Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-01-16

When the House met, Montague Less
Ter, who was recently elected to succeed
Nicholas Muller of New York. was sworn
in.
Grosvenor (Ohio) then presented the
resolution for holding the Mckinley Me-
mortal exercises in the hall of the House.
Feb. q, and it was unanimously adopted.
The resolution was as follows:
Whereas, the melancholy event of the
violent and tragic death of William Nc
Kinley. late President of the United
States, having occurred during the recess
of Congress and the two Houses sharing
In the general belief and desiring to man
fest their sensibility upon the occasion
of the public bereavement, therefore,
Resolved, by the House of Representa-
tives Uhe Senate concurring) that the
two Houses of Congress will assemble in
the Hall of. Representatives on day and
committee. to wit: Thursday. Feb. ~,
1902, and that in the presence Of the two
Houses there assembled an address upon
Kinley, late President of the United
States, be pronounced by the Hon., John
Hay. and that the President pro TEN ana
the Speaker of the House be requested
to invite the President and ex-Presidents
of the United States. ex-Vice Presidents.
the heads Of the several departments, the
judges of the supreme court. the repre-
Sentat1NeS OF foreign sONeTIIHcHtS, the
governors Of the several states. the leu
tenant general of the army and the ad-
miral of the navy, and such omcerS OIL
the army and navy as have received the
thanks of Congress who may then be at
1.-THE seat of government, to be present on
| the occasion, and such others as may be
suggested by the executive committee;
Resolved. that the President of the
/ United States be requested to transmit a
| copy of these resolutions to Mrs. Ida 8.
| Mckinney, and to assure her of the pro-
found sympathy of the Houses OF Con-
| gress for her personal aff1iction and of
| their sincere coincidence for the late ma
| ti0nal bereavement.
Moody (Mass) presented joint reso-
Hutton to appropriate $4,000 to pay the ex-
penses incurred by the West Indian and
South Carolina Interstate Exposition at
Charleston. 8. c.. in connection with the
1 government exhibit at Charleston. @
1 Payne IN " declared that the man.
agement, when the government exhibit
was secured. agreed that the United
States would not be asked for one cent.
Elliot. in reply. took issue with Payne
as to the facts. and Moody pledged him
self that with the adoption Of the pend
ing resolution the government expense
| in connection with the Charleston Expo
sition would cease. The. resolution was
passed
A bill was passed to allow the redemp-
ton of war revenue stamps any time
within two years after the passage of the
act. and also a resolution on the same
subject to authorize the secretary of the
treasury to return upon demand within
one year bank checks ana drafts with
war revenI,e sta nna- imr,rfnted thereupon
after the cancellation of such stamps
The House then resumed consideration
of the pension appropriation bill, which
was read for amendment under the s.
minute rule. An amendment offered by
Jenkins (Wis.). providing that the testi-
mony Of three witnesses that persons
lived together as man and wife for five
J years should be assumed to be prima
facie evidence Of marriage. provoked con-
siderable debate and finally was ruled