The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-03-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mall
CONGRESSIONAL.


WHEN the Senate met ou the 2ub bills
were reported and placed on the calendar The
bill to incorporate Washington City cable road
was taken up when Senator Edmunds, I'm or
der TO place Senators on record as to the di-
rect tRrin question: moved an amendment
that the rails used shall be of Amer
lean manufacture, which was adopted
by vote OF - to II. After an executive ses-
sion the Senate adjourned. In the House
business OF routine character was transacted.
After long and uninteresting debate upon the
motion TO suspend the rules and pass the Senate
Joint resolution 70 extend The day OF Inaugural
uon from March 20 April 30 and the defeat of
the motion, the House adjourned
AFTER committees reported in the Senate
on the 21st the bill 10 incorporate the Washing
ton Electric Cable railroad was taken up aud
debated until adjournment. In the House the
bill to credit and pay TO the several States and
Territories the direct tax levied in Sj1 was re-
ported from the Judiciary Committee, also the
joint resolution for constitutional amendment
prohibiting polygamy. The bill for the sale of
the Black Bob Indian reservation in Kansas
was amended SO as to fix the price at six
dollars per acre and passed The House then
went into Committee of the Whole after which
II adjourned.
WHEN the Senate met on the 22d the
business Of the session was dispensed with and
the presiding officer. The Senate then ad
journed. -. The House was not in session.
THE Senate on the 23d passed the bill 10
extend the laws OF the United States over GER
tain unorganiZed territory south OF Kansas
known as oman S Land. 1t establishes
the Cimarron land district. Debate on the
bill for compulsory education Of Indian chill
dren then followed when the bill, to incorporate
the Washington Electric Cable road was taken
t1Tna nd Tn . tho NJ
McAdoo offered a resolution which was referred
calling for correspondence in regard to disputed
boundary between Great Britain and Vene-
zuela. The Public Buildings Committee then
reported number Of bills and the House went
into Committee OF the Whole upon the special
order-the consideration Of bills for public
buildings A number were agreed to in COM
mittee and passed by the House when the com
mittee rose in spite OF earnest and persistent
opposition from Mr.. Bland, of Mi souri,. Ad
journed.
In the Senate on the oath considerable
time was consumed in debating the Nicaragua
Canal bill The bill granting pensions to ex-
soldiers and Sailors who are incapacitated for
manual labor and providing for pensioning de-
pendent relatives OF deceased soldiers and
sailors was then taken up and M Henderson
address the Senate in favor OF the measure.
Mr.. Turpie also made an eloquent appeal
In its behalf After an executive ses-
sion the Senate adjourned until Monday.
80 In the House several Senate bills OF little
public interest were passed A monster petit
tion In favor of the Letter Carrier and Postal
Clerk bills now pending was presented from
business men and others from New York and
other places. The Senate Invalid Pension bill
was favorably reported by Mr.. Lynch, of Penn
sylvania. The House then. in Committee OF
the Whole considered bills on the private cal
enOAr. The Committee Elections
ported on the contested election case of
McDuffie VS.. Davidson, OF Alabama. in
favor of Davidson, sitting member. Mr. Long,
of Massachusetts, made a minority report In
favor of the contestant. Mr. Springer from
the Committee Territories, reported ad-
versely the bills for the admission OF North and
South Dakota as separate States, and Mr..
Baker, OF New York, presented a minority re-
port on the same measure. Adjourned.