Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-12-15
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS-.


Ncl' ni1fu almost IL their inacllN win il ulN-
-ingui>hcd assembling including many Ladies'
he display of flowers was unusually
beautiful even for the opening
lay of session of congress. The
odoT Of the flowers nllcl the chambers The
reading of the president message. which oc-
cupic two hours and eighteen mnutC>. wd-
received with very careful attention for an
hour hut after that the senators driftcd to the
cloak Rooms ar To the committee rooms where
they could p"ru>r the message al their l"i~ur"
IN the printed copie, which had been furnished
them. The senate adjourned al 80
lloTSE- Speaker Reed received a warm well
come from both sides nf the house when he
assembled the rostrum - call the house Ia or
der. hut perhaps the greatest Icr,oaal nNa-
ti"n t. any member was that given MAJ Gen
Wheeler. Of Alabama. who has not been seen
hN many uf his old colleagues since he went TO
the front at the head Of the cavalry division Of
Gen. Skaters army. Mr.. W. \. Stone tPaD.
Mr. Mem Hin ircnnl and Mr.. Savers jTrNl.
elected governors of their rrspccih"
.atcS since congress adjourned were q lsn over
Shclmcd with congratulations. The floral
tributes Monday we're unusually numerous and
made the hall Ncrtahlc bower Of beautiful
flowers The proceedings themselves were all
interest crnt"ring Ia the reading 81 the prc~l-
dent : message For over two hours the clerk
hr"ucd throu IA tie long document hut tn" IN
tcre~t OF members and spectators never iia"-
gcd With rapt attention they followed the
presidents recital Of the war and listened
G Eeiy 10 every suggestion Of recommends
tion 10 had Ia ofTrr. NneXpre>Nion> of approval
or dsspproval interrupted the reading.
WhSHINGToN Dee : SENATE First note OF
anii-cNpan>lcni>t> was sounded In the senate
Tues ay 10y senator Vest Of MiSS"lri who in
troducci the following Joint RESOLUTION: That
under the constitution Of the United States no
power j. given to the federal government To- ac-
quirc territory 10 be held and governed
permanently "a, colonies. The colonial system
Of European nations can not be- established
under our present constitution hut all ter
rit"ry acquired 10y our government except
such small amount - may lie nCcc- ',ary for
coalinE stations. correction of boundaries and
similar governmental purposes. must he ac-
CURED and governed with the purpose Of ulti
matcly organizing such territory into states
suitable for admission into the union.
brief discussion of the navigation laws
was prccipitatcd 10y the consideration Of a hill
amending those laws ny 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
fnurthS Of their value. shall be subject TO for
fixture II they engage subsequently, in tho
coaStwise trade OF the United States.
HOUSE The house was in session less than
Representatives Northwav. Of Ohio and Love.
Of mississippi were announced and an I'D
Iournment was taken until Wednesday out II
respect to their memory. The customary reso-
luton for the distribution Of the presidents
message 10 the several committees having
jurisdiction was adopted and the deficiency bill
carrying the appropriations for the extrao-din-
are expenses OF the army and navy from Janu-
airy To July l. 1899. was reported and will he
taken up by the house Wednesday. The re-
port of the II lwaiian commission transmitted
by the president was laid before the house and
referred To the committee on territories, to-
gethcr with bill offered by Mr.. Hit to carry
out the recommendations Of the commission.
WAsHISGToN. Dec S-SENArE- No business
transacted by the senate "Wednesday in
open session A few minutes after the senate
convened it went into executive session. At
s:lA 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
HoCsE-The house Wednesday passed the
anti-ticket scalping bill by vote OF NJ to l0I.
This action is the elimination Of 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 il has been before congress ever since
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session. The debate "Wednesday lasted four
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nAshiN"IoN' Dec -SENATE-The senate
n'iu snort session thursday and then adj
!oufneu uh'ii Monua!' al yer makihg ,he MICA
raE"an cahai oii lhe uhhhished business e.
lore 'ha' oouy' MT MORGAN cal!eu up the
measure "nereuPoh Mr.. fettierew moved tc
auJourh mus motion iaileu Is ayes 10 q
noes anu the OH was drought forward. Adj
lourhment Was immediately taken. During
the session MI Vest stated MS opposition to
.he hurried manner OF passing pension piiis IN
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