St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-01-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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CONGRESSIONAL,

In the Senate on the 9Th a large number
| OF memorials and petitions were presented and
bills introduced. The resolution offered by Sen
ator Brown for the repeal of the internal reve-
nue. laws was then taken up and Mr.. Brown IA
| yored it in q lengthy speech. The Blair Educa-
| tlonal bill then came up as unfinished business
and Senator Vest spoke in opposition to it. The
Senate passed bin appropriating 81, 100000 for
a aGoYernment building at Milwaukee, Wis, and
after brief executive session adjourned -.
tsWhen the House met Mr.. Baker, of Illinois,
| rendered his resignation as a member OF the
Committee on Claims, which was accepted.
| Quite debate sprung up on the question Of
what committees should have clerks and the
| matter was finally recommitted Pending the
call of States for the Introduction of bills the
House adjourned.
AFTER routine work In the Senate on the
10th the bill to credit and pay to the several
| States andTerritores all moneys collected under
the direct tax OF 1861 was taken up, and after
| being considered for some time. was finally laid
aside and the Educational bill taken up and
briefly considered. Mr.. Edmunds made an ad-
verse report from the Judiciary Committee
upon the nomination of l.. c. C. La
mar for Associate Justice OF the SUI
preme Court, and Mr. Pugh made favorable
report upon the same. The nominations of
William +. Villas, for Secretary of the Interior,
and Don NJ. Dickinson, to be Postmaster-Gen-
In the House the Urgency Deficiency bill was
reported. The call of States was then resumed
and large number Of bills offered. Delegate
Game, OF Utah, presented the constitution OF
the proposed State OF Utah with memorial
asking for admission into the Union and bull
for that purpose. Several committees reported
and the House adjourned.
In the Senate on the 11th, after the in
PRODUCTION of a number of bills and resolutions,
ha hyM Mr. ala for
committee to inquire into the present condition
of the civil service was taken up and Senator
Hale addressed the Senate. AT the conclusion
OF his remarks the Educational bill was taken
up and Senator Coke spoke in opposition to it.
Adjourned. When the House met committees
were called but no reports made and the House
went into Committee Of the Whole on the state
Of the Union for consideration OF the Presi-
dents message. The Deficiency bill was also
considered. When the committee rose the bill
passed and the House adjourned.
!. AFTER the report of several committees
in the Senate on the 18th the resolution in
structing the judiciary Committee to inquire
into the late municipal election at Jackson,
Miss. was taken up, and Senator Chandler ad-
dressed the Senate in its support. Other
Senators took part in the debate. at the close OF
which the resolution was adopted. Mr..
Mitchell called up his resolution abrogating
all treaties with China permitting Chinese to
come to this country. After debate the reso-
luton went to the Committee on Foreign
Affairs. Adjourned. In the House
bill passed to punish burglary, robbery
and larceny in the Indian Territory. The bill
permitting National banks to increase their cir
culation ten per cent. was called up but no final
action reached. The Senate bill fixing the sal
ary of the Fish Commissioner at S. 900 was con-
sidered in Committee of the Whole and passed
A message was received from the President
transmitting an invitation to the Government
of the United States to participate in the expo
sition to be held in Paris in 1882 commemorating
the fall of the bastile, and the House ad-
journed.
In the Senate on the 18th after some de
bate ON the bill to refund to the States the war
tax Of 1861 several inefectual attempts were
made to GO into executive session, after which
Senator Vance addressed the Senate on Mr..
Browns resolution to abolish internal revenue
taxation and then the Educational bill was
taken up, pending consideration of which the
Senate adjourned until Monday. ~. In the
House several committees reported, among
them bill by Mr.. Perkins, from the Indian Al
fairs Committee. for tho sale of certain New
York Indian lands in Kansas, The bill relating
to permissible marks in writing on second,
third and fourth class matter was passed and
the House went into Committee Of the Whole.
After transacting other business OF but little
general Importance the House adjourned until
Monday