The Dickinson press., 1891-01-03
LEGISLATIVE AND POLITICAL.

JANUARY
3 T. c. Power elected United States senator
from Montana
9. Congress reconvcncd.
u Calvin S. Bricc elected to the United States
senate from Ohio
L. X. Wilson reelected United States senator
from Maryland,
81 Beginning Of O bitter parliamentary struggle
in the house of representatives; caused hy
Speaker Reed counting quorum from
members present, but not voting
30 The president nominated Robert Adams, Jr..
to DC minister to tho United States of Bra
zil, and William H. Taft, Of Ohio, to be so
lictor general
FEBRUARY
statement was prepared by Mr.. Carlisle and
signed by oil the Democrats ip the house at
Washington stating their side of the dis
pute over the question Of certifying quo
rum
I. Fleming declared governor of West Virginia
by q vote in the legislature Of 43 to 30.
tic senats ratified the Samoan treaty with 12
dissenting votes
10 The president signed tho proclamation open
ing the Sioux reservation.
The president nominated Charles Emory Smith
to be minister to Russia
l3 The Oklahomn bill passed in tho senate, with
amendment including No Mans Land.
u. The house adopted the new code of rules.
ID The house passed the mortgage indebtedness
blu after amendment
secretary Window terminated the govern.
ment contract with the New York commits
sioners OF immigration.
is. John e. Rayburn elected to succeed tho late
Judge Kelley, of Pennsylvania, In congress.
The senate ratified tho British extraditon
treaty with two slight amendments.
2I Tho house at Washington voted for Chicago
rs the site for the Worlds fair, the eighth
Dailqt ltanding-Chicago, 15T; New York,
i07; st. Louis. ea; Washington. is; Cum
Ierland Gap, 1
q The president nominated Harold Nj. Sewall, of
Maine, to he consul general at Apia, Samoa
q The president nominated Henry G. Caldwell
of Arkansas, to succeed Judge Brewer on
the circuit bench.
IS Secretary Window awarded the contract for
taking fur seals in Alaska to the North
American Commercial company
MARCH.
T. William 3. Allison reelected United States
senator by tho Iowa legislature.
- The Blair education bill defeated In the senate
by q vote of 81 to 81
April.
The Idaho admission bill passed by the house;
passed by the senate July !; signed ,y presi
dent July g
The senate passed the anti trust bill
The Canadian government decided to renew
the modus vivcndi for another year.
10 The Pan-American congress adjourned sine
die ut Washington
z, Joint resolutions passed by congress and
signed by the president nppropriatng $50.
C2oforrelicf of Mississippi flood sufferers.
% The United States supreme court declared tho
Iowa law for the seizure Of liquor In "origi
nal packages" to be unconstitutional
the arl,traton treaty signed by Representa-
tivcs Of ten American republics
MAY.
Governor Hill, of New York. signed tho baj
lot reform bill
International copyright bill lost in the house
at Washington.
e. R;c.iar1 vaux elected to congress from the
Third Pennsylvania district to succeed S. j
Randall
e. The house passed the tariff bill
JUNE.
u Worth Dickerson elected to congress from the
Sixth Kentucky district to succeed John G
Carlisle
% Lieut.. Col. Richard nominated by The ppesI
dent To be quartern,as.er general Of the
United States army.
e The senate passed tl bill admitting Wyoming
into the Union; signed by president July 10
The president approved the dependent pen
sion bill
= The house at Washington passed the Lodge
federal elections bill By q vote Of !55 to 140
g. FMS president nominated Adam King, Of Mary
land, to be consul general at Paris.
Governor Nichols, Of Louisiana, vetoed the
bill passed by the legislature amending the
state constitution and rechartering the Lou
isiana lottery for 25 years at Sl,ooo,ooo
year; passed over his veto next Gay.
1G The president nominated Gen. A 3. Nettleton,
Of Minnesota, to bo assistant secretary Of
the treasury, and Professor James Russell
Soley, Of Massachusetts, to be assistant sec.
retary Of the navy.
AUGUST.
This president anploYed the "origipal pack
age" bill.
lG River and larbor bill passed by the senate; it
appropriated SS.0oo.op.
The house passed the antilotte.y bill.
IS The Chalmers Morgan election contest set
tied by the house in favor of Mr.. Morgan
q. Messrs Bcc.:w:tl, of New jersey, and Wilson,
of Washington, came to blows on the floor
Of tho house during heated discussion,
and much excitement was caused by a re
mark by Mr. Cannon concerning Mr.. Nc
Adoo.
30. The president approved the meat inspection
and agricultural colleges bill
SEPTEMBER
5. c. r Breckinridge, Of Arkansas, unseated in
the house by q vote of los to 62.
10. The senate passed the tariff bill by vote Of
4Oto29.
lG The senate passed the antllottery bill
10. The president signed the river and harbor and
anti.Iottery bills.
26. The president nominated Z. BurI Grubb, of
New Jersey. for the Spanish mission, and
Edwin IL Congcr. of Iowa, for the Brazilian
mission.
~. The house adopted the conferences report on
the tariff bil-!52 to 81.
%. The president approved tho land grant for
feiture bill
Tho president nominated for members Of the
continental railroad commission A. J. Cas-