The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-02-28
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Soror.na tha uonso OLIahoua hill A
minoritv renort was snbmitted bv Sem
,,ors putler ara plate The Senate then
resumed consideration Of the Texas Election
reeolut,or ana Senator coxe concluded his re.
rnarh. The Sundrv Civil Annroprtation bill
was renoyted and the hin IN nrovide for taking
tbe eleverth censns nassed After transact
inc routine and unimportant business the House
took m the California election contest OF Sui.
uvan AGAINST FELTON, FilibusterinR immedi-
ately commenced and pending efforts to secure
a quorum the House adjourned
IN the Senate ON the 18th the credentials
n, Senators Rerrv and Harris were presented
and eIed senator Hoar. from the Committee
on Elections. reported several resolutions Ito be
laid on the tablel for a general lnouiry into re-
cent elections in Louisiana and other States and
an original resolution making an investigation
of elections to the Fifty-frst Congress to report
in December. Senator Salisbury for the mi
nority dissented The Senate then considered
Senator Vests motion 10 reconsider the vote on
the conference report on the Direct Tax bill,
which did not prevail and the Sundry Civil bill
was considered until adjouru ment. =. The House
took up the Post ONCE Appropriation bill but
it was laid aside to receive the conference re-
port on the Direct Tax bill A deadlock en-
sued and the report was temporarily withdrawn
An evening session was held for considering
business reported by the Committee on Indian
Affairs.
AFTER the disposition of resolutions and
motions OF minor Importance the Senate on
the Goth further considered the Sundry
Civil bill Pending consideration the confer
ence report on the Territorial Admission
bill was presented and finally agreed to.
AS agreed to the bill admits North
Dakota, South Dakota Montana and Wash
ington upon conditions mentioned The Direct
Tax bill was received from the House,
signed and sent to the President e. When the
House met the contest over the Direct Tax bin
was renewed, and after long debate the con
ference report was finally agreed to- The confer
ence report on the Territorial Admission bill
admitting North and South Dakota, Montana
and Washington was agreed TO. The Post
ONCE bill was further considered. AT the
evening session the calendar was cleared of a
large number OF local and private bills.
In the Senate on the 21st q resolution
was introduced for the arrest OF Thomas D.
Fister an employe of the Superyising Arcbi-
tect's office who had refused to answer certain
questions as a witness before the Committee
ON Public Lands and buildings. It was laid
over. The Committee on Indian Affairs re-
ported n bill to nav the Seminole Indians
d. .912 e42 for all their rights to lands in the
Indian Territory. The Texas Election Inves-
tieation resolution was debated awhile
and the Sundry Civil bill taken up, the debate
being continued until adjournment In the
House Mr. Randall offered a resolution for
amending the rules so as to prevent flibuster-
ing ON the Cowles bill (repealing the tax on
tobacco. etc y which was referred The Post.
Once Augmentation hill was further considered
and finally passed. The conference report on