Huntsville gazette., 1889-02-16
FlFTlETH CONGRESS-

iNthe Senate, on the 9th, various bills grant
ing right OF way through Indian reservations
were passed. The Legislative, Executive and
Judicial Appropriation bill was taken up-the
pending question being the amendment to in
crease the clerical force OF the Ciyil-Service
Commission-and long discussion ensued,
which turned principally upon the derelctions
OF the Post-ofice Department In the
House, the conference report on the Nicaragua
Canal Dill was taken up, discussed at length
and passed. resolution was adopted calling
on the Secretary of the Treasury for informa-
ton concerning orders given to the commander
OF the United States revenue cutter Rusk in
regard to the protection of the seal fisheries in
Behring's sea for 1887 and 1888
In the Senate, on the 9Th, the conference re-
port on the bill to incorporate the Maritime Ca
nal Company OF Nicaragua was agreed to. The
House amendment TO the Senate bill as to the
cutting Of timber on Indian lands was con-
Cured in. The Legisiat We, Judicial and Con
sular bill was further considered ......In the
House. Senate bill providing that the public
lands now subject to private entry shall be dis
posed of according to the homestead laws only
was taken up, amended and passed. The
bill increasing the pension OF the widow OF
Brigadier-General w. H. Emery from $50 to $50
per month was taken up and passed The
House then went into committee OF the whole
On the Army Appropriation bill. and pending
Q decision on certain amendments pro posed,
ordered a conference on the District OF Coum-
bia Appropriation bill, and adjourned.
IN the Senate, on the 9Th, the Naval and For
tificatIon bills were reported and placed on the
calendar The House bill to quiet the titles Of
settlers on the Des Moines River Lands in
Iowa. was taken up amended and passed. A
message from The President on Samoan affairs
was read, and after the passage of a number of
private pension bills, the Senate, at $50 p. m,
adjourned. In the House, the Army Appro-
priation and Agricultural bills were passed.
In the Senate, on the 9th, the bill for the es-
tablishment OF a United States court in the In
dian Territory and the Fertilization Appro-
priation bill were passed. A conference on
the Diect-Tax bill was ordered, and conferees
on the part Of the Senate were appointed. The
Senate committee on the inauguration cere-
monies was appointed, as were also tellers on
the part of the Senate, in the counting of the
presidential votes. Consideration Of the Union
Pacific Refunding bill was resumed, and the
Senate, at $40 p. m, adjourned -. In the
House, q number OF Senate bills OF local inter-
est were passed and the Post-Office Appropria-
tion bill was taken up, but pending discussion,
disagreement between the conferees on the
Territorial bill was reported. Consideration
of the PostOf1ce Appropriation bill was then
resumed. but without action the House ad-
journed.
IN the Senate, on the 18th, after q short exec
utive session the Naval Appropriation bill was
taken up, and several amendments were agreed
to- An amendment to strike out Of the para
graph for the construction of one armored steel
cruising monitor, the words '.of the type, and
to be constructed according to plans and speci-
fications to be furnished to the Navy Depart
ment by Hon. John Il. Thomas, OF Illinois, to
be approved by the Secretary of the Navy
caused some discussion, and the Senate ad-
journed without action on the amendment.
In the House. a conference on the Direct-T TX
bill was ordered. Several minor bills were
passed and the Smalls Elliott contested cleo
tion case was taken up, pending debate on
which the House adjourned.