Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-03-07
OUR NATIONS CAPITOL.
WHAT is BEING AND WHAT HAS
BEEN DONE IN WASHINGTON.
Movements Of our Country's CeIebri.
tlcs.-COngressional and Other
Matters.
CONGRESS-.

Among the senate DIS reported on
Tuesday from the committees and placed
on the calendar, was one appropriating
$40, 900 for tn, construction of an iron
bridge from Fortress Monroe 10 Eliza
beth City, Va, and one to provide for
the better enforcement of quarantine laws
and regulations of the United States and
for the establishment Of board of health.
The Senate then proceeded to executive
business, on motion of MIR. Plumb, who
stated that he presumed it would not
occupy more than five minutes. Within
i've minutes, executive business was
transacted and Legislative business re-
sumed. Mr.. Evarts gave notice that as
soon as the naval appropriation bill was
| disposed Of, he would ask the Senate to
consider the resolution reported from the
committee on privileges and elections as
to outrages in Washington county, Texas,
and directing that committee to revise
existing laws regulating the elections of
! members of Congress. Mr.. Plumb, of
Kansas, passed to the consideration of
the general subject of the navy and COM
plimented the present administration of
the navy department. He was glad to
say that, during the past four years, the
navy department had been administered
in a practical, level-headed, judicious
way. The result was that within the
next ten years the United States would
have the best navy in the world. Not a
navy with the most ships; not navy
with the greatest variety of ships, but a
navy with the most modern ships, with
ships best adapted to the work they
would have to do. Mr. Hale expressed
his satisfaction at Mr.. Plumb's hav.
ing called attention to the ma
val strength of the country, and
having mentioned some of the
causes that had produced that strength.
Secretary Whitney had been careful in
his methods; he had encouraged Ameri-
can inventors, American enterprise, to
have the very best navy In the world
not in number Of ships-but it would
have no refuse in its navy. It's navy
would be like clean limbed, thoroughly
equipped wrestler, with no impediments,
with nothing to hinder it, with no old
and useless ships, with none of those
vast, unwieldy and monstrous structures
that had consumed millions on mil
lions of money of other powers, and
that the officers and men would not dare
to trust themselves in at sea- /.
In the House, Mr.. Townshend, of ILL
nois, introduced bill appropriatlng
$50, 900 for special display of farm
products. Of the United States at the
Paris Exposition. Referred The House
then resumed consideration of the
Smalls- Elliott contested election case.
Contestant Smalls was then accorded the
floor, to advocate his own claims.
Pending further debate, on motion OF
J Mr.. Stewart, of Georgia, the Senate bill
was passed, changing to the second Mon,
, day in March, the date for the COM
mencement of the March term of the
district court for the northern district OF
Georgia.
In the Ser ate, on Monday, Mr.. Dawes
| presented petition from 1870 Indiar
students at Hampton, Virginia, against
continuance Of the system of supply
ing rations to the Indians. The petition
was referred Mr.. Sherman said that ht
had been instructed by the committee
on foreign relations to move executive
session, and the galleries were cleared
and the doors closed. The doors were
reopened and legislative business was
! resumed. After the transaction of some
routine business, the Union Pacific fund
| ing bill was laid aside and the naval APP
preparation bill was taken up. Commit.
tee amendments were adopted ap-
propriating SOS, 900 for electric lights
on naval vessels, $100,0 for torpedo
station and war college on Goat Island,
Newport, r. l., and 100000 for add.
tional land adjoining the naval academy,
Annapolis. Other amendments of 8
merely formal character were agreed to-
, -. On motion of Mr.. Caswel of Wis
. consin, the House insisted on its amend
ments to the direct tax bill
and conference was ordered
Mr.. Crisp, Of Georgia, as a question Of
; the highest privilege, called up the
4 Small Elliott contested election case
from South Carolina. The House de-
termined, yeas 1871, nays SO, to consider
the election case
a NOTES.
The President signed the bill creating
Dep .rtmcnt of Agriculture, and i'm
mediatelv sent the name of Norman 7