The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-04-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail.
CONGRESSIONAL.


IL the Senate on the 22d after the trans
action of some unimpOrtant routine bust
ness the monotonous debate on the report of
| the Judiciary Committee was resumed and
continued until adjournment. sensation
was created in the House by the prayer of the
Chaplain, who prayed that the country might
be Durged of gamblers. whether a cards,
d ce chips stocks, wheat, bucket-shops or
boards OF trades and that the people might
be led TO the knowledge that money-maklng
other than by the sweat of the brow was con-
trary to divine law. The PRAYER was ordered
to be inserted in the Record The bill grant
ing the widow of General Hancock pension
of 5000 was passed. Under the call OF
States Mr.. Anderson, of kansas, introduced
a bill to create a commission TO arbltrate IN
case of labor strikes. At the end of the call
the House adjourned.
THE Senate on the 23d passed the House
bill granting pension of 1900 year to the
widow of General Hancock. Mr.. Logan's
bill to promote the efficiency of the army
was then discussed, but the bill was lad
aside, ard Mr.. Van Wyck's bill to confirm
entries of the public lands in accordance
with the rulings of the land-office at the time
they were made was taken up and passed.
At two o'clock debate again commenced on
the report of the Jud ciary Committee on
the Dustin case the right of the Senate to
call for papers in cases of removal from
Office and continued until adjournment.
At the expiration of the morning hour the
House went into Committee of the Whole on
the Indian Appropriation Dill. nnen Ine
comm. ttee rose the conference report on the
Urgency Deficiency bill was agreed to and
the House adjourned.
THE Senate on the oath further con
sidered the bill increasing the army, ard at
two o'clock the bill went over and the Senate
relapsed into its late monotony on the report
of the judiciary Committee go. In the House,
on motion of Mr. anderson, the Committee
on Labor was granted leave to report at any
time. At the expiration of the morning hour
the House resumed consideration of the
Indian Appropriation bill, which was finally
passed. The Post-office Appropr alton bill
was then taken up in Committee of the
Whole and discussed until adjournment.
AFTER routine business in the Senate on
the 25th debate was resumed on the report of
the Judiciary Committee. After executive
session the Senate adjourned. In the
House, after report of committees, consider
alton of the POst-Ofhce Appropriation bill in
committee was resumed. An evening session
was held for the purpose of delivering eulo-
of Wisconsin.
DEBATE continued in the Senate on the
26th on the report of the judiciary Commit
tee, Senators Ingalls, and Harrison leading in
favor of the report. The majority report was
finally adopted and the Senate adjourned to
Monday. In the House the vote was recon
sidered by which the bill was defeated grant
ing pension of $50 a month to the widow of
General II. W. Benham and the bill passed.
The House was in committee the remainder
of the day on the private calendar. At the
evening session forty pension bills passed.