Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1888-02-11
T,HIA!G1oN CHAT.
.osAYING- At OUR NAT
,oyAL CAPITAL.
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m.,taI Gossip Move
-. et President md
Mrs. Cleveland
CONGRESSIONAL.

Mrs. ttt'
CONGRESSIONAL.
,be petitions and memorials
! the Senate was one (numer-
n from PENNSYLVANIA, asking }
.,ge of laws as to bar all pau
rstion: to prevent the landing
nc under contract: to debar
.ssbip all foreigners who owe
40 other powers or govern
TO require twenty-one years
,before any immigrant can hoid
ofice of trust or cmoIument;
,,,ted from the committee and
,he calendar, authorizing the
suu bf a bridge across the MIS-
S;Ser At Natchcz. The resolution
Mr.. Plumb, some days since'
Ljuefficiency of the postal service
IA and South. was taken up Tor
and Mr.. Plumb addressed the
,,on Il Mr.. Kcnna discussed the
a Message on the Pacific ralI-
Alter a brief speech from Mr..
in reply to Mr.. kcnna, and Il
,ier one from Mr.. Reagan III re-
% Mr.. Sherman. Mr.. Stewart
a the Senate briefly in support oi
rstion bill. The pending Iues-
chair announced, was with r
the formation Of Il 'elect com
br the consideration Cf the Mes,
the President oil the report oi
he railway commission, and that
yr of the resolution, the Senator
Lssachusetts, QIoar) would have
t;tled to the chairmanship. hut
was informed by that Senator
der no circumstances would liz
place upon that committee
House Mr.. Blount, of Georgia.
N of the committee on postotilcc>
troada, called up for considers"
bill amending the statutes so {"
ide that no publications that are
ks or reprints Of books, whether
y issued complete or i'll parts
a unbound, or in series or whether
subscription or otherwise. shall
lifted to the mails as sccond-cIas'
The object of the bill, cN
Mr.. Blount, was to prevent th'
Of the law which designate
HAL constitute second and third
usil matter. Under the law, book
nss through the ma Is as third
natter. but an abuse had sp'ung u
4 law had been evadcd by pub
Issuing books at stated interval
Ipssing them through the mails a
Ed-elsss matter, on the ground tina
|xere periodicals. While the Bib
|iucational books had to pay eigl
ss pound, Il ycllow-covered move
y 20 through the mails for one cer
ma. Mr.. Grain from the committ'
hsidential elections, etc, reported
! resolution proposing Il consllt'
amendment providing that Coz
shall hold its annual meetings {
tt Monday in January; placed {
|Honse calendar.
! THE Senate, Mr.. Coke presented a m
|hl signed by mercantile men OF
y Texas, representing the eXtensl
INIT of smuggling done between {
2r towns of Mexico and those OF t
Ard States. under the Mexican fr
y law, and asking that a reciprocl
N be entered into with Mexico in
10 prevent such smuggling. \
10 presented telegram which he b
lived from the vice-prcsidcnt OF I
zncola and Atlanta Railroad conf
stating that that company claimed
ds except those embraced by the
Ipved by the state of Florida. CT
! IN contradiction to certain Stateme
ie by Mr.. CALI Mr.. Blair cdu
nl bill was taken up, and Mr.. Pu
1nssed the Senate in its favor.
Iihe House, the Speaker pro TEN. /
ted a memorial 81 ned by Mrs. Wa
It Of Chief Justice Waite, president
{ Woman's National Relief Associate
aying that pensions bc granted to tn
gaged in the lifc-saving service
ned. The House proceeded, IN
dance with previous order, to con'
zion of the report of the committee
nmercc, relative to the proposed
stigation of the Reading strike. a
ne delay, various propositions v
nsolidated into the following res
N, which was r!!3pted without di
j: "Resolvcd, That special COM
Of five members he appointed tC
stigate forthwith the extent, causes
|ect upon the interstate commert
E continued failure by the Rea'
ilroad company to transport such
cree, and to report to the llous
n or otherwise, for consideration at
ne such legislation as is rcccSSa'
cure to the public regular and
etc execution 10y the railroad com
Its obligations to serve as a con-
'rrier of interstate commerce,
investigate the dliiert
listing in the Lchigh
chuylkill region of Pennsylvania
Scen corporations mining coal ant
liners; and, further, to invcstigat
scts relating to mining corporation
miners of anthracite &C
ennection herewith, and all fac
{ alton to the matter, and rcpoI
ne to the house with such recon-
khons as the committee may
pom
"a GOSSIP.
The Secretary of the Treasury h
lointed Samuel Sternberg to I've
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