Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-26
SOME AFFAIRS OF STATE.

1
Night Session-Corrections Due to Mis-
prints-AN New Presidential Proclamation
| The Government Has Its Quota Of Sill
yer on Hand for Awhile.
WASHINGTON, March 25.-The free coin
| age fight had demoralizfng effect on the
| private bill calendar in the House OF Repre-
| sentatives to-day. The prolongation OF yes
| terday's session until 1940 o'clock this morn
| ing proved severe trial to most of tho
| members, and when the House met to-day
| not over 30 of the S36 members were In their
| seats. Later jim the day other members
| strolled in, but at no time during the day
would a roll call have developed the pres
ence of aquorum, and 1t was found imposs1-
BILE to take decisive action upon any import
ant measure. After prayer by the Chaplain
there were number of members on their
feet asking for corrections to be made IN the
Record and the journal. Most OF these cor
rections were directed toward a roll call in
| the Record which was In ncorrectly printed
by the printing Office. The caption Not
voting" was placed over the list of the MEM
bers voting in the negative on one OF the
motions made last night and this error lea
terial, but it was sufficient to bring Mr..
Reed, of Maine, forward with the sarcast1c
remark, II am glad to notice that this null
tiplclty OF errors winch mas plidanSe OF of
moral obliquity as it has been IN some Con-
gresses." (Laughter.]
The Speaker-The Chair will state to the
gentleman that what appears to be multi
plicity of errors grows out of a single error
at the printing office in putting over the 81 lst
of those who voted Nay" the words "Not
voting" 1t is simply the transpositlon OF
Mr.. Reed-These errors will happen.
want only to point out that fact.
Mr.. Bynum, of Indiana-1 call the gentie>
a 70 pres
ent Congress We have an opportunity TO cor
rect errors after they are discovered. In
some previous Congresses we have been pro
The journal having been approved, the
House went into committee Of the whole,
Mr.. McRae, OF Arkansas. in the chair, on
consumed in the consideration of the bill
for the relief of the personal representa-
tives of Henry H. Sibley, the inventor of the
"Sibley'' tent, but no determination was
reached The committee having arisen. the
House adjourned, the evening session being
dispensed with.
A BILL was reported in the Senate to-day
for the establishment Of a fish hatchery in
Montana. Calendar. Mr.. Sawyer in troduced
bill to encourage postal savings, to invest
the same, and to divide earnings among de-
positors. Referred. The Senate then, on
motion of Mr.. Sherman, went into executive
session. When the doors were Ieopened,
legislative business was resumed. MI. Will
son, from the Judiciary Committee, reported
a bill changing the time for holding circuit
and district courts of West Virginia, and 1t
s4oo 600 for public building at Helena. Mont,
was taken from the calendar and passed:
The Senate then adopted resolutions. offered
memory ny ml. fii of the late q Senator Hearst, the
business of the Senate was suspended, IN
order to enable his associates to pay
proper tribute Of respect to his high char
acter and distinguished public services.
Eulogies were delivered by senators STAN
ford, Vest, Stewart, voorhees,. Bate, Dolph,
Morgan and FELTON,, (Mr. Hearst's sue
cessor), and then, as further mark of re-
spect, the Senate adjourned till Monday.
A MESSAGE from the President trans
mitting a communication from the District
Commissioners, accompanied by letter
from the Chairman of the Executive Com
mittee of the G. A. r. Encampment, to be
held next September, was laid before the
Senate to-day. An appeal is made for $780,.
600, one-half to be paid by the District
for the expenses OF the encampment. The
President says: "The event is one of na-
tional interest, and the attendance Of sur
viving Union soldiers will probably be
larger than at any encampment that has
ever been held. The parade of the survivors
of our great armies on Pennsylvania avenue
will bring vividly back those momentons
days when the great armies of the East and
West marched through the streets of Wash
ington in high parade, and were received by
our citizens with joyful acclaim. 1t seems to
me that it will be highly appropriate for
Congress suitably to aid in making this de-
monstration impressive, and in extending to
those soldiers whose lives benef1cent Provi-
dence has prolonged an opportunity to see,
in the security and peaceful development
vail at the national capital, the fruits of
their sacrifice and valor."
In view of the fact that proclamations
will soon be issued by the President, open
ing to settlement the surplus lands of the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservations in the
Indian Territory, and also the lands recently
ceded to the United States by the Sisseton
and Wahpeton Indians in North Dakota and
South Dakota, Secretary Noble has taken
steps to have all intruders promptly re-
moved therefrom by the military. The
former reservation will be opened to settle
ment between the 1st and 10th days of April,
and the latter on the 18th of the same month.
This action is taken not only for the protec-
tfon of the Government, but in the interest
of the intruders themselves, as under the
law persons who enter upon these lands
prior to the date fixed upon by the President
in his proclamation thereby forfeit their
tion has also been taken with respect to the
removal of intruders from the Cherokee
strip in the Indian Territory, and all persons
found thereon, whether whites or Indians,
will be promptly removed. The lands to be
opened aggregate 54, ,257 acres.
ACTING SECRETARY SPAULDING has
issued a circular to Customs officers in re-
gard to the treatment of imported mer-
chandise intended for exhibition at the
Worlds Columbian Exposition. He says it
is intended by the Department. that so far as
is reasona BILE, precedence shall be accorded
to entries OF this kind, and that collectors
shall afford every practicable facility for
the speedy transmission of these exhibits to
Chicago.
THE Dockery Worlds Fair investigating
of the House Committee on
will not leave Washington
for Chicago until after the silver ques-
t1on is disposed of in the House. They were
to have started to-day.
THE Navy Department has received in
formation of the arrival of the United States
steamship Newark, at Iaguyara, Venezuela.
American interests during the revolution |
said to be in progress, but in the dispatches |
no reference Is made to any
trouble.
THE House Committee on Agriculture to- |
day authorized favorable report to be |
made on the Paddock pure. food bill, which |
passed the Senate some weeks ago. The |
made several amendments to |
the bill. Representative Geary, of Califor- |
mia, to-day introduced in the House bill to |
pure extract of hops in the manufacture of |
ale or beer.