The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-12-19
CONGRESSIONAL.
A Resume of the Proceedings
of Congress During the
Past Week.

The Congress of the United States on
Tuesday, December IL, devoted the day to
commemorating the memory of George
Washington our first president The presi-
dent and members of his cabinet gathered in
the presidents room adjoining the marble
room of the senate corridors, while in the
marble room were congregated the members
of the diplomatic corpse and the delegates
to the Pan American and International Ma
rine congresses. The latter apartment was
ablaze with colors, the diplomats
and delegates appearing in all the gor-
geousness of their official costumes
and insignia OF the various orders to which
they belong. The persons in the senate wing
waiting to move to the hall of the house,
formed in line and the procession started
Two staIwart capitol policemen headed the
line, followed by Charles K. Rende acting as
sistant doorkeeper of the senate represent
ing the sergeant-at-a arms in the charge
of the arrangements. Then came Presi-
dent Harrison arm in arm with Secre
tary Blaine, Secretary Proctor and
Attorney General Miller, Secretary Tracy
| and Postmaster General Wanamnker Score
tary Rusk and Private Secretary Hal ord,
AS they passed the supreme court chamber,
| the associate Justices in their robes of office
| took places in the rear, according o date of
appointment. The members o. the senate and
employees followed, headed by Capt. Bassett
| doorkeeper, and Chaplain Butler, Vice Pres-
! dent Morton and Secretary McCook
| Following them were the diplomatic corps
! and delegates to the conferences, led by
Chief Clerk Lee, of the state department,
and Walker Blaine, examiner OF claims
Mr.. Morton assembled to the speaker chair
and assumed the gavel, Mr.. Reed standing
on his left. Alter prayer by Rev. j. q. But,
| les chaplain of the senate, during which
| no stood n attitude.
| the Marine band, stationed in the south
| lobby, broke into the national air of Hail
| Columbia" AS the strain ended, the chief
| Justice was escorted to the clerk s desk by
Senator Hiscock and representative Bayne,
| the chairman of the committee in charge of
the ARRANGEMENTS Chief Jnstice Fuller read
| his Grafton in powerful voice and with a
clear enunciation; and he was listened to
with the greatest attention.
| SENATE
Senator Davis bill creating new district
Of the United States circuit court was read in
| the senate to-day and went to the committee
on judiciary. The bill proposes to divide the
Eighth district, over which Judge Brewer has
presided. and create the Tenth district, to in
clude Minnesota, North Dakota, South Da-
kota and Montana. The terms OF court are
to be held the same as at present, except that
the two terms are provided for in Minneapo-
lis one on the first Monday in February and
one on the second Monday in September.
Senator Butler introduced bill to-day to
provide for the emigration of persons OF col
| or from the Southern states OF the United
States. 1t provides that the head of any
family, or for himself, if not married, may
make application to the nearest United
States commissioner, under oath, setting
forth the fact that he desires to emlgrate to
foreign country for permanent residence
and citizenship and that he is too poor to
! ho of tpor rto ti a Partif.
cate of this statement shall be forwarded by
the commissioner to the quartermaster gen
eral of the army, who shall thereupon fur
nish to said applicant the necessary trans
portations by the cheapest route. For this
purpose the bill appropriates S., 100000.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Butterworth of Ohio rising to a ques
ton of privilege, offered preamble and res
olution, setting forth the fact that the Gin
cnnati Commercial Gazette and other public
Journals had published an exact copy OF 6
certain contract, said to have been entered
into by certain members of the house anC
senate, and that this contract was n basis
for charges OF corruption and fraud in the
matter of the proposed purchase OF certain
ballot boxes, and providing for the appoint
ment of a committee o. five to invertigat'
and report by whom the contract was pre-
paired, and whether the appended signatures
are forged or genuine.
The Southern members have already com
menced their war upon the internal tax. Re
preventative Brewer of North Carolina put il
the first bill of the kind today-rPpealing thu
tax on tobacco-and had it referred to thu
committee on ways and means. The ways
and means committee is not made up in thu
interest OF this movement, the only Southern
mem bers being from the Democratic side o
the house, and they are in favor of reducing
the customs duties instead of internal rev
enue.
SENATE.
Senator Moody has been busy the past few
days preparing bills which he intends to intro
duce He is looking up authors so as to max
his bill for national prohibition in the prohibi
ton states sound in the matter of constitu
tionality. He does not expect it to pass
but he wants to get it before the senate.
| Members of congress were today paid thei
mileage at the rate of ten cents mile eacl
way, which helps some of them out ofthe hol
in which they we're placed by Silcott. tt
those members near the capital the amonn
| is not great but to those "far away" tn
sum each receives is by no means insignif
cant. Minnesota members receive on the av
erage about $500, while those from the TIVE
Dakotas rake in perhaps $340 each, Florida
5000 each, Texas same as Dakotans, CalifOr
, mans 1920 and Oregon $3.50.
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