The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-01-17
WORK OF CONGRESS

WORK. OF CONGRESS
efoceedings In the sens te anA 5H0rse
Of Representatives.
Washington, jan. S.-The session OF
the house to-day was exceeding brief.
MT. BrrMlerick (Rep.. Kan.) preferred
q request for unanimous consent for
the swearing In of Clarence j.. Allen.
TO represent the new stnte Of Utah.
He explained that Mr.. Aliens election
was regular and there was no contest.
OH, as the governor and other state,
Udncers did not assNMG their offices
under tile presidents proclamation
until to-day. their signatures to Mr..
Aliens credentials, of.course, hid not
l,celi made. Mr.. Crisp Dem, (;a.J did
not question the facts IA stated; but
thought Mr.. Allen sl,u;.ld not be sworn
In until report had been made upon
the. case by committee. The matter
was referred to the judiciary commit
tee. with leave to report ut any time.
On Mr. Hits motion, a resolution
was adopted appointing Hon. w. H.
Wilson OF the board Of regents of the
Smithsonian institution.
Washington, Jan. 0.-The SENATE was
treated to one Of Senator Vests char
acteristfc speeches. He arraigned the
supreme court for the income tax de-
cision; he laid the responsibility for
the lack of revenue at their door, when
they exempted the .'sordid wealth Of
the land from taxation; he contrasted
the records of the present and past ad-
ministrations; he threw some light up
On heretofore unknown chapters in the
history of the Mckinley law; he de-
1ounced the financial dependence of
This country and of others upon the
nonied influence; lie attacked the pres
dent and the secretary of the treasury
.or their proposition to retire the
sreenbacks aud place the circulation
IN the hands Of the, national banks;
ne quoted Secretary Carlisle against
himself. and in conclusion declared
hat the conflict between bimetallism
md the gold standard was irresistible,
ind that the sooner 1t was decided, the
better it would be for our public and
private life.
The other feature Of the session to-
lay grew out of the Introduction by
Mr.. Chandler Of a bill for q popular
oan through the issue of postal saw
ngs certificates. In the course of Mr..
Chandler's remarks, the cable replies
If the Prince of Wales, the Roth
schtlds, and others to the New York
World were alluded to, and Mr.. Lodge
claimed that the editor of the World
lad been guilty Of violating section
1885 Of the Revised Statutes in hold
ng communication with officials of
another government. the purpose of
which was to interfere with a meas
lre Of the UnitediStates."
Another brief session of the house
vas held. at which the only important
business transacted was the admission
Of the new member from the new
State of Utah, Mr.. Allen. and the
adoption of resolutions calling upon
the attorney general for information
concerning the enforcement of the
ANTITRUST law, and for recommends
lions Of new legislation on the subject
and ON the secretary of the treasury
Cor statistics concerning the seal FISH,
cries of the Bering sea.
Washington, Jan. 1O.-The subject of
the annexation of the Hawaiian Isl
nnds was preached In the house by Mr..
Spalding (Rep., Mich.), in the form of
resolution. The resolution provided
that the Sandwich Islands be erected
into state, to be called the State of
Hawaii, with Republican form OF
government, to be adopted by the peo-
pie, through deputies in convention,
with the consent of the existing gov
eminent. Conditions were imposed
that questions of boundary or compli-
cations with other governments be
transmitted to the president to be laid
before congress for it's final action be-
fore Jan. 1, 1893; that all property per-
tanning to the republic defense he ced-
ell to the United States, but the state
retain all other property and the Unit
ed States to he liable for none of it's
debts. The resolution proposes as an
alternative that Hawaii may he adj
mitted as state by treaties between
the two governments, with one repre-
In congress, and proposes an
appropriation of 100000 for making
the treaty. The resolution was read
by unanimous consent and referred TO
the committee on foreign affairs.
Mr.. Wolcott of Colorado, who has
been absent in Europe for some
f1onths. was present in the senate and
took prescribed oath. Mr.. Hale, from
the committee on naval affairs, report
ed back favorably bill authorizing
the secretary of the navy to increase
the number OF enlisted men in the
navy, and gave notice that he would
call it up at an early date. Mr.. Butler
(Pop., N. c. offered two amendments
to the free coinage substitute for the
house bond bill. The first prohibited
the sale Of interest bearing bonds
without the express consent Of con-
gress, and the second made it manda-
tory on the secretary of the treasury
to redeem greenbacks and treasury
notes in silver so long as the market
price of 412 IL grains Of silver was
lower than that of % 1-2 grains of
gold. At the conclusion Of the morn
ing hour the senate adjourned.
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