The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02
THE NATIONAL
CONGRESS.
Some Record of What the Peo'
Pies Representatives Are
Trying to Do.
SOME BRASH TALK OF WAR,

! Will show What Men Are and Where
| MONDAY, DEC. 1GTH.-sENATE.
Mr.. Quay presented a petition
from the Philadelphia Wool Mer-
chants Association, for the re-
storation Of the Mckinley tariff on
wool.
! Mr.. CulIom presented a petition
for the reduction of letter postage at
one cent.
Mr.. Perkins presented a petition
from the State Legislature Of Cali
fornia favoring the free coinage of
silver and gold at the ratio of 1G to
!, and against the issue of bonds.
Mr.. Brice presented a petition in
favor of securing the Appomattox
battlefield for a National Park.
Among the bills introduced were
the following:
Fifty-two pension bills.
Nh. PETER introduced bill IS.
$3.50 to provide home for aged and
infrm colored people.
Mr.. Gallinger offered the follow
ing resolution:
Resolved, That the Secretary of
State, the Secretary of the Treasury,
the Secretary cf War, the Secretary
Of the Navy, the Secretary of the In
terror, the Secretary of Agriculture,
the Postmaster-General, and the At
torney-General are hereby directed
to cause careful and thorough in
quiry to be made regarding the en-
ployment of aliens in their respec-
tive Departments, and to communi-
cate the result of said inquiry to the
Senate at the earliest practicable
day.
Mr.. Stewart addressed the Senate
at some length on this resolution re-
quiling an investigation of the effect
Of exchange between gold standard
countries and silver standard coun-
tries on agricultural products. and
showed how the business of this
country was being ruined by compe-
ton with silver countries.
Among the bills introduced were
the following:
Eighty-nine pension bills.
Mr.. Grain, to change the day for
the first annual meeting of Congress
from the first Monday in December
to the first Tuesday after the 4th day
! Of March. and to the first Monday
after the 1st day of January for the
second annual session, and to pro-
vide for meeting of Congress to
count the electoral vote for Presi-
dent and Vice-Presdent and to
transact no other business and for
other purposes.
Mr.. Low, petition of the owners,
underwriters, agents, and masters OF
vessels of Wilmington, N. c., engag-
ed III the coasting trade along the
Atlantic coast, respectfully repre-
senting to the Congress the impor-
tance of harbor of refuge near
Cape Lookout.
TUESDAY, DEC. 17TH.-SENATE.
Several petitions for the recogni-
ton Of Cubans as belligerents were
offered.
Among the bills introduced were
the following:
Fifteen pension bills.
Mr.. Call, to provide for the coinage
of gold and silver bullion in the
mints of the United States, and 70,
the exchange thereof Of legal tender
United States Treasury notes.
The greatest sensation of the pres
ent Congress was had to day on the
reception of a special message from
, the President. This document was
on the Venezuelan question and was
: referred to in our last issue. It was
a practical request from the Presi
dent to compel England to stop he1
encroachments in Venezuela. The
, message was based on what is known
as the Monroe Doctrine" The Pres
, ident was not certain of all facts il
D the case and recommended that Con
S gress provide for commission t.
/, make a thorough examination of tn,
-. matter, and if it were found tina
! England was exceeding her rights
for the United States to demand tha
r she stop her encroachments and tt
4 restore what she had taken. Thes'
0 are not the words, but the effect ant
= meaning of the message.
4 The Senate lost its dignity in try
ing to effervesce over and applau'
: this message.
h Mr.. Cannon offered an amendmen
: to the rules providing for three dis
q tinct committees on elections. Thi
n was done to expedite the business o
I the contested election cases. OF thes
n there are thirty-two-the larges
], number ever known in Congress be
>. fore with one exception.
'l -Four Of these cases come from tn
= State of Alabama, one from tn
State of Georgia, two from the Stat
+ of Kentucky, three. from the State Q
5. Louisiana, one from Maryland, on
l. from Missouri, one from Mississippi
n three from North Carolina, four fror
II South Carolina, three from the Stat
J, of Texas, and four from the State Q
Is Virginia, making twenty-seven Q
y the thirty-two contests coming fro1
;. the Southern States.
% The amendment precipitated
S, long discussion in which much ol
y party election rascality was brougf
'e up, and In which much politics
n "dirty linen" was washed Accuss
= tions were brought by one old part
IS member against the other and bot
b, were right.
e. The Presidents message, as rea
y in the Senate, on theVenezuela que
;. ton was also read in the House an
20 created a commotion.
y Among the bills introduced wei
N the following:
le Forty-three pension bills.
to Mr.. Linney, to provide for a publ
building at Winston, N. C.
q: Mr.. Sulzer, joint resolution d