The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-12-15
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS-.


senate convened Monday to begin ;he C',s II.
session OF the fifty-tfth congress. the ck:uber
presented u notable and beautiful npI caIance.
BY II o'clock the puolic and private pallt RES
wore flied almost to their pacity Win as
tinguished assemblage including many ladies
In brilliant attire. On the floor Of the senate
the display OF flowers was unusually
beautiful even for the opening
day OF session of congress The
odor Of the flowers filled the chambers The
reading of the presidents message, which oc-
cupie two hours and eighteen minutes was
received with very careful attention for an
hour but after that the senators drifted TO the
cloak rooms or to the committee rooms where
they could peruse the message at their leisure
in the printed copies which had been furnished
them. The senate adjourned at $780,
HoUsE-Speaker Reed received warm well
come from both sides OF the house when he
ascended the rostrum to call the house to or
der; but perhaps the greatest personal ova-
tion to any member was that given Maj. Gen.
Wheeler of Alabama. who has not been seen
by many Of his old colleagues since he went to
the front at the head of the cavalry division Of
Gen. Skaters army Mr.. w. A. Stone (Pa.),
Mr.. McMillin tTenn.), and Mr.. Sayers (Tex),
'lccted governors of their respective
states since congress adjourned, were also over
whelmed with congratulations The floral
tributes Monday were unusually numerous and
made the hall n veritable bower of beautiful
flowers. The proceedings themselves were all
interest centering in the reading Of the presi-
dents message. For over two hours the clerk
droned through the long document but the in
terest OF members and spectators never flag
gcd With rapt attention they followed the
presidents recital Of the war and listened
tes.v to every suggestion of recommends
:ion - had to offer. No expressions of approval
or disnpproval interrupted the reading.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7-SENATE-First note of
nnti-expansionists was sounded in the senate
TUESDAY by Senator Vest. of Missouri, who in
troduced the following joint resolution That
under the constitution of the United States no
power is given to the federal government to ac-
quire territory to be held nd governed
lermanently %. colonies. The colonial system
OF European nations can not be established
under our present constitution but all ter
ritory acquired by our government except
such small amount as may be necessary for
coaling stations. correction Of boundaries and
similar governmental purposes. must be ac-
quired and governed with the purpose of ulti
mately organizing such territory into states
suitable for admission into the union. a
brief discussion of the navigation laws
was precpitated by the consideration of bill
amending those laws by the addition Of pro-
vision that foreign built vessels wrecked in the
United States. purchased by citizens Of this
country and repaired to the extent of three
fourths Of their value, shall be subject to for
feiture If they engage subsequently in the
astwise trade OF the United States.
HoUsE-The house was in session less than
half an hour Tuesday when the deaths of
Representatives Northway, of Ohio. and Love
of Mississippi. were announced and an ad-
journment was taken until Wednesday out of
respect to their memory. The customary reso-
luton for the distribution of the presidents
message to the several committees having
jurisdiction was adopted ana the deficiency bill
carrying the appropriations for the extraordin-
are expenses of the army and navy from Janu-
ary 1 TO July L. 1899 was reported and will be
taken up by the house Wednesday. The re-
port of the II ,waiian commission transmitted
by the president was laid before the house and
referred to the committee on territories. to-
gether with a bill offered by Mr.. Hit to carry
out the recommendations of the commission
WASHINGTON, Dec. s-SENATE-No business
W transacted by the senate Wednesday in
open session. A few minutes after the senate
convened 1t went into executive session. At
2:l5 business in open session was resumed.
The death of Representative Northway, OF
Ohio, and Love- of Mississippi was announced
and the senate adjourned as mark of respect
to their memories.
HoUsE-The house Wednesday passed the
anti-ticket scalping bill by vote of ll9 to lOl
This action is the elimination of n ten years
struggle on the part Of the railroads TO put an
end to the business of ticket scalping. The
Interstate commerce commission first called
attention TO the subject in its report OF 1888.
and it has been before congress ever since
in one form or another During the last
session extensive hearings were given
both to the representatives of the railroads
and the scalpers, and Mr.. Sherman. of New
York, secured ia pledges for the measure. 1t
was, however. deemed nad visable to bring
the measure forward until the present
session. The debate Wednesday lasted four
hours and was spirited upon both sides None
Of the amendments offered were adopted and
the bill passed as reported by the committee.
| WASHINGTON. Dec. 9.-SENATE-The senate
held short session Thursday and then ad-
journed until Monday, after making the Mica :
raguan canal bill the unfinished business be-
| fore that body. Mr. Morgan called up the
measure. whereupon Mr. Pettigrew moved to
! adjourn. This motion failed, l3 ayes to 4.
noes. and the bill was brought forward. Ad-
journment was Immediately taken. During
| the session Mr.. Vest stated his opposition to
| the hurried manner Of passing pension bills in
the senate, and gave notice that he would in.
sist upon quorum being present when pen
| sion bills were being acted upon.
HoUsE-The urgent deficiency bill to pro.
vide for the support OF the military and nava
establishments was passed by the house Thurs
| day practically without opposition. The only
point upon which an issue was raised Thurs.
| day was as to whether the bill, providing as /,
| did for the pay Of the volunteers until July /
| 1899 might not be construed as modifc atior
OF the law under which the volunteers were
| mustered into service. Mr.. McRae ARK
offered an amendment providing that il
| should not be so construed, and upon it there
was general discussion as to the advisability
| Of mastering the volunteers out before the
regular army was increased Mr.. Cannon
| finally accepted the McRae amendment and
| that removed the only shadow of opposition te
the bill. A number of amendments were
| adopted upon the recommendation OF the ap,
| preparations committee, which received some
| supplemental estimates after the bill was Pre-.
pared. The largest OF these was un item OF
| %, 0O00 900 for an emergency fund for the war de
partment and s57s 600 for the ordnance de-
| partment, increasing the amount carried by
| the bill to S69. s95, s92 The conference report
| upon the bill to render the sureties OF consuls
vice consuls and consular agents liable fol
| damages In suits at law was adopted. Tn,
house adjourned over until Monday to give the
committees an opportunity to work without in
| terruption.
| Senate AdjournG
| WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-Senator Nor
| uan moved tO talxo nm tho Nica IN r,,