The Red Cloud chief., 1889-12-13
THE WORLD AT LARGE
Summary Of the Daily News
CONGRESSIONAL.

CONGRESSIONAL.
fifty first Congress met at noon OF
December 2. When the Senate assemble'
the Senators from the new States Of NOrtl
and South Dakota and Washington wcr'
sworn in and assigned seats. Several unim
portant routine matters were disposed o
and the Senate adjOurned....A noon tn
House was called to order by Clerk Clark
The roll call showed so members present
Mr.. Reed, Of Maine, the Republican caucu!
nominee, was elected Speaker by a vote o
l66 to l5a for Mr.. Carlisle. the Democratic
nominee. Mr.. Henderson Ill.) offered q
resolution for the election Of Edward
MCPHERSON. as clerk; 4. ! Holmes
NJ sergeant at arms; C. A. Adams
as dOOrkeeper; James l. Wheat. a!
postmaster. and Rev. Charles B. Namsdell
as chaplain Of the House.. Thu resolution
was adopted except as to Mr.. Ramsdell fol
chaplain, Rev. W. II. Miiburn, the present
chaplain, being reelected by a vote of l5S Il
Isl. several Republicans voting for him with
the Democrats. After the members had drawn
seats and the new officers qualified, a commit
tee was appointed to wait IN 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 adjourned. The House met and after
the reading Of the Presidents message the
Speaker, under authority given by the last
Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, appointed
Messrs. Bayne. Hit. Carter. Cnihersou
(Texas) and Cummings, as q committee on
the centennial celebration. Adjourned until
Thursday.
THE senate on the eth. 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 SEES
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,
1icient amount of revenue to pay the ex-
penses of the Government; for the taxation
of all articles of luxury at q high rate and
reducing the tax on the neccSsarieS Of life,
and for the curtailment and overthrow as
far as possible Of all m~OnOpOlies by enlarg-
ing the free list. The Senat then adjourned
until Monday. In the House q
cation was read from II. p. LeedOIn. late
sergeant at arms, announcing that his late
-sA ha1 "sS - ~ Va
money and asking for q committee to In
vcstigate his (LcedOm's) 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.
TIE public debt statement showed a
decrease during the month of NOvem-
ber of 81, SG9,672.
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY TRACY
denies positively the current report
that the new naval cruisers are ex-
travagant coal consumers.
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL
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 lS4l.
THE President has sent to the Sen
ate as nominations a large number of
recess appointments.
SECRETARY NOBLE has left WASH
ingtOn for his home in st. Louis on
private business.
CONGRESSMAN BUTTERwORTH is
pACpdAluS d SCIlCldA hlIOu
bill, which will require that all articles
made in imitation of we'll known
articles be branded plainly.
SECRETARY WINDOW on the 5th re-
ceived from four banks offers to sur
render ST 600, 600 bonds. All of them
were accepted.
SILCOTT, cashier of Sergeant-at-Arms
LeedOm, of the House of Representa-
tives, has disappeared with $4,000,
money due Congressman and others Oh
salaries, etc. LeedOm was under bond
to make good his cashiers defalcatiOns
THE New York Posts Washington
special says: 1.-The President expects
to Ike able to make a practical re-
organization of the Supreme Court
within about eighteen months. Justi,es
Miller, Field and Bradley have signi-
fed their intention to retire within that
time"
THE EAST.
RECENT local elections fhrOn0hOnt