Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-02-09
FlFVleTH CONFESS

THE Senate. on the 3lth, Susved . memo
nai from the National Board oTrade In favor
Of reci procal trade reiatte between the
United States and Canada 3 proposition 20
rriuce letter postage 10 one ~ was reported
back adversely. and after ednderaole discus
SION the report was placed Q the calendar.
Mr.. Frye offered solution ask
ing for certain C&dian stats
tica The House bill Ratng 10 az
ricuiturai experiment states vas passeA
Mr.. Morgan. OF Alabama suec in opposition
TO the Blair Educational for the N ri
time. In the House. amoofhe bills tnir1-
duced were the following i , prevent aliens
from entering homesteads = 20 provide ior
leasing grazing lands: provi4T Tor bounty "a
wheat, corn and -four exp1fd' 20 establ "A
. United States land court. % report OF the
public printer replying 70 a asysolution assiaS
for IN explanation Of the RieSed delay IN
furnishing printed matter afcne discharge Of
certain employees was rccc%a and II aroused
a lively discussion. The 1sting committee
vas instructed TO investigaohe managemen nt
Of the once by Mr.. BenccDa and also OF ais
predecessor.
TEE Senate. % the 3ist. pa an important
session Mr.. Piunb's resopo calling for an
Investigation of the sllea inefficient nail
service In the West was EecGssed a. length
ard laid over without acan- Bills granting
the right Of way through olie lands for irri-
CATION purposes, and to3nish crime In the
Indian Territory. - passed SEN
atcr Hoars joint pollution for Q
constitutional smendmeG changing the
time for the xAtion OF the
terms Of ONCE Of the Pre3ent and members
Of Congress from Mard TO April a. was
adopted. 49,. In the Hous1ie bill was passed
authorizing the eonstruc = OF bridge over
the Missouri river At Je1gpn City. Mo; also
bills providing for the er(son Of public build
ings At Asheyille, N. c., ringfeld. No. and
Monroe, La
In the Senate on the 2dr Cameron intro
duced bill TO place on ,npeasion-roll. At the
rate of one cent per monCbor each day served.
all officers and enlisted en- serving n the
Union army during the - Mr. Rifdleberger
tried TO have the treaty n Great Britain con-
sidered in open session, q incidentally gave
M-. Blair. Of New HampGkc, rubbing down,
and was sat down ipon himself by
| the Chair..m thoHouse tie cues
ton of investigsto the Reading
| strike provoked long . interesting Discus
sion. resulting in the p1nge Of a resolution
call ng for the appointert Of q special COM
mittee to carry on an ir1ediate and thorough
| investigation OF this sdfet, and also OF the
| coal troubles In the Leizh and SchuyIkin coal
| regions
THE Senate, on the I'd sssed the bin 70 In
crease the pension Of y totally helpless 70
seyenty-two dollars . 9TH Senator Ingalls,
announced the special Rnittee on the Pacific
railroad reports Senao oaeuna, o. West vir-
ginia, then replied to Z address OF Senator
Sherman on the PresidoBs message. He ex-
posed tne Ohio Senator's change
of heart on the tariff and i'm
migration questions, uvhich Senator Sher-
| ma replied -. In fe House 4 bill was
| passed authorizing th6ecretary Of War to
convey % the City OF LBin, Tex, q tract of
| land for educational Eposes. The Lowry-
| White election contesrzss then taken up aaI
| discussed, but no actidD as taken.
THE Senate was not eession on the Sd
| In the House the Sooe amendments to The
House bill TO punisNooeery, burglary and
| larceny in the Indian tritory were eoncurreA
| in A number Of fyate bills were con
sidered, among th4 one for the re-
| lief OF the sGfa1b from the WRECK
| OF the Tallapoos9 resolution was
| offered calling on thef-retsry OF The Treas
/ ury for information i2<ard TO the refusal OF
the Canadian authoos to allow American
wrecsing vessels a machinery To assist
| American vessels Will distress in Canadi an
waters; and as 70 wiser Canadian wrecking
vessels and maehins9e permitted 20 operate
| in American waters u bill was introduced for
| the establishment oEbldiers' home at Knox
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