St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-13
MONTANA SENATOR'S
They Will Appear in Wash
ington With Their Cpeden-
tialS This Week.
The Legality Of the LegisIc<
tupe to Be Looked Into
Carefully.
Bills for the Admission OF
Idaho and Wyoming to Be
Reported Favorably.
The Two Parties Preparing
for the Conflict on Rules
in the House.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-The most Inn
portant as well as the most perceptibIs
progress in the work of legislation I'M
congress is still shown in the committees
stage. Senator Morgan's bill for the
disposal of public mineral lands in Ala
bama is the only measure upon the CAL
endar Of unfinished business before the
senate, and it awaits the senator's re-
turn to be called up for final action.
According to notice given last Thurs
day. Senator Plumb Will address tho
senate tomorrow upon the resolutions
introduced by him last week, request
ing the secretary of the treasury to
postpone the releasing of the Alasks
seal fisheries until further relief by com.
gress, or until the latest period made necs
essary by existing laws, and that mean
while he make full report TO the sem
ate OF the manner in which the Alask&
Commercial company has discharged
its duties and obligations under the,
present lease. and also what additional
legislation, If any, is necessary, in OF der
that the Interests of the government OF
the natives and citizens of Alaska may
be more fully protected. Senator But
Ter has indicated his intention to speak
this week on his bill providing for the
emigration of negroes from the South
at public expense. under tho directioni
OF the quartermaster general of tbe
army. Should he address the senate on
this subject. Senator Ingalls, and other
Republican senators will reply. The
credentials of
THE FOUR SENATORS
elected by the rival legislatures Of
Montana are expected TO be laid before
the senate this week. Objection will be-
made to seating either the Republican
or Democratic contestants pending an
investigation and report upon their
claims by the committee on privileges
and elections. In the absence of Sena-
Hoar, chairman of that committee, no
one is authorized to speak concerning
the pr obable scope of the Investigation
that Will be made. A member of the
committee, however, said to-day tina the
was In favor of going fully into the
question of the legality Of the organi--
zation of the Montana legislature. He
had always held that the senate should
do this in cases of contested elec-
ton. but he admitted that he
had generally found himself in
opposition to the views Of the
majority on that subject. Senators
Platt and Teller will, it is understood
make an attempt this week to have the
senate take up the resolution providing.
for the consideration of all executive
nominations in open session. The COM
mittee on territories tomorrow morning.
will hear representatives of Idaho MOr4
mons who oppose the bill to admit that
territory as state because the proposed
constitution excludes Mormons from
citizenship. Delegate Dubois, of,
Idaho, will appear before the committee
and answer the Mormons' complaints.
Ii the committee decides that the OBJ
ctions of the Mormons are not well.
founded. the bills for the admission 0f
IDAHO AND WYOMING .t
will be reported fayorably at once. Am
effort will be made this week also to
hasten progress on the bill to give Ok.
lahoma territorial form of govern
ment. At present there are no formally
constituted authorities in the country,
and, owing to the fear of outbreak res
suting from this condition of things,
proposed municipal election in Guthrie
has been postponed until form of gov,
ernment shall have been provided. ur4
der which the results Of the election
can be peacefully established. Ths
regular house committees have geneT+
ally completed their organization, but
none of them have SO far progressed i'm
their work as to be able to present anY
legislative material for the action of the
house this week. The special commit.
tee on the Silcott defalcation, however.
has completed its labOrs, and expects
to present its report and bill to the
house tomorrow. Within day or two
thereafter, Chairman Adams will call
for the consideration of this bill and re-
port, and a long debate is likely to fol~
low. The indications are that the long,
expected code of new rules will be re-
ported from the committee on rules this
week. The members of the minority
are generally cOnversant with the
changes in the old code that are in con-
temptation, and are preparing them,
selves for vigorous attack upon
the committees report, which,
as they understand, proposes
to seriously curtail their power
to affect legislation. The parliamentar-
ians on the Republican side are in turn
fortifying themselves to meet the at
tack, so that, if present indications are
borne out. this week will probably wit
ness the first decisive conflict of the Ops
posing parties in the new house. The
committee on ways and means will hold
the last of the public hearings on the
tariff bill Tuesday, but Chairman Mea
KinleY says the committee expects to
have before it in the private session
from time to time. until the bill is come
pleted. persons who are desirous of in-
tuencing the Judgment of members
upon the several schedules included iTA
the measure.
Buildings Pulled Down.