The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail
CONGRESS.

SONGRESS.
IN the Senate on tue 18th, after the re
ports of committees and introsu., ON of
several bills IN" H1dse Electoral Count b II
vRs c'i aside and debate resumed upon Mr.
Morr lis tar Y resolut on. After lengthy
discuss on the rCSOiut on went over TOR
further dc bate. A message was received
from the House aunCunc NJ the death of
Representative DcwduCv. of New York.
committee to attend the funeral was AZ
pOintp1 aud the SUuat" I'd diOUrn"A Many
bIils and re oIutiUNs were introduced in the
House under the 'pi! 0i states. among them
bill hr NJ. iawicr looking to the use OF the
treasury surplus for rcpH = NJ the coast de
fenScs. The speaker lHld before the House II
communicate from the Secretary OF the
1r' asury rc,at We to the collection of Gus
toms duties. and the House adjourned.
il the Senate on the l4th the House
amendment to the Electoral Count bill wac
non Concurrpd II ana committee az confer
cnCe appO nfrd. 4 hill wns '-troduc d
amending the Dleumargarnu law. Senator
EdmHnd@ then addressed the senate in up-
pos on 10 the hill repeuing the Tenure az
on zee act after which the senate went .n'o
executive session....Ibe Hou-e, after The
report If e. mmHtcC2. went ntO Committee
of the hole on the Sundrv Civil h,ll debate
on VIII ch cont nued unit adjournment.
IL the Senate ON the 18th ~" report of
the COnfCrsnc" Com,,sitcl On the lntCrS State
C0'u'n0Hce ,iIi was the occas on Of on t.
d"uate, but the report was finally ordered
pr nted, to be called up Tuesday. senator
PlHtts resolution for open executive SOS
6 Gus was taken up and br Il vote ot 3 10 81
In Il on the table. Senator Bock's resolution
prob bit ng senators and kerro-"utat v"s
To act rs attorneys for cuts died III L
roads, was taken up, tho question bU ng
cu the substitute rep rtCG bv the ia
dietary Committee. Il long . hdi8 ioi-
lowed, and without fEal Grtion the senate
went into cTCcurc" session In the House,
upon motion OF Mi. warner Of Missouri
hi passed ringing the cte1 Of Atlanta,
Galveston, st. Pau, Minneapolis, Ind anapo
lis Kansas CITY and Omaha under the pro
sionS of the law rcqnr nr Nlti0na haHk
in certain citfes To rci9 y a ruir c4ual to -
per cert 81 tteir circulation The House
ther won ilSO comm ttcc Ct the Whole on
thc Sundry CIV II. When the committee
rose the House adjourned.
AFTER the INTRODUCTION uf tii j" thr
SENATE on the 18th sena,rr p':ii offered a
resolution, VAIN .as adopted, instruct ng
Ne Committee on Finance 10 INQUIRE into the
prOpriety oil reporting II + II prov ding Tor II
rebate on Ccrta u imported m2tfr Hls "S""
for manufacturing 0tart stliNi' iUr export.
The cHiCndAr ~Pa Ialied and the senate
finally too p the bill 10 rcpcal the Tenure
~ Once act Pend ny debate t"C Senate
went INTO executive scsN on. no House,
| N committee, resumed cOnsidcrat on Ot the
Senate bill for thr allotment Of lauds II sev-
! crafty to the Indiana The hil was AHr +
! rassed. The bill elsc passed nrov rg tor
| tho deficiency ir thc public pr nting office.
! In Committee OF the Whole the Sundry Civil
! DiIl was Inl thcf cons dercu ana Qnall9 rec
! commended for passage. Ad5o0~1c@.
| lN the. S3natr "n the ION pet tons were
! presert5u Tor the reduction OF the tax on
j oleomargarine The Senate then took up
and passed tho bill for the retirement and re
| coinage Of the trade collar The SCnDtc
passed the House bhl 10 cNtcnl -" r.;c,a
| free del very system. h!tui pass nE several
! lr dge h ilH u, senate took up the i re-
| pcs nE ine Tenure of Office act and passed il
/ ~ vote of 30 cas- to - nays. After an
| executive sess on tho Senate nd iOurned until
! Monday -. After rOut ne huS ness N the
! House, the Sundrv Civ hill was taken mp
| and passed. Several pr vatc llS passed and
at the evening session eighteen pension bills
! were puSsed> Adjourned,