The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1884-04-03
NEWS AND NOTES.
. summary Of Important Events.
,coycRrssIoNAL PROCEEDINGS.


THE Senate was not in session on the 22d
In the House several bills were report
-, rosol,,tion Of inquiry as to action in
s.ior nv I q ,be Venezuela claims was adopted.
~ un,ise then went in committee on the
22nnuedad w extension bill and a score OF speecnes
&ere made considering the supleet from DUST
less moral, constitutional, econohllg, teilpel-
reSs IKEA and other stand points. The COM
t;ttaa thnn rose and the pension APP
qqronration bill wtis reported and referred 10
" IKE committee Qt the whoe. res9lution
tsas adopted calling for information WhIther i,t
5noses NJ OreyT MT wanton destruction OF game
4 nj 1 IL were being complied with. MIR. DOCK
~ nrescnted the report OF the COM
EsS,ee n, nc counts on the removal of em-
siloycs Of the House by Speaker Keifcr. The
Sepsrt recommen Is an extra months pay TO
bfoscnt employees.
II the Senate on the oath the minority re-
mort on the exclusion of American meats
Fam Germany was presented. Al motion to
make me Dakota bill, special order for
Thursday week, was defeated. Considera'
lion OF the bill to fix the salaries OF Distrlcb
Judges was resumed, the discussion belng
mainly on the cause prohibiting Judges iron
anpointlng their relatives to positions. The
Educational bill WINS tnen taken up and u long
sdiseussion ensued fn which senator's
3inValls and Vance took chief parts. The
conference report On the resolution ,appro-
nTiatinr $4,000 for Gontigent fund of the Sem
ate was adopted ...... in the House MIR. Fills
iug s30l,NOl TO avert the threatened overflow
d. New Orleans After some discussion the
resOItiou was Velected. The House refused
10 concur in certain amendments to the deii-
tclency bills. BILLS were introduced; To es-
tablish unifWm rating for invalid pensions; TO
provide for cheaper correspondence by tele.
graph; to repeal the restriction ON coinage OF
silyer dollars.
4 In the Senate on the 25th memorials
we're presented protesting against the pas.
sage Of pending bills relating to patents.
Bills were reported favorably: To sell the
Iowa Indian reservation in Nebraska; 70
eadilfst compensation for railroad mail
transportation. resolution was adopted
irduiring why the Attorney-General does
not furnish certain information regarding
ahe Starroutcs. The bill TO increase the
salaries of district judges was taken
nip and the amendment agreed to pro-
hibiting judges from appointing reu-
tiyes 10 Court positions. The bill passed.
The Joint resolution was adopted proviidiinIR illI
that Government employees be allowed full
pay for holidays. The education bill was
further discussed without action. In the
House several unimpOrtant measures passed
after which the bonded whisky bill was taken
up and debated ut some length. An effort
TO obtain consent for a resolution to appro.
Pirate $l25,0W for, the flood sufferers along
the Mississippi was metNith objections.
IN the Senate on the 26th the bill for al.
otmentoflndian lands In severalty was passed
The transfer Of Minister Sargent to the St
Petersburg mission was submitted and
confirmed. The bill passed author
izing an examination OF certain Mis-.
souri, war claims. Debate on the edu
Cational bill was continued at CON
siderable length, The resolution appropriate
ing for the Mississippi River flood sufferers tho
uneSpended balance of the Ohio flood fund
amounting to $l25,0C0 was adopted. +. In the
House the same appropriation was agreed to
The bonded whisky bill was taken up aud d
motion adopted that the debate be closed IN
an hour and half on the 9th.
In the Senate on the 9th bill was intro
duced to prohibit the sale of Indecent publlca
tions. The joint resolution authorizing re
ward of S250O0 for discovery of the Greely par
TWAS reported with an amendment. The bill
Iopay claims for damages caused by the Utt
Indians passed. Also the bill to authorize
me Court of Claims to grant rehearing
~ the case of Chas. p. Chouteal
TOT add itlonal compensation for building iron
clads. The education bill was debated with
out action. .,.... In the House the bonded eX
tension hill was finally disposed of by striking
put tne enacting clause, 1856 to 50. In the gen
eial strife to secure precedence for the mex
measure for discussion the bill to retire thi
Taue dollars was taken up but no action wa