The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-01
IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

THE Senate vvas not in session on the
18th. In the House the resolution calling for
information relating to the Venezuela
awHrds was adCpBed. A message from the
President recommended the appropriation
Of &t255s8 to pay French claims; $1,000
for expenses of the Siamcse Embassy
aud $4,000 for the international Congress
70 hX common zero or longitude. The
House went into committee of the whole
on bills reported from the Labor Commit
tee. The hIll 10 establish a department OF
labor satisfies was taken up. An amend
Tnent substituting the word bureau. for
the salary of the Labor Commissioner at
$500. The bill passed.
IN the Senate on the 21st bill passed to
relieve the Southern Illinois Normal Uni
vcrs.ty from claims for losses Of Government
arns BY fire. A bili was introduced to pro-
hibit revenue officers from cole sting saloon
licenses In states where prOhibtory laws are
in force. The resolution for a constitutional
amendment to enable the President to
veto separate items in appropriation bills wa 8
reported fayorably. The bills relating to prac-
tice in the Patent Office were IecOmmitted.
The bankruptcy bill passed .... In the House
the bill providing for performance of the du-
ties of President In case of disability was re-
ported. Numerous bills were introduced. one
among them to appr opriate 81 5000 o for the
New Orleans EXPOSITION A motion to sus-
pend the rules and pass the bill to repeal the
act restricting the term of GER ain officers to
four years failed 20 carry, ~ 10 l45. The
Also the bin granting pensions to certain
classes OF soldiers who have sustained per
states army in any war.
IN the Sena' q on the 92d resolution was
adopted calling foT Information as to the
amount of Government aid granted the
State of Michigan for the Portage Lake
Canal, its purchase being under cons.dera-
River at Nashville. Tenn, passed; also,
several pension bills and the bill to
dians In the House an order was made for
evening sessions till the Tariff bill is dis
posed Of. The House went into commitee &c
of the whole on the Tariff bill, Messrs
Wellborn, Mckinley and Herbert occupy
ing most of the time. The bill was then
bill passed An evening session was held for
consideration of the Tariff bill.
In the Senate on the % a message was
presented giving statistics of the foreign grain
production and consumption. Iha b Il to
bridge the Missouri River at Sibley was re-
ported favorably The bill passed to prohibit
cutting timber on Indian rescrvat ons. A
motion to take up the bill authorizing pay
ment of duties in legal-tenders was de-
fCatCd. The pleurO-Tn bill was
taken up Mr., Coke, opposed it and Mr.;
the views of the majority of the committee in
opposition to the measure for a suffrage
amendment to the Constitution In tEc
House the naval and Post-oflice apprODriatfon
bills were reported and referred to committee
Of the whole, with recommendation for non
concurrence in Senate amendments. The
Kansas contested election case of Wood vs..
Peters was decided in favor of the latter The
night session was devoted to the tariff bill.
In the Senate on the 24th bills were re-
ported favorably: To admit the State of
Tacoma. To provide for deposit in the
Treasury of money-order receipts TO es
tablish bureau of nav & ltion. The bill
passed providing for the disposal of aban
doned military reserva' ions. Also, the bill
relating to treSpasSers on Indian lands. The
pleuTO pneumonia bin was taken up, and a
motion to reoOmmit II came very near being
nd ped. ... In the House majority and minor
ity epOrtS were presented on the suffrage
amendment resolution, the majority being ad
verse. Bills were reported favOrably: To
bridge the Mississippi at Rock Island and tho
Falls of st. ANTHONY, and thu Missouri in
Douglas County, Neb.: to authorize the Prcsi
dent to enforce claims against Nene
Zuela; TO reOrganiZc the Legis 'uturc of Utah
The House then went into committee of tht
whole on the naval bill ana a motion to con
cur in the st lte amendment apprOpriatinG
&tOO,000 to arm the new cru 'Sers was adopted
The rest of the amendments were not con
curred in. The House also refused TO concur
in Senate amendments to the POst-Otico Op
preparation bill.