The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-12-12
THE SENATE AND HOUSE.
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS AND WHAT
THEY ARE DOING.

Proceedings of the Senate aud House of
Representatives = Important Measures
Discussed and Acted On - Gist of the
Business.
IN the Senate on the Sd inst a messsee from
the House was presented announcing the orga-
nization of that body. Thereupon a message
from the President was announced. The mes
sage was received, and the Secretary of the Sem
ate, Mr.. McCook proceeded to read it. The
reading of the message was concluded at l 80,
having taken an hour and twenty-five minutes.
On motion of Mr.. sherman it was laid on the
table and ordered printed. In the House
MIR. PrUden, one of the Presidents secre-
taries, delivered the message from the Presi-
dent, which was Immediately read by the clerk
The reading of the message consumed nearly.
two hours The message was ordered rintei
and referred To the committee of the whole
Under authority given by the last sundry civil
ed Messrs Rayne Hit, Carter, Culberson of
Texas, aud Cummings as a committee on the,
centennial celebration. The first appointment
OF employees OF the House w&s 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 Senators from
the new State 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,
to ascertain the terms to which the Senators
from the new States belonged, Mr.. Squires, of
Washington, was assigned to the class of Sem
ators whose terms expire March 3, 1891, and
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
ators Mr. Pierces term expires March 3. 1891,
and Mr.. Caseys March 8, 1898. The first bill in
PRODUCED i'll the Fifty-frst Congress was offered
by Senator Sherman 1t provides for the regu-
lation and prevention of trusts. The second
also by Mr. Sherman, and provides for
new election law for the election of congress-
men. 1t is similar in nature to that on the
subject offered by him in the last Congress.
Over five hundred other bills introduced,
and the Senate then went into executive ses-
sion, and shortly afterward adjourned. The
House was not in session.
IN the Senate on the 5th inst, among the nu-
merous memorials and petitions presented was
one signed by u. E. Webster, asking that the
national title be changed to that of 1.-THE United
States of Columbia" Mr.. Voorhees, offered a
long preamble nd 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 three days next
week, Mr.. Ingalls, WIS elected President pro
tempore during the absence Of the Vice
President. Senator ingalls, introduced bill
to aid and secure the commemoration of the
four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of
America. The bill pro vides that the President
shall appoint, by and with the consent of tho
Senate, commission OF two members from
each State of different political Affiliations two
from the District of Columbia and one from
each of the Territories. The President is au-
thorlzed 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 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 it's own style of architecture. The appro-
priations are as follows For the purchase of
ground. SIS, 100000; for grading and clearing,
s., 100000; for buildings Of the United States,
$500 900 for Acknowledgements 600 600; total
SIS, 900, coo. 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
er, Boothman Kelly of Kansas, McCord, Hans
brough, Hayes, Grimes, Lee, and Kerr of Penn
sylvania On Enrolled Bills-Messrs. Kennedy,
Townsend of Pennsylvania, Moore of New
Hampshire, Kilgore, and Williams.