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CONGRESS. (THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.) 



North Dakota. 

 Martin N. Johnson, R. 



Bellamy Storer, R 

 John A. Caldwell, E. 

 George W. Houk, D. 

 Martin K. Gantz, D. 

 Fernando C. Layton, D. 

 Dennis D. Donovan, D. 

 William E. Haynes, D. 

 Darius D. Hare, D. 

 Joseph H. Outhwaite, D. 

 Robert E. Doan, R. 

 John M. Pattison, D. 



Ohio. 



William H. Enochs. R. 

 Irvine Duncan, D. 

 James W. Owens, D. 

 Michael D. Barter, D. 

 John G. Warwick. D. 

 Albert J. Pearson, D. 

 Joseph D. Taylor, R. 

 Ezra B. Taylor, R. 

 Vincent A. Taylor. R. 

 Thomas L. Johnson, D. 



Oregon. 

 Binger Hermann, R. 



Henry H. Bingham. R 

 Charles O' Neil I, R. 

 William McAleer, D. 

 John E. Reyburn, R. 

 Alfred C. Harmer. R. 

 John B. Robinson, R. 

 Edwin HallowelL D. 

 William Mutchier, D. 

 David B. Brunner, D. 

 Mariott Brosius, R. 

 Lemuel Amerman, D. 

 George W. Shonk, R. 

 James B. Reilly, D. 

 John W Rite, R. 



Oscar Lapham. D. 



J'ennsyloania. 



Myron B. Wright, R. 

 Albert 0. Hopkins, R. 

 Simon P. Wolverton. D. 

 Louis E. Atkinson. R. 

 Frank E. Beltzhoover, D. 

 Edward Scull R. 

 George F. Huff, R. 

 John Dalzell, R. 

 William A. Stone, R. 

 Andrew Stewart, R. 

 Eugene P. Gillespie, D. 

 Matthew Griswold, R. 

 Charles W. Stone, R. 

 George F. Kribbs, D. 



Rhode Island. 



Charles H. Page, D. 



South Carolina. 



William H. Brawley, D. John T. Hemphill, D. 



George D. Tillman, D. 

 George Johnstone, D. 

 George W. Shell, D. 



Eli T. Stackhouse, D. 

 William Elliott. D. 



South Dakota. 

 John L. Jolley, R. 



Alfred A. Taylor, R. 

 John C. Houk, R. 

 Henry C. Snodgrass, D. 

 Benton McMillin, D. 

 James D. Richardson, D. 



Charles Stewart. D. 

 John B. Long. D. 

 C. Buckley Kilgore, D. 

 David B. Culberson, D. 

 Joseph W. Bailey. D. 

 Jo Abbott, D. 



H. Henry Powers, R. 



William A. Jones, D. 

 John W. Lawson, D. 

 George D. Wise, D. 

 James F. Epes. D. 

 Posey G. Lester, D. 



Joseph E. Washinston, D. 

 Nicholas N. Cox, D. 

 Benjamin A. Enloe, D. 

 Rice A. Pierce, D 

 Josiah Patterson, 1>. 



Texas. 



William H. Crain. D. 

 Littleton W. Moore, D. 

 Roger Q Mills, D. 

 Joseph D. Sayers. D. 

 Samuel W. T. Lanham, D. 



Vermont. 



William W. Grout. R. 



Virginia. 



Paul C. Edmunds D. 

 Charles T. O'Ferrall, D. 

 Elisha E. Meredith, D. 

 John A. Buchanan, I). 

 Henry St. G. Tucker, D. 



Washington. 



John L. Wilson, R. 



West Virginia. 



John Pendleton, D. John D. Alderson. D. 



William L. Wilson, D. James Capehart, D. 



Wisconsin. 



Lucas M. Miller. D. 

 Frank P. Cohurn. D. 

 Nils P. Haugen, R. 

 Thomas Lynch, D. 



Clinton Babbitt, D. 

 Charles Barwig, D. 

 Allen R. Bushnell. D. 

 John L. Mitchell, D. 

 George II. Brickner, D. 



Wyoming. 



Clarence D. Clark, R. 

 Democrats, 236; Republicans, 88; Farmer's Alliance, 8. 



The Territorial delegates were as follow : 

 Arizona Marcus A. Smith. D. 

 Neic Mexico Antonio Joseph. D. 

 Oklahoma David A. Harvey, R. 

 Utah John T. Caine, Ind. 



Eppa Hunton succeeded John S. Barbour as Senator for 

 Virginia, on the latter's death, May 14. 1892. 



Roger Q. Mills succeeded Horace Chilton as Senator from 

 Texas' the latter holding only by appointment of the Gov- 

 ernor. 



Andrew Stewart, of Pennsylvania, was unseated in favor 

 of Alexander Craig. 



Joseph McKenna, of California, resigned, and E. T. Stack- 

 house, of South Carolina, and J. W. Kendall, of Kentucky. 

 died. 



Dec. 8, the House of Representatives or- 

 ganized by choosing Charles F. Crisp, of 

 Georgia, Speaker. There had been a lively con- 

 test among leading Democrats for the office, 

 and the nomination was not made by the Demo- 

 cratic caucus until 30 ballots had been taken for 

 a candidate. In caucus, Mr. Crisp received 119 

 votes to 105 for Mr. Mills, of Texas, 2 for Mr. 

 Springer, of Illinois, and 1 for Mr. Stevens, of 

 Massachusetts. In the House, 228 votes were 

 cast for Mr. Crisp, 83 for Thomas B. Reed, of 

 Maine, and 8 for Thomas E. Watson, of Georgia. 

 There were 12 members not voting. 



The Message. On Dec. !) the President sent 

 in his annual message, as follows : 



To the Senate and House of Representatives : 



The reports of the heads of the several executive 

 departments, required by law to be submitted to me, 

 which are herewith transmitted, and the reports of 

 the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney- 

 General, made directly to Congress, furnish a compre- 

 hensive view of the administrative work of the last 

 fiscal year relating to internal affairs. It would be of 

 great advantage if these reports could have an atten- 

 tive perusal by every member of Congress and by all 

 who take an interest in public affairs. Such a perusal 

 could not fail to excite a higher appreciation of the 

 vast labor and conscientious effort which are given to 

 the conduct of our civil administration. 



The reports will, I believe, show that every question 

 has been approached, considered, and decided from 

 the standpoint of public duty and upon considerations 

 affecting the public interests alone. Again I invite 

 to every branch of the service the attention and scru- 

 tiny of Congress. 



The work of the State Department during the last 

 year has been characterized by an unusual number 

 of important negotiations and by diplomatic results 

 of a notable and highly beneficial character. Among 

 these are the reciprocal trade arrangements which 

 have been concluded, in the exercise of the powers 

 conferred by section 3 of the tariff law, with the Ee- 

 public of Brazil, with Spain for its West India pos- 

 sessions, and with Santo Domingo. Like negotiations 

 with other countries have been much advanced, and 

 it is hoped that before the close of the year further 

 definitive trade arrangements of great value will be 

 concluded. 



In view of the reports which had been received as 

 to the diminution of the seal herds in the Bering 

 Sea I deemed it wise to propose to Her Majesty's 

 Government in February last that an agreement for a 

 closed season should be made, pending the negotia- 

 tions for arbitration which then seemed to be ap- 

 proaching a favorable conclusion. After much corre- 

 spondence and delays for which this Government 

 was not responsible, an agreement was reached and 

 signed on the loth of June, by which Great Britain 

 undertook, from that date and until May 1, 1892, to 

 prohibit the killing by her subjects of seals in the 

 Bering Sea, and the Government of the United 

 States, during the same period, to enforce its existing 

 prohibition against pelagic sealing and to limit the 



