,000. The senate added tw entnine new Items aggregating $1 015,0X1 , which were : reduced In conference to 5 .57- , SOQ. The total of the original hou-e bill wa > S7,4S9.'KO The total of the bill as it p.is-ed the - < > nat < was 510.ri--0.ijO and as it comes from the conference ! > S9.V19.CM ) . Theeonference-reiiort on the Indian ap propriation bill was -ubmltteJ and a creed to , Mr. Hurgess of Missouri moved to suspend the rules und pass the deiiciencv appropria tion bill. Another hour was consumed in leading this measure. Mr , Cannon of Illinois said that if the bill wa < < up for consideration in the ordinary way he would move to recommit it. It was not before the house ujon a reimrt that WM elthei proper or courteous to the mlnorit ) of the committee. Yetterda ) for the first lime be saw the report It had never been .sub mitted to the committee , but if It had ema nated from an ) per-on but the gentleman from Mlsoiiri ( Hurn ) , he was Iznorint of the fact The bill appropriated about S3 , ' OD.- 000 and in the main tie concurred In the recommendations , il was conspicuous for what was not In it It omitted an appropri ation of S'JOWOCO for services rendtred by the. Central Piclnc railroad company over 2,000 miles of iu leased line. The i > uprtme court had n * ld that the sum was due and paable by the government He wa& not here to make a plea tor the Central Pacific , but only to call attention to the fact that not withstanding this ilefidion of the highest tribunal in ihu land the committee on appro priations exercising sovereign power to re pudiate the obligations of theeovrrnment , had refused to make the appropriation. The committee also failed to ajypropciate 2tOO- , 000 b my the Judgment of the court of claim * In f aror of the Choctaw nation. Mr. Horns of Missouri sMd that while the report had not been formally presented to the committee It had been approved Informally b ) the members of the majorlt ) and had been printed fur one week. He contended that while the Central Pacific owed tha government STO.roo.CCOthe covernnient had a right to tafee ? 2 , < WOOJ and hold It In the treasur ) to the credit of the company until the da ) of settlement came. A patent fraud had been committed by the comrnny and It wa evy to turn to fails and drcumstances that , before a Jury , would convict every mem ber of the corporation who had participated In Its management for the last ten ) earof conduct that would nuke him better tilted fo- the cell of a prison house than for the chamber of the statesmen. The motion to suspend the rules was treed to and the bill w.niRissed with nn amendment ! appropriating SJf.OUO for print ing and bulshlng addltlonil llvcr certlh- cites and legal tender notes of the denomina tions of SI and Si Mr Holtnin of Indlina moved to suspend the rules and put upon its pa sage the legis lative appropriation bill. The leclslative , executive and Judiciary ap propriation bills were then passed under a susnens.on of the rule * . Mr. Morrl-on of Illinois called up the con ference report on the fractional gallon tax bill. bill.Mr. Mr. Butterworth of Ohio rat ed the ques tion of consideration and the house refused ) eas , 101 ; nas , 14'J to consider the confer ence report Mr. Helmont of New York presented the conference report on the h herles retallator ) bill , annoiincinc disagreement. Mr. Hire ot Missachusetts moved tint the house recede from its amendments to the sen ate bill. Action wa. deferred for a recess. In the evening < -e-sion a larce number of bills were passed authorizing the construc tion ot brluses among them the following : Across the MIssouil river at Kansas Clt ) and ntOmnha. across the Mississippi river at Kcokuk. Adjourned. Cnnuressioiial Probabilities. WAsiitNOTOs1 , March 1. At midnight Senator Allison , chairman of the senate com mittee on appropriations , who was still en- gistd with the other conferees on the sun dry civ 11 bill , said to a reporter of the Asso ciated press that the prospect of celling through the necessary work on the appropria tion bills , and thus of avoiding ttie necessity of a called session , amounted to quite a prob ability. The naval bill would be taken up bv the senate to-morrow and would probaoably be passed and sent tea a conference during the day. The legisla tive and Ideticleuc ) bills had. this evening , reached the senate , and the committee on appropriations , bv continuous wore , might cet them before the senate Wednesdiy night or Thursday In position for action oefore f hursda ) night Probabl ) no attempt would be made to piss the new fortdicatlon bill , that for the last year being sun incomplete , rtie conference report on the sundry civil bill would probably be prepared before the committee adjourned to-night Notwith standing. "ie added , It Is In the power of an ) member of either house to so deli ) matters as to make an extra session po-s.ble. BLOOD IN KANSAS. A County Seat Fiuht Results in Six .Murders. DnxvEn , March L For some months past a very hard feeling has exi'ted b twien the Citizens of Leoti and Coronadd , two -mill towns In Wallace county , Kinsa- , over the location of the county seat Frank Jonness A. M. Barry , George Watkins , Emmett Dcsming , Charles Coulter. 15111 Ilalns and a man named Johnson left Leoti for CoronadiL Upon entering that town In a wagon they tlottced suspicious movements ainonir some of the citizens who were standing on the uaveuient In front of one of the stores. Coulter , Kalns and John son sprang from the waeon and reached for their revolvers No sooner had the men touched the ground than the party in front of the store poured a volley from their six- shooters Into the men. Instantly kill ing Coulter , Kims and Johnson , and woundins Jonness , Harry and Watkins so that recovery is imjiOssible. The wounded men were taken to a hotel and are now befnecared for. Noneof the murderers have vet ben arre-ted and It sceins that no omrer in the county has any desire to attempt the taskAim Aim ENE , Kan. , Mirch I. The Oizette's special from Wallace In regard to the hzht at Coronadii3)5 - A pirty of armed men have started trom here with coffins to bring back , the dead The latest news from the s < ; ene v.asto the effect tint the dead bodies were l > in , ' in the streets and the out laws would not permit any one to touch them. Further developments are expected to-morrow. The man Coulter is re ported to hare had twentv-one bullets put into his body He was a de-uerate character , lhat further trouble will come from the af fair , causing more bloodshei , may be sur mised from the fact that tbe I eoti men re ceived nn express package this morning con taining ? .WO worth of are anus. AXOTHKn STEAMBOAT HOIinoil. .Many People Burned to Death oil the romblcbcc Utvor. Monir.E , Ala. , March 1. The steamer W. II. Gardner , one of the largest boats plvlng on the Tombigbee river from Mobile , was burned this afternoon below Gainesville , Suwter county. Ala. Captain F. b , Stone telegraphs to the 1'egister from Epes , Ala. , that the boat i > n total lo-s with IM bales of cotton. The los of life is very large , as , icl- lovvs ; b. C Bl.lfKMAN. JLLP. IlEJir.f-.r.T and two children , Mns W. T. ItEvtnr.HT and three children. TlIEODOllE IJllMJAJI. . ( i. IUTKcolored. . Jens UKVVXT , steward. H * Mil For.i > . If VYWAF.II Hruso.v. L. LiMii'-f.v. ViniiiL Jovt. ; , AMOS HAJIIS : , and thrc unknown per sons. sons.Mr Mr . Hembsrt w.v > the wife of the clerk and part owner ot the boat , and lived in Mobile. The remaining whites were passengers liv ing in the upper ToinbUbea district No details of th < cause and progress of tl.e lire hav e been rcceiv ed. The Gardner was built live 3 ears ago for the ToiiibUboo trade , blie was owned b ) IS btone , bid C. Coleman anil.T. . Uembcrt , and valued at gJJ.COO. She was fullv insured. The cotton Is in sured In local compinlei forS'-W 00. I'rotecilni : the Chinese. VICTOKIA , B. C. , Man-h 1. The legislature suspended the rules and passed the bill to meet the emergency at Vancouver. The bill virtually sUsjx-nds the city's charter nnd v ests all power In the legislature. Thf gov ernment has assented to the bill. A special force lias been sworn ill and procteds to Vancouver to-morrow armed with batons and revolver- . Three ring leaders have already been arrc-ste < l , and more "will be to-morrow , The Cb nest4 at the time of tne attark were driven Into the waters of theinletandome near ! ) drew ncd. Those left In the citv on 'llmrtday night have since U-en sent'out. . The , : oveniiueiii force will protect all Inter ests and the bill provides for the summary dealing with all offenders occasioned by the outrages on the Chines , A PnriiiluriFailure. . Coi.i unitNeb. . , March -.Special [ Tele- cram to the IlEK. ' George ii. llardell , onu of our leading dealers in unp furniture , and vrto biji been doing a good business , con- leASctl judgment to-da v fur S , u ) in favor of his wife , Mrs. Flora llardell , and closed up the store , .New Vorlc Dry Cootla Market. X > .w YOISK , March L The invisible of dry goods enabled the distribution of large quantities of all clijeof goods. Tl.e demand for Immediate want * was llsht , bul fyr autumn specialties was wtll sustained. COLUMBIANS ALL CUT UP , Cleveland's Nomination of Trotter De * nonnced in No Uncertain Terms. DEMOCRATS JOIN IN THE HOWL , The Appropriation Hills All In anil No .Noe l ofnn l > ttra Ses sion Morrison llcnila the Commission. The Nntntnntlon of Trotter. Asiitvjto.v. March L [ Special Tee ! gram to tlie UKE. ! It has been many vearssineo the citizens of the District ol Columbia have been so wroughf up with In dignation as they are to-nUht over the nornl * nation of J. M. Trotier ( colored ) , ot Massa chusetts to bo recorder of deeds for the lis Irict vice Matthews ( colored ) , of New Yorfy twice rejected by the senate , principally on , the ground ot non-re.Mdenre. During his c.Miip.ilin ; Ju IbM Clevelaml promised tha people here that should he be elected ha would appoint home men to home officeHa has outraged this promise time and aaln , and seems cspeclall ) delighted in hoisting a non-resident Into the otlice of recorder ot deeds , one of the most desirable federal posl' lions In this whole section of the country When the senate first rejected Matthews , the present Imcumbe.ni , and sent the president word that It would not con linn a non-icsl- dent to the office. It was believed a houia man would chosen from the many eminent stekers. It he wanted simply toget a colored man , he could find the most prominent , well- titted and Inthuntlal right here of any place in the country , but he teems to want to "nib It In" on the senate for refusing to confirm Matthews , and has cho-cn another nonresident dent with all the objectionable features o the first nominee. The Her. correspondent has the best authority for predicting Trot * ter's prompt rejection. This evening's Critlo says of tlu-aprolntment : "The executive la evidently determined that , so far as this pao ticular appointment is concerned , Ins own wa ) is to prevail , and the opinion * of these whom the appointment mo-l concerns arc to be utterly Ignored. Had he even adhered to Ills original purpose and reappolntetl Matthews , he would at least have maintained credit for consistency As It Is. the president appears to have concluded that one insult to the District deserves au-ftlier. It Is pissing strange that , with all the knowledge whicbi he must have by this time relative to the par' tlcularly local character of the otUcc of rc corder ot deeds , and the universal sentiment ot our citizens that -hould DC hllcd br ona ot their own number , Cleveland should still I.T < > st In a contemptvotis disresard of tha" popular wish. Now whit ? Trotter will' not be connrmed b ) the senate. He will bo" " reappointed by the president and hold untif the end ot the first session ot the Fiftieth congress. In the meantime the senate wilt next winter refuse to confirm him. The' president will then continue the farce to tha end ot Ills otllcial term by Importing somebody body else to succeed Trotter. It Is a pro- " gramme tnat ma ) well provoke the iudlgna tion of all citizens of the District Irrespective of party , or race , or sox , or previous condt > tton. " The most prominent democratic citizens of the District denounce in unuieasund term the president for making the appointment ? and the cace will undoubtedly assume im tional proportions , as thos ho aru protest- intr.ire men , In most instances , of national reputation. Liwrence Gardner , president of the ColntBi bia democratic club , a > : "I confess tnat A wa * ver > much surprised bv this nomination/ 1 don't undtrstand the reason which influx enceil tht > president , and afar as I have Deem informed there Is no one that does know. 1C it is the nezro the president wants to recos- * nlze vvh > doesn't he nominate a colored dem/ ocratlc resident of the District:1 uchaone ? could le found. AIt l , he is trying to introduce - , troduce the principle of carpet-baggl-m in the District , or rather to perpetuate it here. " J. W. M Johnson s.ivs"It Is an insult to the people of the District of Columbia , ami am glid to see tnat Columbians are going for' him. The Jackson as-octition should meet * and take action against the nomination. " N. D. I.sruerav : "I am di-gusted wlin it. 1 am surf If he had appointed aVash - uigton negro we could not and would not object. " Charles b. M x > re , one of the most inlluen- t.al local democrats. sas : "Some oneaskedf me la-t night v ho Trotter was , and 1 an- sw ered , 'Ho is a i'rotter de-sired by C'leviv lind and damned by ever ) one. ' I had : thought that after Uevelaud had recognlzetf Matthuv\s , nd Matthews had been rejected , he would at last nominate tor the place if resident democrat and redeem the pledga made to the District that a democratic ad ministration would give us home rule. Ir > the innermost councils of the democratic conclave here. In discussing the question o the appointment of Matthews I have never ; heard the auction of color referred to. This is 4 question that goes tw-v end politico or race prejudice. It Is a question that threaten * our material existence. I see the only satisfac tory end now to this matter and that Is local sell government for the District. For my part , I would prefer a republican adminis tration of District atT.iirs by otucer- elected b ) the people than to continue to live under othcers who aru responsible to the people for nothing. " W.Calvin Chase ( colored ) , editor of tha colored people's organ here , says : "l he col ored people are beginning to regird this theory that Matthews was rejected on acj count of his being colored as a farce , and I don't think that it will h.ive an ) practical ef fect at all. If the president wants to appoint a colored man , he can lind plent ) ot colored resident- ttie District who would bo com- t > etent to tilt the place Trotter , in my opin ion , Is not a representative colored man , and at an ) rate , if the enate should reject him , it would not now be regard * ! by his people as being on account of his color. " bcoreof other equally iniluentla men ex > tires ? thi'inselves quite as emphatically , and an indignation mcutln , ; N talked of. The i-eiinte committee on the Ulitrict of Colum bia will hold i sictal meeting tomorrow and the unlver-al pr'Hiletlon Is that Trotter's rejection will bti practically unanlmoita. The democratic senators openly expresa their disgust , and man ) of them declare the/ will vote to reject him. j.i.1 FVTIM. KS-IOV. There is now nu likelllicxxl of an extra set * -loo of congru s. The lioii o couimlttce on aiiproprintlunsbackc-d down from its posltloa on the legislative , executive and judicial bill , virtually accepting the present law ana the meaiute was quickly disposed of. As this wa- > the boue of contention the way Is now clear to complete- thu appropriation bills - I'rtdav noon. J'oor llolinan lisa 'At down upon by everybody , and has txen a inN'rable failure in maintaining the position of the appropriation committee oil the work it has presented , Mhiln Chairman JUudall has tn.ti onlj too glad to run away from the ' preature. DIilITOlXTKU MKMnKlt" . Kach iiiunniif rsaioii brings mere df'-ap- tKiintmeiit to meinbep ) ot the house mem- ( A.Twlio I .tv fondlv hoped that during the pa - > t Mx < t. ) lhev would be able to get their little Ij.lS Uirougii. O.iu b ) one theda ) ! > drop out and ihf > can < lo uothini. It is humorouj and pitliftii' to see thtt eaKfrnesj with whicli n.cwberi s atnl In their places after iiraver ami wait I-T the speaker to get through Ja ) fag Lefure thu house Uie documents aua IH-r.-onal requesU that accumulate upon Ms desk. Fifty bits of paprr rre KounthvU Ju air : hfty members are tagerand Anxiously waiting for the moment when the Fpcakrr' * 6)6 is supposed Jo be abroad In thu house. while occasionally one member more tiucr tlun thu t calls 'Mr vker" rt , , r > too koop. Then they nil &uout 'Mr. hptakerl" "Mr. .Iptaker1 ! The b4aker't | > calm , uteadf voice continues repeating , "also the follow- int. " Sii he h nd another document lotto clerk , who proceeds to read tte title.Vtiea Hie title of the la t docuwi nt it read there are titty excited and tremolin members cranliit : their necks to ratch the H * > - ' ej's ee. There nre nfty "iLurff. " Then Hoi- man holds uu his loni : , lion ) l ; nJ nd criej "Jwtjtmentr1 > lfty r' ti.t-fae : niembet * . with their bills cluttled lu tLe.r