Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-01-03
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
House..

House.
:, WEDNESDAY, Dec. 24.-The House met
IBIS morning and adjourned till FRIDAY,
:, TUESDAY, Dec. 30.-In the House. after
the chaplain had delivered brief
prayer, ana after the journal of the last
uay session. had been read and APP
proved, the House adjourned until Fri
day.
Senate.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 24.-In the Senate
to-day Mr.. Edmunds asked nnanimore
consent tor the passage of a Joint reso
luton extending until July /. 1891. the
PERIOD during which the laws of Ne
braska shall be in force in the territory
OF Oklahoma. Mr. Edmunds explained
that the act creating the territory placed
over 1t the laws of Nebraska until the
close of the first session of the territori
al Legislature. 1t had been presumed
that the Legislature would enact code
OF laws, but 1t had failed to do so, and
the term of it's service would expire to-
day. Ii Congress failed to act now.
tne TERRITORY would be in a
state Of chaos. The resolution
called up his resolution directing
the committee Oh privileges and cleo
tons to amend section 81 of the cleo
tlon bill. A message from the Presi-
dent was soon afterwards received and
read, returning without his approval
the bill appropriating SIS, 900 for a pub
lie building at Bar Harber, Me-, on the
ground that the public needs at
that place did not justify such an ex-
penditure. It was referred to the COM
mittee on public building and grounds
The Senate then adjourned till Saturday
afternoon, with the understanding that,
at hot %1o
declare the Senate adjourned till Mon
day at noon.
SATURDAY, Dec. 27-The Senate met
for prayer this morning. The Chaplain
prayed for three minutes, and two min
utes more were consumed in reading
the journal of the last session. The SEN
ate then adjourned.
MONDAY, Dec. 29.--The Senate met at
noon and the vice president presented
a communication from the governor of
Idaho, transmitting credentials of the
senators-elect from that state-Messrs
George L. Shoup and VIM. J. Neon
nell. Mr.. Shoup was present, and Mr.
Hoar escorted him to the clerks desk,
was long discussion over the fact that
the Idaho Legislature had elected
their senators because the term
of one expired March i next and over
a report that it had illegally fixed the
terms OF the senators. The latter re-
port was said to be untrue. 1t was
finally decided to refer the credentials
of Messrs. Shoup and Mcconnell to the
committee On privileges and elections.
The Senate then resumed the consider
alton of the elections bill, and Mr..
Hoar yielded the floor to Mr.. Hiscock,
who addressed the Senate at length in
1-.C4 Ill F%l1< II
by Mr.. Hoar. Without concluding his
speech Mr.. Hoar yielded for an execu-
tive session, and the Senate soon adj
iourned. The Senate confirmed the
nomination of Henry 3. Brown, of
Michigan, to be associate justice Of the
supreme court
TUESDAY. Dec. 30-When the Senate
met at 10 O'Clock hardly dozen sena-
tors were in attendance The only two
Democratic senators present were
Messrs German and Faulkner. The
roll-calI showed the presence Of seven
teen senators, and the ergeant-at-arms
was directed to request the attend
ance of absentees. 1t was II o'clock
before quorum Of forty-tour was Sc
cured and the Journal of yesterday
read. The vice president laid before
the Senate the credentials of Frederick
r. Dubois, as senator from the state OF
Idaho for the term beginning March 4.
1891. They were referred to the COM
mittee on privileges and elections. Mr.
Reagan gave notice of two amendments
to Mr.. Aldrich's closure resolution.
Then the morning hour having expired,
the Senate resumed consideration OF
the elections bill, and Mr.. Hoar con-
tinued his speech commenced yester-