Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-12-16
CONGRESSIONAL.
MONDAY, Dec. 6.

tbLOTs WHth db NOON Inb second SeS-
sion of the forty ninth congress was
opened. In his prayer the Chaplain Rev.
j. G.. Butler, feeliAgly alluded to the
mourning drapery with which the cham
Der was hung in memory of Senator
Pike of New Hampshire. The presid-
ing officer, Sherman, la dbefore the
senate several annual reports of the heads
of departments which were ordered print
ed. Several bills were introduced and
referred, among them the following
Sen. Allison, to authorize the constrnc-
ton of a bridge across the Missouri river.
Sen. EYarts, to authorize the construction
OF bridge across East river, New York.
A recess was then taken for ten minutes.
The recess was extended to 2 O'Clock,
at which hour Senator Edmunds reported
that the joint committee of the two
houses had waited on the president and
that the president had asked the commit
tee to coDgrat ulate the senate and house
on their safe return to the capitol, and to
say that he would communicate with
them in writing. Immediately thereupon
his message was received and its reading
begun. When the senate reassembled
Senator Blair announced the death of his
late colleague, Sen. Pike, and moved as a
mark of respect to his memory that the
senate adjourn. The motion was agreed
to and at $3.50 p. M, the senate adj
jOurned.
Hotse-For an hour before noon
to-day the floor of the house pre-
sented an exciting appearance. Groups
of members crowded the clerks
rooms and blockadcd the aisles chatting,
laughing and exchanging congratulations
of success in their recent elections or
coincidence upon defeat. Victors twitted
the vanquished, and the vanquished
jokingly commise rated with the victOrs
upon their failure to throw off public life.
Ata precisely twelve o'clock, Speaker
Carlisle raped the house to order, and
the chaplain delivered a prayer in which
he feelingly referred TO the deaths of rep
resentatives Beach and Arnold, and in
voked the divine supervision over the pro-
ceedings of the congress. The clerk then
proceeded to call the roll, when 24l mem
bers responded to their names On
motion of Mr.. Morrison, resolu-
tion was adopted directing the clerk to
inform the senate that the house was
ready to proceed to business. On
motion of Mr.. Reagan, a resolution
was adopted for the appointment of a
committee of three members to Join 81
similar committee appointed by the sen
ate 20 wait upon the president and inform
him that congress was ready to receive
any communication he might desire to
make. At l2:40 a recess for thirty min
utes was taken, after which further re
cess was taken until two O'Clock
Upon the reassembling of the house
the committee appointed to wait upon
the president announced that it had per.
formed its duty, and that the president
would communicate in writing further
The presidents annual message was then
presented to the house and was imme-
diately read by the clerk. The
document was then ordered printed and
referred to the committee Of the whole.
Mr.. Hewitt, of New York, announced to
the house the death of the late congress
men from New York, Lewis Beach and
John Arnot, Jr. and a similar duty was
performed by Mr.. Caswell, of Wisconsin,
who announced the death of his colleague
", L. Price. A committee, consisting of
Messrs. Guenther, Morrill,, Frederick
Taulber, Osborne, Hudd and LaFollette
was appointed to attend Prices funeral
and then as mark of respect TO the
memory of tho deceased representatives,
the house adjourned.
TUESDAY Dec. 7.
Senate In the senate the credentials
of Senator Cheney, OF New Hampshire
appointed to ill temporily, the vacancy
caused by the death of Sen. Pike We're
presented by Sen. Blair and the oath Of
Office administered. Sen. Beck introduc
ed bill to provide for the retirement of
United States legal tender and national
bank notes OF small denominations and
for Ike issue of cein certificates. The
committee on finance through Sen. Van
Wyck introduced a bill to exempt from
duty imported sugar ard molasses, also
imported boards, lumber and timber.
Same referred. Sen, DAVIS offered the
following resolution which was also laid
over and ordered printed: Resolved
that the committee on finance be in
structed to inquire and report as soon as
practicable what spacifc reduction can be
made in customs, duties and internal
taxes, which will in their judgement re-
duced the receipts to the necessary and
economical expenditures OF the govern
ment, without impairing the prosperity
and development of home industries or
the compensating of home labor" A
message from the house announcing the
death of Price, of Wisconsin, was taken
up, and q resolution of coincidence offer
ed by Sen. Spooner, was adopted. Sen.
Henderson and Blackburn were appoint
ed committee to attend the funeral.
A like n sssage from the house announc-
ing the deaths, during the recess, of
Beach and Arnot also taken up, and
on motion of Sen. Miller. an adjourn
ment was taken at two O'Clock out of re-
spect to the three deceased representa-
tiyes,
! House After the reading of the journ-
) al the states were called for the introduc-
tion Of bills and resolutions, when the
following were introduced and referred:
Mr.. Adams tIll) to change the law in re-
lation to the amount of United States
bonds to be kept on deposit by the ma
tional banks as security for their circulat-
ing notes BY Mr.. Lyman, (Ia.) author
izing the construction of bridge be
tween Council Bluffs and Omaha. BY Mr.
Parker, IN. " to amend the oleomarg
Rrine bill. Referred to the committee on
agriculture, Mr. Bragg, on behalf of the