The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-04-01
IN SPECIAL SESSION.


 The Fifty-Fifth Congress Assemblies in Re-
 nation.
 THE senate on the e3d passed O resolution to investigate the operation of the civil service law. Senator Berry (ArlL) secured the adop- tion of resolution for the purchase of 1000 tents for the use of the flood sufferers Sena- tor Turpie Qnd) spoke at considerable length in advocacy of the election of United States senators by popular vote. A bill was passed to establish the official survey of certain lands in Nebraska. On motion of Senator Hoar CMass.) tho bankruptcy bill was made the unfinished business thus giving it the right of way after two o'clock fin the afternoon daily Senator Pettigrew (S. D. called up the bill to amend the act repeating the timber laws and 1t was passed and constitutional amendment to make April 30 inauguration day was introduced by Senator Hoar (Mass.) and referred to the committee on elections. The day in the house was mostly taken up in listening to speeches on the tarin bill, Messrs. Gibson (Tenn.) Cookery (Mo.), Newlands (Nev), Deliver ua) and several others giving their views on the meas- urc. MT. Howe N. Y) introduced a bill to compel respectful treatment of the United States flag by government employees
 THE senate's session on the 24th lasted only half an hour and no business was done beyond the introduction of bills Among these was one by Senator Allen (Neb.) to repeal the civil serv- ice law and to do away with educational tests as preliminary to entering the public service Senator Hoar (Mass) presented bill prohibit ing vitascope exhibitions of prize fights in the District of Columbia and the territories and forbdiing the shipment of pictures for these ex- hibits by mail or through any interstate means The executive session was devoted to consider ing the Anglo-Amertcan treaty The house listened to speeches on the tarin bill at both the day and night sessions Mir. Brownlow CTenn) introducduced a bill establishing de- partment Of commerce. labor and manufactures, it's head to be q cabinet of1ice, and providing for the necessary clerical force.
 IN the senate on the 18th the Torrey bank ruptcy bill was read at length and Senator Nel- son CMinn) offered substitute, differing in a number of particulars from the committee bill. There was no debate on the subject The amended credentials of John w. Henderson, appointed by the governor of Florida to MT. Calls seat, were referred to the elections com mittee. The senate then went into executive sessions for two hours on the arbitration treaty .... In the house the four days general debate on the tarin bill was closed at night and the five-minute rule entered into force Messrs. Simpson and Curtis (kan) and DeArmond (Mo.) were among those who made speeches on the subject Mir. Callahan (Ok) introduced two bills One is to authorize persons who have made homestead entries in Oklahoma to com- 
 were unable to do so by reason of the fact that their lands were surrounded by Indian allot- ments. The other is to enable the citizens band of Pottawatomie Indians to obtain patent to their lands.
 A BRIEF discussion of civil service rules oc- cured in the senate on the 26th. Senator Gall finger (N. H) showing that the commission re- quired applicants for typesetters to be able to hop on one foot for l2 feet resolution was adopted asking the president for information as to the death of two American sailors in Cuba; also resolutions asking Attorney-Gen- eral McKenna for information of any propo- sttion to sell the Union Pacific railroad. Among the bills introduced was one imposing penalty on companies charging passengers more than three cents a mile for transporting them through the territory of the five civilized tribes Another bill authorized the president to employ idle men in the construction of pub- lie works. The arbitration treaty was taken up in the executive session .... In the house the tarin bill was thrown open for amendment un- der the fve-minute rule, but during seven hours of work only nine pages of the l8a pages of the bill were disposed of. All the amend ments offered by the democrats were rejected.