The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-05-15
IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
CONGRESSIONAL rnocEEp1Nos.


THE senate was not in Sc sion on ths 81
. Tho House, soon after icing called to Or
der, won't into committee Of the whole On tho
hili amending ths Chinese Immigration act.
After an exhaustive debate ana the defeat Of
several amendments the committee arose and
reported the bin 20 the House and It was
passei. Yeas, is4; NAYS, L. The negative
votes were cast by Adams lof Illinois, Brewer
l1f New York. Brown .of Indiana EVcrhart,
Henderson tut IlliuOist Hit, kean, Lyman,
Price, itc' skinner lol New lOrk,l Smalis
ana spooncr
IS the Senate on the oh the agricultural
appropriation bill was favorably reported;
also tho House D d to adopt international reg
uIaIoHs for preventing collisions at sea; also
the D 80 granting pension 10 the widow Of
General JudsOn Kilpa rick Bills were
introduced and referred; To pre-
ta'e by aliens; 70 restrict aliens
and foreign corporations in ths ownersh p Of
Air Line Railroad tho right TO construct
bridges Otcr uRvigahle watcrcOurses. The
shiI plhg bll was. taken up ana occupied a p
tCuuou until executive session ..... In tie
House the Virginia contested c.cstiun case OF
oteUa.l VS. Paul was cailci up. After con
siderable debate vote was taken
on the minority report declaring DFcrull not
entitled 10 his at which was lost-ycas, 81;
nays l4O. A resolution seating OFcrruIl was
then adopted. Mr.. Laird inIrC duccd bll
RrantiGg patents OF lands to any Pacific Rail
road which shall complete ItS road within
thirty days from the passage Of the act. The
tatlB nil was considered IN the evening scs-
sion.
Is the Senate On the 9th s nator Vest re-
ported fuvorubIy the bill for the erection Of a
public building at Detroit. Memorials favor
ing the suspension of the coinage of the silver
dollar were presented by senator BHyard and
others A bin was Introduced by senator
COCkrcll to facilitate the negotiation OF bills
Of lati1E ana o har commercial instruments.
The free bridEs bll across the Potomac River
was then tahcu up ana substitute for
the original hHl offered and passed. MIR.
Vuncc addressed the senate i'm support OF
Vests amendment BTpVidiUu free GhipS
.-......l La the House the morning hour was q s
pcnscd with and the tariff lilI taken mn in
COmmittrC-of- the whole. Speeches were made
by Mcssrs Brown OF Pennsylvania, Townsend,
Gibson randall Blackburn Eaton and others,
the debate beng closed 10y Mr.. Morrison.
There was an excited scene when Mr.. Con
verso moved 70 strike out the enactinE
o+ausc. Inc motion preVlled-lbJ to l55.
IN the Senate ON the iii bill to place
General Grant upon the retired lit of the
army was Introduced by Scnat Ir Edmuuds
aud referred. Bills were also introduced 20
create the Quliucttc and district in Wa ,hng-
ton Territory; to provide for adjust
dor tho Cgnt-hOur law MIR. HIli al
9i'Ss.u tnc ,.Ii'l. On W. piI H. 70 .o ,
Bu.uu Rouge & Nicksburg Railroad Company.
The shipping bill was tai en- up In the House
a number ut bills reported from various com
mitrccs wcr" referred. The Senate amend
mcut tO tho bin repeating the irun-clad
relief of FitL-Iohu Porter, with the Senate
anne udmuuts, wuS COuSiGC Dj, and the amend
men 81 Wtl' nome Olltulttt lil- ut NtllAltt
amendments were non. CpuCUrrcd i'm i'm the bill
establishing "a bureau OF aaimHl industry. The
bin passed donating pant of the abandoned
military reservation at Fort smith 70 the city
OF Fort smith, Ark for the bencht of the
public schools.
In the Souase on the s n messages were
received from the House announcing non
concur cucc IN a e plcurO pneumonia hill and
the Ftl-John Porter bIl and commit lCs of
c Inference were appointed. The hill granting
pensions tn soldiers OF the n q ytCan war was re-
ported laEOwbIY from he lrusiO rs OmmltteC
and placed ON tho calendar. The shipping bill
was then tukru up Nir. MChhCrSOn.S amend
mCut cutting or compensation for tho return
trip Of ships that NAV take out tho United
states mal was rejected. motion to strike
out the section providing for foreign mail pay
was lost. Tho House bill as amended
then passed. .-.-.-.ln the House bile
we're reported TO enable Natona
banks 10 change their location RnC
name aud TO Increase their capital stock; au
thoriling the upI ointment ofa Missouri Hiycl
Commission, To amend the patent laws The
House went into committee OF the whole OF
the stat Ot the Union. The bill apprOpriatinl
SlOu.uul for the Worlds Fair az New Orlcan,
" ~ taken mp ana passed