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by amendments to the Revised Stat

by amendments to the Revised Stat
utes relative to national banks.
Mr.. White (Dem., CALI made a
speech in favor Of some practical mod
ifications of the senate rules. He did
not mince his words in his charac ter
ization of the rules and the ancient
fictions' they perpetuated. The great
evil which he especially inyeighed
against was that which permitted in
terminable debate on any question and
placed it in the power of q single sena-
tor to hold the senate at his mercy so
long. S
At the conclusion Of Mr. Whites
speech, Mr.. Morgan Dem, Ala.), for
merly chairman of the committee on.
foreign relations, introduced joint
resolution congratulating the republic.
OF Transvaal IN Africa for the stand
for liberty which it had taken, and di-'
recting the president fthe United
States to transmit the action to the re-
public Of Transvaal. The Morgan res
olution was referred to the foreign re-
lations committee.
Mr.. Jones (Dem., Ark.) then took the
floor and made a speech on the free
coinage substitute for the house bond
bill.
| In the house, Mr.. Tawney Rep.,
Minn.) offered resolution relating to
| pension claims. 1t recited that it was
frequently charged by pensioners and
| applicants that the medical division of
the pension bureau fails to properly re-
gard the reports and findings in pen
| sion claims made by various boards Of
| the United States examining surgeons.
An objection to it's consideration was
was made by Mr.. Mcclellan Dem.,
N. W.
Mr.. Odell Rep., n. " offered a res
olution to direct the committee on
banking and currency to report an
amendment to the general banking
laws giving power to banking associa-
tons to invest not to exceed SO per
cent Of their lawful reserves in bonds
of the United States to be hereafter is
sued under the acts of June IA, 1875,
and May 81, 1878 Objection was made
to Mr.. Odell's resolution, and it was
referred to the committee.
Then the changes in the house rules
recommended by the committee on
rules were reported by Mr.. Henderson
(Rep., Iowa), and were debated section
by section.
! Washington, Jan. 1.-THE house put
in the day in discussing the proposed
changes in the rules, and finally it
adopted all of the amendments recon-
mended by the committee on rules, in
Guiding the method of establishing the
presence of a quorum which was pro-
posed by J. Randolph Tucker of Vir-
ginia in the Forty-sixth congress- An
attempt by Mr. Curtis of New York to
abolish the custom of eulogizing dead
members was unsuccessful.
Congressman TaWney introduced a
bill for the relief of Conrad Bohn of
Winona, already alluded to in these
dispatches. Congressman McCleary
introduced bill making the mile.
square reservation, which includes the
plpestone quarries at Pipestone, MINI.
a national park. Congressman Towne
introduced a resolution directing the
committee on foreign affairs to in
vestigate and report on the establish.
ment of a court of arbitration by the
United States and Great Britain tC
settle controversies that may arise be.
tween the two countries affecting the
honor or autonomy of either
l
gan's Speech on the silver bond bill
was the event in the senate, although
a sharp personal collot NY between Mr.
Hill, Mr.. Pritchard and Mr.. Butler en-
liyened the early hours Mr.. Morgan
frequently addressed himself person.
ally to Mr.. Sherman who sat across
the aisle and for two hours arraigned
the Ohio senator for the series of finan.
cial acts with which he is identified
At times Mr.. Morgan was bitterly
personal.
The house, after devoting an hour to
the consideration of business reported
from the District of Columbia commit,
tee, took up the pension appropriation
bill. General debate on the bill con.
sumed the day. Mr. Stone Of Penn.
sylvania, in charge Of the bill, ex.
planned it's provisions; Mr.. Graft OF
Illinois offered the amendment aban.
doned by the committee inhibitine the
suspension of pensions for fraud until
the fraud had been proved In a United
States court, and Mr.. Bartlett Dem
n: " opposed the proposed extension
OF the dependent act of 1890 by the
removal Of the inhibition Of widows
pensions until they had proved their
dependence upon their daily labor fol
support He estimated that the pro.
posed extension would add $4,000
names to the pension rolls.
Hennepin Canal.
davenport, Iowa, Jan. ia mass
meeting of citizens this evening
adopted resolutions calling for amn]e
! approximations nv conrrosS for 81, ,,,,