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UNITED STATES CONGRESS-.


'Shht
: Mr.. Bogy (Dem.), Of Miesouri, submitted a
motion to change the name Of the Territory OF
pembina TO Huron. Agreed to. Tho till wac
then Rad q third time and passed..
Mr.. Window (Rep.(, Of MiDncsota. sent to
the clerks desk and had read Il letter from the
commissioner OF pensions to the effec! that The
annual pension roll was S25, 996 1921 CO, repre-
sent;ng the pensions for one year. The amount
paid out was S2s 35l, $50 69-nearIy -, 500, COO
Of which were paid out TO, arrears OH pensions
neTly adjudicated cases, and On Z. count of
CAGES previously suspended for Gauss. Other
sums were paid for pension agents, expenses,
medical examinations. etc.
Mr.. Logan (Rep.), Of Illinois, inquired OF
the chairman OF tho committee on finance
whether there WAS any probability Ct an carly
report from that committee On tho bill to pre-
vide for the issue OF silver coin and to maka
the silver dollar a legal ten3er. He eaid the
House had tfken action On o similar bill, aid
it was important that the Ssns.e should act
soon.
The Chair appointed as the special commit
tee OF the Senate authorized by the recent
resolution of Mr.. Eduunds, to Govi,e means
for the PROF. or count OF the vote fer resident
and Vico President, in connection with u simi-
lar coulmittte Of the House, Messrs. L :munds,
Nor on, Frelinghuy ,eu, Logan, Thurman,
Daysrd and Ransom.
The Speaker announced the following COM
mittccs:
To ascertain and report what are the privi-
lcgcs, powers and duties of the House i'll count
ing votes for President and Ficc-Prcsldcnt-
McssrS. Knott (Dcm.), of Kentucky, Sparks
DEM, of Illinois, Tucker CDem.( }, Of Virginia,
Marsh lDcm.). Of Pennsylvania, Burchard
0icp.), of Illinois, Seclyc CRcp.). of Massachu-
sets. and Monroe Q'cp.), of Ohio.
On counting the electoral votes, to meet a
like committee on the part of the Senate
McsSrs. Payne CDcm.), Of Ohio, lIunton Dem,
of Virginia. Hewitt (Dcln.). of New York,
Springer (Dcm.), Of Illinois, McCrary (lsep.). of
Iowa. Hour (l;cp.). of Massachusetts,. and VIII
lard (l;cp.), of Michigan.
House.
Mr.. Lyndo Dem }, OF WISCONSIN, from the
Judiciary committee, made a report on the
subject Of requiring tho production Of tc'e-
grams before committees Ct the House, and
tho House by a vote OF 122 to 81 pCes d roso-
il.ions affirming its r 1t ID order tic lraduc-
ion oi kilograms, and declaring that = rcfusal
would be \ cAuso for cont, MT. M. Hewitt
(Dcul.), of New York, SAID his priva' . letters
hid bison Opcrei i'll tho N2w York usst-ohice
during tic campaign. TEo charge c:eatcd T.
zen .siion. NJ. Pa t (Rep.), cfrcr+d - rcsolu-
ton for an Invest CATION, but oil :ct!oA WAS
mado snd TIC m2'tor went over.
Iho speaker Lalu L.EG nc Hau III iHAioH
that thcro vac a geEtlcmsn in Wasti!ttoH WHO
Was the bearer to tho people OF this C 'Intry OF
a communication from the Irish nA'i III, COLI
sra!ula.ing tho A:pcrican people iii This their
centennial yesr. The matter wasre!erred to
tic committee OF foreign ufairt.
a discussion a.oso on tho resolution OF hlr.
Knott (Dem.), OF Kentucky, directing the
Spoaker to Issue a warrant fer tho arrest and
hi, g;ng to tho bar Of tho House without de-
lay If Z. ". Barres, to answer for a contempt
o. tho authority Of the House and 3 b escli OF
lis privileges, in refusing to pr duce tue tele-
graphic dispatch es, that he may DO dealt with
as the law II, dsr the facts may reqnir". Tho
resclu ion WAS adopted.
The House ordered an invest CATION OF MIR.
Hewitt's charges against the Nov York post
Off % Of OF ening his letters during tho cam
pHIgn.
The following preamble and resolution was
adopted relative to the Oregon election case:
Whereas, 1t is alleged that the governor OF
Oregon has issued n certificate Of election to one
i. A. Cronin as one Of the electors Of said
State, instead of issuing such certificate to one
j. w. Watts, alleging that said Watts was incli-
giblc to the said Office of clector on Nov. I, the
time of such election therefore,
ResOlred, That the committee on privileges
AID elections be instructed to inquire into the
eligibility Of said ]. W. Watts, and investigate