The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-12
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News.
CONGRESS.

THE second session of the Fifty-fir Con.
Rress convened at noon on Decembe !. The
Senate met with nearly all the Senators
present. Immediately after prayer by the
chaplain the credentials of Messrs. Carey
and Warren, Senator's elect from the new
State of Wyoming, were presented and they
were sworn in, Carey drawing the long and
Warren the short term. The Presidents mes.
sage was then presented and read and the
Senate adjourned. The House met at noon,
when the credentials of Messrs. Breckin-
ridge (Ark.), Sweet Qdaho), Stone (Pa) and
Clark (Wyo.) were presented and they were
sworn in, Mr.. Breckenridge being greeted
with applause by his friends. The ere
dentials of David A. Harvey, as Delegate
from Oklahoma, were presented and he was
sworn In. The Presidents message was then
read and the House adjourned.
AFTER disposing of various motions and
resolutions on the I'd the Senate by a strict
party vote took up the Federal elections bill
and while the bill was being read the hour of
2o'clock arrived and a motion by Senator
Hoar to continue the reading of the bill was
antagoniZed by Mr.. German, who wished to
proceed with unfinished buslness-the eight
hour bill. 1t was finally decided by a party
vote to proceed with the reading, which con-
tinued until adjournment. In the House
petitions for the amending of the tariff bill
were presented. The copyright bill was then
taken mp and various motions made TO get it
out of the way, but after ordering the previ-
Gus question the House adjourned.
In the Senate on the Sd Mr.. Cullom intro
duced bill to reduce letter postage TO one
cent. The Indian troubles in the Northwest
were then discussed until 2 O'Clock, when
the elections bill came up and Senator Tur
pie addressed the Senate in opposition to the
bill until adjournment. In the House the
copyright bill was taken up and after some
debate passed by l39 yeas to IS nays, and the
House adjourned.
PETITIONS were presented in the Senate on
the 4th, and the resolution offered by Senator
Hawley to issue arms to the States of North
and South Dakota and Nebraska, for defense
against the Indians, was taken up, and after
a general discussion of the Indian troubles
was adopted. The elections bill was then
taken up and Mr.. Pugh spoke against it. No
other business of general importance was
transacted. The House passed the bill for
the punishment of any guardian, committee
or other judiciary agent for the embezzle-
ment of the pension of a ward, and the pen
sion appropriation bill was considered in
committee of the whole until adjournment.
AFTER routine business in the Senate on
the 5th the elections bill again came up as
the regular order and Senator Gray spoke at
length in opposition. During the debate
the fact came out that grave error had
been made in the printing of the bill, and
pending discussion the Senate adjourned
after Mr.. Morgan had offered a resolution
calling on the Attorney General for a
statement as to places of residence and date
of appointment of chief supervisors of cleo
tions in the Southern States. -. The House,
after some discussion, took up and passed
the Senate resolution for supplying arms to
certain Northwestern States for defense
against the Indians. The pension appropri-
alton bill was then furthered considered, and
on motion of Mr.. Dockery, of Missouri, an
amendments was adopted providing that no
agent or attorney should demand, receive or
be allowed any compensation in any dsa-
bility case. It'll estimated by Mr.. Dockery
and Chairman Morrill,, of the Invalid Pen
sion COMMITTEE, that this will save s., 100000 to
the pensioners in the next three years. The
bill passed and the House adjourned.