The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-12-06
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

SENATE
Washington, Dec. 5.-Davis formally
convened the chamber at noon, and
Senator Window qualified.
Resolutions for committees Of notiH-
cation to the house Of representatives
and to the president, informing them Of
the organization Of senate were adopt
ed.
A large number of bills were intro
drced. Among them were the follow
ing:
BY Garland. for the appointment Of a
commission to investigate the questions
Of tariff and revenue laws.
BY Beck, for retiring trade dollars
and recoining them into standard silver
dollars.
By Miller, (Csla-) to enforce the
treaty stipulations relative to the
Chinese.
BY Conger, to prorAote the efficiency
Of the life saving service.
BY Window, to incorporate the Gar
field memorial hospital.
By Logan, to place Gen. u. s. Grant
upon the retired list of the army.
A recess was taken until 2:S0 p. m. to
await the notification of organization Of
the house.
Among other petitions introduced
and temporarily laid on the table were
a number against unjust discrimina-
tions in railroad rates, and to forbid al
legged extortions in freight and trans
portation charges.
By Logan, from army officers, for the
compulsory retirement of all officers
after As years service.
Ferry submitted resolution instruct
ing the committee on patents to con-
slider and report, by bill or otherwise,
such legislation as shall effectually pro-
tect::all innocent purchasers or users Of
any patent article, from the payment
or obligation to payment, of any roy
atty for such purchase or use, on any
patented articles abandoned to public
or general use, by the inventor or
patentee thereof, and from the payment
Of any royalty for such purchase Of any
patented article whatever, unless the
claim therefor shall formally be made
or presented by the inventor or patentee
to the purchaser, or the user of the
same, within two years after such pur-
chase or first use of the device or arti-
Gle claimed to have been patented.
Ferry asked present confederation ON
the same but the resolution was laid
over ono day under the rules.
Edmunds moved to continue the
present committees.
Pugh moved an amendment, author
izing the president of the senate to do
eide whether the committees shall be
equally or otherwise divided between
the two political parties. Laid over.
Adjourned.
Washington, Dec. 5.-The assembling
Of the regular session of the Forty
seventh congress drew q vast number
Of visitors. Keifer stood for short
time behind the desks, and was warmly
by his colleagues.
At noon Clerk Adams called the body
to order. and announced the opening Of
the session. The roll call showed 900
present; the absentees
being Morey, Scales, Mills and Deuster.
4 Nominations for speaker being in or
der, Keifer was placed in nomination
BY Robeson; Randall by House, and
Ford by Murch.
Burrows, Of Michigan, Holman, Nc
Cook and Ladd were appointed tellers.
The roll call showed the whole num-
Der of votes to be 285; necessary for
choice 143; for Keifer 14s, Randall 129,
Ford 8. Those voting for Ford were
Bruner, Burrows Of Missouri, Hazel
tine, Jones Of Texas, Ladd, Mosgrove,
March, and Rice Of Missouri. None
Of the candidates voted. Fulkerson
and Paul, Virginia readjusters, voted
for Keller.
Keifer was escorted to the speakers
chair by Randall and Hiscock, and
took the oath, which was administered
by Kelly, OF Pennsylvania.
When the swearing in Of member be-
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