The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-03-25
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
A Summary Of the Daily News
CONGRESS.


In the Senate on the 18th the House bill
increasing widows pensions came up. and
Mr.. Van wyck offered an amendment in
creasing the pensions of minor children and
those idiotic or insane which was agreed 70
and without reaching a final vote the Dill
went over. The death of Representative
Hahn, of Louisiana, was announced ana the
Senate adjourned Owing to the sudden
death of Representative Hahn no business
was transacted in the House.
In the Senate on the 10th the House bill
increasing the pension of soldiers widows
from IS to $12 per month was called up and
the Senate reconsidered ali amendments and
finally passed the bill as it came from the
House. The bill only requires the signature
of the President to become law. The debate
on the right of the Senate to call for papers
in removal cases was then resumed and con-
tinued until adjournment the House
several bills were introduced. Mr.. Bland
moved to suspend the rules and adopt reso-
luton making the Free Coinage bill con-
tinuous order on certain days This brought
on a short struggle between the friends and
opponents of silver. The resolution was
finally adopted. Adjourned.
In the Senate on the 18th Mr.. Van Wyck
offered resolution, which was agreed to,
directing the Committee on Public Lands to
examine into the nature and extent of the
alleged destruction of timber on public lands
adjoining the lands of the Northern Paclnc
railroad. The Electoral Count bill was then
discussed briefly and passad. Debate on the
report of the Judiciary Committee on the
right to call for papers was then resumed,
and continued until adiOurnment.-.-ln the
House many bills were reported from com
mitteeS. The Senate amendments to the
Urgency Deficiency bill was agreed to. The
House then went into Committee of the
Whole on the Indian Appropriation bill,
which was considered until adjournment.
The Senate on the 18th passed the bill
providing for a commission of five to invest
gate the liquor traffic and its relations to rev.
enue and taxation: also the bill providing
for the study in the schools of the Terri
tories and District of Columbia of the nature
of alcoholic stimulants and narcotics; also
the bill to remove the charge of desertion
from soldiers of the late war who re-enlisted,
under certain provisions. Debate was then
resumed on the right to call for papers in
cases of removal, and continued until ad-
jOurnment... At the expiration of the morn
ing hour the House went into Committee of
the Whole on the Indian Appropriation bill,
which was considered until adjournment
TEE Senate on the 18th passed Senator
Cokes bill setting apart for ten years strip
of punlic land twenty miles wide along the
east line of the State of Colorado as Nation
al livestock highway. The bill also passed
for the relief of the heirs or representatives
of certain recruits killed in the Quantril
raid oni Lawrence, Kan, in 1868. The remain
der of the day was devoted 10 debate on the
report of the Judiciary Committee on the
right to call for papers. The House devoted
the day TO the passage OF private bills, and at
the evening session passed thirty pension
bills. Adjourned,