Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-12-14
BY WIRE TODAY.
Dakota Loomed up this Morn
ing 10 the United States
Senate.
Unusual Interest in Wall
Deals Follows the Van
derbilt Will.
FrIghtful Gas Explosion in a Penn
syIvania Mine Containing a
Hundred Men.
CONGRESSIONAL.



Washington, Dec. 1.-the clair laid
before the senate a joint resolution of
the legislative committee urging con-
grosz to pass without unnecessary de-
lay a bill to provide for the presidential
count.
The chair also laid before the senate a
memorial from the state executive com.
mittee appointed by the constitutional
committee of the territory of Dakota,
praying for the admission of south
ern Dakota as a state of the union and
transmitting a draft of the constitution
for the approval of congress.
Mr.. Harrison said they only awaited
the receipt of the memorial in order to
introduce the bill providing for the ad
mission OF the territory named and
would introduce SUCH at the earliest op.
portunity.s
MIR. Hoar from the committee on priv
ivileges and election reported favorably
on the original bill providing for
the performance of the duties
of president in case of
the death, resignation or inability of both
the president and vice president. He
said substantially that 1t was the same
bill that had been acted on last year by
the senate, and gave notice that he
would call it up tomorrow for consid-
GRAFTON. Mr. Ednunds expressed the
hope that its consideration might be de-
layed for q day in order that he might
have an opportunity to attach as an
amendment the bill already introduced
by HIM regulating the count of the presi.
dental vote.
Mr.. Hoar was willing that the bill
should lie over one day, when he should
tomorrow have submitted some remarks
on the subject matter. The bill was
satisfactory to MIR. Edmunds and it was
placed or the c~alendar.s
HOUSE.
Washington, Dec. l4-Mr. Morrison, of
Illinois, from the committee on rules,
submitted the report of that committee
on the proposed revision of the rules.
1t was ordered printed and laid over
until tomorrow.
Permission being given, Mr.. Randall,
Of Pennsylvania, submitted q minority
report.
Mr.. Weaver, Of Iowa, offered q resolu.
ton providing for the call of states to.
day for the introduction oftbilIs. Con.
siderable antagonism was made TO this
proposition.
Mr. HAMMOND of Georgia, and Mr.. Nc.
MILAN, of Tennessee, asserted that the
introduction of bills before the house
had determined on the jurisdiction OF
the various committees, would lead
to great confusion.
Mr.. Springer, of Illinois, took the
same view of the matter and pointed out
the various sections IN the proposed
new code which would be violated if
the resolutions were adopted.
Mr.. Weaver saw no weighty obiec-
tions raised to his resolution because it
was proposed to refer bills to their
appropriate committees when appointed.
Further discussion WAS CUT short by a
motion to adjourn, which at 1895 was
carried.
The resolution offered by Mr.. Nor
gan was agreed to requestioning the pres
ldent, If not incompatible with the pub
lie interests, to communicate to the
senate o report OF the actual instrument
al survey of the line for a ship railway
across the lsthmus of ~Tehuantepec, aud
of any canal or canals designed to con-
meet such q ship railway with the gulf
OF MEXICO or the Pacific ocean.
On motion of Mr.. Allison it was re-
solved that until the expiration of the
fotty-ninth congress the committee.
on appropriation shall consist of ten
members and the chair appointed MI.
Logan as an additional member. Mr..
Sewall, at his own request, was relieved
of the craftsmanship of the committee on
military affairs, and Mi. Logan. by the
chair, was appointed to that position.
Mr.. Henderson, at bis own request,
was relieved from the service on the
committee on military affairs.
MIR. Thurman was, at his own requ est,
relieved from service on the committee
or privileges and elections.
MIR. Tewall was appointed chairman of
{ he committee on library and q member
of the committee on privileges and cleo
tion.
Mr., Hoar, from the committee on ju-
dietary, reported tavorably on the bill
fixing the salary of United States
district judges at $4,000, and the bill
was placed IN the calendar.
Senate adjourned until 2:25.
Accidental Shooting,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Dec. IA Sec
ton hand named John Perring, of Lis.
bon, while hunting yesterday was shot