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Show ' " WASHINGTON NEWS. "SOCKLESS" MAKES A SPEECH. And Makes Quite a Hit The New Portrait Of " . tr" lteed. VYasiuxgtox. Jan. fe The new oil por-trails por-trails of ex. Speakers (irow and Kandall were presented to the honae )estcrday. The presentation pre-sentation speech w as made by Mr. . M. stum jf Pennsylvania. Mr. Bolman of Indiana, In-diana, who w as a member of the Twenty-seventh Twenty-seventh house, over which Mr. Grow presided pre-sided only member in the present bouse who enjoyed that privilege in a pleasant speech accepted the gift. Mr. Springer escorted Mr. Grow to the speaker's desk, where he was tendered a -cat on the left of the speaker pro tern. Bills were introduced for public buildings at Sterling and Dixon, 111. Mr. Bland introduced a bill for the freo coinage of gold aud silver and the isstio of coin notes. Ou notion of Mr. Outhwaite a resolution was adopted calling ou the secretary of the treasury for a statement of the drawbacks paid importers of tin plate under the McKin-leybill; McKin-leybill; also for a statement of the duties refunded to importers for salt for curing fis.li and meat. Mr. Harvey (Oklahoma I from the cdm-inittee cdm-inittee on Indian affairs reported a bill appropriating ap-propriating $15,000 to complete the allotment allot-ment of lands to the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Arapa-hoe Indians in Oklahoma. In the discussion of this measure Mr. Simpson i Kansas I had an opportunity to enter the arena of debate, and his remarks were listened to w ith great attention. He said that the l",ui0 already appropriated had been squandered, but he wa strongly in favor of the pending measure as it would allow the settlers to secure homes. He turned his attention to the tariff, strongly denouncing the protective policy pursued by the republicans. It had, he Miid, brought disaster to the farmers. (Applause OH democratic dem-ocratic side.) And they wanted to seek homes and begin lite anew under a democratic demo-cratic administration, which he hoped would repeal the McKinley law and bring prosperity to the country. The hill passed. ( all Will Keep His Seat. Washixqtos, Jan. 33. The senate committee com-mittee mi privileges and elections in the contested Morula election case of Call vs. I Davidson, decided to recommend that Call i retain his seal. Action in the other eon-I eon-I tested election case of Dubois and I'lagett j of Idaho was deferred until the next mect- i ing of the committee. |