The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-03-09
FIFTIETH CONGRESS-.
Second SesaIou.

Va ''b"'houoO piils anu OtncT small measures
were passed. Pension vetoes were road and
referred. House amendments to Mrs Sheri
dams pension bill were agreed to- House bill
TO divide portion Of tho Sioux reservation In
Dakota was passed. The army appropriation
Dill was considered. Eulogies OF tho late Rep
rcsentative Burncs, of Missouri followed until
1913 p m, when the Senate adjourned
HousE-1n the House filibustcring was com
monced by Mr.. Bland (Mo) to prevent consid-
Grafton OF measures by unanimous consent. @.
+. Booher MOI was sworn In to succeed the
late James M, Burnea Tho California election
contest case OF Sullivan VS.. FELTON, was called
UP and fllibustering resulted. Senate amend.
ments TO the agricultural appropriation bill
were non.concurrod in. Roll.calls and call OF
the House consumed the entire day. the Re-
publicans refusing to vote. At 515 D. IN. the
House adjourned
WASHINGTON Feb. 90. = SENATE - In the
Senate private bill was passed over the
Presidents veto. A number Of House bills
were reported. The House amendment to the
Senate bill fixing the rate OF pension at seventy
i've dollars month for the widow of General
Fitzpatrick was agreed to. The army appro.
priation bill was considered md passed. A
number OF House bills were passed and, after n
brief secret session, tho Senate atGO5 d, m ad-
journed.
HOUSE, in the House half n dozen pension
vetoes were read, and flibustcrng prevented
suspension motions until II o'clock Several
bills on tho Speakers table wcre passed The
sundry civil appropriation bill was reported,
and conference ordered on Senate amend.
ments The deficiency appropriation bill
was considered and passed. The Indian ap-
preparation bill was taken UP. and, after n long
struggle by Bland AGAINST the delivery OF n
speech on Crisp, of Georgia, by Kennedy, of
Ohio, the latter was allowed to proceed for half
IN hour. Crisp and Turner replied. and at 3 80 D.
m recess was taken until 8 y. m. for the In
dian bill.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2T.-SENATE.-The con-
ference report on the Agricultural Department
appropriation bill was presented and agreed TO-
The Senate bill TO amend the law to provide
for the better protection of the salmon fisheries
of Alaska was passed. Hnwley's resolution was
passed for printing the inaugural addresses of
all the Presidents. Bills were reported for the
admission of Idaho and Wyoming; the confer
ence report on the Senate bill to amend the
Interstate commerce law was considered until
5:50 p M, when the Senate adjourned
HOUSE On motion OF Mr.. Culbcrtson CTex)
the Senate amendment was concurred in 10 the
House bill requiring U. s. Judges to instruct
juries in writing In certain cases. Several bills
were passed under the special order. The
Indian appropriation bill was considered and
passed. The conference report on the Dis
trict appropriation bill was submitted, and at
$50 the House adjourned.
WAsHINGToS, Feb IS --SEHATE-A number
OF bridgc bills were passed. The bill to amend
the inter State commerce act was considered.
Tho Senate insisted on its disagreement to the
House amendments. The post-olice appropria-
tion bill was passed. After secret session
conference reports were agreed to on the Dis
trict appropriation bill, the army and the forti
fication bills. AtG:S p. m. a recess was taken
until 30 D. M
HoUSE.-Thc Senate bill to protect the seal
and salmon fisheries was passed. A motion
to rcccdc from the disagreement on the Zoolog-
icnl Park amendment to the District bill
was agreed to and further conference ordered.
The agricultural bill wns passed The naval
appropriation bill was considered and con.
ference ordered. On motion to pass the Dcs
Moincs land bill over the Presidents veto the
question OF onsderation was raised, and Mt
o:SO D. m. the House took recess until Z 30 y.
M, the night session being for the considera-
tion of the resolution In regard to the reception
Of the statue of General Cuss from the State of
Michigan and District business.
WASHINGTON. March 1.-SENATE. The Gre
dcntials of Mr.. Kcnna, for his new Senatorial
term, were presented, read and placed on file
A number of conference reports were agreed.
matters clear up. AL the pension bills on the
calendar (nfty-two) were passed, among them
one giving pension Of $50 per month dnstcnd
Of 500, as in the bill introduced by Mr. Haw-
lcy) TO the widow OF the late General Hunt
The House amendment to the Senate bill to in
crease the appropriation for public building
ut Winona, MINI, was concurrcd in. After an
executive session the Senate ut p. nj. took Il
recess until p. m.
81 4. At,
Senate bill was passed increasing to sl50,0O0
the limit of cost of tho public building at
Winona, Mimi A joint resolution was passed
TO promote commercial union with Canada a
number OF unimportant bills were passed The
DesMoincs river lands bill was not passed over
The Presidents veto, failing to receive two
thirds vote. At p. III. tho House took u re-
cess until 1880 p m for pension bills.
WASHINGTON, March a.-SENArE. The Sem
ate did not adjourn until 10 minutes OF , this
The night was spent in considering
TO tho deficiency appropriation
bill. Conference reports on appropriation bills
and discussions thereon consumed most of the
time, the deficiency, sundry, civil, Indian and
naval bills being agreed to. At C:?O p. m. a re.
cess was taken to o'clock, the night session
being devoted to conference reports. The
direct tax bill was passed over the Presidents
veto. In executive session the nomination Of
Thomas NJ. Vance, OF North Carolina, to be Re-
ceiver of Public Money ut Tacoma, Washington
was confirmed
HOUSE. The deficiency appropriation bill
having been received from the Senate, the
House disagreed TO the Senate amendments,
and conference was ordered. On motion OF
Mr.. Anderson Qll.), bill was passed author
zing tho States of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio
10 prosecute suits against the United States
in the Supreme Court on account of the sales
Of public lands in these States. In the House
objection was made to number of bills and
conference reports were considered. The Pres
dents veto OF the direct tax bill was read and
referred. At5:l5 p. m recess was taken until
; p. m., the night session being devoted to ap.
preparation bills.
STRIKERS at Brooklyn, N. Y, arrested
Tor eau sing tho death of a man because he