The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-02
THE WORK OF CONGRESS
RESUME OF pisOsEEDrN0s or Tn1
SENATE AND HOUSE.

RESUME OF PlsOsEEDIN0s OF Tn0
SENATE AND HOUSE.
Condensed Record Of the Impertaut
Transactions Of Our National Law.
mnkers-The Work Done In Beth
Branches.
Washington, Feb. 2O.-The presidcr;
to-day seEt to the senate the nomination
Of Senator Edward D. White of Louisi.
ma to be an associate justice of tho
Urited States supreme court, to Gil the
Vacancy caused by the death of Justice
BlatchfOrd. The senate had hardly time
10 recover from the surprise which the
termination had caused when the con-
firmation was announced. While nlonths
had been spent in consideration of the
nominations of Messrs. Hornblower and
Peckham, and much time devoted to
them by tile senate committee OH ju-
dietary, the name of Mr.. White was not
referred to the committee at all, and in
less than an hour after the nomination
had been received the senate had placed
its seal of approval upon the selection
aud robbed itself of an esteemed member
utu SlNCu luc bulJIGlu6 COuTl tuG OuC
man necessary to make full bench.
Edward Douglas White will take his scat
on the supreme bench IS the youngest
Of the justices, and with the exception
of Justices Field and Harlan, he will
have entered at an earlier period in life
tLan any of the other justices, and will
have the exceptionally long term of twen.
ty-one years to serve before retirement.
He was born in the parish of In
Fourche, La., I'd was fcrty-eight years
of age last November He was educated
at Mount st. Mary's, near Emmetsburg,
Nd, ut the Jesuit college in New Or
leans, and finally ut Georgetown college,
District of Columbia. He entered the
Confederate army, and after the war
was admitted to the bar by the Louisi-
ana supreme court, and practiced his pro.
fession during the troubled years which
followed the reconstruction period. In
1874 he began his political experience as
state senator, lapslng into the law
again he became associate justice of the
supreme court of Louisiana in 1878, but
again turning to political pursuits, he
was elected to the United States senate
to succeed Senator Ehstis, at present
minister to France, taking his seat Marcel,
4, 1891. BY his appointment to-day ho
will leave vacancy of full two years in
his senatorial term. The new justice ia
bachelor at present, hut there il a
well defined runlor afloat that before the
year expires he will esleuse well know,
society woman who has been brilliant
fgrre in Washington.
The session of the senate was nm.
usually devoid of interest. Senator Hale
PRESENTED u resolution to investigate Ger.
tain printing contracts. but the matter
did not even create n discussion in the
serate, although the resolution was
adopted. Senator Daniel opened his argu.
,ntnt in support Of the administration in
the Hawaiian Tatter, and will conclude
MORROW.
he tilibuster over the silver hill ia
the house continued to-day, and an nd.
journment was had to give the Democrats
an opportunity to consider the situation
in caucus. An order arresting nbsentees
was Cassed.
The success of the filibustrr against
the Bland silver scignioragc bill, which
has blocked proceedings in the house for
five days, forced the Democratic a,lvo.
Gates Of the measure to in. oke the decree
Of caucus. There were present 1:;D
Democrats, but not Democratic member
of the New York delegation, all of whom
have Joined the obstructive movement,
was present, nor in fact any of the 9th.
ers who joined hands with them. \
resolution was unanimously adopted that
all Democrats record their votes either for
or against the measure. This will bring
the Gll to vote to-Morrow in nll probt.
bility.
Iz
considerable talk about the senate TO-
day of the prospect Of n Democratic eau
Gus 10 consider the tariff bill. Senator
Gibson Of Maryland, who has been CO.
operating with Senator German and 9TH
ers to secure duty on coal, said to-day
that he considered q caucus inevitable,
and that he thought 1t wa,Ild l,c held
during the first part of next week, or
possibly the latter part of the present
week. Members Of the finance COM
mittcc do not consider that IL caucus will
he necessary, and they confidently pre-
diet that none will be held. They at
tribute the caucus reports to tile dis.
satisfied element, and ere evidently Of
the opinion that tlty will not he able 10
secure sufficient backing among Demo
cratic senate rs to force caucus The
meeting of .lle full Democratic commit
toe does not change the aspect Of the
situation By fnr as can bc learned, though
it came near doing 30, and u: one time
looked as if the meeting might result in
ordering the calling of Il committee meet
ing tomorrow and the reporting Of the
bill TO the full CONN ittee then. Only the
fact that the week will then bc over
half gonc aud that the sc:latc will prob
ably adjourn over untii Mop.lay Oh ac-
count Of Washington's birthday, pre-.
vented.
The sugar schedule :ppears to be Mt
present. the item which Is giving the
greatest annoyance, and there is no
,louL: but that ior the unsatisfactory
status ct iGis ipattet. the other dis
puted questions would hase been agreed
upon before this time ana the i,ij; re-
ported to the full committee.
The session of the senate was devoid
of special interest. Senator Daniel Of
Virginia cvucly.l.al his speech on the
Hawaiian question, aud while suprortin.
warmly the course that had been fol-
lowed hy the administration, he declared
that now there was nothing to do but
recognize the new government AMI wish
it golspcc,l. After Senator Daniels
speed. the hill for additional printing Of
flee facilities was lakeu ;:p nnd discussed.
The deadlock OH tine Bland sci.hi,rage
bill was not broken in the house today.
Roll call followed roll call. when il being
apparent that Mr.. Bland could not
muster Il 4qor4;;n9 he moved 10 adjourn.
Washington, Feb. 22.-rhe tapifj Q,es-
ton came up in quite TN unexpected
way in the senate to-day, and for two
hours it held the floor to the exclusion
of all other business. The matter was
indirectly nllucded to ny GeEGtor Vo"r-
hccs. who arose TO Il question OF privilege
TO dehy IL newspaper statement indicating
that the Democratic members of the
finaUcc committee were submitting to the
PRESIDENTS .irnrti0ns in matters relating
to the thrift bill. After ,his denial by
Senator Voorhees, senator Chandler Of
New Hampshire prccipi,atcl the discus
sion Of the day by an inquiry az III the
part that Senator Mills il performing i'll
the consideration of the hill in commit
tee, and whether he IN still acting as the
proxy III Senator McPhersor sin,e the
latter's return to TIE CITY. Senator t0or-
hees at first requested Renatof Ch4nlleg
tt read the Record for his information,
bu: when the New Hampshire senator
insisted upon direct answer Senator
Voorhees, finally declared that it was no
business Of the senator how the finance
committee considered the bill. This pro-
voked an err of acrimony, and for the
next hour senatorial courtesy had no