The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-16

ter. Nominations for Speaker being in order.
Keller was put IN non FH1d NJ ~ Rr
rows Of Michigan. Holman, McCook ana
Laid were appointed tellers: The roll was
called and the result was az follows: whole
humber of votes, 2S5; necessary for choice.
la. For Keifer lis, Randall l2s, Ford 8. None
of the candidates voted. Those voting for
Ford were: Brennan, Burrows OF Michigan,
Wisconsin. Grave and Murch of Missouri.
Fulkerson and Paul of Virginia, Read1usters.
voted for Keifer. The result having been an.
nouncea Aeher was G 70 s snG fpor shs
oath of Office. which was administered by
Kelley of Pennsylvania, as the oldest member
in point of service. The swearing In OF mem mem.
to several, who were compelled to stand
aside, but except in the cases of Chalmers of
Mississippi and Dibble of South Carolina, the
T TSe otSer T Republican caucus nominees
were then duly elected and the House was
declared duly organized After appoint1ng
the usual committee 70 wait upon She rresi-
dent the House adjourned.
THE Presidents Message was delivered
to Congress on the 9Th. Among the bills in.
troduced in the Senate were two for admis-
sion of Dakota as State. Senator
Davis, vacating the chair in favor Mr..
regard to his position as President
pro tenn. The occasion was the calling up by
Mr. EdmInds Of his resolution providing for
In the course Of his remarks Mr.. Davis said:
Last spring I took occasion to state
s Ss si Tsas0 so sustain wi ese existing
ization of the Senate. Although cir
cumstances have materially changed since
,,nfov.i1v ooSy1vnnd has not been altered !:
hence 1 adhere to that declaration, always
reserving to myself the right OF rejecting an
offensive candidate" This expression OF Mr:
the next two years the status OF the
Senate officers, unless death should make q
change, giving the Republican party posi-.
were devoid of interest, the drawing of seats
occupying the greater part of the session.
The House adjourned till Friday.
On the 7th, Senators Sherman, Pendleton,
Davies, Lapham, Bayard and Morgan were
appointed joint committee for the prepare
ton of memorial upon the death of the late
President Garfield. Bills were introduced
and referred: For the admission OF New
companies for transporting mails; establish
ing q Department of Agriculture and Com
merce; making trade dollars legal tender for
all debts except where otherwlse stipuiateo.
clared in order, but that gentleman declined
to speak, and the Senate adjourned.
SENATOR MORRILL, addressed the Senate,
on the sth, upon the Tariff Commission bill.
He said our nearest approaches to free trade
had been seasons of national disaster. as were
the wears 1888, Al and 81, and the further we
had receded from free trade the better had
labor Jared and the greater had been the ma
terial and educational advancement of the
country. At the conclusion of his remarks,
Mr. Morrill, moved reference of the subject
to the Committee on Finance, but at the sug-
gesti9n OF Mr. Garland, who desired sir 70 be
The latter temporarily yielded the floor for
some general business, and the subject was
formally passed over for the present. The
President pro tenn. submitted response by the
Secretary of the Interior to the Senate reso.
luton, transmitting a list of the names of
officers, clerks and other employees on the
Of appointment and grade of Office, each State
to which charged. and indicating who served
in the Union and who in the Confederate
armies. Tabled and ordered printed. Among
bills introduced and referred were the follow
ing: by Mr.Vest-Fora bridge across the Mis-
sissippi River at the most acceptable point
from five to eight miles above st. Louis; by
Mr. Ingal!s-For the sale OF LANDS OF them the MI
For the disposition Of the Fort
Larned military reservation; by Mr..
Cockregying to every 81. soldier nio or se sailor
during rebellion and was honorably dis
charged, or to his widow and minor children.
100 acres of public land. The bill granting
Mrs. Garfield the franking privilege passed,
being the first bill of the session to pass the
Senate. Pending a motion for adjournment,
President pro TEN. Davis called the attention
of the Senate to the fact that ''the 5th of De.
cember, the day on which Congress convened,
was the f1ftieth anniversary of the day
when Isaac Bassett, the much. esteemed
Doorkeeper of the Senate, became
connected with this body. Half q century
ago he entered our service as page, through
the influence of Daniel Webster, In all the
to disturb him. Surely no higher tribute
could be paid to his fidelity and to his integ.
rity than that he had been so long and so sat.
isfactorily identified with the history of the
Senate am sure the sentiment on all sides
is cordially expressed when wish him health
and happiness in the name of the Senate OF
the United States" Adjourned until Monday.