The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1884-05-01
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from various Sources.
OoNoREssIoNAL pnooEEpINos.

THE Senate was not in session ON the
10Th. In the House the resolution calling for
information relating to the Venezuela
awards was adopted. A message from the
President recommended the appropriation
of SG25.596 to pay French claims; $4,000
nnd $4,000, for the international Congress
10 Ak common zero of longitude. The
House went into committee of the whole
IN bills reported from the Labor Commit
tee, The bill to establish a department OF
labor statistics was taken up. An amend
ment substituting the word bureRu for
ndepartment" was adopted. Also one fixing
the salary of the Labor Commissioner at
$500. The bill passed.
liz the Senate on the 21st bill passed to
relieve the Southern Illinois Normal Uni
vcrsity from claims for losses Of Government
arms hy fire "A bill was introduced to pro
hblt revenue officers from collecting saloon
licenses in states where prohibitory laws are
in force The resolution iOr q constitutional
amendment to enable the President to
veto separate items in appropriation bills was
reported tavorably. The bills relating to prac-
tice In the Patent Office were lecommitted.
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 appropriate $l,000,0G0 for the
New Orleans Exposition. A motion to sus-
pend the rules and pass the bill to repeal the
act restricting the term of certain officers to
four yeais failed to carry, 80 to l46 The
bill creating bureau of navigation passed
Also the bill granting pensions to certain
classes of soldiers who have sustained per
manent injuries while serving in the United
States army in any war.
In the Senate on the 22d a resolution was
adopted calling for information as to the
amount of Government aid granted the
State of Michigan for the Portage Lake
Canal, its purchase being under considera-
ton The bill 70 bridge the Cumberland
sayer sr T. peSson 6s and Elm also
ratify agreements with the Sioux In
dians,.. In the House an order was made for
evening sessions till the Tariff bill Is dis
posed OF. The House went into committee
Of the whole on the Tariff bill, Messrs
Wellhorn, Mckinley and Herbert occupy
ing. most OF the time The bill was then
iaid aside and the pension appropriation
bill passed; An evening session was held for
consideration of the Tariff bill.
In the Senate on the 23i message was
presented giving statistics of the foreign grain
production and consumption. The bill to
bridge the Missouri River at Sibley was re-
ported favorably. The bill passed to prohibit
cutting timber on Indian reservations. a
motion 10 take up the bill authorizing pay
ment of duties in legal-tenders was de-
teated. The pleuro-pneumonia bill was
ISSen tSsni up Mr.; Coke opposed it and Mr.
Williams favored it. Mr. Brown submitted
the views of the majority of the committee in
opposition to the measure for a suffrage
amendment to the Constitution. ......In the
House the naval and Post-otfice appropriation
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
naval hill was taken up and discussed. A
night session was devoted to the tariff bill.
In the Senate on the oath 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 navigation The bill
passed providing for the disposal of aban-
d9ncd military reservations. Also, the bill
relatlng to trespasserS on Indian lands. The
pleuropneumonia bill was taken up, and
nOton to recOmmit il came very near being
40 pied. In the House majority and minor
NY reports were presented on the suffrage
amendment resolution, tho majority being ad-
verse liills We're reported favorably: To
pnrl9ge the Mississippi at Rock Island and the
TTulls OF ~. Anthony, and the Missouri In
l1ougasCounty, Neb.; to authorize the Prea
dent 10 enforce claims against Vene-
MMielai TO reorganize the Legislature of Utah
1ne rouse then went into committee of the
Wnole on the naval bill, and motion to con-
cur ur 10 the Senate amendment approprating
sStV0'uuU 70 arm the new cruisers was adopted
me rest of the amendments were not CON
CURED in The House also refused TO concur
ln senate amendments to the Post-ofice ap-
preparation bill