The Delta independent., 1889-12-17
COUNTY COLORADO TUESDAY DECEMBER II 1882
CONGRESSIONAL.
MONDAY. DEC. Q.

MONDAY, DEC. 9.
SENATE-Among numerous bills mtre-
duced and referred were the following:
For the admission Of Idaho and Wyom-
ing into the Union; TO provide temporary
Government for the Territory of Okla
homa.
BY Senator Blair-To restrict the sale
and use Of opium in the District Of ColuA-
bia and in the Territories.
Senator Morgan offered q resolstien,
which was agreed to, instructing the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations to inquire and
report as to the best method Of increasing
trade, commerce and intercourse between
the people Of tho free state Of Congo and
the people Of the United States.
Senator Pierce introduced bill to Gre
ate the ofice Of Surveyor General OF North
Dakota.
Senator Hale, chairman of the Commit
tee on Census, reported favorably the nom
iuation Of Robert P. Porter ~ supertend-
ent Of census.
HoUsE-In the prayer this morning The
chaplain referred to the death Of Je6
Davis, and quoted Lincoln's words: with
malice toward none; with charity for al. !"
A number Of ofresolutions were introduced
and referred, after which the Speaker sur
prised q majority Of the members By the
appointment Of the following committees:
Mr.. Mckinley Of Ohio, Chairman OF the
Ways and Means Committee, MIR. Cannon
Of Illinois, Chairman Of the Appropriations
vania, Chairman of the COMMITTEES On
Manufactures.
The Ways and Means COMMITTEES il -
follows: Mckinley; Burrows, Bayne,
Dingley, McKenna, Payne Of West Vire
ginia, La Toilette, Gear. Carlisle, Mills,
Nc Millen, Breckenridge OF Arkansas, and
Flower.
On Appropriations-Cann Butter
worth, McComas. Henderson Of Iowa,
Peters, Cogswell, Belden; Morrow, Brewer
Breckenridge of Kentucky and Doclety.
On Elections-Powell, Hauk, Cooper,
Haugen, Sherman, Dalzell, Bergen, Green
halge, Comstock, Crisp, O'Ferrell, Outh-
waite, Maigh, Moore Of Texas, and Wike
of Illinois.
vania, Wallace OF Ma.sachussFa, ciunis
and Pennington. refS
The following resolutions were intro
duced and referred:
tee Of nine members to which will be re
ferred all propositions relating 70 arid
lands: for the creation Of committee on
| irrigation, to consist Of eleven members
| for the appointment Of worlds fair CON-
mittee to consist of nine members.
A joint resolution was passed appropri-
ating 500. 600 for printing 1000 copies Of
| the agricultural report for 1859
Adjourned until Wednesday.
TUESDAY. DEC. 10.
SENATg-The Finance COMMITTEES re.
| ported back adversely the bill TO provide
| for the organization Of national banks with
| q less capital than $4,000. The bill was
indefinitely postponed.
The resolution offered yesterday by Tur-
| pie as to trusts, was taken up and Turpie
proceeded to address the Senate upon IT.
| He said trusts were the gigantic sin Of this
age and generation. A trust was Q nus-
| sance, open and notorious, but it could NOT
be grappled with and suppressed a. other
nuisances, and such legislation as was pro
| posed in bills introduced by Sherman and
George, in conjunction with his own prop
| osition, confiscation Of trust goods, should
be enacted and enforced.
| At the close Of Turpie's speech the bill
for celebrating the tooth anniversary OF
the discovery of America by holding an in
ternational exposition in the city of New
YORK, was introduced by Senator Evarts
| and read the first and second times.
The programme for the ceremonies in
the House tomorrow of the hundredth an
| niversary of the first Inauguration OF
George Washington Us President was
adopted. The Senate then proceeded to
executive business, and at Is adjourned
| till to morrow.