The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-06-26
IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
THE Senate was not in session on the
18Th -.. In the House the disputed Post-ofice
appropriation bill was taken up and various
amendments discussed. The trunk line clause
calling for AN increase of S30,0O0 was the
bone Of contention, but 1t was finally adopted.
The increase in thc amount for railway postal
clerks was voted down, aud Rie bin then
dropped for that session. The report from
the Ccmmitiee on Public Buidtngs did not
sustain the allegations of fraud against the
Treasury Department in the matter OF public
buildings at brooklyn. Tho balance of the
fcssiOu was given 10 the discussion of Pacific
railroad matters
TN the Senate on the 16h Mr.. Ingalls,, of
Kansas, made a personal attack on Mr.. Brown,
of Georgia, charging the latter with making
additions I'm the stenCgraphers manuscript of
the committee meeting on the hill to refund
money 10 the State of Georgia used for the
common defense in l575. The allegations OF
the Kansas Senator caused quite a cOmmO-
ton, and the Chair ruled him out or order. Mr..
Butcr resolution calling for "a committee TO
lnFesliEate the New YORK National banks
provoked an animated discus ion, ScnH-
tors who spoke favoring and opposing the
same The matter Wds laid over Mr..
Brown made some remarks on the Utah
bill, i'm which he quoted historical facts 10
show that Massachusetts originated slay-
cry in this country. The conference re-
port on the Post-otIce appropriation
tho Elections Committee reported favor
ably on the Campbcll-MOrey con-
tested case from Ohio, which, If adopted.
will give Campbell nemJ the scat. Several
bills were reported and referred. when the
House went into committee of the whole for
consideration of the deficiency appropriate IN
SiI.u08 TO Improve thp street around thc FrI-
crli building in st. Louis was defeated Con
siderable Roadway was male with the bill be-
Tore the house adjourned
IN the Senate on the 18th Mr.. Brown, of
Georgia, replied TO the personal attack made
ON him the previous day by Mr.. Ingalls,, of
Kansas, and the latter had something else TO
say. The resolution Of Mr.. Butler 20 invCsti-
gate the New y Ork National banks again
discussed, MIR. sherman munupulizinu most
OF the time and speaking against any inter
ference by the Senate in the matter.
No definite action was reached The Ttah
bill was taken mp and senator Vests
amendment wUs rejected. the House
ter bill was reported and agreed to with
amendments. The Deficiency bill was passed.
Tho Pacific Railroad bill in reference TO
surveys of lands granted those com
panie5 was discussed at length, but no
conclusive action resulted before adjourn
mcnt
IN the Senate on the 18Th the F .tz John
Porter bin was finally disposed OF. The ses-
sion was devoted principally TO discussion Of
the Utah bill. Nr. Hoar's motion to strike out
the clause prohibiting woman suffrage
but little was accomplished during the short
session held. Almost the entire time
road bill. and considerable headway was
made before adjournment A further con-
ference was held on the Post office apprO-
priation bill.
In the Senate on the 10.h the bill to pre-
vent the importation of tea dust into the
United states was passed. The remainder of
the session was devoted TO the Mexican pen
sion hill @.r Ingalls,, of Kansas, doing most OF
the talking. Tic Appealed strongly for the pas
EHgc OF the bill and made a point that the Re
publican Convention had declared in favor of
making provisions for the soldiers who were
hOuOrably discharge from the Union army.
NOconcIusiOn was rencbcd before rho nj iourf,-
n NfHlII IIgtrtit
bills were passed by a viva vOce vote. The
btll To prevent the Importation OF foreign
pAupcr labor into the United states by contract
was also passed. Mr.. Tucker. of Virginia, en-
dcavorcd % have the morning hour dispensed
tain internal revenue taxes, but nc could not
secure the necessary vote.
Personal AND POLITICAL.
on the 18Th the Grand Duke Serguis, Of
Russia, and the Princess Elizabeth, of
Hcsse, were married at the Winter Palace
in st. Petersburg with the customary
pomp.
JUDGE LATHAM and Holmes Cummings,
Of Memphis, Tenn, addressed the Senate
Committee on Commerce on the 14th on
the subject Of an appropriation to protect
that city from encroachments by tho Mis-
sissippi River.
On the 10th n sensation was created in
the Senate by Senator Ingalls,, who inti-
mated that Senator Brown had inserted in
the official report of the debate words not
spoken in debate, thus committing forgery
on the records of the Senate. The Chair
called Ingalls, to order, and after consider
able excited talk the matter went over.
STATE Democratic Conventions we're held
in Delaware, Louisiana and Maine on the
18th.
SENIOR ToRENo has Withdrawn his resig-
nation as President of the Spanish House
of Deputies.
On the 18th General VIM. McCandless,
who held various political and military
offices, died at Philadelphia.
JAMES ID. FIsu, the New York bank
wrecker, has been indicted on twelve
counts.
On the 18th Joseph Dougherty, chief OF
the money order division of the Baltimore
(Md.) Post-onicc, was suspended, charged
with being defaulter.
BERLIN paper states that Bismarck
emphasizes his decision to annex Augra
Pequenax to the German possessions in
Southwest Africa.
THE Democratic members of the House
Of Representatives held a caucus on the
18th at which a motion to urge the passage
of the bill to repeal the tobacco tax was
lost.
THE Thirteenth Illinois District Demo
ocratic Convention on the 18th nominated
Hon. VIM. Springer for reelection to Con
grcss by reclamation, making his sixth
nomination.
A CLEVELAND broker named Edward l.
Moan, who managed deals for Stanley, the
defaulting bank teller, was arrested on tn,
18th under the Federal statutes as an abet
tor.
THE Democratic primary elections il
Chicago favored Mayor Carter Harrison
pf Illinois
and n dclegate-at-large to the Nationa
Convention.
On the 18th the Independent Republican
Committee Of Bostonians were in New Y orl
in conference with the Independents o
that city as to the best methods of defeat
ing Blaine.
THE late Hon. Holster Clymer, OF Penn
sylvania, is now said TO have committed
suicide by taking morphine, ON account o
alleged financial reverses. The Corone
will make an investigation.
In his letter to the National Greenback
ers General b. f. Butler says: al am wit
you" on a great many subjects, but no
where does he say he will accept tn
nomination as their candidate for Presi
lent.
On the 18th the National Eclectic Medi
.al Association met at Cincinnati, o.
The venerable Bishop Simpson, of tn
Methodist Episcopal Church, died at Phila
dolphin, Pa, on the 18th.
Born Houses of Congress have fnall.
passed tho Fitz John Porter bin.
THE Crown Princess Victoria Of Ger
many is the happy mother of a son.
SARAH BERNHARDT has signed a sever
years. engagement at Paris theatre.
THE Democrats of the Nineteenth Obi
District nominated Horace Alvord fol
Congress.
Hon. DANIEL MANNING was reelected
-yhoirv,an Of the New York Democrat