The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-10
Congressional News.
THE WEEKS WORK IN HOUSE AND
SENATE.

gress has yet done nothing note.
worthy. Frye remains President of
she Senate, Henderson as Speaker and
Richardson the Democratic leader in
the House.
On Monday after listening to the
reading of the Presidents message,
which occupied over two hours, and
and adopting a resolution on the
death of President Mckinley, the
House adjourned till Friday.
MANY BILLS INTRODUCED.
Never before at the commence
ment of Congress we're so many
bills introduced They have simply
swamped the government printing
office. At noon Wednesday it was
impossible TO get the printed bills in
troduced Monday.
Congressman Kitchin proposes the
repeal of the Fifteenth Amendment.
On Friday Mr.. Hanna, in the Sen
ate, and Mr. Tayler, in the House,
introduced bills to award a pension
of 5000 a year TO Mrs. Mckinley.
Similar pensions T being paid to
Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Garfield.
The Geary law, excluding Chinese
laborers from this country, expires
by limitation next may. Senator
Lodge has introduced a bill provid-
ing for the removal of the ten years.
limitation on this Chinese exclusion
act, thus leaving the provisions of
the Geary act in force That act,
which was approved May 5, 1899, ex-
Guided the Chinese indefinitely.
Two bills looking to the oonstruc-
ton of an isthmian canal via the
Nicaragua route were introduced in
the Senate.
Senator Burrows has introduced a
resolution providing for a constitu-
tional amendment for the election
Of United States Senators by the
people in cases in which State legis-
latures fail to elect.
TO PROTECT THE PRESIDENT.
Senator Hoar has introduced a bill
for the protection of the President
of the United States. Is provides
that any one who shall kill the Pres
ident or shall make an attempt upon
the life of the President shall be
punished by death. Any person who
shall counsel or advise the killing of
the President shall be imprisoned
for twenty years. Any person who
shall aid the escape of any person
concerned l n the killing or counseling
of the killing of the President shall
be punished equally as an accom-
plice.
AFTER SOUTHERN ELECTION LAWS.
representative Dick, of Ohio, has
introduced a resolution tOr a general
investigation of the denial II abridg-
ment of the right to vote in certain
States with a view TO reduce the Con-
gressional representations from such
States. A joint resolution has been In
tryduced by MIR. Moody, of Massaohu-
Ietts, proposing a select committee
Of three members TO be appointed
BY the Speaker to investigate and
report whether at the Congressional
election in Louisiana the rights of
Iny of the male inhabitants of the
State were abridged or denied /;
whether, If the right of any person
to vote was denied or abridged the
members from Louisiana so chosen
ara entitled TO their seats; and
whether Congress should enact
further legislation to carry out the
l4th and 18th amendments TO the
United States Constitution. Fur
shermore, Representative Crum-
Packer, of Indiana, one of the Origl
naI movers of the proposition TO re-
due the representation of the South
eT. States in the House OF Repre-
IeugatIves, Is circulating a petition
calling for a Republican caucus TO
determine whether the dominant
party shall take up as a definite pol
icy some plan of action against the
alleged misrepresentation of the
Southern States. Mr.. Crumpaoker
stated to-day that no Republican thus
Tar approached had declined TO sign
the petition for the auous He said
that he believed that two thirds OF
the Republicans of the House are In
tayOr If action. The caucus, II
called, will determine two things
First, whether the reduction OF
Southern representation is TO be
nade q Republican policy t; second,