St. Landry democrat., 1888-03-03
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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CONGRESSIONAL.

CONGhESS1ONALs
WHEN the Senate met on the Goth bills
were reported and placed on the calendar. The
bill to incorporate Washington City cable road
was taken up when Senator Edmunds, 'in or
der to place Senators on record as to the di-
rect tariff question" moved an amendment
that the rails used shall be of Amer
lean manufacture, which was adopted
by q vote of 25 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 to extend the day of inaugura-
tion from March to April 80 and the defeat of
the motion, the House adjourned
AFTER committees reported in the Senate
on the 21st the bill to incorporate the Washing
ton Electric Cable railroad was taken up and
debated until adjournment. -. In the house the
bill to credit and pay to the several States and
Territories the direct tax levied in 1851 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
it adjourned.
WHEN the Senate met on the 22d the
business OF the session was dispensed with and
Washington's Farewell Address was read by
the presiding ofncer. The Senate then ad-
journed.. The House was not in session.
THE Senate on the 23d passed the bill to
extend the laws of the United States over GER
tain unorganized territory south of Kansas
known as No-Man s-Land. It 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
up and passed. Adjourned. !. In the House Mr..
McAdoo offered q 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. 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 Mr.. Henderson
addressed the Senate In favor OF the measure.
Mr. Turpie also made an eloquent appeal
In It's Dehan After an executive SeS-
sion the Senate adjourned until Monday.
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
endar. The Committee on Elections re-
ported on the contested election case OF
McDuff1e VS.. Davidson, OF Alabama, in
favor OF Davidson, sitting member. Mr. Long,
of Massachusetts, made minority report in
favor Of the contestant. Mr.. Springer, from
the Committee on 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.