The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-12-19
CO\GR ESS.
Senate.

Senate.
WASHINGTON. d. c.. Dee. 9. -lm:nedi-
ately after the reading of the Senate our
nal Mr.. sherman, from the Joint commit
tee 10 wait on the President and INFORM
him that Congress was reday to receive
any communication he might cnoo 10
make, reported that the commit
nad been informed that the Pres
lGcnt would send 4 communicated IN
writing. Ten minutes atterNa Yards In an
nual message of the President was present
ed by Mr.. Pruden one OF his secretaries,
was lald before the Senate, ana WAS read
by Mr.. NcCook, lis secretary. The read
ing OF the message closed at l:i5. hWlng
consumed exactly an hour and half The
message was ordered 10 be lald on the table
and printed, and then the senate ad-
lOurncd.
WASHINGTON. u. c.. Dee. 10. senator
Stewart introduced Il bill providing for
the free coinage of gold and silver buI ion.
1t is a copy of a bill introduced Ivy Mr..
Plumb in the lrSt Congress on the same
SUBJECT, with certain amendments. n@ot
these is that The bullion deposited in
the mints shall be coined into >tanG-
ard dollars only and not IN part
made INTO bars. Another amendment
provides that the certificates used III cN
change for that bullion shall hc OF denomi-
nations OF not less than Sl.Um. nor more
than SlO,CO), instead ct not less than 500
nor more than Sl.t00. The Scnatc broke
the record III the way Of measures INTO
Guced in a single day. there having been 6l2
bills and eight Joint resolutions prcSClted.
/ his is about lUJ more than ever bpfOr,
introduced III one day. Among them were
the following: Prohibiting food adultcra-
tons. providing Tor free coinage. transfer
ring revenue cutter ScrVIc" to The Navy
Department. reducing letter postage II
cent, increasing pensions of certain classes.
for constitutional amendment, fOrtlc clCc
tlon of senators 0y popular vote. tor srrF-
ice pensions. and for ncgO. iatlOnS for the
purchase OF CUBA.
WASHINGTON, Dec 1i.-Among the de-
partmcntaI and other COMMUNICATIONS lald
before the Senate 10y the yicc,prcSidrnt
and referred were the following: Report
of the government dlrt ctOIS OF the mon
Pacific: awards of the court of claims
on French SpollatlOn claims. Among
the bills Introduced and referred were lie
following: To repeal all laws dl>crminat-
ing against the circulation of state banks;
10 amend til" laws III relation t. national
banks an to rcllrr their cir
cuatl0n: defining options IN fu-
lures and imposing taxes thcr on:
10 establish permanent c':Sui
Office and to provide Tor taking the twelfth
ana subsequent CCHSuSCS. to prOhlbi a6SJ-
lutcly the coming OF Chinese INTO The Tn
ited States whether they are Chinese sub
iects Or Otherwise: 10 amend the 1 .lrl.-c
railroad acts: to reimburse the SER II
states for interest paid Oh moac}s cX-
pcnc6d i'll raising troops; tor unl oIm
clG GSSltication of wheat, oats. rye. exc. Mr..
Doiph offered resolution calling oI the
War Department ior report as to whether
the proyISlons of the last river and harbOr
bill To prevent tie unlawful o5Struc-
ton of navigaole waters of the | nItcd
States have ben enforced and II EOt. why
I III, l. tt,.,
amendment to the rule lof which he cave
notice last week regu a INC admlSsiol TO
the floor of the ScnGt'. The amend ..cnt
was adopted. The principal change Is as
TO clerks 10 committees and c erkS
10 senators. They are ailAltcd
when in the actual discharge of
their official duties. AMI it IS prov .ded
that clerks of senators '.must be regularly
APPOINTED and borne on the roll OF tn sec
retary of the Senate as such. The Scn-
?tc then went into executive session, Y llCn
some nominations were referred II com
mittccS, and then a; ~ the Scnat" al
IOurncd.
WAsrI>aToN. ID. C.. Dec. l5,-ihc Vice
President announced the appointment of
MIR. Morrill, as regent OF the Smithsonian
Institution to fill a vacancy, Among the
bills ntIoduced and referred were III t1l-
lowing: For the purchase CT site Ior
building for the supreme COur. OF the
Christopher Columbus i'll Washington and
the removal of the naval monument II the
new site: to promote and cncouva% the
display of the flags of the ntCd Si"tc5:
to reorganiZe the infantry of th" army ana
increase its efficiency. to repeal the law
for the examination of certain officers oi
the army: to regulate promotions TIL
to first licutenantS.
Tie House.
T.. tt,.
approval of the Journal TO yesterday pro
ccrdings. the committee appointed TO wait
upon the preSi lent through its chairman,
Mr.. BlOunt. Of Georgia, Ill. orMCd the
Speaker that II had p rf"rmcd the Guty:
Mr. Pruden delivered the al lual
message of the President which was
immediately read by the clerk. On the
completion Of tine reading tn" mes :ag was
on motion of Mr.. outhwaitc o. re
fcrreu to The committee OF the !)l'
and ordered printed. Mr.. v Tier
WIS. offered resolution rc Test
Ing the SpC aker III appointing III" COM
mlttccs to apportIoD the same anon the
several states and terrItorc; accord ~ 10
population and to appoint 1t least ar
man from each state and territory. Nj
MiIlIl1cn Me-. SarcaStlCalIy cNprc-Sc the
none that the Speaker would no. bc cm-
barraSsed by any new rules. On hl3li 2 Oh
Nj. Holman the resolution was ret"rr / 10
tHt tOuIiittttt Ol ihiNH W t'i q l'''', -
ON motion Of Mr.. Holman the House then
adjourned until Saturday. with the EH Ter
standing that that further adjourn ."nt
should be then taken unit! WedncSd&
WAsnNGroN, Dec. l2.-The sesSl II of
the House to-day was merely Il f. rmal
one. The Speaker announced tn APP
pointment of the following com
nlttees: On accounts, Mcssrs.
Rusk, of Maryland; Cooper, of
Indiana; DickersoD, of Kentucky;
Moses, of South Carolina; Secrley, of
Iowa; Pearson, of Ohio; Quackenhash!,
of New York; Griswold, of Pcn"s syl-
yania: and Cutting, of California. on
mileage. Messrs, Castle, Of Mlnncsotta,; f;
Crawford of North Carolina; Kendall,
of Kentucky; Caldwell, of Ohio, and
Flick, Of Iowa An adjournment was
then taken until Wednesday.