The Brookhaven leader., 1888-02-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail
CONGRESSIONAL

CONGRESSIONAL.
WHEN the Senate met IN Tho r2,b Tho
desk Of Mr. Riddleberger contained a Iprgo and
handsome floral harm which haJ bser ,,I,asi
there by the Irish T,jar-ro-,.nFt "a r,',1r,,{
tion Of his fight against secret sessions and The
British extraditiOn treaty Mr. vcst AGAIN
spoke upon the fallacy and extravapance of
printing so many useless public docunpnt.
When the Blair Educational hin vns rcorbed
Mr.. Plumb addressed the Sonata in onnositinn
to IL. The resolution in regard TN the alIrysd
tnef1ciency of the natl sneti.s In certain locali
ties WAS debated at some length. and after
passing few bills the Senate adjourned I'm
der the call of States in the House many hills
and resolutions were introduced The hin to
punish the advertising of lottery ticketa In the
District OF Columbia wss the subject OF a ilvelv
debate moon the thsrtv of the nress and 6palIy,
referred. Mr. Bland introduced a bill to pro.
hibit the coinage OF three-dolla gold pieces ana
the House adjourned.
In the Senate on the 1Afh aftar commit
tees reported and the intrrrustif,b ~ b,Ils tne
resolution 81 an inouirv into inen3cient mail
beryice was taken nm and sevaraI Serators
spoke ON the suhiect M uowToy ole od,
dressed the Senate in onnosition IN the plair
Educational hin Other busiross mo. 1T,
portant In the House co,nnitteps tennrtpd
and in Committee NJ the n hol. the Irrgancv
Deficiency bill was considarad and In The ,,ar,
debate Peters NJ L ,aHa m
argument In favor of the biIl To reonire snhst.
died roads 70 construct tbeir own ,eIe@,ra,,h
lines, and he strongly condemned the Western
Union monopoly. Adjourned
In the Senate on the 18th Mr.. Beck intro
duced bill TO reimburse the States for ,nteres st
paid on money eSnpndnd In raising troona tnr
the war of the rebellion. The blair Educational
bill was then taken nm and further discussed
Mr. Blair made a final arpuuent in its favor
After several amendments had been offered a-a
voted down the bill passed y. A vote Of 40 yeas
to 20 nays. The Credentials of John 6. Barbour
as Senator from Virp1nia to succeed Mr. Riddle.
berger. were presented and filed The House
bill for the anpointment of two additional divi
sion superintendents OF railwaS- mail service
was passed. and the Senate adinn-ped In
the House a tiI WAS nassed creating
q board OF arbitration 10 determine the
controversy between the Tinted States and the
State OF Texas as to disputed territory TThis
has reference to Greer Countvl A hill was
passed providing that Nebraska shall consti-
tute an entire iud1cinl district known nc the
district of Nebraska. Mr.. Randall rerorted a
resolution, which was adnpted p+1V,ding FOR a
special committee To iuyestigate and renort as
to contracts and amount expended on the new
library building and the House went into Conn
mittee of the Whole on the ITrgencv Defciencv
bill The debate took n wide range ernhrac,ng
tariff and revenue reform and MANY other suh
iects when the committee rose the tIorsa
adjourned
Aerpp cot,,nIt3 oas ,.ooor+od o,5 +boir,ro
snc4ion or hi,,s On +bo coroto -, .to tetb coro-
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