The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-05
THE SENATE.

WASHINGTON, dec. tine credentials OF
Pierce and Casey as Senators from North
Dakota were presented and the Senators
took the oath of Office.
Hoar reported back the resolution offered
by him on Monday, providing for
ascertaining by lot the classes
to which Senators from the three new
states, North Dakota, South Dakota and
Washington, shall be assigned as to their
res pective terms of service.
Cullom thereupon presented certificates
from the two houses of the North Dakota
legislature, designating Pierce as Senator
for the long term
Hoar contended that the legislature had
nothing to do with the matter, which ex-
pressly devolved on the Senate.
German remarked that identically the
same case had been presented in regard to
the first Senator from Minnesota, when
the legislature designated Rice as Senator
for the long term and the Senate decided
that such action could not be regarded.
The resolution was agreed to and the
drawing by lot as provided by it was pro-
ceeded with. The result was that of the
two Senators from the state of Washing
ton, Squire was assigned to the class of
Senators whose term expires March 3,
1891 and Allen to the class expiring March,
1893. OF the South Dakota Senators
Moody got the short term, Pettigrew the
long term. Of the North Dakota Senators,
Pierce got the short term, Casey the long
term.
A petition was presented by Cullom, from
the Short Horn Producers association, in
favor of subsidies for steamships to South
and Central America, and in favor of Chi
cago as the site of the proposed worlds
fair in 1892.
A resolution, introduced by Cockrell, of
the Kansas City Commercial exchange
favors St. Louis as the site of the worlds
fair, with Chicago as second choice and
also in favor of one cent letter postage.
Many bills were introduced, including
the following: By Sherman, to make
other regulations as to the times and
places and manner of holding elections for
representatives in Congress.
BY George, III relation to trusts and
other acts in restraint of trade and produc-
ton.
BY Reagan, to define trusts; for the free
coinage of silver; to repeal the act for the
sale of bonds; to redeem legal tender notes.
BY Dawes, extending the pension laws.
By Stewart to provide for the free coin
age of both gold and silver; for the issu-
ance of coin certificates to circulate as
money.
BY Morrill,, to refund the direct tax COL
lected under the act of 1861.
BY Spooner, two bills as to the election
of members of Congress Also bill to
regulate commerce by telegraph.
BY Henderson, to grant pensions to ex
soldiers incapacitated for manual labor; to
prevent the summary cancellation of pen
sion certificates and to provide hearing in
cases relating thereto.
By Vance, to repeal the civil service law.
BY Evarts, several bills to increase the
salaries of United States circuit and dis
trict judges.
BY Voorhees,, for pension arrears on
death or discharge.
BY Cullom, to equalize the amounts OF
pensions in certain cases.
BY Farwell, a bill to perpetuate the ma
tional banking system.
BY Call, making it unlawful and proyid-
ing forfeiture of vessels owned by subjects
of foreign governments fishing within
three leagues of the coast of the United
States. WA 4i4
By Paddock, to exempt railway mail en-
ployees and postotfice inspectors from the
operation of the civil service law and to
provide for the disposal of the Fort Sedg
wick military reservation in Colorado and
Nebraska to actual settlers, and to permit