Coneebence reports on the bill for
j public buildings at Stn Franeisco, Mil
waukee, and Omaha were agreed to. In
the San Francisco bill the cost of the site
is limited (o SBOO,OOO, in the Milwaukee
bill to $400,000, and in the Omaha bill to
$400,000 and appropriating $600,000 for
purchase of the sites and commencement
of the buildings.
Washington, D. C.—A majority of
the Ford committee on contract labor,
deciib and that a $5 tax shall b“ imposed
upon immigrants. Chairman Ford pro
posed an additional section to the bill,
which had been prepared, to give effect
to the views of the committee and con
templates the exclusion of aliens who do
not intend to become citizens. This met
with some opposition and was resolved
into the present proposi'ion to the house
as an independent movement.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Tuesday Jan. 15.
House. Mr. Springer, of 111., call
ed op as a speuidl order the senate
bill fur the admission of South Dakota
and the organization of the territory of
North I akota. The bill having been read
iu full, Mr. Springer took the floor in ex
planation'of the measure and in the advo
oaey of the substitute (the omnibus bill)
which he proposed to offer at the proper
time. He premised his remarks with
the statement that ho would endeavor
to secure a vote today. He
sketched briefly the action of the consti
tutional convention held iu Dakota Sept.
