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WORK OF CONGRESS
Washington, Jan. IS.-A state funer
al, almost majestic in Its impresslve
ness, was given the late Representa
tive Nelson Dingley at noon yester
day iu the house of representatives,
wliere he has long been such a com
manding figure. The president, hia
cabinet, the distinguished members of
the*diplomatic corps, members of the
supreme court, senate and house and
distinguished members in military and
I civil life were ranged about Ids bier on
the floor of the hull, while the galler
ies, to which admission could be ob
tained only by card, were occupied by
the families of those who sat upon the
'floor and prominent persons invited to
be present. Some of them, like a del
egation from the New York chamber
of commerce, had come from a dis
tance to pay their last tribute of re
spect to the dead statesman.
The remains were taken from Hotel
Hamilton to the capital in the morning
and were borne into the hall of repre
sentatives by a squad of capitol police
•under the direction of Serjeant-at
Arms Russell. The casket was placed
on a. bier in the area in front of tne
marble rostrum of the speaker, and for
an our the public, which would nave
110
opportunity to witness the official
ceremonies later, were allowed to
view the remains as they lay in state.
The decorations of the hall were very
simple, but strikingly beautiful.
Immediately in front of the white
marble rostrum the casket lay banked
on either side with rare and exquisite
flowers. During the interval before
12 almost every member of the house
in the city came and stood for a mo
ment by the casket with bowed head.
Mr. Dingley's desk was wrapped in
black and covered with roses and
lilies. Speaker Reed called the house
to order. An air of deep sadness per
vaded the hall as the members rose to
listen to the brief and simple prayer
of the chaplain. The clerk read the
resolutions adopted on Saturday after
the announcement, of Mr. Dingley's
death, and the clerk of the senate an
nounced the passage of similar resolu
tions by the senate. The vice presi
dent and the senate entered the cham
ber iu a body, followed by tlie diplo
matic corps, with whom came tne
members of the Anglo-American com
mission, of which Air. Dingley had
been a. member. Then followed the
chief justice and associate justices of
the supreme court in their somber
robes and they iu turn were followed
by the president with his cabinet, Sec
retaries Hay, Gage, Alger, Attorney
General Griggs, Secretaries Long.
Bliss and Wilson, who took places im
mediately to the right of the casket.
Washington, Jan. 18. Almost the
entire session of the senate was de
voted to consideration of the pending
Nicaragua canal bill. Speeches were
made in support of the measure by Mr.
Chilton of Texas and Mr. Turner of
Washington, and in opposition to it by
Mr. Spooner of Wisconsin. At 3
o'clock consideration of the bill under
the fifteen-minute rule was begun, and
was continued to the close of the ses
sion. The first vote reached was on
an amendment offered by Mr. Rawlins
of Utah, which, in brief, provided that
the United States should have abso
lute control of the canal far military
or naval purposes, with power to dic
tate the use of the waterway during
the existence of war. The friends of
the pending bill rallied against the
amendment and it was defeated by the
decisive vote of 38 to 9. A provision
was inserted in the bill providing that
no more than $5,000,000 should be
paid the Maritime Canal company for
its concession and work already done
on the canal. When adjournment was
taken the substitute measure offered
by Mr. Calt'ery of Louisiana was be
fore the senate.
Tilt' Honse.
The house passed the naval person
nel bill without division on the final
passage, thus accomplishing what the
officers of the navy have striven for
during more than a decade. By its
provisions the line and engineer corps
are welded into an amalgamated line,
staff officers are given positive rank,
bur their command is limited to their
own corps and a system of voluntary
and compulsory retirement on three
quarters pay as of the next higher
rank of forty officers a year is estab
lished, which is designed to remove
the congestion in the lower rank at
forty-five. The bili aiso practically
equalizes their pay with that of army
officers. Three important amendment*
•were adopted one creates a judge ad
vocate's court, another abolishes prize
money and a third provides for the re
tirement on three-quarters pay of en
listed men and petty officers in the.
navy, after thirty years' service. But
the most important change in the bill
as reported was the adoption after a
hard fight of a substitute for the or
ganization of the marine corpse by
•which the corps is to consist of 0,000
enlisted men and petty officers with
general .officers and staff. This will In
crease the marine corps by 1,300 men,
and increase the cost of its mainten
ance $1,500,000. Several unimportant
bills were passed by unanimous con
sent before the personnel bill was
taken up.
Washington, Jan. 19.—The feature of
yesterday's session of the senate was
a speech delivered by Mr. Bacon of
Georgia in support of his resolutions
declaring that the United States would
not assume sovereignty over the Phil
ippine islands. Mr. Bacon is one of
the orators of the senate, and as he
gave himself free reign, not confining
himself to manuscript, he spoke
strongly and pointedly. His perora
tion, 1n which he pictured some of
England's methods of controlling her
colonial subjects, was a beautiful and
forceful bit of word painting. Follow
ing Mr. Bacon's speech the Nicaraguan
canal bill was taken up and remained
under discussion until 6 o'clock.
Amendment after amendment was
voted down, and until almost the last
moment it seemed likely a vote on the
measure would be reached, but Just as
a final vote was to be called for Mr.
Allison exploded a bomb under the bill
by offering an amendment providing
that the secretary of the treasury
should issue bonds to raise money with
which to construe the canal. Tlie
friends of the measure then consented
to an adjournment.
The Home. ..
The committee on interstate and for
eign commerce had the right of way in
the house and succeeded in passing
quite a number of bills of minor iin-
portanee, most of which authorized
the construction of the lighthouse fog
signals, etc. Then the bill to grant
the Pacific Cable company a subsidy
of $100,000 a year for twenty years for
the construction and operation of a
cable was called up and a very spirited
debate, which consumed the remainder
of the day, followed. The opposition
was headed by Mr. Corliss of Michi
gan. who advocated the construction
of a govei'ument cable. No conclusion
was reached at the hour of adjourn
nicnt. and as the special order under
which the house was operating ex
pi red yesterday with adjournment, and
as objection was made to fixing anoth
er day for its consideration, it goes
over indefinitely until the committee
can get another day, or until a special
order is adopted.
Washington, .Tan. 20. The senate
listened further to discussion of the
policy of expansion. Mr. Turner of
Washington. Pop., delivered a careful- I
ly prepared speech on the Vest reso-
lution. The speech was for the most
part a constitutional argument in
which Mr. Turner took issue with
Senator Piatt and Senator Foraker on
their recent utterances. At. the con
elusion of Mr. Turner's argument Mr.
Foraker took some sharp exceptions to
statements made in this speech, espe
chilly those referring to him personal
ly. lie explained at length the nature
of his statement, declaring, among
other tilings, that he had spoken only
fur himself, and had had no intention
or desire to pose as the representative
of the administration so far as his
utterances were concerned. Referring
to the interested comment which had
been aroused iu Great Britain by his
statement, he said: "I was not speak
ing for the administration, and the
chill that went up and down the backs
of our friends in London was due,
perhaps, to a misapprehension as to
which of the Ohio senators was speak
ing."
The Nicaragua canal bill was under
consideration nearly three hours. Af
ter much debate a substitute present
ed by Mr. Morgan of Alabama for the
bond amendment offered by Mr. Alli
son was adopted. It provides that the
secretary of the treasury shall not
pay out for work on the canal more
than $20,000,000 during any fiscal
year. Earnest efforts were made to
amend the measure in other particu
lars but all failed.
Washington. Jan. 21. —The proceed
ings in the house were enlivened yes
terday by a wordy duel between Mr.
Grosvenor of Ohio and Mr. Lewis, the
picturesque member i'rom Washing
ton. During tlie del a private
bill to refer to the court of claims the
claim of Cramp A- Sons, the I'hila
dclphia shipbuilders, for damages from
the trovernmcnf for delay in building
the battleships Columbia. New York
and Massachusetts, for failure to sup
ply armor plate in time. Mr. Lewis
made this a text for aitacking govern
ment contractors, who !ic charged
with being traitors and imposing on
tin government in time of stress- Mr.
Simpson of Kansas followed along the
same lines and Mr. Grosvenor under
took to rebuke them both. Mr. Lewis,
in his reply, made one of the wittiest
speeches, ridiculing the Ohian for his
alleged pretensions that have been
heard in the house for months. Mr.
Grosvenor did not deign to make an
extensive reply, though he displayed a,
bundle of tl.reuments and intimated
that he had plenty of reserve ammu
nition in stock for Mr. Lewis. The
Cramps bill was edged out of tlie way
after the flow of oratory ceased. Late
in the day the postoffice appropriation
bill was finally passed and just before
the recess Speaker Reed put an end to
speculation regarding the chairman
ship of the ways and means com
mittee by appointing Mr. Payne of
New York to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Mr. Dingley- This
carries with it the floor leadership of
the majority. At the same time lie
filled the Democratic vacancy on the
ways and means anJ rules committees
caused by the retirement of Mr. Mc
Millin, by appointing Mr. Richardson
of Tennessee to both places. Mr.
Crumpacker of Indiana was appointed
on census. An arrangement was made
for the consideration of the army re
organization bill beginning next Tues
day. Fifteen hours are to be allowed
for general debate, exclusive of night
sessions Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday nights. A night session was
held last night for pension legislation
and the house then adjourned over un
til Monday.
In the Senate.
The senate was iu session for five
hours and a half yesterday but the
session was practically barren of re
sults. Two notable siveeelies were de
livered. one by Mr. Nelson of Minne
sota in opposition to Mr. Vest's anti
expansion resolution and another by
Mr. White of California, a personal
explanation of his position with re
spect to the instructions.given the Cal
ifornia senators by the legislature in
that state as to voting on the pending
peace treaty. At the conclusion of the
speeches the senate resumed consider
ation of the Nicaraguan Canal bill. Its
completion was preveuted probably by
the filibustering tactics adopted by Mr.
Tillman, who frankly announced that
the bill could not be passed yesterday I
as he and other senators, if necessary,
would remain in the chamber until
midnight to. prevent a final vote.
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The House.
The house practically decided the
Brown-Swanson contested election
case from the Fifth Virginia district in
favor of the sitting member, Mr. Swan
son, a Democrat, by declining to con
sider tlie case. Twenty-four Republic
ans joined with the Democrats and
Populists on this vote. The postoffice
appropriation bill was then taken up.
The greatest surprise of the day was
the adoption of two amendments
striking out of the bill the appropria
tion of $171,000 for the fast Southern
mail and $25,000 for special mail fa
cilities from Kansas City to Newton,
Kan. This appropriation for the South
ern mail has been fought annually for
six or seven years but has always
been retained. The increase in the ap
propriation for the pneumatic tube
service from $225,000 to $300,000 was
knocked out by the elimination of the
provision which fell under a point of
order, for tlie repeal of the law
against the extension of this service.
The house adjourned with a motion to
recommit it pending. The motion car
ried instructions to strike out the
words "newly acquired territory" in
connection with an appropriation of
$300,000 for mail facilities in Porto
Rico. Cuba and the Philippines.
THE LEGISLATURE
Proeccdfuga of North Dakota's Lair
Mill.
Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 10.—The sen
ate adopted the house resolution in
structing Senators llansbrough and
Roach to vote for the ratification of
the peace treaty. The senate adjourned
after a brief session.
The principal feature in the house
session was the discussion of a bill re
pealing the law giving old soldiers the
preference iu appointments of public
works of the state. The bill to repeal
was indefinitely postponed after a spir
ited debate. Speaker Baker, announced
his committees for the session. Ste
vens of Burleigh gets the chairman
ship of the judiciary committee. Me
Harg of Stuttsman the chairmanship
of the committee on railroads. Johnson
of Richland the chairmanship of the
committee on ways and means. Allen
of Cass the committee on appropria
tions, and Sargent, tlie committee on
temperance. Hills introduced:
Tousley. providing an annual appro
priation of $20,000 for the use of the
governor in meeting contingent ex
penses of tlie state not forseen iu any
of the regular appropriations Gilbert
sou. appropriation of $20,000 for the
erection of buildings for a state school
of forestry at Bottineau Lynch, pro
viding for a primary election law and
governing the holding of caucuses and
election of delegates to party conven
tions Tuft, making all warehouses iu
the state public warehouses Ferry, in
creasing the compensation of county
commissioners to $4 per day.
Representatives Allen and Baker of
Fargo, who were the recipients of a pe
tition from the Fargo citizens to vote
for Johnson, to-day received a petition
signed by 450 of the citizens of Fargo
calling upon them to use their own
judgment in the senatorial tight and
vcte for the candidates deemed best by
them.
Bismarck, N. D„ Jan. 17.—The sen
ate ways and means committee report
ed favorably on Hanna's bill regarding
deeds that may be filed without a cer
tificate of taxes paid, and Noble's bill
relating to the redemption of real prop
erty. The judiciary committee report
ed favorably on McGillivray's bill re
quiring tlie publication of quarterly
county statements and Ames' bill re
lating to the payment of alimony in di
vorce cases. Bills introduced:
Cashel, amending the election law.
providing that there shall be a space
between the columns in which party
nominations appear, and that where a
straight ticket, is voted the voter may
vote for nominees on the opposite tick
et by making a cross opposite their in
dividual names Twitchell, providing
that personal property taxes shall be
come delinquent Feb. 1 Twitchell,
making an appropriation of $47,000 for
the agricultural college at Fargo Cash
el, providing that county depositories
shall pay interest quarterly.
Iu the house the following bills were
introduced:
Miner, providing for the ascertain
ment of the population of counties for
the fixing of salaries of county clerks
Kennedy, appropriating $10 for the
state industrial school at Ellendale
Thomas, providing for the visiting of
schools by county superintendents
Allen, providing that railroad corpora
tions shall be liable for all damages
sustained by any employe when occur
ring without contributory negligence,
and that no contract shall impair or
diminish such liability.
In the senate, the bills introduced
were: Dunlap, providing for an amend
ment to the revenue law relating to
the redemption of real property sold at
tax sales Noble, providing for terms of
the supreme court at Fargo and Grand
Forks aside from the term iu Bismarck
and repealing the present law fixing
Bismarck as the place of holding ail
terms: Ames, providing for the tech
nical amendments to laws governing
court procedure.
Bills introduced in the house: Cas
sell. providing for the manner of gov
erning balances to be kept in county
depositories Winslow. providing that
the penalty and interest on taxes shall
go into the court general fund. The
senate passed the Hanna bill relating
to deeds to be filed without certificate
of taxes paid Anies' bill relating to
the granting ot alimony in divorce
cases, and Noble's providing for the
manner of redemption of property sold
at tax sales.
Bismarck. Jan. 21—The senate held
a brief session at which these bills
were introduced:
Baker, providing for a primary elec
tion law Sanborn, appropriating $24,
250 for the soldiers1' home at Lis!KID
Sharpe, making an appropriation to
pay the fluids advanced' by Governors
Briggs and Devine for the prosecution
of the maximum rate law Arnold, pro
viding for an appropriation of tlie state
university aggregating $138,000.
Lieut. Gov. Devine appointed as
senate members of the committee to in
vestigate the making of twine at the
Stillwater penitentiary Messrs Twitch
ell and Mansfield, and as members of
the committee to examine and report
the condition of public institutions
Messrs. Amer and MeCanna. A con
current resolution introduced by Mr
Hcgge requested the government to
appoint a committee to investigate the
grievances of the Sioux Indians on the
Fort Totten reservation and report
congress. The committee appointed to
examine the condition of the govern
or's mansion requested an appropria
tion of $500 for the improvement and
repair of the building. Messrs. John
son of Richland^ McHarg and Miner
were appointed as the house commit
tee to confer with the Minnesota au
thorities relative to the grading of
grain.
HOi SE COMMITTEES.
The Lint Given Oat by Speaker
Baker,
Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 15.—Speaker
Baker announced the house commit
tees. as follows:
Rules—Messrs. Stevens, chairman
McHarg, Dougherty, Glascaw, Alien,
McLean, Thompson, Peak and Chacey.
Judiciary—Messrs. Stevens, chair
man McHarg, Thompson, Dougherty,
Bacon, Allen, Towle, Wolbert, bwire,
Clark, Hale, Miner, Lish, Stevenson
and Lynch.
Ways and Means—Messrs. Johnson
of Richland chairman Laughlin. Aas,
Nelson, Michaels, '.Cronvold, Deisem,
Ilare, Lee, Engelter and Sargent.
Railroads—Messrs. McHarg, chair­
man Wallace. Allen, Peterson, Det
seui, Dougherty, Stewart, Wolbert,
Sargent. Herbrandson, Green, Gulack,
Miner, Stevens, and Stevc-nsou.
Appropriations— .Messrs. Allen, chair
man McHarg, Bacon, Hale, Hare, Nel
son, Dwire, Earl, Kennedy. Stevenson,
Miner. Brakke. Lynch, Wallace and
Taylor.
Engrossment —Messrs. Thomas, ciiair
ma.n Tufte, Clarke, Engelter. Glas
cow, Ilale, Thompson. Walls and
Earl.
Enrollment—.Messrs. Cause!!, chair
man Glascow, Dougherty, Thompson,
Tousley. Earl, Johnson of Walsh. Hare
and Daiian.
Education—Messrs. Sanford. chair
man: Cassell, Wallace, Mine!-. Nelson,
Sargent, McLean, Peek and Lynch.
Elections and Privileges—Messrs.
Thordarson. chairman: Johnson of
Walsh. Brotnov, Eriekson. Boyd, John
son of Richland, Winslow, Michaels
and Lee.
Municipal Corporations Messrs.
Hale, chairman: Allen. Bacon, Lynch.
Wolbert. Hare, Stevenson, Nelson and
Dougherty.
Corporations Other Thau Municipal
Messrs. Peterson, chairman, Stevens,
Engelter. Datum, Watts, Peek. Ken
nedy. Alshouse and Brotnov.
Agriculture—Messrs. I la nan. chair
man, Swenson, Restmayer, Gilbertson,
Brotnov. Ovind, Chacey. Laughlm,
Green, Winslow, Gulac. Stevenson and
Thompson.
Public Printing—Messrs. Allsliouse,
chairman Stevens, Tousley, Deisein,
McLean, Lynch. Bacon, Lish and Ste
venson.
Irrigation—Messrs. Stevenson, chair
man: Taylor, Thomas, Hauan, Ferris,
Baker.
Engrossed Bills—Porter, Hanna, Lit
tle, Arnold, Marshall.
Apportionment—Slotten. Cox.Sharpe,
Oronan, McDougal, Hegge, Murphy,
Fuller, Pembina) Ames, Creel, Baker.
Corporations Other than Municipal—
Ames. Porter, Sanborn, Dunlap, Full
er, (Stutsman) Hegge, Levang.
Federal Relations—Luke, Baker, Ful
ler (IVinbina) McDougal, Creel.
Insurance—Hegge, Cox, Sanborn,
Croiiau, Laidlaw.
Judiciary—Little, Ames, Noble, Ar
nold. Sharpe, McGillivray, Hanna,
Murphy, Cashel, McCann, Luke.
Education—Hanna, Cooper, LaMoure
Lynch. Dwire, Laughlin and Sanford..
Insurance—Messrs. Bacon, chairman
Earl, Stewart, Hare, Restmayer, Ken
nedy, Lish, Towle and Allsliouse.
Banking—Messrs. Wallace, chairman
Thompson, Dougherty, Miner, Stewart,
Towle, Engelter. Gulack, and Oassel.
Immigration—Mes.-rs. Lynch, chair
man: Dwire, Tousley. Michaels, Ug
laiifi. Deiseni, Dougherty, llestmayor
and Watt.
Labor—Messrs. Eriekson. chairman
Peterson, McLean, Kerger. L'gland,
Lee, Towle. Ovind and Gronvold.
Apportionment Messrs Wallace,
chairman Restmayer, Dougherty,
Brotnov, Glascow, Stewart, Eriekson,
Hauan. Allen, Chacey. Sargent, Lynch,
Peterson, Dwire, Green, Winslow,
Aas, McLean, Clarke, Michaels, Hale,
Miner, McHarg, Deisein. Kennedy,
Alshouse. Hare, Gilbertson. Lee, Lish
and Tousley.
School and Public Lands—Messrs.
Boyd. Chairman Ferris, Tufte, Gil
bertson, Thompson, Johnson or Ricn
land. Berger and Peek.
Public Health—Messrs. Taylor, chair
man: McLean, Clarke. Berger, Thomp
son. Deisem, Lee, Gilbertson anil Boyd.
Military Affairs—Messrs. Laughlin,
chairman Chacey. Hale, Hare. Dwire,
Winslow, Ferris. Watts and Thordar
son.
Warehouses, Grain Grading and Deal
ing—Messrs. Deisem. chairman: Cas
sel. Allsliouse. Thordarson. Johnson of
Walsh. Miner, Green. Eriekson, Dwire,
Johnson of Richland. Brakke. Swen
son. Ferris, Tufte and Chacey.
.Federal Relations—Messrs. Clarke,
chairman: Herbrandson. Tufte. Aas.
Thompson. Gilbertson, Brakke. t-'erris
and Eriekson.
Mines and Mining--Messrs. Gulack,
chairman: Wallace, Towle. Cassel. Ba
con, Thompson. Stevenson, Aas and
Lynch.
Highways. Bridges and Ferries—
Messrs. Chaeey. chairman Watt,
Johnson of Walsli. Cassel, Swenson,
Aas, Glascow, Ferris and Lynch.
State Affairs—Messrs. Sargent chair
man Kennedy Earl. Restmayer.
Thomas. Thompson, Johnson of Walsh,
Herbrandson, Gulack.
Supplies and Expendituies--.Messrs.
McLean, chairman Stewart, Wallace.
Aas, Hauan, Cassel, Herbrandson,
Berger, I'gland.
Forestry—Messrs. Ovind. chairman
Ferris, Glascow. Brotnov. Stewart,
Nelson. Thordason, Michaels and Lee.
Public Debt—Messrs. Tufts, chair
man Boyd. Glascow, Towle, Johnson
of Richland. Brakke, Ovind, Berger
and Thordarson.
Woman Suffrage—Messrs. Green,
chairman Leo, Boyd, Herhrandson,
Ovind, Tousley, Aas, Gulack and
Swet son.
Manufactures Messrs. eioerr,
chaiman Peterson, Taylor, Laughlin,
Green. Earl, Cassel and Berger.
Counties and County Boundaries
Messrs. Glascow, chairman Towle.
Thompson, Wolbert. Ovind. Uglauct,
Winslow, Miner and Taylor.
Taxes and Tax Laws- Messrs. lOari,
chairman Gronvold. Winsiow, Thor
darson, Dwire, Gronvold, Johnson of
Kiel land, Thompson, Dieseiri and Alls
house.
Coal Lands and Mining—Messrs. En
gelter. chairman: lash, Allsliouse. Lee,
Aas, Restmayer, Cassel, Berger and
Michaels.
Sheep Industry—Messrs. Stewart,
chairman: Lish, Sargent, Eriekson,
Clarke, I'gland and Gilbertson.
•Joint Committees.
Public Buildings Messrs. Dwire.
chairman: Swenson, Green, Allen,
Hale, Boyd, Sargent, Herbrandson and
Lynch.
Penal Institutions Messrs. Hare,
chairman Clark, Dougherty, Thordar
son. Glascow, Wolbert, Brotnov, Brak
ke and Earl.
Charitable Institutions Messrs.
Watt, chairman McHarg, Hale, Tow
le. Thompson, Kennedy, Stevenson,
Peek and Swenson.
Educational Institutions—Messrs. Mi
ner. chairman Bacon, Wolbert, San
ford, (ironvoid. Thomas, Tufts, Eriek
son and Tousley.
State Library—Messrs. Peeic, chair
man Stevens, McHarg, Taylor, uaie,
Hare, Laughlin. Hauan and Johnson
of Walsh.
Joint .Rules—Messrs. Stevens, chair
man -McHarg, Dougherty, Glascow,
Allen, McLean, Thompson, Peek and
Chacey.
NORTH DAKOTA'S
NEW SENATOR
1\ J. M'CIMHKU. OK H1CHI.AVI)
C'UIM'V IS THI5 MAX.
Iu Joljii Si'NMioii tlie Legislature
Eli'i'ls llim to SIIOCCIMI Senator
Itoafli—Hepi-ivfil All but One ot
the ltepubliean Vote*—'Tin? Ilnllot
Stimil, MeCmnber 77, .Johnnou 1,
Kleinogel 13—Eiul of One of tbe
Mow! Sharply Contested Strej^glen
In tlie History of \ortli Dakota
Politic* •—of the Xew
Senator.
Bismarck. N. IX. .Tan. :.'l.-The bat
lle tor the senatorship is over and the
prize has fallen to ilie held against:
Congressman Johnson and to Porter J.
McCumber as the choice of the field
candidates for the place. The election
of McCumber was consummated in the
joint session of the assembly yesterday
when he received, with one exception,
the solid vote of the Republican mem
bers of the assembly. The session of
the joint assembly was brief and de
void of excitement. The result was
known beforehand and the assembly
was merely to register formally the
decision that had been arrived at by
the caucus of Republicans.
The two houses met in joint session
at noon. As the roll was called every
Republican with the exception of Her
brandson of Traill county cast his bal
lot for the caucus nominee. Herbrand
son voted for Congressman Johnson.
The fusionists cast a complimentary
vote for Thomas Ivleinogel of Fargo,
with th eexceptiou of Senator Creel,
who voted for McCumber. The total
vote of tlie favorite son of Richland
county was 77. for Johnson 1, and for
Kleinogel 13. Immediately before the
taking ot the ballot Representative
Stevens, who had nominated C. B. Lit
tle of Burleigh for the senatorship,
withdrew the name of liis candidate
and requested his supporters to vote
for McCumber. Representative Laugh
lin of Ramsoin county took the same
action with reference to the name of
Senator Marshall. As soon as the bal
lot had been taken Lieut. Gov. In vine
announced the formaj electing of .Mc
Cumber ami signed his certificate of
election. A committee consisting of
Senators Little and Marshall and Rep
resentative Allen escorted the senator
elect to the hall of the assembly and
be was introduced by the lieutenant
governor.
The X«»w Senator .Speak.*.
Mr. McCumber spoke briefly, thank
ing the assembly for the high honor re
posed in him by the election. He
thanked the supporters of the various
other candidates for the grace with
which they had come to his support as
the caucus nominee. He paid a tribute
to the worth and ability of Congress
man Johnson as the representative of
the people for the past eight years.
With reference to the policy of territo
rial expansion, lie said:
"On this question I desire to state
thai: I am in exact harmony with that
portion of the governor's message re
lating to territorial expansion. I am
in favor of the greatest and broadest
expansion of American industries and
American commerce, and to facilitate
that 1 am in favor of holding all terri
tory now held by us that may be nec
essary to enlarge that commerce and
trade. 1 want to say that 1 believe
that the flag that floats to-day over
Manila, and whose every fold sings a
song of glory and vliose very stars
vie with the gems of the Orient should
never be withdrawn. It slioald iu? the
beacon light, that will forever invite
the commerce, the intelligence, the
progress of Americanism to the very
shores of the old world."
The joint assembly dissolved imme
diately after the address of the scna
tor-elect. and by previous, resolution of
the house and senate an adjournment
was la ken until next Thursday. The
battle was practically over when Mc
Cumber was agreed on in caucus of
the lield candidates Thursday night.
Tin- choice of the field caucus was rat
ified in the Republican caucus yester
day morning. Senator Ames of Traill
county, who nominated Congressman
•Johnson, on the first day of the joint
session, moved that the nomination of
McCumber in Republican caucus be
made unanimous, and he was declared
the caucus nominee.
Senator McCtimlier.
Porter J. McCumber is a native of
Rochester, Minn., and is forty-three
years of age- He is of Scotch parent
age and his parents were poor farm
ers. He was raised on a farm and
educated in the common schools of
Rochester, in later years taking the
lav.- course at tlie university at Ann
Arbor. Mich. He came to North Da
kota in 1880, locating first at Lisbon
and moving to Waihpeton in 1N81,
where lie formed- a law partnership
with B. L. Bogart. and lias since been
a resident of Walipeton. As an ora
tor he has few peers in the state andi
he is a man ot' recognized ability, a
stanch Republican and sound on all
financial and political questions. Hii
has been a member of t'i|e territorial
house of representatives and council
in 1885-80 anid state's attorney of Rich
land county. He has many admirers
throughout the state and his personal
friends, especially in his home county,
are legion. Mr. McCumber is married
and lias two children. He was mar
ried at Walipeton and his bride was
Miss Jennie Sc'horining. a poor girl
and a telegraph operator. Mr. Mc-1
('umber is a completely self-made man.
He is well-to-do, reputed to be worth
$100,000. all of which lie has earned iu
Richland county by his own unaided
effort.
W. .T. Kennedy, claiming to be a di
vine healer, has been jailed at Bottin
eau for practicing medicine without a
license.
Afire company has been organized
in Havana. Mous Oleson is chief. Ed
Holmes, assistant and George Holmes
treasurer. The citizens have sub
scribed .$400 for apparatus.
Heart disease was at first assigned
as the cause of the death of Julia Sol
berg. at Devils Lake. who. from later
reports, appeal's to have died as the re
suit of a criminal operation.
WASHINGTON CHAT
Complaints have been received by
tlie Indian commissioner, from Indian
agents in the Northwest that the ra
tions allowed the pupils in Indian
schools were insufficient. The school
ration was made up by the Indian of
fice some lime ago upon reports re
ceived by the various agents, and it
was tl.e understanding that they were
satisfactory. The complaints of tlie
agents were submitted to ilie secretary
of agriculture, who referred the mat
ter to experts. A report has been sub
mitted by Secretary Wilson to Hie ef
fect tl.at. the rations are sufficient in
quamity and nutrition.
It was recently stated that probably
Capt. Mercer, assigned to the new
agency nt Leech Lake, would be di
rected to join his regiment., owing to
the desire of the war department, offi
cials to have all commissioned officers
perform active military service. Upon
the person,-!
1 request of Secretary Bliss,
Capt. Mercer has been retained and
directed to proceed to Leech Lake as
scon as he straightened his accounts
and completed tlie transfer of the
agency property to bi.s successor at
Omaha, who has already been named.
Representative McCleary is prepar
ing a bill providing for the payment by
the government of the expenses l'or
medical attendance incurred by sol
diers of the late war while at home on
sick furlomrh. Tlie representative is
in consultation with the surgeon gen
eral on the details of the measure.
While efforts are being made by the
Minnesota delegation to have two
additional companies of the Seventh
infantry detailed for duty at Shelling
and Walker, it is said at the depart
ment that it is not believed that any
more troops can be spared for duty In
Minnesota at this time. The request
that an additional odicer be detailed
for the company at Snelling lias been
allowed. Some one evidently erred,
as it was found that it was impractic
able to send a detachment to Walker,
as only one commissioned officer was
detailed for duty with the company at
Snelling. An officer has been ordered
to proceed from Fort Wayne. Midi., to
take a detachment to Walker.
The resolution presented by Senator
riatt of Connecticut calling for all da
ta in the hands of Secretary Bliss with
reference to timber operations on tbe
Chippewa reservations, has been re
ferred to the secretary for report. The
secretary lias requested the land and
Indian commissioners to prepare the
information on the subject, and it Is
probable this will be submitted to the
senate committee on appropriations
the latter part of next week. -i
Senator Tiatt's action, does not con
template a congressional investigation
of the timber operations, but is de
signed to aid the committee in consid
ering the amendment, in tlie Indian ap
propriation bill affecting the timber
operations.
:«-j,
The action of the senate committee in
incorporating in the Indian appropria
tion bill, as reported, an amendment
for The support of sectarian schools,
which was stricken out by the liouso
committee, was a surprise to officials
of the interior department. While it
i.-- believed that the amendment will be
adopted by the senate, it will probably
precipitate a contest when the bill is
referred to the conference committee.
Tlie friends of the proposition will
make a. strong fight in support, of the
amendment, and the outcome is looked
forward to with interest. It is under
stood that the Indian eommissionei
lias prepared a statement, against the
amendment. That official declined to
say whether such a statement would
be tiled. Commissior er .Tones strongly
supports the policy of the department
against further governmental support
of sectarian schools.
Land Commis-doner Hermann reports
that after careful consideration of the
subject lie has concluded there is no
necessity for increasintr the corps of
ev.-intiuors now estimating pine on tlie
Chippewa reservations. The commis
sioner recently said that when the in
creased funds for the expenses of the
corps were made available, additional
cruisers could be put to work, in order
to complete it. within two years. The
commissioner now believes the present
corps is large enough to finish the
work in tlie time named.
Indian Commissioner Jones has sub
mitted an important amendment to
the senate committee on Indian affairs,
now considering the Indian appropria
tion bill, with reference to the dispos
al of the timber question on the White
Earth and Red Lake reservations.
The amendment proposes that t'he pine
on the lands under the jurisdiction of
the Indian office shall be cut and dis
posed of at, the option of the Indian
commissioner, under the direction of
the secretary of the interior. The
amendment is important for the reason
that, if adopted, it will result in a rad
ical change in the method of cutting
timber on the diminished Chippewa
reservations, as it is known that Com
missioner Jones does not approve of
the system. Commissioner Jones is fa
vorably impressed with the policies for
the disposition of Indian timber in
vogue on the reservations iu Wiscon
sin. On the Menominee leservation in
that state timber is cut by the Indians,
banked and sold on government scale
to the highest bidder. On the reserva
tions of the La Poiute agency, on Lake
Superior, the system is to guthorize
mill men to put up mills on the reser
vation and employ Indian labor in log
ging and manufacturing the lumber on
the reservation. This system lias been
so successful, especially in developing
ludian labor, that the Indian office
claims that S3 per cent of labor cm
ployed iu the woods and around the
mills on the La Pointe reservation is
Indian labor. The purpose of the Indi
an office being not only to give the best
possible results to the Indians in re
spect to the net proceeds to be derived
from the-timber operations, but, also,
to give the Indians employment, the
officials favcr the plan for manufaetm
ing on the reservation, although th©
Menomonie system of logging and sell
ing on the bank to the highest bidder
is also popular.
A bill is now pending in the house,
introduced by' Representative Eddy,
the purpose of which is similar to the
amendment suggested by Commission©
er Jones. It provides, however, that
tbe cut shall be limited each season.
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