The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-03-16
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
CONGRESSIONAL PRooEEDrNes

CONORESSIONAH RROOEEDINCfS
IN the House Of resentatives, March
I, the report on the immediate deficiency bin
was agreed to, increasing the appropriation
sZ58,o0O The election contest of the Sixth
Louisiana District was dismissed Tho con
sular and diplomatic appropriation bill was
takon up in committee of the whole and Cox
and Robeson had q passage Of partisan char
actcr. Consideration of the bill was concIud-
ed and II was reported TO the House.
BILLS to establish a branch mint at Omaha
and 30 authorize the payment Of customs in
legal tenders were reported adversely in the
Senate, March 9th. The bin repeating duties
on tea and coffee products Of the Netherlands =
passed, and the resolution for remission Of
duties on tho revised edition of the New TIES
lament was adopted. Mr.. Vest introduced n
bill for bridge across the Missouri, near
up and discussed without action. la tie
House the consular and diplomatic appro-
eating the persecution Of the Jews in Russia
was offered. Bills were introduced to abolish
discriminating duties and enlarge the free
iisti to restore TO the pensiOnlist the names of
persons dropped by reason of aiding the re
bellion. Tho bin 10 repeal the law imposing
nne on farmers Tor selling leaf tobacco 10
consumers was taken up under n motion to
suspend the rules and pass it. Opposition
was made on the ground that the btllthOugh
just 10 the farmers would inture the manufac-
turers who have stock on hand, and the mo-
ton was lost.
MIR. SHERMAN reported from the Senate
Finance Committee, March 7th, an original
bin providing for conversion into registered
bonds of certificates Of deposit issued in aid
OF refundiug the public debt. The bin to pun
tsh unlawful certificatiOn of checks by nation
al bank officers was reported for passage. A
resolution was adopted authorizing the use of
hospital tents for Hood sufferers. There was
aspirited debate on the Chinese blI, Dawes
opposing and Edmunds favoring Il. An cf.
Tort to have the bill brought TO vote failed.
.t....The House passed the bill apprOpriating
S2n.0O0 for a statue to Chief Justice Marshall.
Ihe resolution to appoint committee to Ht-
tend the LaSallc anniversary was tabled. The
tariff commission bill was taken up and on n
point of order was placed on the calendar.
A MOTION to refer The liquor traffic COM
mission bill to the Finance Committee was
rejected by the Senate March sth. The Chi
nese bill was taken up and debated at length.
InRails's amendment limiting tho coming of
Chinese labOrers to ten wears was defeated nv
a tie vote. Messrs. Hoar andEdmunds opened
aslfttle scene which introduced Mcssrs. Tel
Ter, ingalls,, and Dawes. Mr.. Edmunds held
declared the right of the colonies to
establish a government for themselvs, not for
the Constitution by requiring nat
urnlization. Several amendments were
made before the debate closed for the day,
one OF winch provides tina the act shall not
take effect till ninety days after passage. Bills
were introduced to complete the levecs tom
potafly required on the Mississippi and to
appropriate $4,000 for improvements at Mem
phls.-.,..ln In the House, an amendment to the
rules was proposed providing that It shall be
I'm order for that body to go into committee
10 designate a bill which shall be first consid-
cred. Inc Harris bill Tor new war ships was
reported. The bin appropriating S35O,o 900 for
purchase of the Frecdman's Bunk passed.
Discussion of the anti -polygumy bill was cut
short by motion TO adjourn.
in the Senate, March 9th, resolutions
were adopted instructing tho state Depart
ment to ascertain the cause Of imprisonment
by the British Government Of Daniel Nc
SwCcnY, citizen of the United States; in
structing the Secretary OF War 10 report the
cost, etc, of tho Sturgeon Bay and Lake Mich
igau Canal, tho intention being to consider
the propricty of making tho canal free.
The bill for a commits sion on tho liquor
traffic was discussed and amendments
adopted providing that not more than three
IN mbcTs shall be of the same political party.
The Chinese bin, providing that from and af-
ter the expiration of sixty days after the
llassaase of the act, and until the expiration
ot twenty years after its passage, the coming
of Chinese l0bOrcrs to the United states shall
be suspended, was debated ana passed......
In the House, batch of bills were reported
and referred. Several amendments TO the
agricultural appropriation bill were adopted,
one of which increases tho appropriation for
purchase of seeds to Sl32, 900, and the measure