The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-12-08
Resolution Read in the
House Expressing the
Sympathy of Ameri-
can People for Perse-
cuted Jews in Russia.
The FIRST Petition in the
Senate Was From a
. Woman "AII Alone in
the World" Wants an
Appropriation.

presidents day in congress. His an
nual message, aggregating over 81
600 woros, was read in both branches.
II was the longest state paper ever
produced by President Roosevelt. II
treated on AZ general subjects. Some
OF these, notaDiy the. topic Of labor,
contained half dozen or more i'm
portant subdivisions.
However much his auditors might
differ in opinions, 1t was a signih-
| cant fact that the presidents view
! received unusually Ciose attention,
particularly upon the regulation of
I railroad rates. The reading required
over two hours and half The SEN
ate adjourned Immediately after. The
Republican members held caucus,
| selected Senator Allison as chairman
| and Instructed him to appoint COM
mittee on committees to fill vacan-
cies in standing committees.
The first petition presented in the
senate of the 59th congress was put
In by Vice President Fairbanks. 1t
was from Miss Sarah Miranda Clymer,
addressed to the Legislature Of the
United States, and after reciting the
fact that the petitioner is "all alone
in the world explained that the fol-
lowing law ought TO be passed as
soon as possible:
"1-Bc it enacted that the treas
urer shall send q sum of money each.
10 hn oln In
world when they cannot maintain
themselves.
"2--Be 1t further enacted that the
sum sent them each month shall not
be less than $39 and shall not be
more than $500"
The petition was referred to the
committee on education and labor.
4 he house did the unheard of thing
today OF allowing resolution to be
read when it was offered. 1t was
by Representative Goldfogle, OF New
York. 1t expressed the sympathy of
the American people at the massacre
of the Russian Jews and requested
the president to use his friendly Of
fees with the Russian government to
Representative Rainey, the lone
Democrat member of the Illinois del
egation, presented petition of citi-
zens of the Fifth congressional dis
trict, protesting against Representa-
tive Anthony Michaleck of that dis
trict, retaining his seat on the ground
that he Is an alien. He asked that
ial mn hs inn ,o1i iat
pointed to ascertain the truth of the
allegations. Mr.. Mann, of Illinois,
the Republican leader of the state del
egation, suggested that the matter go
to one of the election committees
when appointed. A rolf call was de-
manded upon, the latter proposition,
which prevailed on party vote, 17si
to 93.
Representative Hepburn, of Iowa,
chairman of the committee on inter-
state and foreign commerce, asked
unanimous consent that the bill maxi
ing an urgent appropriation Of $16,-
100000 to replenish the depleted cof-
fers of the Isthmian canal commits
sion and thereby allow the work on
special business of the house unt1l
disposed Of.
Mr.. Williams, the Democratic floor
leader, objected as he had not had
the time to look into the matter
The request will be formally acted
on by the house tomorrow
The clerks of the house are endeav-
oring to rid themselves Of the deluge
Of bills, resolutions, petitions etc,
that virtually swamped them yester-
day. The private bills have not yeti
been sent to the printer, the number
appioximating 1000. General bills
we're introduced to the number of 48S.
Today the flood continued, not reach
ing the proportion of yesterday, but
yet quite exceptional in volume.
Tomorrow will be the first day this
session for the introduction OF bills
In the senate. II is believed that all
records will be broken, and that the
number will reach 1000
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Washington, Dec. 5.--Among the
bills introduced in the house today
were the following
Crumpacker, CIndiana) Making 1t a
capital offense to unlawfully, know /
ingly and .purposely kill or attempt
10 kin the president of the United
States.
Webb, North Carolina) Making IL
obligatory on the census bureau to