St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-06
The Tennesseean Is Elected
Speaker Pro Tempope Of
the House.
Nearly Four Hundred Bills
Offered on the First Call
IF States,
Covering All Sorts Of Sub
jeetS, From Tariff to Tax
ing the Trusts.
Tariff Discussion in the Sen.
ate by Hale--SteWart'S
Great Find.


htical and personal luminosity seemed
TO be eradicated.
At noon the house was called to order
by Clerk Kerr, who stated that he re-
GREETED to announce the illness of the
speaker and declared that the only bust
ness in order was the election of 4;
speaker pro tenn. On motion of Mr.
Springer, of Illinois, the honor of that
election was bestowed upon Mr.. Nc
Millin, of Tennessee, who. in taking the
chair, Was warmly applauded by hi:
party colleagues. In his prayer, the
chaplain earnestly invoked the divine
protection over the speaker and the
divine guidance on the speaker pro tenn.
Mr.. CatchingS, of Mississippi, from
the committee on rules, reported a reso-
luton providing that today should be
considered as bill day. when public bills
could be introduced under a call oil
states and private bills be presented
through the petition box.
Mr.. Mills, of Texas. was granted in
definite leave of absence. Mr.. Wilson,
of Kentucky, and Mr.. Buchanan, of
Virginia, appeared at the bar of the
house and took the oath of Office. Under
the
Call by States
the following bills. among others, were
introduced and referred: BY Mr..
Breckenridge, of Arkansas, for the ad.
mission of Indian Territory as state
By Mr.. Geary, of California. to abso.
lutely prohibit the coming of Chinese to
the United States; also for the fore
closures of the mortgages of the Union
and Central Pacific railroads. By Mr..
Caminetti, of California, prohibiting
aliens from holding offices of trust un-
der the government of the Unite d
States. BY Mr.. Townsend. of Colo
RADIO, for free coinage of silver.
At this point Mr.. Blount. of Georgia,
asked unanimous consent for the i'm
mediate consideration of the senate
resolution authorizing the secretary of
the navy to employ United States YES
sci to transport food to the inhabitants
of Russia suffering from want of sus-
tenance; Mr.. Kilgore, of Texas, OBJ
iected.
By Mr.. Watson, of Georgia, to place
1ute bagging. jute, iron ties and binding
Irvine on the free list; also to preve mt
the payment in advance by the secre-
tary OF the treasury of interest bonds;
also to create
An Income Tax.
BY Mr.. Lane, of Illinois, to tax trusts.
BY Mr.. Williams, of Illinois, to ascer-
tain who first suggested the pan-Amer-
lean congress. BY Mr.. Shively. of In
diana, for the election of postmasters
by the vote of the people. By Mr..
Cooper, of Indiana, for the inyestiga-
ton of the administration of the pen
sion bureau. By Mr.. Martin, of Indiana,
to repeal the sugar bounty law. By Mr..
Henderson, of Iowa, to institute an in
vestigation touching the management
OF the Chicago exposition and apprOpri-
atoms therefor. By Mr.. Otis, of Kan
sas, to change the monetary system, to
reduce interest and to provide for loans
on lana. By Mr.. Simpson, of Kansas,
to prohibit usury; also to establish a
department of finance and commerce.
By Mr., Stone, of Kentucky, for the
free entry of lumber, tin plate ana terne
plate. By MI. Goodnight, of Ken
lucky, placing salt OH the free list.
BY Mr.. McCreary, of Kentucky, amend
ing the rules SO as to require the various
house committees having in charge the
various general appropriation bills to
report the, same within eighty days
days In the short session. after the meet
ing OF congress- Also placing tin plate
and agricultural implements on the free
list.
BY Mr.. Boatner, of Louisiana, for the
Improvement of the Mississippi river;
also proposing a constitutional amend
mentto prohibit lotteries.
Aimed at Aliens.
RU Mr. Cbinpoon 1f
prevent aliens from holding certain
positions and doing certain manual
labor in the United States. The bill is
designed to check the evil, generally
complained of by labor organizations.
OF aliens working daily in the United
States while citizens and residents of
Canada.
BY Mr.. Morse, of Massachusetts, to
repeal the long and short haul and pool
Ing clauses of tine interstate commerce
act; also to prohibit the opening of anv
exposition on Sunday where appropria-
items made by the United States are ex-
pended.
By Mr.. Andrew. of. Massachusetts,,
placing raw wool. coal and iron ore on
the. free list; also repeating the law
authorizlng the purchase of silver. By
MIR. Dockery, of Missouri. to reduce
duties on imports, to enlarge the free
list and to equalise taxation. By MIR.
ONelll, of Missouri, to reduce letter
postage to one cent per half-ounce.
BY MIR. Kerr, of Nebraska, for an adj
equate volume of full legal tender coin
and paper money, for the classification
OF the funds in the United States treas
ury, and for the establishment of a gen
eral system of government banking.
BY Mr.. O'DOnnell, of Michigan, to ex-
tend the free delivery of mails in rural
communities, appropriating S6,OOO,OO
Tor the first year. By Mr.. Little. of New
ork, for the taxation of lotteries. Ry
MIR. Bentley, of New York. to inquire
into the practicability of constructing
A Ship Canal
from the great lakes to the nayigable
waters of the Hudson river. Bv Mr..
Campbell, of New York, to revive the
grade of lieutenant general i'm the
army. By Mr.. Caldwell, OF Ohio. to
prevent the dissertation Of the United
States flag.
Bills were introduced and referred
Tor the erection of public buildings AFT
the following points: Pine Bluffs.
Ark; Eureka, CAL; Santa Rosa. Cal:
Fresno, CAL; Santiago, CAL; San Fran.
cisco, CAL: Alameda, CAL; Oakland.
Cai.; COLORADO Springs, Col. u; Leadyille.
Col; Decatur. ILL.,; Chicago, Ill: In,
d3lanapolis, Ind; Brazil, Ind;
Fort Madison, Ind; Cresson,
10; Newport. KY; Saltwater,
Minn.; Anoka, Minn,; Menominee,
Mich; Grand Haven. Mich: Natchez
Miss; Moberly, Mo-. Butte City, Mont:
Helena, Mont; GAINESVILLE, o.: Ere,
mont. o.; Findlay, o.; and Gallipolis.
y. The call of the states was then
suspended, 375 bills of public charac-
ter having been turned into the leglsla-
tive mill. and the clerks having been
taxed to the utmost of their working
capacity. Mr.. Picker, of South Dakota.
announced the death of his former col,
league, John B. Gamble, and the house
rs mark of respect to the memory of
the deceased adjourned until tomorrow.
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