The Yale expositor., 1900-01-26
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.


The house slate, so far as Michigan
is concerned, is made up as follows:
Mr.. Corliss, tally clerk, Frank II.
Wakefield, Detroit, $1,000; Henry c.
Smith, page, Mr.. Allen, of Morenci,
5000; Mr.. Gardner, assistant doorkeeper,
b. w. Kennedy, Grand Ledge, $4,000;
Mr.. Hamilton, clerk in folding room,
not yet selected, but probably of Barry
county, 81 200; VIM. Alden Smith, as
sistant sergeant-at-arms, Col. T.. ).
Pierce, Grand Rapids, $4,000; Samuel
w. Smith, locksmith of congress, w. c.
Jones, Detroit, 81 ,44O; Mr.. Weeks, post
Office clerk, Silas L. Scott, loo, and
chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden, Port
Huron, 5000; Mr.. Fordney, policeman,
II. A. Savage Saginaw, 81 600; Mr.. Bis
hop, assistant librarian, Roswell f.
Bishop, Ludington, 1880; Mr.. Cump,
messenger not yet selected, 81 900; Mr..
Mesick, reading clerk, ID. f. Award,
Clare, 5000; Mr. Sheldon, policeman,
James O'Connell, 81 900; late lieutenant
34th Michigan infantry.
The house on the 18th passed the
senate bill to extend the powers of the
director of the census after striking
out the committee amendment to au-
thorize the director TO contract for eX-
ira printing with private contractors.
The whole fight was upon that amend
ment. The influence of the public
printer and the labor organizations of
the country were employed against it
and after a lively debate of several
hours it was overwhelmingly defeated
The publication of the reports of the
18th census therefore will be made by
the public printer as in the past.
Secretary Gage on the 18th informed
Senator Mcmillan of a decision that
the Dingley law as it stands will not
warrant attempting retaliation on Can
ada for Ontario's prohibition of the eX-
portation of sawlOgs The attitude of
the cabinet against stirring up the
British government over the matter
must have been pretty firm, as Senator
Mcmillan said he did not believe the
plan to ask the state department to
proceed against the British government
for confiscation of property promised
any hope of relief
Mr.. Burton, of Ohio, on the 18th in
troduced resolution calling upon the
secretary of war to furnish the house
of repre- -entatives all correspondence
and reports now on file in the war de-
partment pertaining to n proposed
power canal projected by the Michigan
Lake & Superior Power Co., to be con-
structed in the state of Michigan from
Lake Superior, above st. Mary's Rap
ids, TO point below said rapids.
The special committee of the house
investigating the case of Brigham II.
Roberts, of Utah, on the 18th reached
conclusions. On the polygamous status
of Mr.. Roberts the committee was
unanimous and agreed on a formal
statement of facts. The report of the
committee is expected on the Goth, and
the house will take up the subject,
probably not later than the 23d.
The senate committee on public lands
on the 22d reported favorably Senator
Warren's bill granting 1000 acres in
Wyoming for the benefit of the State
Soldiers and Sailors home of that state,
and bill granting the abandoned Fort
Hays military reservation to the state
of Kansas for branch agricultural
college.
With the opening of the morning
session Of the senate on the 10th, Mr..
Cullom Qll.) presented petition
handsomely bound and signed by 5000
colored persons asking for such legisla-
ton as will protect colored men of this
country from the "barbarous practice
of lynching and burning colored men,
Rep. Payne, of New York, chairman
of the ways and means committee of
the house and floor leader of the ma jor-
ity, on the 10Th introduced in the
house bill to extend the customs and
internal revenue laws of the United
States over the island of Puerto Rico.
The house committee on election of
the President and President on the
18th agreed on a favorable report on
the joint resolution for an amendment
to the constitution for the election of
United States senator's by the direct
vote of the people.
The urgency appropriation measure,
appropriating $4,000, 900 for disabled
soldiers, widows and orphans of the
late Spanish-American war, passed the
house on the nth.