The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-02-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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In the Senate on the 2sth a petition was
presented from citizens OF New Mexico against
its admission as q State. The credentials Of
Senator-elect Butler Is. C) were presented
bill for the construction OF bridges aEtoss
the Missouri river pear bssern : 5fth, Kan 4,
and Kansas, CITY NJ, passed. The Army
NURSES Fension bill also passed. It allows q
pension of s25 per month TO women nurses dur.
ing the war (under certain conditions and lin
itations). The Diplomatic bill was then taken
up and Senator 9lbeon's amendment ~ thsft'
the word 'Ambassedots" Instead oi ministers
ExttanFtiHstyn etc, as applied to France
Great Britain. Germany and Russia was under
discussion until adjournment. :. In the House
the Senate bill passed increasing the pension Of
soldiers or sailors who have lost 3oth nands to
500 Per ms.tn. .EEs senate joint resolution
70. meeting February 10 TO count the elect
oral vote was concurred in. The Sundry Civil
bill was taken UP, and, pending debate on m
amendment appropriatinE ssO.Qoo tps the edecs-
tion OF ch!ldrsn N AiaskI saitnout reference to
race Ms 4ouse adjourned.
In the Senate on the 10Th bill passed
authorizing the Secretary Of War to deliver to
any soldiers home two obsolete serviceable
cannons suitable for firing salutes" resolu-
tion was adopted calling on the Secretary OF the
Navy for statement OF expenditures for con.
struction and repair Of vessels, ard the asrhts
took up the pipi-inatie bii,, the question being
ire hmehsment making the title OF Ministers to
France, Germany, England and Russia Am
bassadors" which was after o long debate
adopted by . close vote. When the amendment
In regard tn Samoa was reached the Senate
went into executive session. When the doors
were opened Senator Sherman made state
ment In regard to the Samoan trouble after
which Senator Dolph Obtained the floor and the
senate adionfnen; in ths Uphse a.tct'tibh ~
- 900 eititets bf ttsh against admission rs
SNte *ts presented. The Sundry Civil bill
WAS further considered and the bill passed.
The bill for the better protection Of the fur,
seal and salmon fisheries Of Alaska was favor
ably reported and the House adjourned.
The credentials of Senator Plumb re-
elected from Kansas, were presented in the
Senate on the 3oth. After adopting a resolution
calling on the Secretary OF tfe Treasury, for n
statement Of the amount 10 the Blinking iund to
the credit Of thr tnion Pacific and Central Pa
ciw t3ads on February 1. etc. the Senate re.
sumed consideration Of the DiploIsati bill, the
question being on the amendment affecting the
Samoan Islands, and the question was under
debate at adjournment, .. When the House met
Mr. Springer ml) moved TO 60 ihto Committee
Of the Whbls Oh the Oklahoma bill,
wsieh was agreed to- the pending amendment
being that Of Mr.. Payson Ql) that the privi-
leges ard rights Of honorabiy discharged
soldiers to make homes on public lands shall
not be impaired but extended TO all public lands
opened to settlement under the bill. The
amendment was finally agreed to in
committee with the understanding that q
vote should be taken in the House. Several
other amendments were made and the com
mittee rose and reported the bill to the House.
Mr.. Payson's amendment was agreed TO, yeas
ia nays III. Pending further consideration
the House adjourned
O. III
gins (Del.) were presented in the Senate on the
3lst The House amendments to the bill in
! creasing the pension to ex-soldiers who had lost
both hands were concurred in. After the pas.
sage OF several private bills consideration OF
the Diplomatic Appropriation bill was resumed,
the pending question being the Samoan amend.
ment making an appropriation to protect Amer.
ican interests, which was finally agreed to.
The amendment raising TO the rank of Ambas-
sadors the Ministers to England. France, Ger
many and Russia were defeated and the
bill passed. The British Extradition
treaty was considered In executive session.
Many petitions for Sunday rest were pre-.
sented In the House and Saturday, February
"a, was set apart for eulogies on the late Rep
resentstive Burnes, Of Missouri. The Okla.
homa bill came up as the special order. The
vote BY Which the soldiers homestead amend
meht had been adopted was reconsidered and
the clause declaring that the rights Of soldiers
shall not be impaired by the passage of the bill
was agreed to- The second clause extending
the right OF homestead entry on the lands 10
soldiers (under existing laws) was defeated.
Pending further consideration the House ad.
joprned.
In the Senate on February | the House
amendments to the Senate bill for the admission
OF South Dakota were non-concurred in and a
confer, nee asked Senator Salisbury offered o
resolution which was agreed to. instructing the
Foreign Relations Committee to inquire into
the condition Of affairs in the Samoan Islands
and report as soon as practicable what meas
urcs are necessary TO protect American in
terests. Senator Chandlers resolution as to
claims OF naval officers for arrears of pay for
mileage etc, was discussed and laid aside.
Senator Sherman presented a letter from the
Secretary of the Navy with copy Of the
formal cession of the harbor OF Pago-
Psgo 10 the United States by the Samoan
Government which was referred. After
IN executive session the Senate adjourned un-
til Monday. lin executive session the British
Extradition treaty was rejected In the
House the conference report on the bill to
create the Department of Agriculture was
agreed to. The Diplomatic bill. with Senate
amendments. was referred The Oklahoma bill
wes then taken up and after futile attempt
at hlibusterihg was finally passed by vote Of
l4S ayes to 102 nays The remainder Of the
session was occupied in Committee OF the
consideration OF private pension claims.