Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1886-12-09
T Telegrapf.ic.
THE SENATE.

iDclemency of the weather, filled with
spectators, when, at twelve noon, the
second session OF the forty-ninth congress
was opened. The resldlng officer, Mr.
Sherman, laid before the senate several
of the annual reports Of the heads OF de.
partments, which were ordered printed.
Resolutions were adopted fixing the
daily hour of meeting at noon. informing
the house that the senate was ready to
proceed 10 business, and for the appoint
ment OF committee to wait on the pres
dent for like pui pose.
THE HOUSE.
For an hour be ,ore noon today the
floor of the house p. esented an enlivening
appearance. Groul of members, crowd
ed the cloak rooms end blockaded the
'.isles, chatting, ! ughing. exchanging
cOngratulstlon on successes in the recent
elections, or coincidence upon defeat.
The vlctors twitted The vanquished, aud
the vanquished jokingly commisserate !
with the victors upon their failure to
throw off the burdens Of puhltc lite. The
citizeus oi Washington, uudetelred by
the unpropituoue weather, crowded the
galleries, and looked down with intercst
and amusement On the scenes below.
The executive aud diplomatic galleries
were, however, Dicuously empty.
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
The message of the president was an
extremely long document. He depTica,-
| sd the cruel trea'men of the Chinese
and regretted the feeling against this
people 10 the far western states and ter
rito-ies.
Oar relations with the various powers
10 t5an treated at length, and special at
tentlnn directed to our relstlon with Can.
ada and the fisheries question.
1n the matter OF revenue reform, tic
message is extremely fall He reiteIed
his last suggestion to congress that legls-
.aive actlon shouli be taken to relieve
The unnecessary portion OF taxation made
apparent by the fact that the resources Of
the government exceed It's actual needs.
The message is strongly against protec'
ton. 1t recommends the suspension OF
farther coinage of silver dollars, and
mentions the significant increase Of gold
eXpo-tatisn during the last year.
lie commepds the recommendation Of
the secretary Of the interior ard commits
soner Of the general land oEice looking
to toe better protection Of public lands
and the preservation Of national forests,
adjudication Of grants to state and corpo-
ratoas and private land Cliims and
the increased efficiency OF the public
land service TO secure the widest dIstrlt-
uton Of public lands in limited quantities
among settlers of residence aud cultlYatl-
on aud thus make the greatest number
OF individual homes, was The primary o5-
ject CT she public land legislation IN the
early days OF the republic.
PITrsBURG, Pa. Dec. S-Cap.. James
3. Eads, the celebrated American engl
neer, states that the gentlemen inter-
ested in the scheme TO shorten the dis
tapce between the Atlantic aud Pacific
coast Of North America, by means of
ship railway across the lsthmls
of Panama, had decided to abandon
the acceptance OF government aid,
lrammeled by governmental restrictions
The company has decided 10 form pri-
vate corporation. For means TO carry
the immense enterprise 20 snccessful
termination, an appeal for financial aid
will be made to all the great money cen
,ers Of the world. The ship railway CON-
pany Will be International IN Its scope
and International il its membership. ut
the coming sesslol of congress that body
Will be asked to charter the new orgauiz
alton, when the process of sec uriug mon
ey VIII be pushed with energy.
WAsH1NGToN, Dee. S.-I. {. McMauima
and Major Mcclure, of Pierre, Dakota
who spent the greater part OF last ses sion
here advocating the passage of the Sioux
reservation bill, are again here. They
assert that the q auCss of the bin are
good. Especial order s.ill holds good"
said EMr. Mcclure today, "aud we ex-
pect to pass the bill as soon as 1T can be
reached. First IN order is Dawes Indian
severaliy bill that will not take long to
dispose of. OF course this is a short ses-
sion, aud everything will be crowded to
the: front" Chairman Weloorn, of the
Indian committee, said today. "We pro-
pose to bead az our energies to the pass
age of the Sioux reservation bill and will
push that Il We do nothing else
san FRANCISCO, Dec. S-All the fevsr-
tie mining stock took fearful down.
ward plunge this morning. Consohdaied
V. which sold yesterday to Sos, opened
this morning at SO so, ard quickly
after went to $50. Tie break has created
widespread CONSERVATION. The only as
sumption is that holders having eorralled
all the shorts are now letting the