The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-08-13
CONGRESSIONAL CHAT
SOME BITS OF INTEREST,"
ING GOSSIP
Concerning the Closing Hours of Con-
gress-Parag graphs of Peculiar Portent
Senator Hanna and n Persistent Office
Seeker.
WASHINGTON, d. c., July "a.
Seeker.
Special Correspondence.


Special Correspondence.
President Mckinley will Don issue
a proclamation asking the nations Of
the world to participate in the Omaha
trans Mississippi exposition in 1898.
Wednesday last a delegation of Me-
b raskans, comprising Senators Allen
and Thurston. Representative Mercer,
William +. Gurley and special Com
missioner Dudley Smith. called on
Secretary Sherman to urge the issuance
of a supplemental invitation to foreign
governments. After some inquiries the
secretary consented to grant the re-
quest.
Senator Hanna became real angry
twice the past week. The first time
was when he heard what a fuss was
kicked up because of his sleeping at
the White house. The fact that the
people put two and together and made
four out Of it, and intimated rather
strongly that his reason for SO doing
was to be near his property to see that
it went right. caused him to fulne and
wv s' ~ h>NNA 'lA>NA "AN avn W
fore. The second occasion was when
an Ohio negro politician rather point
eddy asked him how much longer he
intended to keep him waiting for his
job. The colored gentleman's audacity
almost foored Mark, and he shouted
out: Get out of here. If you don't
move on the double quick, III have
ynr fl,.n,vo ort lrI;lvt M, >EI,o
seeker stood his ground. Don't think
because you are a senator that YOU can
scare me- he replied. You and vour
man Perkins have been kissing me off
for three months-simply playing me
for a sucker" Mark walked off alb
ruptly.
The senate Friday unanimously
agreed to vote on the tariff conference
report a 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
In the debate previous to the agree
ment Senator Allen and Senator
Foraker had a lively tilt over the for
mer's charge of fraud in Ohio. Senator
Foraker challenged the statement.
Walking over to where Senator For
aker stood. Senator Allen said:
when l see an apple fall from a
tree l know that it falls from gravita-
tion," land when I see evidences
of fraud all through Ohio l know there
has been fraud there"
Mr.. Foraker met this with an answer
that brought forth a storm of applause.
1.-The senator ought at least to be
able to tell where the orchard u.s."
Mr.. Allen answered.: Eyes, in Cleve-
land and Cincinnati. I'll meet the
senator any time and will undertake
to convince any unprecedented person
that there was fraud in Ohio"
The senate committee Investigating
the sugar trust scandal, made it's re,
port Thursday and declined to consider
1.-The foolish" investigation. In con-
GLIDING it's report the committee recon-
mended the indefinite postponement of
the resolution, saying: ut seems to
your committee that the time has come
when the senate should emphaticallv
declare by its action that it would not
be accessory to attacks upon itself or
its members from irresponsible sources,
No investigation of any charge affect
ing the integrity of the senate or it's
members should at any time be under
taken unless such charge be definite
and specific and made by some known
and responsible person lot engaged
professionally in sensational journal,
ism"
Representative Stone of Pennsylvan-
ia Thursday introduced in the house q
bill to authorize the appointment of q
monetary commission. One hundred
thousand dollars are appropriated by
the terms of the bill for the expenses
of the commission. This bill has been
prepared by Mr.. Stone after consulta-
ton with Mr.. H. II. Hanna, chairman
of the indianapolis sound money con
vention and is understood to nave the
approval of the administration. It Is
the bill that probably will be passed by
the house as a response to the special
message of the president which he will
send to congress as soon as the tariff
bill gets out of the senate.
The house Friday passed the senate
bill ratifying the agreement between
the governors of Nebraska and South
Dakota fixing the boundary lines be-
tween the two states in the centre of
the Missouri river between Dixon and
Clay counties.
Senator Thurston last Friday es
corted a number of Nebraskans to the
White house, one of whom was f. J.
Sadilek, who is an applicant for the re-