Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-03-22
House Sessions.

63RD DAY AT the conclusion of the morn.
il hour, the House went into committee of
tie whole, Mr.. Payson. of Illinois, in the
chair. for the further consideration of the
Oklahoma bill. The hour OF four o'clock hav-
iug arrived, the committee arose and report
ed the bill to the House. The amendment
adopted in commit tee OF the " hole providing
that section 1853, Revised Statutes, prohibit
ing the Introduction of intoxicating LIQUORS
into the Indian Territory, shall be in iorce
in Oklahoma until after the adjournment OF
the first session of the legislative assembly
was agreed to-yeas l34. nays 103. The bill
was then pass.d-yeas 100, nays 25. 1t is a
substitute for the Senate bid on the sa Jae sub
isct The House then aJjcu-nei.
9th DAY-The Hous went into comnit-
tee OF the whole (Mr. Allen, OF Michigan. in
the chair on the private calendar The bill
taken up was one auth )rlzjng he President
to retire General j. c. Fremont, with the
rank of major general. Mr.. Kilgore, of
Texas offere an amendmeat for the retire
m4nt of General Fremont with the rank of
brgadier general. Mir. Kigore's amend
ment was rejected-7to ll6 and the bill was
laid aside with favorable recommendation
These bills together with one approximation
SIG 900 for the relief OF the owners, officers
and crew of the British B lrk Chance WI
subsequently rel orted to the House, but no
financial acton was taken, and at five O'Clock
the evening session being for the considera.
ton of private pension hills
65TH DAY The House adopts1 reso,u-
tion offered by Mr. Breckenridge, of Arkan-
sas, calling on the Secretary of War for in.
formation as to whether there are sufficient
money and fac litifs at command of the War
Department to guard the levees anil other
works and the plant of the government from
destruction and injury by the pres mt food.
and II not, to report what may be NJ lssary
also to inform the House il there is reason 10
arprehend unusual danger to human life,
and what steamers can be used 10y the de-
partment or the Mississippi river comm sion
to rescue those in peril. Public business was
then suspended, and the House proc. led to
pay the last tribut of respecte to the memory
of the late Hon. VIM. D. Kelley of Penn
sylvania. Eulogies were d-livertd hy rep.
resentatives O'Neill, Holman, NJ lis, Banks.
Mckinley, Wilson, (W. Va. } Breckenridge
Ky, and others.
GOTH Dayton motion of Mr.. Hit, of II
linois. acting under Instructions from the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, the rules wei g
suspended, and joint resolution was pass. d
requesting the President to invite the King
of the Hawaiian Islands to select delegates to
represent his kingdom in thu Pan American
Congress. On motion of blr Robertson, of
Louisiana, acting under in tructions from he
Committee OH Military Affairs, the rules
were suspended, and bill was passed appro.
priating Sl3, 500 for the construction of a
road to tn, National Cemetery at Port Hud-
son, Le. Mr.. Lodge, of Massachusetts. act
ing under instru tons from the Committee
on Naval Affairs, moved TO su end the rules
and pass hill to transfer the revenue cutter
service from the Treasury Department to the
Navy Department. The motion was agreed
10 and the bill was passed. The House then
adjourned.
9th DAY.--After the morning hour ex-
pired the House went into committee of the
whole-Mr. Burrows, (Mchigaul in the chair
On the Pension Appropriation bill. Mr..
Morrow California; in charge of the bill,
which appropriates sos, 427 46l, explained its
provisions in detail and in reference to the
general subject of pensions said that it might
safely be assumed that the number of pen
sioners would reach its maximum about July
LIST, 1894, when the expenditure would be
Sll2 100000 On that date, under existing
law, the number of pensioners on the rolls
would be $4,000 Pending debate, the com.
mittee rose, and the House adjourned.
GSrH DAY.-Mr. Cooper % member of
the Coinmittee on Elections, called up the
Maryland contested case of Mudd against
Compton, i5 being agreed that debate shall
be limited t. six hours at thu end of which
time the previous question shall be consider
@ as ordered. sir. Lacy lIa.) opened the
discussion with an argument In support OF
the claims OF the contestant. Mr.. Dalzell
pa aud Mr. Greenhalge Mass lvoca5ed
the case of the contestant, and the case OF
ii sitting member was upheld by Mr.. Moore
(Iex.) am MI. Gibson (Md.) Pending a vote
the h use adjourned.