Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-15

of the usual resolution notify
ing the house of the meeting of the
senate and the appointment of a COM
mittee from the house to wait on the
president and notify him of the as
sembling of congress, and one fixing
the time of meeting at noon each day,
the senate took Il recess of an hour.
On ceassembling the committee to
wait on the president announced the
of its duty and that
the president would at once communi-
cate with the senate. Secretary Pru-
deu then stepped forward and deliv-
cred the message to the vice president,
who laid it before the house. and Sec
rotary Cox at once began its reading.
All present, with few exceptions,
gave close attention when the reading
began. There was a general changing
about in seats when the portion of
the document dealing with Hawaii was
approached.
Senator Dolph gave notice that he
would address the senate on the Ha-
Walldn part OF tne message
The message was ordered to lie on
the table. A message was received
from the house announcing the deaths
of Charles O'NeiH and VIM. Lilly.
representatives from Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Cameron, rep, of Pennsylvania,
offered suitable resolutions and a COM
mitlee was appointed to attend the
funerals.
The senate then adjourned.
Fully 800 members We're in their
seats when Speaker Crisp called the
house to order. Conspicuous upon the
| floor We're the two vacant chairs of
Representative O'Neill, of Pennsyl
vania, the father of the house." and
, his colleague, Mr.. Lilly, the repre-
sentative-at-large from the keystone
state. Their desks were draped in
black and covered with floral tributes
At 1:05 o'clock the presidents mes
sage was brought in and read. The
reading was listened to with marked
attention.
| A touching tribute was paid to the
memory of Representatives O'NeiH anC
| Lilly after which the usual resolutions
were adopted and a committee was
appointed to attend O'Neilrs funeral
/ then as further mark of respect the
! house adjourned.
=, Washington, Dec. Ex-senator Dolpl
presented a petition of the Oregon
E, Horticultural society, favoring the
| n
j pruneS.
! After the morning hour the senate
, took up the Hawaii matter, and Dolpl
spoke against the presidents pro
posed action.
! The senate passed with slight amend
ments the house joint resolution, ap
propriating $4,000 for the employment
of additional deputy collectors of inter
nal revenue to aid in the execution
,, of the Chinese exclusion act.
In the house joint resolution to con
firm bona fide entries of lands il
Mile Lees reservation, Minnesota, be
tween 1891 and December -, 1892
when the lands We're declared not sub
ject to entry, was passed. Thirty thou
sand acres are involved.
Senator Voorhees,, at a meeting O
the finance committee this morning
announced his purpose to handle tn,
tariff bill
Chairman Patch, of the agriculture
committee, says the anti-option' bill
certainly will be presented to the hous
this session.
J Mr. Martin, of Kansas, introduces
Il bill prohibiting the suspension o
any pensioner until it has been con
! clusively proven the pension was oh
tanned by fraud, also one for an ap
peal from the secretary of the interio
to the supreme court of the Distric
of Columbia in pension decisions.
Washington, Dec. 6.-Senator Vool
heeS opened the pension question il
the senate by introducing two bills
one declaring pension a vested right
regulating suspension of pensions, an
granting appeals to the supreme cour
Of the District of Columbia; the other
defining sundry crimes against tn
United States in the administration 0
pension laws.
Mr.. Henderson introduced a bill t
amend the internal revenue laws, MI
Cullom, of Illinois, offered a resolution
accepting from Illinois the statue O
Gen. Shields and addressed the senate
eulogizing Gen. Shields. Others ais
spoke.
Senator Hoar's resolution of yestel
day calling for information relative t
Hawaii was laid before the senate an
the author proceeded to attack vigol
ously the course pursued by the &C
ministration. Mr.. Hoar thought tina
the presidents intention in the matte
of Hawaii was thing which the ser
ate and the people were entitled t
understand without delay.
Mr.. Mills, of Texas, spoke Of MI
Hoar's Smelling the works" before h
obtained the information which hi
resolution called for. He denied tina
the president was meditating an &C
of war, and asserted that the presiden
had respectfully submitted the ques
ton to congress.
The real question was whether tb
government Of the United States ha
interfered to overthrow the existin
government of Hawaii. If it had,
was the duty of the president of tn
United States, representing the gov