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CONGRESSIONAL


TIE first session of the Forty.ninth Congress
was opened in Washington at twelve o'clock
noon on the 1th. The election in the Senate
for President pro tenn. resulted as follows:
Senator Sherman, the Republican caucue
nominee, received thirty.four votes, and Seu-
ntor Harris, Democrat, twenty-nine. Mr..
S SnG man WAS tn tnn = ~ omio escorted ma to the chair
the Senators for the honor conferred. and eX-
pressed Il sincere desire that he might "be
impartinlity so us to ascertain if possible the
sense Of the majority of the Scrate, and to
give 10 the minority its full constitutional
right and protection. The credentials of Sena-
tors Logan Nll.) and Blair IN. H) wore present.
ed and these gentlemen appeared and took the
oath. Committees were appointed to notify
tives of the organization of the Senate.
Twelve O'Clock noon was fixed as the hour Of
daily meeting, unless otherwise ordered. Mr..
Voorhees, announced the death of Nicc-Presi-
dent Hendricks, and offered resolutions
OF respect to his memory, which resolutions
were laid on the table at MIR. Voorhees, re-
quest. TO be called up at some future day.
An immediate adjournment was ordered out
OF respect to the memory of the late Vice
President. In the House three hundred and
twenty members answered to their names, the
only absentees being Miller. N. y; X. Hen
derson. N: C.; Aiken. S. G.; Craig, Texas, and
CroXton, Va John G. Carlisle Iem.D was re-
elected Speaker, receiving one hundred and
seventy-sevcn votes to one hundred and
thirty;;eight for Thomas b. Reed Rep,,. MIR.
Carlisle returned thanks TO the House for the
honor. thus conferred. and expressed an
esrrest desire to discharge the obligations
resting upon him faithfully and impartiul:y,
and without prejudice to any public interest.
The other Democratic caucus nominees were
then chosen. as follows: John b Clark fMo.)
Clerk; John H. Leedom tO.) Scrvcantaat-
Arms; Samuel Donelson CTcnn.j Doorkeeper,
and Lycurgus Dalton, Postmaster. The death
of the Nice-President having been announced
10y MIR. Holman, the House adjourned.
In the Senate on the 9Th. after the reading
~f AI,n TD,oetj, "a, ,o.,.. LII .-.- ..--
duced: BY Mr.. Hoar, to provide for the dis
charge of Pres Dental duties in case of the
removal or inability of the President and
Vice-Pres;dent also, to establish a uniform
to fix the day for the meeting Of
hees, for the admission Of idaho as u
State; by Mr.. Hawley, to establish an inter-
national copyr.ght; by Mr. lnga'ls, to amend
timbel-cnlture pre- emption and desert.land
acts, and by Mr.. Teller; to aid in the estab-
the message of the President was read. or
dered printed and referred to Committee of
the Whole, after which. out of respect to the
memory Of Congressman EllwOod, OF Illinois,,
the House adjourned.
AMONG the bills introduced in the Senate on
the 9th were the following: By MI. Cullom,
to reimburse the several States for interest
paid on war loans; by Mr.. Wilson, to prohibit
the mailing of newspapers containing lottery
advertisements and prescribing Il penalty for
the violation of the same; by Mr.. Palmer, to
prevent the introduction and diffusion of con-
tagious and infectious diseases; by Mr..
Plumb. to forfeit unenrned lands granted to
the Atlantic and Pacific Railway Company.
Joint resolutions were introduced by
MIR. Blair proposing Woman Suffrage and
Temperance amendments to the Constitution.
Resolutions were introduced and agreed to),
action of S. S. Brown, OF Maine. in asking
money of certain parties for having secured
office for them: by Mr.: Vest, asking for the
correspondence in the Kelley matter; by Mr..
Wilson down,, calling for ali reports hitherto
made by the Government Directors of the
Union Pacitic Railway Company....1n the
y discussion of the revision of the rules, aft
er which the proposed amendments to the
rules were referred to a committee consisting
OF the Speaker, Mcssrs. Randall, Morrison,
iteed and Hiscock. In order to give the COM
mittee time to consider the various PROPOSE
lions referred to it, the House adjourned to
the Eth.
Bills were introduced in the Senate on the
10th: BY Mr.. Platt, to relieves commercial
travellers from license taxes; by Mi. Wilson
tlowa, to protect the interests of the
United States in respect to any membranes
OF property wherein it has an Interest,"; 10y MIR.
George. to establish agricultural experiment
stations in connection with the agricultural
colleges in the several States: by Mr.. Plumb.
TO open to homestead settlement certain
portions OF Indian Territory; to improve the
efficiency of the militia; by Mr.. Van
Wyck TO establish al additional land
district in the State Of Nebraska: by Mr..
CaIl. to repeal all laws and parts of laws pro-
hibiting pensions to wounded soldiers and Of
t:cers without proof of loyalty: by Mr.. Ed
munds. to provide for the establishment of n
postal telegraph; by Mr.. Voorhees,. to repeal
the statute of limitations on the allowance of
pension arrears. A large number of Presi.
dental Eomlnations We're received. Adj
session.