Huntsville gazette., 1888-03-03
FlFTIETh CONGRESS-

IN the Senate, on the 22d, the opening praver
OF the Chaplain contained patriotic allusions
appropriate to The day. Senator Hoar moved
the suspension Of the ordinary course of nro-
ceedings SO that the order of the day previously
Voteo might be carried out. The presiding
omcer, Mr.. ingalls,, arose and said: "On the
18th OF September 1885, George Washinoton
then being at nearly the close of his second
presidential term, delivered the following
Farewell Address, The Address was then
reao IN low but distinct tone
audible In all parts of the Chamber, and was
listened to in profound silence and with resnect-
ful attention. The reading occupied little
less than an hour, and at its conclusion, at one
o'clock, the Senate adjourned. The House
OF Representatives was not in session. standing
adjourned as mark Of respect to Washing
toms Birthday.
IN the Senate on the 23d the bills extending
laws of the United States over the public land
strlp' TO amend the Alien Land act so as to per
NIT lorelgn governments TO acquire land in the
District OF Columbia; to provide protection for
submarine cables, and to enable the State of
Callfornla to take lands in lieu OF the
sixteenth and thrty-sixth sections, found
10 DC mineral lands, were passed. The
Senate then resumed the consideration of
the bill to incorporate the Washington Cable
Electric railway -. :. In the House Mr. McAdoo
OF New Jersey, introduced a series of resolu-
uons lnqulrlng into the alleged seizure OF
Venezuelan territory by Great Britain Public
building bills were then taken up and number
OF them passed.
In the Senate on the 24th Senator Manderson
made a long speech upon the Dependent Pen
sion bill. The bill to prevent pool selling and
gambling in Washington was favorably report
ed In the House the Senate bill to carry
into effect the international convention for the
protection of submarine cables was passed.
THE Senate was not in session on the 25th.
In the House bill was passed providing
that depos tions of witnesses in cases pending
before United States courts may be taken in
the mode prescribed by the laws of the State
in whica the court is held. A pension of fifty
dollars per month"; with arrearages amounting
to $500, was granted to the widow of Major
R. NJ. Kirby, who died in 1912 from disease
contracted in the Florida war. A bill was re-
ported from the committee on the judiciary
rendering ex-Confederates eligible to military,
naval and civil offices. The organization of the
Territory of Oklahoma was discussed in COM
mittee OF the whole; and Mr.. Bland, of Mis-
souri, opposed tn appropriations for several
public building.
In the Senate on the 9th the bill to incorpo-
rate the Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua
was passed. The bill granting pensions to ex-
soldiers and sailors who are incapacitated for
the performance Of manual labor, and provid-
ing for pensions to dependent relatives of de-
ceased soldiers and sailors, was taken up and
amended, but without finishing the bill
the Senate went into executive ses-
sion, and subsequently adjourned -.
In the House the adverse report upon
the resolution directing the Secretary Of
the Treasury to institute an investigation into
the New York Sugar Trust was considered,
and the resolution laid on the table, A reso-
luton directing inquiry into the issuing ty the
m mis- of E.t of hno
day circular was tabled A testimonial of
respect to the memory of the late w. w, Cor
coran was ordered spread upon the minutes,
and the House adjourned.