Name. A. THE CONGRESSIONAL MANUAL. .... Loudenslager, H. C....... Morris, Page 87 1445 Rhode Island av.NW. The Colonial. 1715 H street NW. ..........1302 Roanoke st. NW. The Varnum. ............. Chambersburg, Pa. Chicago, Ill. Chicago, Ill. ......The Dewey. Deadwood, S. Dak. .......102 B street NE. .......... ............. Portsmouth, Va. ... Bloomington, Ind. ........ The Arlington. ........1830 Columbia road. Council Grove, Kans. ...1201 Q street NW. ....1402 Twenty-first st. NW. ....... Newcastle, Wyo. ..... .... ........ The Shoreham. 1136 Seventeenth st. NW. 1701 K street NW. New Willard. Boston, Mass. ............. The Shoreham. .......Duluth, Minn. Mudd, Sidney E. .Laplata, Md. Mutchler, Howard Easton, Pa. Naphen, Henry F. Modesto, Cal. Neville, William Nevin, Robert M. Newlands, Francis G. Olmsted, Marlin E. ........ ..... Otjen, Theobold Reeder, William A. North Platte, Nebr. ..... .............. .......... 107 Maryland ave. NE. The Cochran. Harrisburg, Pa. ...........1758 N street NW. Lynchburg, Va. Milwaukee, Wis. .......... 227 New Jersey ave. SE. Ebbitt House. Columbia, Tenn. .......... The Varnum. ......... ........... Wilkesbarre, Pa. ...... 1501 Mass. ave. NW. .1745 Q street NW. The Normandie. 1623 H street NW. .1908 Q street NW. The Metropolitan. 1461 Rhode Island av.NW. 1211 Princeton st. NW. ..Lake Providence, La. .... The Cairo. Houlton, Me. Newton, Mass. Norwich, N. Y. Logan, Kans. .......... Streator, Ill. Reid, Charles C. Morrillton, Ark. Rhea, John S. Russellville, Ky. Rhea, William F. ..Bristol, Va. Richardson, James D. ...Murfreesboro, Tenn. Reeves, Walter 702 Tenth street NW. Richardson, Wm. ......... Huntsville, Ala. Perryville, Mo. .... ......... Chelsea, Mass. Roberts, Ernest W. ........... .......... ............ 13 First street NE. 1103 Sixth street NW. 1748 P street NW. The Hamilton. 123 Eleventh street NE. Shelden, Carlos D. ....... Showalter, Joseph B. .... .Houghton, Mich. ...... ..... ....... ......... .......... The Hamilton. 922 Fourteenth st. NW. The Cairo. The Metropolitan. The Driscoll. The Varnum. 321 Second street SE. The Cochran. The Normandie. ..Chicora, Pa. ........... 1523 New Hampshire ave. NW. 1321 K street NW. The Normandie. The Varnum. Riggs House, 1313 Columbia road. 1012 Thirteenth st. NW. The Hamilton. 1524 Eighteenth st. NW. The Varnum. The Buckingham. Ripley, Miss. ......... The Varnum. Aurora, Nebr. ............. 321 Second st. SE. Marion, Ind. ......................................... The Dewey. Vernon, Tex. Paterson, N. J. The Cairo. The Gordon. The Normandie. ........ The Varnum. Amsterdam, N. Y. ......Jasper, Ga. Thompson, Charles W. Tompkins, Arthur S. Tompkins, Emmett Tongue, Thomas H. Trimble, South ..... ......... 1825 Nineteenth st. NW. The National. 1013 P street NW. The Portland. ............................ Riggs House. ........ .......... Lisbon, Ohio Norristown, Pa. Clinton, Ill. Urbana, Ohio Riggs House. The Normandie. ..........1503 Rhode Island ave. .......... ..... ........ .......... .......... Mount Clemens, Mich.. Irvine, Ky. Montgomery, Ala. ........ Yazoo City, Miss. The Cochran. The Dewey. 1733 K street NW. The Cochran. The Driscoll. 924 Fourteenth st. NW. 1017 P street NW. 236 Delaware ave. NE. Brooklyn, N. Y. .......................... The Raleigh. Woods, Samuel D. ....... Stocton, Cal. ............... OPENS. THE SENATE OF THE 56TH CONGRESS PREPARING TO DO BUSINESS. The Senate convened as prescribed by the Constitution, the first Monday in December at 12 m., December 4, 1899. William P. Fry, President pro tempore, called the body to order. Prayer by Chaplain, Rev. W. H. Milburn, D. D. Credentials of new members referred to the committee on credentials. Credentials of Hon. William A. Clark of Montana, objected to by Senator Carter of Montana. The hour of daily meeting was established at 12 M. Resolved that Matthew S. Quay be admitted as a Senator from the State of Pennsylvania in accordance with his appointment made by the Governor of the State. New Senators took the oath of office. House and President notified that the Senate is ready to do business. Resolutions on the death of Vice-President Garrat A. Hobart were offered as follows: Resolved, That the Senate has received with the deepest regret information of the death of Garrat Augustus Hobart, late Vice-President of the United States. Resolved, That the business of the Senate be suspended in order that the distinguished public service of the deceased, and the virtue of his character may be fittingly commemorated. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate be instructed to communicate these resolutions to the House of Representatives. Senate adjourned in honor of the Vice-President. IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE SENATE. December 5th, President's message sent to Senate. December 7, Contested seat of Senator Clark discussed. December 7, Contested seat of Nathan B. Scott discussed. December 8 Elihu Root, of New York, confirmed as Secretary of Navy. TRUSTS. ecember 11, Resolved that any contract, agreement, or combination between two or more corporations which has for its purpose the control of the price of anything which is the subject of, or enters into interstate commerce, or the cost of transportation thereof, so as to increase the same at any place or locality in the THE CONGRESSIONAL MANUAL. 91 United States, or to discriminate in favor of or against any class of dealers, traders or customers of such articles within the United States is contrary to the public policy of the United States, and every such contract, agreement, or combination illegal and is prohibited. is Sec. 2. That any person being a member of any corporation or acting as its agent, officer, or employee, who enters into any such contract, agreement, or combination or knowingly assists in the execution or performance thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is liable to prosecution for such an offense on information or by indictment in the district court of the United States, in and for the district in which such offense is committed; and on conviction thereof such person shall be fined in a sum not less than $100.00 or more than $5,000.00, and also be imprisoned for a term, in the discretion of the court in which such conviction is had, not less than one month and not greater than two months. December 11, Resolutions in favor of the South African Republic as follows: Whereas, From the hour of achieving their independence the people of the United States have regarded with sympathy the struggles of other peoples to free themselves from European domination, therefore Resolved by the Senate of the United States that we watch with deep and abiding interest the heroic battle of the South African Republic against cruelty and oppression, and our best hopes go out for the full success of their determined contest for liberty. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. December 12, Resolution on the Philippines as follows: Resolved, That the Secretary of the Navy be and hereby is directed to inform the Senate whether the flag of the Philippine Republic was carried by vessels in Manilla Bay and whether the flag of the Philippine Republic was ever saluted by Admiral Dewey or any of the vessels of his fleet at any time since May 1, 1898. Were Spanish prisoners delivered over to the Philippine forces at the time of the surrender of Subig Bay? Did a vessel commanded by the forces under Aguinaldo fly the Philippine flag, accompany the vessels Concord and Raleigh back to Subig Bay in June, 1898, in order to compel the surrender of the Spanish force? Resolution went over under the rules. |