Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-22
CONGRESSIONAL.

THURSDAY Dec. s. Z
s~ENATE-The enate IN executive session
confirmed the n~omination of John II. Gear
of iowa as assistant secretary Of the treas
ury, ID. p. Thompson of Oregon as minister to
Turkey William Potter of Pennsylvania as
minister 10 Italy, ia. Baker Of Iowa as CON
SUI at Copenhagen, J. A. Forbe OF California
as consul at Guaymas, G. II. Cowan of Illi-
nois as consul at Manila, rwultam Stone of
Iowa as commissioner general cf tho land
Office. After q brief executive session the
senate adjourned until Monday as a mark of
respect TO the memory % Representative
Warwick Of Ohio,
HoUsE-The house passed the bill termin-
etlng the reduction in the engineer corps of
the navy. After a lengthy discussion OF the
bill extending for three years the provisions
OF the act for the muster and pay Of certain
volunteer officers and enlisted men, the
house resumed discussion of the bill on pub
lie printing n binding. Without disposing
Of the bill the house adjourned.
FRIDAY, Dec. 9th.
HoUsE-The house adopted an amendment
10 the rule to provide for business coming
over unfinished from one session OF congress
TO the next. 1t may be considered immodi-
ately. The speaker announced a number of
committee appointments to Gil vacancies,
among them the following: Judiciary, Eel
lows OF New York; enrolled bills, Scottlot
Illinois, chairman; naval affairs, Brown of
Maryland; military affairs, German of
Michigan. Consideration. of the senate l6Il
with house amesdineitts relative TO public
printing and binding was resumed. The
motion to recommit was withdrawn and the
vote by which the bill was ordered to a third
reading was reconsidered. The clause relat-
ing 10 the office OF the superintendent of
public documents was stricken out and the
bill passed as amended. Adjourned until
Monday 10
r.. MONDAY Dec. u.
sENATE-Numercus petitions for and
against the passage of the ~anti-option bill
were presented and referred TO the commit
tee on agriculture. Petitions were also pre-
scented for closing the worlds fair on Sunday
and for the construction of the Panama
canal. Mr.. stewart introduced a bill amend.
ing the Sherman act so as to provide for free
silver coinage and coinage Of the bullion now
held In the treasury. MIR. Vest, by request,
introduced a bill to encourage the construc.
tion of electric ailrCrds and promote the
interests Of commerce and travel; TO facIli.
tate rapid transportation and in ~domonstrat.
ing the feasibility OF distribution by electri-
cal power for agricultural andother purpose.
along the line ofelectric roads, and especially
TO aid i'm the construction of the proposed
electric railroad between Chicago and St
Louis, and was referred to the committee on
commerce. The senate bin reported Iasr
session for allotment of alds among III,
| aav,r.1 IrRtap ,pg1..Z l., N..-.- -
Indian Territory. then became the subject %
discussion Of the executive session, Ad
journed r....a-
HoUsE.-Wheu speaker Crisp entered the
house today and took the chair there was ;
spontaneous Cutburst OF applause from al
parts OF the floor and gaIleries-a tribute o
sympathy for the sdeaker in his recen
unpleasant connection with the Reform cIul
dinner. Mr. Cummings of Now York offered
for reference a resolution recitimg an editor
ial ia the New ork sun Of the Goth uIt
hraded AN Outrage by the Postofice.i
charging that clerks in the department a
Washington are in tbs habit Of excluding
newspapers from thu rivileges Of beng car
ried In the mails as sCc-n3 class matter with
out previous notice 10 the publisher aud tina
IL has been discovered there are person
residing in the national cppItal who vii
attempt an adjustment Of difficulties OF thi
sort for a money consideration. Ii is assertel
the postmaster general and the suE.arinten
dent Of the census have each ia en- a per
Sonal advantage OF this opportunity 60 US
the mails I'm the manner the department pro
nouaces illegal for other citizens. The con
mittee on postofices was directed to inyestl
gate the charges. Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY,, Dec. Il.
HOUsE-Thc house proceedings today wer
uninteresting until Tire army bin was reache
when Mr.. Antsuy tdem, Tex stirred u
excitement by an amendment to the efec
that no person pensioned by the governmen
should be permitted to receive any pay unit
the pending act.
sENATE-ln tine opening Of his remarks o
the a~nti-opfion bill Mr.. George called after
tlon TO the fall Of four or five points in III
price OF cotton at the New York cotto
exchange yesterday, and said that fall wa
I'm tue nature Of a menace becsuscthe Unite
states senate had undertaken 20 perform
greSt constitutional duty. lie assumed tina
senators would treat such threats with tbs
degree of contempt 10 which they wer
entitled.