Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-05
WASHINGTON.
The Senate Getting Down to
Business.
FIVE HUNDRED FIVE NEW BILLS
The New Senator's Terms of Service
Fixed-Stanley Matthew'S
Successor.

Associated Press Dispatches TO the HERALD, |
WASHINGTON, December A. In the
Senate today the credentials of Pierce
and Casey, as Senators from North Da-
kota were presented and the Senators
took the oath of office.
Hoar reported back tine resolution
offered by him Monday, providing
mode for ascertaining by lot the classes
the Senators from the three new States,
North Dakota, South Dakota and WASH
ington, shall be assigned as to their re.
spective terms of services.
Cullom thereupon presented certifi-
Gates from the two Houses of the North
Dakota Legislature, designating Pierce
for the long term.
Hoar contended that the Legislature
had nothing to do with the matter which
expressly deyolved 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
the Senator for the long term, and the
Senate decided that the action could not
be regarded by it.
Hoar's resolution was agreed to. and
drawing by LOT (as provided by it, was
proceeded with. The result was that of the
two Senators from the State of Washing
ton, Squires WAS assigned to the class OF
Senators whose term expires March 5,
1891, and Allen to the class expiring
March 8, 1898. OF the South Dakota
Senators, Moody got the short term and
Pettigrew the long term. OF the North
Dakota Senator'S, Pierce got the short
term and Casey the long one.
Cullom presented petition from the
Short.horn Producers Association in
favor of subsidies for steamships to South
and Central America, and in favor OF
Chicago as the site for the proposed
Worlds Fair in 1872.
The first bill introduced in the Senate
came from Senator Sherman, and was
aimed at trusts. 1t is identical with the
antitrust bill reported by him last year
from the Committee on Finance. 1t de-
clarec all trusts unlawful, gives persons
power to recover in the courts whenever
articles are advanced in value by COM
binations, and declares the officers OF
trusts guilty of misdemeanors.
Five hundred and five bills were in
troduced during the day, among which
were the following: By Cockrell, lin be-
half of the Kansas City Commercial
Exchange in favor OF st. Louis as the
site of the Worlds Fair, with Chicago
as second choice; also in favor of one
cent postage.
By Sherman tin addition to his anti
trust bill mentioned above), to make and
alter the regulations as to time, places
and manner of holding elections for
representatives in Congress.
By Reagan, to define trusts; for the
free coinage Of silver; to repeal the act
for the sale of bonds to redeem legsl
tender notes.
By Dawes, extending the pension laws.
This bill was prepared by committee
of the G. A. R..
By Stewart, to provide for the free
coinage both of gold and silver, and for
the issuance of coin certificates to circu.
late as money.
By Morrill,, to refund the direct taxes
included under the act of 1861.
By Spooner, two bills as to the election
of members Of ConQress; slso bill to
regulate commerce by telegraph.
By MaEderson, to grant pensions to
ex-soldiers incspicated for manual labor;
to prevent the summary cancellations of
pension certificates and provide for the
hearing of cases relating thereto.
By Vance, to repeal the Civil Service
law.
By Evarts, several bills to increase the
saleries of United States Circuit and Dis.
trict Judges.
By Voorhees,, for the payment of ar.
resrs of pensions from the date of death
or discharge.
By Cullom, to equalize the rates of
pensions in certain cases.
By Farwell, to perpetuate the national
banking system.
By Call, making it unlawful, and pro.
vi1ing for the forfeiture of vessels owned
by subjects of foreign governments fish.
ing within three leagues of the coast of
the United States or within any bays or
headlands of the United States. :.
BY Paddock, to exempt railway mail
employees and postofiice inspectors from
the operations of the Civil Service law
to provide for the disposal of Fort Sedg-
wick military reservation in Colorado
and Nebraska to actual settlers; to per-
NIT the organization of national banks
with capital of less than $50, 900, in
towns of lass than 5000 population.
By Morgan, the bill of the last Con-
gress referring the La Abra claims to the
Court of Claims for final adjudication.
By Mitchell, extending the Mexican
pension act to all who served thirty days
in any war since 1845.
By Turpie, granting a pension of one
cent a month for each days service in
the late war.
By Dolph, that the States OF Oregon,
Washington and Montana shall ccnsti-
tute the Tenth Judicial Circuit with
new Circuit Judge; also bill for the
forfeiture of part of the Northern Pacific
grant; also to repeal the pre.emption and
timber culture laws; also appropriating
81 600, 900 to enable the Secretary of War
10 purchase the necessary sites for forti.
fications at such points where such sites
have not been purchased or acquired.
By Mitchell, appropriating $2,0O0,0O
for the construction of boat railway at
The Dalles and Cello Falls, and at Three
and Ten Mile rapids on the Columbia
river, Oregon.
By Wilson, Iowa, amending the In
terstate Commerce act 80 as to provide
that any article of commerce manu-.
factured, and the sale of which is pro.
hioited by any State, shall not be trans.
ported and delivered within the State by
any transportation company.
By Regan, giving all holders of silver
bullion of the value of $50 or more, the
privilege of having the bullion coipad