The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-12-12
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
FIFTy.SEvENTh coNoREsA



The second session OF the Fifty seventh
congress met al noon on the LIST. both
houses presenting an animated appear
ance owing 10 the large number OF visit
ors The senate session lasted only l.
minutes. adjournment being taken i'm
mediately after the formal announcement
y The death or Senator James MCMILLAN.
81 Michigan. In the house the session
lasted about an hour. mostly taken up
with the routine OF roll call and the
swearing In OF new members elected 10
MI vacancies few bills were intro
duced. among them one By Mr.. JOY MO
TO punish election frauds com nitted at
elections for congress Mr.. Tayler tOD
introduced a resolution. which was adopt
81, the effect of watch will be 10 test the
validity Of elections under Virginia new
constitution.
In the senate. on the I'd. aside from the
reading OF the presidents message. the
IN OF Gen Russell A. Alger as senator
from Michigan 70 fill the unexpired term
OF Senator Mcmillan. deceased. Senator
Ayers desk was hidden beneath a mass
OF flowers and he received many hearty
congratulations The resignation OF Rev.
w. III. MLburn as chaplain was received
with regret, but no cction was taken
number Of bills and resolutions were In
troducet. among them one by Senator
Cullom 10 amend the Sherman antitrust
law. In the house the greater portion
OF the session was taken IN in the read
ING OF the presidents message. Mr.. Can
non gave notice that the bill TO defray
the expenses OF the strike commission
would BE- called up on the "a. The deaths
OF Representative lie Graffenreid and
sheppard were announced and after the
ADOPTION OF the customary resolutions the
house adjourned.
The senate. on the Cd was only in ses-
sion an hour and a half. when an adj
1ournnent was taken out Of respect to
he memory of Representatives De Graf
fenreid and Sheppard. OF Texas. A sub
stitute for the omnibus statehood bill was
reported with the recomme ndafion that
oklahoma and Indian territory b. adj
United into the Union as one state under
the name of Oklahoma The bill after
December 70. will be the unfinished bust
ness each day In the house the bill
70 appropriate 5000 to defray the ex-
penses OF the anthracite coal strike COM
mission was passed after a spirited dis
cussion. during which the presidents
course vss highly commended. except by
Mr.. Burton MOI. who contended that
the commission was created without au-
thority OF law The house adjourned up-
til the 9Th.
The senate held only a short session on
the itn- most or which was behind closed
doors. After the reception of numDer
OF bills and petitions and the adoption
OF concurrent resolution calling on the
president Tor the papers in the Plus fund
case. Mr. Beverfdge had read the resolu-
tons adopted by the delegates TO the ok
lahorna non-partisan convention favoring
.ne 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
stn.. In the house the day was devoted
20 bills on the private calendar. The most
important bill passed was one 10 adjudi-
cate, In the court q claims. the claims of
Certain Importers OF steel blooms that
they Were charged excessive duties About
$3.50 Is Involved A bill was passed at-
rhortztng a number Of persons to accept
presents and decorations from foreign
governments