The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-06-29
IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources
PROCEEDINGS.


IN the Senate, on the Issh there were bu.
half a dozen Republican aId less than score
OF Democratic senators present throughout thu
days proceeding House bill for the ropre-
ucntation Of the executive departments Of thc
Government at the Columbus (O.) Centennial
Exposition was passed, with an amendment
Rppropriatng $40 GOJ. a number OF uuim
poftant and private bills werc pussed, and ire
treaty providing for a reOpen!ng OF claims oI
American citizens against the Venezuelan Cio1
srnmcnt was ratified. In the House, cOnsid
Grafton Of the Sundry Civil Appropriation bili
took up most OF the day. Under the point OF
order OF no quorum, the House was prevented
from passing resolutions appropriating R2SGN
for the celebration OF the Twcniy-hfth aunlvcr
aary OF the battle Of Gettysburg, and authorz
fng the loan OF tents, etc, 70 the Army OF the
Potomac on the same occasion. Several bills
Of no general importance we've passed
IN the Senate on the 10Th, bills wers passed
authorizing contracts with the Pneumatic Gun
Carriage Company to supply gun car
riages TO the Government, and appro-
priating ai600U0 therefor; and apprOpTiat.
ing &OOC0J for GrG-pro0f building for
&he use OF the National Museum 20 be erected
In the Smithsonian grounds ...... In the House,
two private pension bills were returned by the
President without his approval Consideration
of the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill
6umed, the pending paragraph being that reIat-
ang TO the new Congressional library. During
she debate Il was claimed that the original es-
Inmates for the building now being construct
ed we're s3,0O1,oOO. Later estimates showed
that 10 would cost from S1OO0 600 to a12 OOl, ,05O
a resolution in the form Of an amendment was
adopted directing the Senate and House com
mitteos on public grounds 10 invite plans for n
library not 20 exceed g. 900 O0) IN cost from five
eminent architects, and to report to the next
session. meanwhile the work the library
building to be stopped, and the Library Com
m ssion to be dissolved
IN the Senate, on the goth, a message from
the President was read vetoing the pension
nN HHfHae 81. a
had died OF consumption. The bill TO enlarge
the act OF June, 1872, providing for the dis
tribution OF the awards made under the con-
Ventton with Mexico, July, 1853, was reported.
a minority report was presented, and Mr..
Brown read speech it for an houv. Bill
and reports laid on the table .... In the House,
discussion OF the Sundry Civil bill re
sumed in committee OF tho whole, and on mo
tion OF Mr.. McAdoo, OF New Jersey, an item
was inserted appropriating $4,000 for a post
ofioe building at HobOken, n. J.
IN the Senate, on the 2ist, a brief secret SOS
sion was held, after which, motion OF Mp.
Blair, the body adjourned in commemoratioR
OF the oue-hundrodth anniversary Of the rati-
ncntion OF tho Constitution by the State 0f New
Hampshire, and the consolidation OF the states
which had up 10 that time ratified IT, In the
House, consideration OF the Sundry Civil bill
was resumed. During the debate on the bill,
Mr.. Townshcnd Of Illinois, said that the most
stupendous lie he ever heard had emanated to
day from the Chicago convention, which had
declared that the Democratic party had never
forfeited any % the land grants, whereas, IL had
recovered s0,C00,'O % acres OF the public land
Several amendments Of minor importance were
adopted, but consideration OF the bill was not
finished up TO time Of adjournment, at p. m.
THE Senate was not in season on the 23d. ....
In the House "a joint resolution was. passed eK-
tending TO Florida and Louisiana the provisions
of the act OF May - 1888 relating TO the dis
posal of public lands. Consideration OF the
Sundry Civil bin was resumed in committee OF
the whole, and after discussing several amend
ments, some of which were adopted, the com
mlttee rose, and the bill was passed. The
Naval Appropriation bill was amended and
passed. An evening session was held, at which
thirty-seven private pension bills were passed