The Globe-republican., 1890-12-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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CONGRESSIONAL.

| Tur second session of tn" Fifty first Coz
yress convened at noon on December 1. Inc
| senate met with nearly all the SENATORS
/ present Immediately after prayer Dy tse
/ chaplain the credentials OF Messrs carey
/ and Warren. Senators elect from the ne~
/ STATE of wyoming. were presented ana tney
we're sworn in, Cary drawing the long ano
Warren the short term. The Presidents mes
sape was then presented and read and the
! Senate .diournc ed The House met at noon
when the credentials of Messrs. Brecken-
ridge CArk), Sweet Idaho), stone (fa.) ana
Clark CWyo.> were presented and they were
sworn in, Mr. Breckenridge being greeted
with ,pnIause by his friends. The creden-
tiaIs of David A. Harvey, as Delegate from
oklahoma were presented and he was sworn
in. The Presidents message was tnen reao
and the House adjourned.
AFTER disposing of various motions and
resolutions on the "a the Senate by
strict party vote took up the Federal eiec-
tons bin and while the bill was being read
the bour of O'Clock arrived and motion
by Senator Hoar to continue the reading
of th. bill was antagoniZed by Mr.. Cor
man, who wished to proceed with unnn'
ished business-the eight hour bill. 1t was
finally decided By party vote to proceed
with the reading, which continued until ad-
journment.. In the House petitions for the
amending of the Mckinley bill were pre-
up and various motions made to get it out
of the way, but after ordering the previous
question the House adjourned
In the Senate on the Sd Mr.. CullOm intro
duced "A bill to reduce letter postage to one
cent The Indian troubles in the Northwest
were then discussed until 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 lS5 yeas to 50 nays ana the
House adjourned
PETITIONS were presented in the Senate on
the 18th and the resolution offered by Senator
Hawiey to issue arms 10 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-
mcnt of the pension Of ward, and the pen.
sion appropriation bill was considered in
committee OF the whole until adjournment.
liter routine business in the Senate on
the 9Th the elections bill again came up in the
regular order and Senator Gray spoke at
length in opposition. During the debate the
fact came out that q grave error had been
made il the printing of the bill, and pending
discussion the Senate adjourned after
Mr.. Morgan had offered Il resolution
calling on the Acknowledgement for a
statement as to places Of residence and date
of appointment of chief supervisor of cleo
lions 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
againstthe Indians The pension appropri-
alton bill was then further considered, and
on motion of Mr.. Dockery. of Missouri, an
was adopted providing that no
agent or attorney should demand, receive or
be allowed any compensation in any disabil-
ity case. 1t is estimated by Mr.. Dockery and
Chairman Morrill,, of the Invalid Pension
Committee that this will save S5.OOGOOO to the
pcnsio ncrs within the next three years. The
bill passed and the House adjourned.