The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-03
WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING.
erocecdings OF Our National Lawmakers
from Day TO Day In Condensed Form
RESOLUTIONS and Bills.

The resolution of Senator Pettigrev
Is D., calling upon the president for in.
formation regarding the treaty entered
INTO with the sultan of Sulu, was passed
after the senator had made an attack
upon the administration for entering into
an agreement which, he said, authorized
slavery. Routine business occupied the
rest of the time of the senate. In the
mouse the Roberts case was debated. Mr..
Lands Qnd.) made the most scathine
excoriation of the ever delivered
on the floor. He charged that Utah had
been admitted to the union as a result of
a Mormon conspiracy and reviewed the
history OF the apostles of the church
whom he charged with living in open
and fragrant violation of the statute
against polygamy. Other members also
made speeches on the matter, greatly
strengthening the majority resolution "a
the committee.
In the senate on the 18th Senator Cock
rell (Mo) reported a substitute for the
resolution calling for information re-
garding the Occur d'Alene mining trou-
bles last year. The substitute was adopt
ed. 1t calls for the copies of all orders
given by Gen. Merriam concerning the
treatment of civilian prisoners. Senator
Money (Miss.) delivered a speech on the
race question in the south. The urgent
deficiency bill was then passed practically
without debate. 1t carries about So, 900, 900.
The senate afterwards adjourned until
the 18th. The case of Brigham H. Rob-
erts, the Mormon representative-elect
from Utah. was decided in the house by
the adoption of a resolution to exclude
him by a vote of 2S to so, Mr.. Lanham
(Tex.) closing for the majority resolutions
of the committee on the case and Mr..
DeArmond (Mo.) for the minority. Mr..
Roberts left the hambe when the vote
was annprtpcad and pava ont /, etotox,art
3ustifying his retention of his wives and
declaring that he was q martyr to a
"spasm of prejudice"
The senate was not in session on the
k6th. The greater portion of the house
session was devoted to eulogies upon the
life and public services of the late Vice
President Hobart. The conference report
on the census bill was adopted. Mr.. Jen-
kins (Wis.) introduced a joint resolution
providing Tor an amendment to the con-
stitution giving congress the power to
create corporations for the purpose of
commerce between the states and with
power to control them. A resolution was
adopted calling upon the secretary of the
interior for information as to the number
of Indians on the Sac and Fox reserva-
ton who were not paid their tribal al
lowances from 1855 to 1866; what such al
lowances would mount to and what
portion of the salaries OF the chiefs due
under treaty stipulations from 1856 to
1899 have not been paid. The Indian ap-
preparation bill was also reported. 1t
carries 1000, 900.
The senate was not in session on the
9Th. The house. after transacting rou-
tine business. listened to eulogies on the
late Representative Baird CLa.). At the
conclusion of the eulogies resolutions Of
respect were adopted and then. as a fur
Their mark of respect, an adjournment
was taken.