The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-12-16
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
CONGRESS.

Tn the senate. on the 9Th. after the openins
rrsvar Vice. Prcsident Morton administer
"a the statutory oath to Hon kedned i'roet'
or. elected 70 I'LL the unexrired term OF ssha
tor Edmunds and also for the insuihs So
wars The customary resolutions IN
structinr the secretary 10 inform the house
that the senate was ready 10 proceed TO ousi-
ness. and appointing Joint committee 10 ~.
form the president that quorum OF eact
bouse was present and that congress was reA's
70 receive any communication he might nave
70 make were passed. and the senate look IT,
cess until O'Clock. On reassemnhng. MT
Hale reported that the president would send
h;s message on the following morning at the
opcning OF congress and the senate ADJOURNED
In tho house similar committees being
srnointssi and an Identical answer being re-
ceived from the president, the house. on mo
,ion OF Mr.. English. OF New Jersey. as mari
OF respect 70 the memory ofthe late Represent
alive Edward r. Mcdonald, adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 9Th. the presidents an :
nual message was received ana reau, us ~. ~,
ING occupying about an hour and halr. lh'
vice president formally laid before the senate
| communications from the secretaries OF state
| ~ MARYLAND, Arkansas. Georgia and New
Hampshire ofYicially announcing the result .
4 the vote at the late elections Ia those stttes
The vice president laid before the senate
| number OF reports. After some unimportan
/
| - ax..,,,va session In the house. in hi
oneninv PRAYER. the chaplain touchingiy re
| sarred 70 the double affection which hal wltnii
such A brief time visited President Harrison
The journal was read aud approved. Letter
from Secretary Of the Treasury Foster, trans
hitting the estimates for the ensuing wear
were read AMI approved. after wnich Exc
utive Clerk Pruden appeared ana rressn'o
the presidents annual message TO congress
which was read.
Is the senate, on the eth, Mr.. Vest cailei .
! hi. Joint resolution for commission 70 neg
,iat. with the five civilized tribes IN the lniia
.arritorv for the surrender to the United stat
az the 45.0DOoO acres land occupied ~ thsn
after retaining enough for homes IN severai'
Tor themselves. Upon the announcement,
the death Of Representative McDonali. o' Ne
Jersey. the senate ad journed ..'ln ne nou
bill 10 reduce the number or engineers
: the navy was passed 10y yea ana nay No'
but motion 20 reconsider was penalns WI
the house ad journed. nj an cary nour, w
..s,,,c, ~ the memory OF the late Mr.. McDo
aid. of New Jersey.
In the senate, on the sth. the only 'nea,u
: nas.ad was the bill authorizing the corstru
g - =, a bridge eighty five feet high and
5 lpo feet sran across the Mississippi ri'
- shov. New Orleans The senate then we
:, into executive session and Ia addition 70 CO
armiug a number OF presidential nominate
l. ratified the Chilian treaty LIN the no'
much Of the session was consumed IN arguln
mint Of order that six days must elapse tr'
- tho commencement OF a short session pei'
!: public bills coming over from previous
AZ sior rould he considered An amendment
the nrinting bill providing for the printing
j. the Nautical almanac was defeated.