Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-16
DOINGS OF CONGRESS.
IMPORTANT MEASURES CONSIDERED
AND ACTED UPON.

At the Nations Capitol = What Il Being
Done by tho Senate and House = Old
Matters Disposed Of and New Ones Con-
sldercd-
AFTEB some routine business In the Senate
ON the sth lust, Mr.. voorhees, called up the
resolution offered by him the previous day in
relation TO the alleged interference by Mr..
Chambers, the United States District Attorney
at Indianapolis, to prevent the arrest of W. W.
Dudley ON q charge Of violating the election
laws Of Indiana, and proceededto address the
Senate. He spoke Of the crime as having
BILE election and impeached the integrity
Of the political result that followed.
1t was high time, Mr.. Voorhees, said, that this
Is' TSSs psoDs .DS he STOpsT dest %
respon sibility should be assigned to the instru-
ment by whom 1t was perpetrated. Mr.. Voor-
hees sent 70 the clerks desk and had read the
notorious blocks Of Ave- letter. At the con-
clusion OF Mr.. Voorhees, speech . number Of
unimportant measures were considered, and
the Senate then went into executive session and
made the following combinations: Owen A.
Luckenbach, Postmaster Bethlehem, Pa John
ID. Delille, Consul to Bristol In the House
the Speaker laid before that body letter
from the Secretary OF the Treasury recommend
ing that the estimated appropriation of S450,000
for the public building at San Francisco be
made in deficiency appropriation bill. The
House then went into committee Of the whole,
Mr.. Burrows, OF Michigan, taking the chair for
the further consideration of the District of Co.
lumbia appropriation bill The afternoon was
spent in the discussion of the bill, and that por-
tion OF 1t relating to the laying of overhead
electric wires underground WAS passed. and the
House adjourned
In the Senate on the 9th inst, the Vice Presi-
dent presented o communication from Attor-
ney General Miller in response to the resolu-
aI l,xrf he
The Attorney General declares that there have
been no instructions given to District Attorney
Chambers on the subject of the arrest of W. W.
Dudley, and that no communication whatever
has passed between the Department of Justice
and the District Attorney in relation to the
matter. The communication was referred to the
Judiciary Committee. The Senate then
went into executive session and confirmed @
long list of nominations. Among the more i'm
portant we're the following: William p. Hep
burn of Iowa, Solicitor of the Treasury; Charles
s. Zane, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of
Utah; j. G. r. Pitkin of Louisiana, Minister to
the Argentine Republic; Clark e. Carr, of Illi-
nois, Minister and Consul General to Denmark !;
Richard G. Lay of the District OF Columbia, Con-
sui General to Ottawa. Consuls-James F. Harti-
gan of the District of Columbia, at Trieste;
Aulick Palmer Of the District of Columbia, ct
Dresden; Edward A. Dimmick OF Massachu-
setts, at Barbados. William W. Bates Of New
York, Commissioner OF NavigaNAn. Samuel V.
Halliday of Pennsylvania, Commissioner OF
Customs. District Attorneys-Isaac N Alex,
ander Northern Ohio; Eugene G. Hay, Mime
sofa. Collectors of Internal Revenue-Albert
B. White, West Virginia; John Stekes, Fourth
District Of Michigan.
In opening the House proceedings on the 10th
inst the Chaplain referred feelingly to the death
of Congressman Kelley. Immediately after the
reading of the journal O'Nein, of Pennsylvania,
announced the death of Mr.. Kelley. 1t was the
saddest duty, he said, that had ever devolved
upon him. Judge Kelleys death was @ per-
sonal loss to him and great loss to the nation
and the world He presented resolutions ex-
pressing the deep regret and sorrow and
providing for appropriate service to be held
in the Representatives hall at noon on the llth
and for the appointment of q committee to at
tend the funeral in Philadelphia The resolu-
tion was adopted and the following committee
appointed Representatives ONeil, Mckinley,
Cannon, Banks. Mcken1a, Carlisle, Mills, Hol-
man, and Mutchler. An adjournment was then
had as an additional mark of respect to the de-
ceased. Vice President Morton appointed Sem
ators Sherman, Cameron, Manderson, Butler,
and Colquitt to represent the Senate at the
funeral of the late Representative Kelley.
IN the Senate on the 18th inst. bills were
reported for public buildings in st. Paul, MINI.
Gs1.5OOOON; Sioux City, Iown $500, ,OO0; and
Cedar Rapids Iowa 5000 600. The bill to au.
thorize a railroad bridge across the Missouri
River at q point between the County Of Doug.
las, or of Sarpy, in Nebraska, and the County
OF Pottawatomie, in Iowa, was amended and
phhSeu Ine RESOLUTION heretofore On6red
by Mr.. Plumb, respecting the lease
of the islands of St. Paul and ST.
George to the Alaska Commercial Company
and for an investigation of the sealing
business was taken up, and Mr. Plumb spoke in
its favor. Messrs Dawes, Mcpherson, and
Stewart defended the Alaska company and the
resolution was referred to the Committee on
Finance Action of the House upon the death
OF Representative Kelley was announced where.
upon the Senate adjourned. Ia tn, House Mr..
Adams of Illinois, Chairman of the Silc,tt In.
vest1gatlon CoIuInittee nittel u rerort
accompanied by bill q .prupria.ing S75,-
600 for the purpose of supplying a
deficiency in the appropriation tor the
pay and mileage of members and
delegates, occasioned by the recent de alcation
in the office of the Sergeant-at-arms. Messrs,
Hemphill, of South Carolina, and Holman uf
Indiana submitted minority reports. They
were all ordered printed in the record and re-
committed. Accompanying Mr.. Hemphill
report is q bill authorizing members who SUI.
fered by the defalcation to brig suit agai st
the Government in the Court of Claims.
The States were called, and num-
ber OF bills introduced and referred The
whole Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, in the
chair to the consideration of the bill to pro-
vide for town-site entry Of lands in Oklahoma.
MIR. Culberson, Of Texas, gave notice Of pro-
posed amendment providing that the claim of
any person for any town site or town lot shall
be deemed invalid If such person entered the
territory or took possession of such town site
or town lot in advance of the date fixed by the
Presidents proclamation for entering the terri
tory. No action was TAKEN the committee
ross, and the House adjourned.