The Princeton union., 1894-12-06
DOINGS (JF CONGRESS-.
LAST SESSION OF THE FIFTY
THIRD CONGRESS-.
A Condemned Record Of the Proceea-
ings In the senate and House
Matters OF Importance Dealt
q With. Sc

washington, Dec. 4. - The second
session Of the Fifty third congress be-
gan at noon to-day. Vice President
Stevenson presided in the senate and
Speaker Crisp in the house. The pres
ident's message was listened to with
great interest.
The senate begins with full cal
endar, result of committee action
| during the lcng session, and it con-
taiils at least 200 items, covering a
wide range of matters. Nothing has
transpireu to Indicate which of these
2cu questions will receive first attain
tiO0, or whether they will be taken III
their order, or whether the calendar
will be followed at all.
| Washington, Dec 5.-A bill provid-
ing for the free coinage of silver was
introduced in the house by Representa-
tive Hartman of Montana An i'm
portant provision Of the measure is
that requiring import duties to be paid
/ in gold in cases where the articles of
importation are brought from coun-
tries whose governments refuse to
open their mints to the free coinage Of
silver and gold. In the house several
routine reports were presented after
which Mr.. Scranton, Rep. Pa, an
nounced the death of Myron F.
Wright, late representative from the
Fifteenth district of Pennsylvania.
The usual resolutions were presented.
In the senate Mr.. Lodge, Rep, Mass,
offered a resolution calling on the Sec
retary Of state for particulars concern
| ing the execution of two Japanese
students by the Chinese authorities at
Shanghai, when the stuuents had been
given the protection of the United
States At the request of Mr. German
the resolution went over under the
rules until tomorrow. .
! Mr.. Blanchard, DEM, La. presented
a resolution protesting against the re-
cent Turkish atrocities against Ar
menlans, and directing that the re-
monstrance of this government be
communicated to Turkey. The reso-
lution went to the committee on for
eign relations.
Mr.. Dolph, Rep, Or, presented
memorial from the commercial organ
izations of Portland, Or, favoring the
Nicaragua canal Mr.. Dolph briefly
urged the Importance of the pending
measures for prosecuting the canal.
Mr. PETER, Pop, Kan, offered two
resolutions. The first directs the ju-
dietary committee of the senate to in
| vestigate the circumstances and legal
authority under which the secretary of
the treasury made the last two issues
of bonds. The second resolution calls
on the president for information con-
corning the circumstances and neces-
sity for sending United States troops
to Chicago during the tendency of the
Pullman strike. Both resolutions went
over under the rules.
Mr.. Call, Dem, Fla. offered a reso-
luton for the appointment of spe-
clal committee to inquire as to what
extent the Louisiana lottery or Hon
duras lottery was operating in Flor
Ida; whether either of them had sought
to control state or national elections;
whether money had not been expended
by them in turning the election of
members of congress, and whether
they did not own or subsidize the
newspapers in Florida The resolu
ton went over. =
I Washington, Dec. 6.-The senate was
In session for only half an hour, as
the leaders of the majority desired to
causus on the general order of bust
ness before proceeding with the bust
ness itself. There was time enough,
however, for Mr.. Lodge of Massa-
'h'.setts to have passed two resolu-
Ions for information which promises
to bring the Hawaiian and Bluetields
incidents before congress for comment
and probably criticism There was the
usual deluge Of bills and petitions in.
cident to the opening days of ses
sion, none Of them, however, being OF
public Importance. t.H1. :.
The session of the house was ex
ceedingly dull and uninteresting. The
attendance was small and there was
no clash of any kind. A bill provid
ing for the dedication Of the Chicka
magua and Chattanooga military parl
Sept. 10 and 20, 1895, and one for the
establishment of military park or
the site Of the battle CT Shiloh were
passed and the remainder of the day
was devoted to a fruitless discussion
of the printing bills.