Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-12-11
E VS. AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events,
FIFTY-SEvENTH CONGRESS.
Second SESSION.

(Second session.
The second session of the Fifty-seventh
congress met at noon on the LIST, both
houses presenting an animated appear
ance owing to the large number OF Visit.
ors, The senate session lasted only. IL
minutes. adjournment being taken i'm.
mediately after the formal announc .ment
Of the death of Senator James Mcmillan,
OF Michigan......ln the house the session
lasted about an hour. mostly taken up
with the routine of roll call and the
fill vacancies. A few bills were intro
duced, among them one by Mr.. Joy MO-
to punish election frauds committed az
elections for congress. Mr.. Tayler W.
introduced a resolution, which was ADOPT
ed, the effect of which will be to test the
validity of elections under Virginia's ne"
constitution.
In the senate, on the I'd, aside from the
reading of the presidents message, tne
most important event was the swearing
from Michigan to fill the ~uneXpired term
Of Senator Mcmillan, deceased. Senator
Ayers desk was hidden beneath q mass
OF flowers and he received many nearly
congratulations. The resignation OF KEY;
w. ii. Milburn as chaplain was recelVea
with regret, but no action was taken. "A
number of bills and resolutions were m
troduced, among them one by senator
Cullom to amend the Sherman ANTITRUST
law......ln the house the greater portion
of the session was taken I'M in the read
ing or the presidents message. Mr.: Ian
non gave notice that the bill to de1ray
would be called up on the 3d.. The deaths
of Representatives lie Graffenreid ana
Sheppard were announced and after the
adoption of the customary resolutions the
house adjourned.
The senate, on the Sd, was only in ses-
sion an hour and a half, when an adj
Journment was taken out of respect to
the memory of Representatives De Graf
fenreid and Sheppard, of Texas. A sub
stttute for the omnibus statehood bill was
reported with the recommendation that
Oklahoma and Indian territory be ad-
mitted into the Union as one state under
the name of Oklahoma. The bill, after
December 10, will be the unfinished bust
to appropriate $1,000 to defray the tx.
penses of the anthracite coal strike COM
%cussion, during which the presidents
course was highly commended, except by
Mr.. Burton MOI, who contended that
the commission was created without III.
thority of law. The house adjourned un-
til the 9Th.
The senate held only a short session on
the 18th, most of which was behind closed
doors. After the reception of a number
OF bills and petitions and the adoption
of q concurrent resolution calling on the
president for the papers in the Plus fund
case, Mr.. Beverage had read the resolu-
tons adopted by the delegates to the Ok
lahoma non-partisan convention favoring
the admission of Oklahoma and Indian
territory as one state and opposing the
house omnibus statehood bill. After an
executive session the senate adjourned
until the Sth......The house was not in
session.
The senate was not in session on the
5th....ln the house the day was devoted
to bills on the private calendar. The most
important bill passed was one to adjudi-
cate, in the court of claims, the claims of
certain importers of steel blooms that
they We're charged excessive duties. About
1850, 600 is involved. A bill was passed au-
thorizing a number of persons to accept
presents and decorations from foreign
unNprnD1antc