The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-12-10

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gress oegah gre than page OF history;
Vice Presit OF our common Christian
beamed ON Nit will be well for the
prayer waTes, IL as such. Our Lord
made up Vtaps guiscs to-day. He IL
Ivy. AFTER prayer Tyes are holden.
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Warren OF Wyoming N1ed OF hirH
they took the oath. w. % I
head was known 10 every one In inc
Senate. OF Senator warren IL was re-
marked that he added another TO the
long list OF youngest-looking Senators who
wear glasses. The customary resolution
that the draw lots to determine their lenRNi
OF service came from Senator Hoar, whc ~
Chairman OF the Committee on Electlons.
Secretary Arson McCOok brought out tho
queer looking box with its handle like a
corn pepper from which the slips were'to
be taken. and i'm less than minute after
the adoption OF the resolution IL was known
that Senator Warren's term VIII expire
March 4, 1893, while Senator Carey Will
serve until 1895 Members OF the
House OF Representatives were In no hurry
10 resume their places before noon, so
that in the crowd OF people on the iloOr
before IL o'clock not dozen were Con
gressmen. Pages and doorkeepers kept
running in and out bearing flowers Ia
punches and tied with gay ribbons, bas-
kets gotten up by skilled hands. and elab-
crate floral pieces donated by enthusl-
astic friends The Democrats were
specially favored with mementos, though
the desks OF about twenty Republicans
were also tastefully decorated. Some 200
members were present when the Chaplain
invoked the divine blessing, and during the
tedious roll-call enough more came in TO
swell the number to 227 The galleries were
damned, except those reserved for the Pres
idents family and the diplomats where "a
few persons. lonely looking, we're seated.
AT the expiration OF the hour devoted TO
the calendar I'm the Senate, on the 2d. Mr..
Hoar moved TO proceed TO the consideration
OF the House bill "to amend and supplement
the election laws of the Uni.ed States and
to provide for the more efficient enforce
ment OF such laws Mr. German demanded
the yeas and nays on that motion. The
yeas and nays were taken and the vote ga
strictly party One) resulted: Yeas Al; nays,
30 So the election bill was taken up, and the
reading went on monotonously and to empty
chairs up TO 2 o'clock. when. under the,
rules of the Senate. the unfinished bust
nessn from the last session came up, being
the House bill providing for the adjustment
OF accounts of laborers, workmen, and me-
chanics arising under the eight-hour law.
Mr.. Hoar moved TO proceed with the con-
sideration OF the election law, and Mr..
German rose TO argue against that motion.
The motion finally carried. and the
consideration OF the election bill was
continued. In the House. Mr.. Harmer,
OF Pennsylvania, presented the petition OF
citizens OF Philadelphia in favor of an
amendment TO the Mckinley bill allowing
a rebate on unbroken packages OF smoking
tobacco and snuff. Referred. In the morn
ing hour Mr.. simonds, from the Committee.
on Patents. called up for consideration the
copyright bill. Mr.. Payson Ill.) raised the
question OF consideration. The House de-
cided-yeas. 1872; nays, T4-to consider the
bill. No vote on the measure was reached.
IN the Senate, Mr.. Hawley. from the Com
mittee on Military Affairs, on the Sd re-
ported and asked 10 have put upon it's
passage a joint resolution authorizing the
Secretary of War 10 issue arms and ammu-
milton To the States OF North and South
Dakota. Mr. Henderson moved 20 amend
IL by including the State of Nebraska. and
referred TO the threatened uprising OF the
Sioux Indians on their rese rvation there
Mr.. Voorhees, said that IL the PROPOSE
tion were one to issue "A hundred thousand
ratiOns OF food TO the starving Indians IL
would be more consistent with Christian
civilization. Maj. Gen. Miles. he said, had
stated in public interviews that the Indians
were driven to revolt by starvation and IL
was in his judgment a crime on the part OF
the Government TO stand silently by and
do nothing except furnish arms 10 the.
whites. In the House the copyright
bill was passed, the vote being 139 10 95-44
majority for the bill The Affirmative vote
was given by 105 Republicans and "a De
Gratis, and the negative by 90 Democrats
20 Republicans. large proportion of
support came from the Eastern and Mic
States. while the bulk of the opposition
from the West and South The bill is 5
stantially the same a. that which pas
the Senate in the Fifteth Congress
failed to be acted upon in the House.
The election bill was taken up in
Senate on the 4th and Mr.. Pugh spoke>
opposition TO It, lie said the country could !
not fail to understand the true character
and nature OF the proposed legislation. IL
was never intended TO be put in operation Ina
Republican districts. Under its operation
there would not be a single district in the
United States from which Democrats were
elected to Congress that would not be
subject 20 supervision by partisan Re-
publicans. The whole conception OF
the bill was transparent and
audacious scheme, having no other end or
purpose than the capture of Democratic
districts. In the House the bill for the
punishment of every guardian, conservaA-
tor. curator, committee. tutor, othe
judiciary agent for the embezzlement 60.
the pensions OF "a ward was passed. On moA
tion of Mr.. Morrow, OF California, the House
went into committee OF the whole on the,
pension appropriation bill Mr.. Morrow
said that the bill appropriated for the pay
ment of pensions the sum OF Si33, la, 00O II.
was estimated that this sum of money
would be distributed among 654, 715 pension
ers. This was the largest number OF bene-
fciaries ever provided for in any single
item I'm the statutes OF the United States
1t was estimated that the gross cost To the
United states OF these pensions for the year
1892 would average S203 each. He believed
there would be no deficiency next year
that there would prove TO be slight excess
OF appropriation.
THE election bill was taken up in the Sem
ate on the 5tb. and MIR. Gray spoke against
il. The bill. he said. was menacing to the
peace. happiness. and freedom OF the SOW
eral States Notwithstanding the sheer ut
tered by the President OF the United
States as TO the objections of those who op-
posed the bill. there were many who be-
lieved the measure one that threat
ened the integrity OF American insti-,
buttons, state and national. SenatoA
Stanford introduced bill 10 provided
the Government with means sufficient to\
supply the national want of sound circu-
lating medium. and asked that 10 lie on the
table. stating that he would hereafter sub
NIT some remarks ON IL. The bill is the
same as that introduced by him last May.