St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-08-04
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate on the 23d the conference
report on the River and Harbor bill was pre-
sented and agreed to- The Fisheries treaty
was then taken up in open session and Senators
Dawes and Stewart spoke in opposition. Ad-
journed. . In the House the Senate bill to per-
feet the quarantine service OF the United States
was taken up and passed. District of Columbia
business occupied most Of the session. The
conference report on the bill requiring the Pa
cific roads to construct and operate separate
telegraph lines was presented and agreed to
and the House adjourned.
In the Senate on the oath the resolution to
print 700 additional copies OF the report OF the
Senate Committee on Pensions, on the subject
of vetoed pension bills, was taken up, the ques-
ton being on Senator Cockrells amendment to
print 100 900 copies OF Presidential vetoes in the
last and present Congress- long wrangle fol-
lowed and the matter passed over without
action. Senator Sherman reported an amend
ment to the Sundry Civil bill Incorporating a
provision to refund to the States the direct
tax. Referred. The Naval Appropriation
bill was then under consideration
until adjournment. In the House the
Senate bill passed to prohibit the transmission
through the mails OF certain matter IN trans
parent envelopes After passing several bills
Of a local character, the House went into Com
mittee Of the Whole on the Oklahoma bill MI.
No final action was reached. At the evening
session several land bills passed. among them a
bill authorizing the sale Of certain lands in
Southwestern Kansas to the Methodist College
Association. and the bill authorizing the certif.
cation of lands to the State Of Kanses for agri-
cultural purposes.
In the Senate on the 25th Mr.. Cullom
offered resolution of inquiry as to the effect
on interstate commerce Of the possession by
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penetrating United States territory in Mime
sofa. The Naval Appropriation bill was then
considered and passed, and the Senate AL
lentown Pa.) Appropriation bill was
passed The private pension bills on the
calendar, 12 in number, were passed. Ad-
journed. In the House the Senate bill
for holding terms of the United States
District Court at Salina, Kan, was passed.
After disposing of various private bills, the
House took up the bill to establish United
States land court to adjudicate private land
claims in Arizona New Mexico and Colorado.
After debate Arizona was exempted from the
provisions OF the bill and it passed. The Okla
homa bill was taken up in Committee of the
Whole, but nothing done. No measure of pub
lie interest was acted upon before the House
adjourned.
AFTER the report of committees in the
Senate on the 26th the Army Appropriation bill
was taken up and after some discussion passed.
The Fisheries treaty was then taken up.
Senator Wilson spoke in favor Of and Senator
Teller against the treaty. Adjourned without
final action. =. In the House joint resolution
was passed providing temporarily for the army.
In the morning hour the bill to provide plan
for post-ofice buildings was considered. The
Oklahoma bill was then considered in Com
mittee OF the Whole until recess. At the even
ing session bills reported by the Judiciary Com
mittee were considered and several passed.
AFTER routine business in the Senate on
the 27th the Fisheries treaty was again under
consideration in open executive session and
Senator Salisbury spoke in favor of the treaty.
The Sundry Civil bill was then considered until
adjournment. :. The attendance in the House
was small and the only business transacted
was the consideration of bills on the private
calendar. At the evening session thirty-six pri
vate pension bills passed.