The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-01-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
CONGRESS.

1 tONtthfsSS.
| WHEN the Senate met on the 2Oth petitions
were presented and committees reported.
| Several bills, local in their character,
| passed and Senator Pasco, of Florida, ad-
| dressed the Senate on the paragraph in the
| Presidents message relating to federal con.
| troll OF elections, and was replied to by Sena.
| tor Chandler. When the House met the
| Speaker appointed the Worlds Fair com
| mittee as follows: Messrs. Gambler Mass. i,
Hit t1ll), Bowden (Va,), Belden (N. ",
Frank (Mo), Springer Ull.), Hatch (MoD,
| wilson CIV. Va.) and Flower IN. W. After
| the Introduction of n large number of bills
| The House, in Committee of the Whole re-
| sumed considerationof the Oklahoma Town
| site bill. When the committee rose several
bills were reported from committees and the
| House adjourned.
| IN the Senate on the 21st Senator Blair pre-
| sented a petition from the African American
| Episcopal Zion Church OF America in favor
| OF the Blair Educational bill and asked to
| have it printed in full in the Record, but as
his was the only vote in favor of the motion
| the request was refused. The bill in regard
to requiring the next census to show the
number of mortgaged farms, etc, which had
been reported adversely, was called up in
order that Senator Berry might speak upon
| the subject. After lengthy discussion the
| bill went over. Several bills then passed
and the Senate adjourned. The House con-
| sumed three hours in debating a ruling by
the Speaker and then further considered the
| Oklahoma TOwnsite bill until adjournment
IN the Senate on the 22d, after the introduce
tion of several resolutions, consideration of
| the bill requiring the Superintendent of the
Census to ascertain what per cent of the
people owned their farms and the number
| mortgaged was resumed and after lengthy
discussion the bill was rccommittcd. The
Blair Educational bill was then reached
and went over until Monday week by con
sent The Senate refused to concur in the
House amendment to the joint resolu
tion making an appropriation for remov-
ing snags from the Missouri river and
conference was ordered. After amending
| the joint resolution appropriating S250,0OO
for removing snags from the Missouri river
by reducing the amount tO- So, 900, which
passed, the House resumed consideration of
the Oklahoma TownSite bill, which after
| many amendments was finally passed. 1t
invalidates the claims of all who entered the
Territory before the Presidents uroclama-
ton took effect. The remainder of the ses.
sion was spent in Committee of the Whole.
WHEN the Senate met on the 23d Senator
Vest presented the credentials of William A.
Clark ane Martin Maginnis as Senators from
Montana. The four gentlemen claiming to
be Senators from Montana were admitted to
| the privileges of the floor pending
the contest Several bills were reported
md one or two passed., when Senator
ingalls, addressed the Senate upon the
| race question (in opposition to Senator But
| ler's bill to encourage the emigration of col
| bred people from the United States), at the
conclusion of which the Senate adjourned
until Monday. When the House met the
Committee on Elections submitted a major
ity report in the West Virginia case of Smith
vs.. jackson, in favor of the contestant. The
minority sustained the sitting member, Jack
son. After brief session in Committee of
The Whole the House adjourned.
THE Senate was not in session on the 24th,
and the House, after insisting on its amend
ment to the bill for removing distractions
from the Missouri river and passing the bill
for a bridge at or near Kansas City, went
into Committee of the Whole for the further
consideration of the Customs Administra-
live bill. When the committee rose Mr.
Peters (Kansas) introduced an Irrigation bill
and the House adjourned.