Dodge City times., 1889-12-12
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.

IL now appears ABOUT settleu tn8t places
will be held on committees by Kansas rep
resentatives as follows: Perkins will be
chairman of committee on Indian affairs,
Morrill, will be chairman of Invalid pensions
committee and Funston is altogether likely
to be chairman of the committee of agri-
culture. In all probability Perkins will
also be member of the committee on the
District of Columbia. General Kelley wants
to be on the contested election committee,
and it is likely that he will be SO placed.
Turner will be on the public lands commit
tee. Peters, unless he can get something
better, will be given an opportunity to help
consider postoffices and post roads. Ander-
son would be pleased to give his services to
the committee on appropriations, but he
has been 80 actively unfriendly in the past
to Speaker Reed that the latter will hardly
60 out of his way to serve MIR. Anders n.
Senator Plumb will be chairman of the
committee on public lands In the senate,
and also member of the committee on ap-
preparations. Senator Ingalls, will be chair.
man of the committee on the District OF
Columbia and member of the committees on
judiciary and Indian affairs.
TIE presidents message as read in the
halls of congress was of more than usual
interest, as evidenced by the attention
given it.
CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE.
Under the authority given by the civil
service appropriation bill, the speaker ap-
pointed Messrs Bayne,lHitt Carter, Culber-
son, of Texas, and Crmmins committee
on the centennial celebration.
THE NEW STATES.
The senate decided by lot between the
senator's from the new states of Washington,
North Dakota and South Dakota, as to
which should hold for the long term and
which for the short term from each state.
The result of it was that of the two senators
from the state of Washington, Mr.. SQUIRE
was assigned to the class of senators whose
term expires March 3. 1891. and Mr.. Allen
to the class expiring March, 1893.
Of the South Dakota senators. Mr.:
MoOdy's term expires March 5, 1881, and
Mr.. Pettigrew's March 3, 1873.
Otthe North Dakota senators. Mr.. Pierce's
term expires March 3, 1891, and Mr.. Casey's
March ), 1899.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
The first bill introduced in the senate a,
the first session of the Fifty-frst congress
came from Senator Sherman and was aimed
at trusts. 1t is identical with the antitrust
bill reported by him last year from the COM
mittee on finance. 1t declars all trusts un-
lawful, gives persons power to recover IN
courts whenever articles are advanced IN
value by mbinations, and declares officers
of trusts guilty of mlsdemeanors.
Five hundred and five bills were intro
duced in the senate, most of them such as
action.
SENATOR PLUMB's BILLS.
Senator Plumb has introduced bills to
erect public buildings: one at Emporia,
Kan, to cost 500, 900, at Kansas City, Kan,
to cost 500 600, and at Salina, Kan, to cost
$150,OO0.
Also a bill for the relief of Fl. A. Myers;
another authorizing the conveyance of cer
tain absentee Shawnee lands in Kansas; au-
other relating to homestead entries in the
Indian territory: another extending the act
territory to the Kansas City. d Pacific rail-
way: another authorizing the construction
of a bridge across the Missouri river at
Kansas City, and another concerning the
entry and disposal of town sites in the In
dian territory and elsewhere.
OTHER SENATE BILLS.
By Mr.. BLAIR: To give the fright of trial
by jury to claimants for pensions.
, By Mr.. Ingalls,: To aid and secure the
commemoratlon of the four hundredth an
niversary of the discovery of America.
By Senator Mitchell: Providing that any
person or association which, for any reason,
fails to make good its entry to public land
and abandons the same shall have the right
to make another entry under the land laws.
Mr. Moody (of South Dakota) int oduced
bill to prohibit officers and agents of the
government from recurring payment of
special taxes under the internal revenue
laws for the manufacture or sale of intoxi-
eating liquors in the states where such man.
ufacture or sale is prohibited by the state
constitution. Referred.
HOUSE COMMUTE Es.
The speaker appointed the following COM
mittees:
On rules-The speaker and Messrs. Nc
Kinley, Cannon, Carlisle and Randall.
On accounts-Messrs. Spooner, Booth
man. Kelly (of Kansas, McCord, Hans
brough. Hayes. Grimes, Lee and Kerr (of
Pennsylvania
On enrolled bills-Messrs. Kennedy.
Townsend (of Pennsylvania). Moore (Of
New Hampahire). kilCore and Williams.