The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-03-25
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Condensed Proceedings OF the m.
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| Condensed Proceedings OF the M.
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| Washing ton, March 10. Preside
Mckinley has sent to the senate the
| following nominations:
| Sylvester, Peterson of Minnesota to-
| be register of the land office at Crooks
ton, MINI. Powell Clayton OF Arkan-
sas to be envoy extraordinary and min-
! lister plenipot Tertiary OF the United
States to Mexico; w lillian M Osborne
4 of massachusetts, consul general Of
4 the United States at London; John *.
(4oWdy of diana, consul general of
the United States at Paris; Joseph III.
Brigham Of Ohio, assistant secretary
of agriculture; Perry S. Heath of In
diana, first assistant postmaster gen
eral. The nominations were all re-
ferred to the proper committees.
The session OF the senate was brief
and uneyentful. A large number Of
bills were introd uced and the first re-,
port Of the session was received.
a smile went around the chamber
When Mr.. Stewart, a resident of Car
son City, New, where the pugilistic
contest occurred, offered q bill for the
relief Of one Corbett It proved to be
a private pension bill. One Of the
measures introduced by Mr.. Gallinger
proposed an amendment to the sconsti-
! tuition prohibiting legislation in behalf
\ Of8any religious denomination. Mr.
Turpie of Indiana gave notice of
speech next Tuesday on the election of
senators by popular vote, and intro
duced "a resolution proposing an
ndment to the constitution for that
purpose. u s. E
The first report Of the session was
presented by Mr.. Gear of Iowa, from.
the committee on Pacific railroads, and
was favorable to the bill for an adj
justment5 of the Pacific railroad debts
by a commission consisting Of the sec
rotary of the treasury, secretary Of the
interior and attorney general. MI.
Morgan of Alabama gave notice that
he would later submit a minority re-
port on the bill for q commission. A
resolution by Mr.. Lodge of AIassa-
chusetts was agreed to instructing the
committee on foreign relations to in
quire whether the Islands of st. CroiX,
st. Johns and st. Thomas, of the West
Indian group, could be purchased by
the United States, ans as to the prob
ability Of their sale to other powers.
AT / o'clock the senate went into ex-
ecutiYc session and at 2 O'Clock adj
journed.
The house was in session for only
fifteen minutes and that time was
consumed in the reading of the jour-
nal The galleries We're filled in an
ticipation of the opening Of the tariff
debate, but MI. Henderson of Iowa
announced that the ways and means
committee would not be ready to re-
IA or 1O1w
OH his motion, the house adjourned.
Washing ton, March 90. This was a
stormy day i'll the house Of representa-
tives. The Republican leaders before
: adjournment had secured the adoption
Of a special order fixing the limits Of
the tariff debate, and two Of the regI-
larSappropriation bills, which failed to
become laws at the last session, had
been passed and sent to lie senate. The
other two will be PASSED at the next
Sitting so that, as Mr. Cannon re,
marked, all the drift wood of the last
4 congress will be swept away before
d the struggle over the tariff bill be
q gins. The galleries We're thronged and
there was hardly a vacant seat on tho
81 floor. At times partisan feeling raI
high and the hal! echoed the cheers q
the majority Of the opposition as then
/. respective spokesman made effective
points. Mr.. Bailey (Tex.), who made
his debut as the leader Of the minority
was 1aV OF; received t'a by MS side
ana announced Ito be the policy OF
the minority not TO delay the passage
Of the tariff bill Mr.. Dingley, the flool
leader OF the majority, recalled the
fact that 4 dire prophecy Of the result
OF the Mckinley tl,ll bill had been made
Dy Secretary Carlisle, then the leader
OF the minority on the occasion OF tho
passage Of the Mckinley law. A spe
cial order was adopted limiting the tar:
if debate according the the plan here
tofore outlined. The rule was carried
by a strict party yote--179 to 1332--the
opposition, save Mr.. Howard (Pop.
Ala.) voting against it.
The senate open session lasted fifty
minutes and was given almost entire
~ to the Introduction Of bills. Mr.
Burrows of Michigan presented a pcti
ton from j. Edward Addicks of Della.