Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-12-12
THE WORLD At LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News
CONGRESSIONAL.

Summary Of the Daily News.
CONGRESSIONAL.
THE dfty-fifst Congress met at noon or
December 2. When the Senate assembled
the Senators from the new States of North
and South Dakota and Washington were
sworn in and assigned seats. Several unim
portant routine matters were disposed OF
and the Senate adjourned. At noon the
House was called to order by Clerk Clark
The roll call showed 327 members present
Mr.. Reed, of Maine, the Republican caucus
nominee, was elected Speaker by q vote OF
166 to l54 for Mr.. Carlisle, the Democratic
nominee. Mr.. Henderson QlL) offered a
resolution for the election of Edward
MCPHERSON, as clerk; A. J. Holmes
as sergeant att arms; C. A. Adams
as doorkeeper; James L. Wheat. as
as chaplain of the House. The resolution
was adopted except as to Mr.. Ramsdell for
chaplain, Rev. W.. H. Milburn, the present
chaplain, being reelected by a vote of 15S to
the Democrats. Afterthe members had drawn
SEATS andthe new officers qualified, a commit
tee was appointed to wait on the President
and the House adjourned.
THE Senate transacted no business on the
Sd. Soon after assembling the Presidents
message was received and read and the Sen
ate adtOurned.--.The House met and after
the reading of the Presidents message the
Sundry Cfyn Appropriated bill, appointed
0essrs. Bayne, Hit, Carter, Culberson
(TeKas) and Cummings, q committee on
the centennial celebration. Adjourned until
Thursday.
THE Senate on the 9Th, after assigning new
Senators from the States OF North Dakota,
South Dakota and Washington to their re-
spective classes, by lot. proceeded to regular
business and many bills and resolutions
were introduced. On motion of Senator
HOar the select committee on relations with
Canada was continued for the present ses-
sion. The Senate then proceeded to execu-
tive business and soon adjourned. The
House was not in session.
IN the Senate on the 5th among the bills
and resolutions introduced was one by Sen
ator Voorhees, in reference to tariff taxation,
which provides for the collection of suf-
ficient amount of revenue to pay the eX
penses of the Government; for the taxation
of all articles of luxury at high rate and
reducing the tax on the necessaries of life,
and for the curtailment and overthrow
far as possible of all monopolies by enlarg
ing the free list. The Senate then adjourned
until Monday. In the House a commun-
cation was read from H. p. Leedom, late
sergeant at arms announcing that his late
cashier had absconded with a large sum of
money and asking for a committee to in
vesdgate his (Leedoms) accounts, and a
committee was appointed with full powers
to act. The House adjourned until Monday.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
The National Wool Growers Asso-
citation met in Washington on the I'd.
TIL, public debt statement showed
decrease during the month Of Novem-
Der of 81 1868, 672.
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY TRACY
denies positively the current report
that the new naval cruisers are ex-
travagant coal consumers.
ASSIST GENER A r
SHIELDS, of the Interior Department,
has decided that the act admitting the
new States does not repeal all the pre-
emption laws, but only that of 1s41.
THE President has sent to the Sem
ate as nominations large number of
recess appointments.
SECRETARY NOBLE has left Wash
iISton for his home in st. Louis on
private business.
CONGRESSMAN BUTTERWORTH is
preparing a general anti-adulteration
bill, which will require that all articles
made in imitation of well known
articles be branded plainly.
SECRETARY WINDOW on the 9Th re-
:eived from four banks offers to sur
render 81, 800 900 bonds. All of them
were accepted.
SILcoTT, cashier of Sergeant-at-Arms
Leedom, of the House of Representa-
tives, has disappeared with S75, 900,
money due Congressman and others on
salaries, etc. Leedom was under bond
to make good his cashiers defalcations
THE New York Posts Washington
special says: 1.-The President expects
to be able to make a practical re-
organization of the Supreme Court
within about eighteen months. justices
Miller, Field and Bradley have signi-
fed their intention to retire within that
time"
i THE EAST.
THE bokery of Gustav Gross, on the
corner of Second and Huntingdon
streets, Philadelphia, was destroyed by
fire the other morning. Gross escaped,
>. dressed, but his wife and four
children were burned to death.
The MellOr & Rittenhouse Company,
manufacturers of drugs and chemicals,
Philadelphia, has assigned. An officer
estimated that the liabilities would
reach $4,000
THE jurors III the United States Court
in Baltimore have found one of the Ma