The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-01-17

ROUTINE or HOUSE AND SENATE
BRIEFLY CuRONICLED.
summary of Bills aud Resolutions
Presented and Acted Upon.


The session Of the house Monday
was exceedingly brief. Mr. Brodor-
ick, republican, Kansas, preferred q
request for unanimous consent for tho
swearing in Of Clarence +. Allen.
elected representative Of the new state
Of Utah. He explained that Mr..
Aliens election was regular and that
there was no contest, but as tho gov
ernor and other state officials did not
assume their offices under the presi-
dents proclamation until today their
signatures 10 Mr.. Aliens credentials
of course had not been attached. Mr..
Crisp did not question the facts as
stated, but thought Mr.. Allen should
not be sworn IN until a report had
been made upon the case by com.
mittoe. The matter was therefore re-
ferred to the Judiciary committee with
leave TO report at any time.
On Mr.. Hits motion a resolution
was adopted appointing Hon. w. L.
Wilson on the board Of regents Of the
Smithsonian Institute. At 1920
o'clock the house adjourned until
Tuesday.
In the house, Tuesday, a report
from the committee on judiciary was
made by Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa.
calling upon the attorney general for
information as to what steps, If any,
he has taken to enforce the laws of the
United States against trusts, combina-
tions and conspiracies and what fur
Their Legislation if any, is needed, in
his opinion, to protect the people
against the same. He explained that
this was a substitute for resolution
introduced by Mr.. Hubbard, Of Mis-
souri,, asking the attorney-gene
why he had not enforced the anti
trust law, which assumed a state of
affairs concerning which the commit
tee had no evidence, SO it had unan-
imously agreed upon the substitute.
The resolution was adopted. The
house at l 20 p. m. adjourned until
Wednesday.
The annexation of Hawaiian islands
was preached in the house Wednesday
by Mr.. Spalding, Of Michigan, in the
form of a resolution. The resolution
provided that the Sandwich islands be
erected into a new state to be called
the state of Hawaii with a republican
form of government, to be adopted by
the people, through deputies in con-
vention, with the consent of the exist
ing government.
Conditions were imposed that ques-
tions of boundary or complications
with other governments be transmitted
to the president to be laid before con-
gress for its final action before January
l, 1898; that all property pertaining
to the public defense be coded to the
United States, but the state retain all
other property and the United States
to be liable for none of its debts.
The resolution proposes as an alter
native that Hawaii may be admitted
as a state by treaties between the two
governments, with one representative
in congress and proposes an appro-
priation of 100000 for making the
treaties. The resolution was read by
unanimous consent and referred to the
committee on foreign affairs.
Upon his request Mr.. Harrison, of
Alabama, was relieved from service on
the elections committee No. because
his seat is contested, and Mr. Bailey,
of Texas, was appointed in his stead.
Mr.. Henderson, Iowa, stated that the
committee on rules would not be able
to report until Thursday, and at l2:45
the house adjourned.