Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-12-15


heferred. A messenger fron 4ba WHIT
o 'neh appeared with the presidents
message which the clerk at once read 10 the
committee OF the whole. The death ~ Rem.
'esehtatiye Warwick, of Ohio. was announced
ana as a mark OF respectthe house adjourned
ohNAIE-As soon as the secretary finished
reading the Journal, a messenger handed him
the presidents message, which he read. A
petition was presented by senator paeer
rom citizens of Kansas alleging the exist
ehce OF accumulation between The ELEVATOR
miiefs ana railroads of Minneapolis and ST.
louis to depreciate the price of grain Re-
tefred TO the committee on agriculture.
senator Chandler introduced a him for tho
suspension of immigration ror one wear
senator Vest offered a resolution r~ecitinq the
allegations in the public press charging gross
misconduct on tic part OF census empIoyes
especially tue enumerators in the state of
missouri who are said TO have taken lists az
voters for partisan use, and also charging
mat certain clerks OF the census bureau were
sent TO the state of New York during the
recent election 10 perform partisan service
ana directing an Investigation of such
charges by the senate committee ON census.
lhis started a political discussion. which
lasted some time. The resolution went over.
After an executive session the senate
adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. Z.
sENArE.-After the presentation of tho
treasury reports and the presidents message
III regard 10 the naval establishment on the
great lakes, Senator Hin introduced a bin
Tor the repeal of the act of July. 1899. direct
ing the purchase of silver bullion. IL was
referred to the committee on iuauce. The
resolution offered yesterday by Mr.. Vest as
10 alieSed partisan action by employees of the |
census bureau WIGS referred to the commits, @
on contingent expenses. The joint resolution
introduced yesterday by Mr.. Vest for the
appointment OF a commission to make an
agreement with the Indian tribes in Indian
territory for taking lands I'm severalty and
settllng the remainder of their lands. was
taken up and Mr.. Vest made an impassioned
speech lie said the four adjacent states
were directly and Immediately concerned in
the existing state of Indian Terri
tory' me territory today IS a menace to
The formal announcement of
the death Oh Representative Mcdonald hav-
been made, the senate as a mark of
adjourned.
HoUsE-A bill in effect repeating the law
which provides for the reduction of the force
Oh engineer officers of the navy TO 40 was
brought 10 the attention of the house.
it received amajority !. motion to
prevented final action. The
of the day was consumed in con-
of the senate bill relative to pub
lie printing and binding.
THURSDAY, Dec. 6.
S~ENATE-The senate in executive session
the nomination of John H.. Gear
Of Iowa as assistant secretary of the treas
airy, ID. L. Thompson of Oregon as minister TO
Turkey William Potter of Pennsylvania as
To Italy, J. A. Baker of Iowa rs cona
'ul at Copenhagen, J. A. Forbe of California
consul at Guaymas, c. II. Cowan eff ILL
lois as consul at Manila. William Stone of
Iowa ms commissioners general Cf the land
)fhce. After a brief executive session the
senate adjourned until Monday as a mark Of
TO the memory OF Representative
of Ohio.
HoUsE-The house passed the bill tcrmin-
the reduction in the engineer CORPS of
he navy. After a lengthy discussion Of the
)ll extending for three years the provisions
II the act for the muster and pay OF certain
officers and enlisted men, the
resumed discussion of the bill on pub
ic printing and binSi1g. Without GisI Osiny
q 81 III A.