The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-03-19
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS-
Extraordinary se.sion.


WASHINGTON, March 16 -SENATE-Pres1-
dent McKinley's proclamation convening the
55th congress in extraordinary session was
read Immediately after the senate assembled
at noon Monday. Though the session lasted un-
til 1925 D. M. when adjournment was taken
until Tuesday, the greater portion of the time
was spent in recess waiting for the house to
organize. DIR W. A Harris, populist, aD-
peared and took the oath of office as senator
from Kansas to succeed Mr.. PETER; but the
credentials of Henry w. Corbett, appointed
by the governor Of Oregon to succeed Mr.
Mitchell (the legislature having failed to
elect were referred to the committee on priv
ileges and elections
HOUSE-The house Of representatives. was
fully organized Monday by the election OF
speaker, clerk, doorkeeper, sergeant-at-arms
and other officers. 1t consists Of 357 members.
of whom 209 served in the last congress and i6
in form er congresses, while 132 have never
served in congress before. Politically classl-
fed, there are FOG republicans, l22 democrat
and % fusion silverites and populists. There
were S4I of them present Monday The vote
on the election Of speaker was: Reed Or .Me.),
1885, Bailey ID, Tex.), la: Bell pop, Tex.),
81; Newlands (Silverite, New, /. The clerks
and officers of the last house were reelected
for the present congress. The rules Of the
last house, until further orders, were adopt
ed The presidents message was read MI
Dingley introduced his new tariff bill, and the
house adjourned until Thursday.
WASHINGTON, March 17.-SENATE-In the
senate Tuesday one pension bill was passed
and several hundred bills, public and private,
were introduced and referred. There was
hardly one of them which had not been on the
calendar or committee files in the last
congress. When Mr.. Allison rep, Ia.), in
gentle remonstrance against the passage Of
one pension bill $50 month to the widow Of
of Brig. Gen. John B. Stevenson, suggest
ing that it's passage Tuesday would not ex-
pedite it's becoming a law, and when Mr. Vest
| Cd, MOI EXPIRE ssed his belief that it would.
and that he could get action on it in the house,
| the Iowa senator looked incredulous and eX-
pressed his great admiration for the Missouri
senator's confidence II connection with the
extension of civil service rules to the con-
| struction of public works in charge of the en-
| gineer department of the army, Nh. Frye (R..
| Me- referred to those rules as IAN awful out
| rage and as absolutely absurd and stupid "
| The senate spent two hours Tuesday in
| the discussion of the credentials of Mr.. John
| A. Henderson. appointed by the govern
! or of Florida, to fill the vacancy caused by the
| expiration, on the 4th of March, of the term
| of Senator Call. An effort was made by Mr.
| Pasco Cd, Fla) to have Mr.. Henderson adj
| mitted to the seat. but it was resisted on both
| sides Of the chamber as inconsistent with the
| action of the senate few years ago In re-
| fusing seats to appointeeS of the governors OF
| Wyoming, Montana and Washington. Finally
| Mr. Pasco yielded and permitted the matter
| to be referred. as were the like cases this
| session from Kentucky and Oregon, to the
| committee privileges and elections. AT
| $3.50 p. N. the senate adjourned till Thursday.