The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-12-11
THE SENATE AND HOUSE.
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS AND WHAT
THEY ARE DOING.

proce edincs of the Senate and House OF
Representatives - Important Measures
DISCUSSED and Acted On = Gist OF the
business. ,
The Fifty-hrst Congress met on the I'd inst,
the House being called to order by Gen. Clark,
OF Missouri, Clerk OF the last House. who inn
mediately proceeded TO read the roll-calI OF MEM
bers-elect. The roll-call showed the Presence
OF 327 members the three absentees being
O'Neall, of Indiana; Randall, OF Pennsylvania;
and Whitthorne, Of Tennessee. For speaker
Mr.. Reed was placed in nomlnation by Mr..
McCreary, OF Kentucky. The vote re-
suited For Reed, 166; for Carlisle, l54;
scattering, 1, whereupon Mr.; Reed was declared
elected and took his seat. The nominees OF the
Republican caucus fox tho minor Offices OF the
House, except the candidate for Chaplain, were
then elected as follows: Edward MCPHERSON, OF
Pennsylvania, Clerk. ex- Representative Adoni-
ram j. Holmes, of Iowa, Sergcantat-
arms; Charles w. Adams, OF Maryland.
sofa, Postmaster. For Chaplain, on the
second ballot Milburn the Chaplain OF the last
House was elected. The Speaker then author
lied the appointment OF committee on rules
and n committee to notify the President that
Ne House WAS organized. The members
hen drew for seats. The organization OF
quiet and orderly way The new sena-
tors from Washington and South Da-
kota were escorted amid applause TO Vice
President Morton's chair and sworn in from the
Republican side. Senators Ednunds and Har-
ris were appointed a committee to join q COM
Inittee OF the House To wait OH the President 10
inform him that Congress was ready TO receive
any communication he might have TO make.
select committee on the transportation and sale
OF meat products was ordered.
IL the Senate on the Sd inst. a message from
the House was presented announcing the orga-
nization OF that body. Thereupon a message
from the President was announced. The mes
sage received, and the Secretary Of the Sem
ate Mr.. McCOok, proceeded TO read IL. The
reading OF the message was concluded at 30,
having taken ali hour and twenty-five minutes.
On motion OF Mr.. Sherman 10 was laid on tho
table and ordered printed. In the House
Mr.. Pruden, one OF the Presidents
lRries delivered the message from the Presi-
dent which Immediately read by the clerk.
The reading OF the m sage consumed nearly
two hours Iho message vas ordered printed
and referred 10 the committee Of tho whole.
Under authority given by the last sundry civil
appropriation bill the Speaker appoilt--
ed Messrs Bayne, Hit, Carter Culberson Of
Texas, and Cummings as committee on the.
centennial celebration. The first appointment
OF employees OF the House was that OF Charles S.
Martin, OF Kansas TO be a reading clerk.
IN the Senate on the 4th inst. the credentials.
of Messrs. Pierce and Casey, as Senator'S from
the tate of North Dakota, were presented,
read, and placed on file, and then the two Sena-
tors took the oath OF office. On drawing by lot
10 ascertain the terms 10 which the Senator's
from the new States belonged, Mr.. Squires, OF
Washington, was assigned 10 The class Of SEN
Mr.. Allen TO the class expiring March 3,
1898. OF the South Dakota senators Mr.. Moodys
term expires March 3, 1891 and Mr.. Pettigrew's
March g. 1895 and of the North Dakota sem
ntors Mr.. Pierces term expires March 3, 1891,
and Mr.. Casey's March ., 1898 The first bin in
troduced in the Fifty-frst Congress was offered
by Senator Sherman. 1t provides for the regu-
lation and prevention OF trusts. The second
was also by Mr.. Sherman, and provides for a
new election law for the election OF congress-
men,. 1t is similar in nature 10 that on the
subject offered by him in the last Congress.
Over five hundred other bills were introduced,
and the Senate then went into executive ses-
sion, and shortly aferward adjourned. The
House was not in session.
II the Senate on the 5th inst, among the nu-
merous memorials and petitions presented was
one signed by II. Z. Webster, asking that the
national title be changed to that of -The United
States of Columbia" Mr.. Voorhees, offered
long preamble aid resolution in reference to
tariff taxation, which he asked TO have laid upon
the table for the present. The Vice President
having informed the Senate that he would be
absent from the city two or three days next
week Mr.. Ingalls, was elected as President pro
tempore during the absence OF the Vice
President. Senator Ingalls, introduced bill
10 aid and secure the commemoratiou OF tie
four hundredth anniversary Of the discover of
America. The bill provides TIA 1t the President
shall appoint, by and with the consent of the
Senate, Il commission OF two members from
each State OF different political Affiliations two
from the District OF Columbia, and one from
each OF che Territories The President is au-
thorized TO extend an invitation to all the
American nations and States inviting them to
unite in celebrating the anniversary. Should
Italy Spain, other European powers desire
TO join in the celebration they shall be invited.
The commission shall secure II site in Washing
ton by purchase or otherwise of an area OF not
less than three hundred acres OF ground.
The President shall apportion the land for the
buildings of the various countries, each one to
select its own style of architecture. The appro-
priations as follows For the purchase Of
ground. -, 0O0, 900; for grading and clearing,
Al 500,000 for buildings Of the United States,
$500 00J for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 81, OO0 900 total
SS 600. In the House the Speaker appointed
the following committees On Rules - The
Speaker, and Messrs. Mckinley, Cannon, Car
isle, and Randall On Accounts-Messrs. Spoon
or, Boothman, Kelly of Kansas McCord Hans
brough, Hayes, Grimes, Lee, aud Kerr of Penn
sylyania. On Enrolled Bills-Messrs. Kennedy,
Townsend of Pennsylvania, Moore of New
Hampshire, Kilgore, and Williams.