The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-12-09
FJFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS-.
Second Session.

WASHINGTON Dec. 6-SENATE-When the
senate convened Monday to begin the closing
session Of the fifty-fifth congress, the chamber
presented notable and beautiful appearance.
BY IL o'clock the public and private galleries
were filed almost to their capacity with dis
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 a session of congress. The
odor of the flowers filed the chambers The
reading of the presidents message, which &C.
cupied 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 1880.
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-
ton 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 &c
the front at the head of the cavalry division OF
Gen. Skaters army. Mr.. w. A Stone (Pa.),
Mr.. McMillin (Tenn.) }, and Mr. SayerS (TeX.).
elected governors of their respective
states since congress adjourned were also over
whelmed with congratulations. The floral
tributes Monday were unusually numerous an6
made the hall 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
ged With rapt attention they followed the
presidents recital of the war and listened
eagerly to every suggestion of recommends
ton he had to offer. No expressions of approval
or disapproval interrupted the reading.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-SENATE-First note OF
anti-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 nc
power is given to the federal government to &C
quire territory to be held and governed
permanently as 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 precipitatcd by the consideration of bill
amending those laws by the addition of a pro-
vision that foreign built vessels wrecked in the
United States, purchased by citizens OF this
fourths of their value. shall be subject to for
fixture if they engage subsequently in the
coaStwise 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 and the deficiency bill
carrying the appropriations for the extra ordin-
are expenses OF the army and navy from Janu-
airy l to July /, 1892 was reported and will be
taken up by the house Wednesday. The re-
port of the Hawaiian 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. 8--SENATE-No business
transacted by the senate Wednesday in
open session. A few minutes after the senate
convened it went into executive session. At
2:15 business in open session was resumed.
The death of Representative Northway, of
Ohio and Love. of Mississippi, was announced
ana the senate adjourned as mark Of respect
to their memories
HoUsE-The house Wednesday passed the
anti-ticSet Scalping bill by vote of 1l9 to 101.
This action is the elimination of a 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 1T has been before congress ever since
in one form or another. During the last
session extensive hearings were given
both to the repres entatives Of the railroads
and the Scalpers. and Mr.. Sherman. of New
York secured ia pledges for the measure. 1t
was. however. deemed mad 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 reported by the committee.