The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-02-14
FlFTY-FlRST CONGRESS,
Senate Sessions.

| ocuohS SCsStOnS.
18TH DAY.-The customs administrative
| Dill from the House was received and order
| OIL printed, and will DO considered to- morrow
| oy tae Finance Comrnittes, to whom it was
| referred.
| Among the bills reported from committees
ana placed on the calendar was the follow
ing:
Fixing the salaries OF district judges of the
United States at 5000.
Among the bills introduced and referred
were the following:
BY Mr.. Hoar-For tho adjustment OF ac-
counts OF laborers, workmen and mechanics
unler the eight hour law.
Mr.. Chandler's resolution calling on the
Attorney. General for the report of the
United States Marshal for the Northern Dis
trict OF Mississippi, concerning the maltreat.
ment OF Henry j. Faunce, at Aberdeen, was
" ": S,son :, rg
aud Mr.. Reagan, took part In the discussion
which followed, and the resolution won't over
till Tomorrow.
After n session for tho consideration OF ex.
ecutive business, the Senate, at 430, ad-
j)urned.
9TH DAY.-Mr Merrill introduced a bin
prepared by the Secretary of tho Treasury
authorizing tho issue OF silver bullion; refer
On motion Of Mr.. Morrill,, tho bill to credit
ana pay to the several states and territories
ana tho district of Columbia. all monies col
!ected under the direct tax act OF 1901, was
taRen from the calendar.
Mr. Vance offered as an amendment a
proposition 10 refund the cotton TAX. Re.
} ct, d Yeas Is; nays So.
The bill was then pass .d-Yeas A; neys7.
Inc senate resumed consideration OF tho
resolution OF inquiry into the Aberdeen,
MISS Incident, and nfter speeches by Messrs.
deor2o, Spooner and Gray, the latter offered
an amendntn mt calling also for tho letters OF
cton which brought out tho report OF
the Marshal, and also Us to whether in the as
sault FAM had been deprived OF any right
becured to him by the constitution.
Alter short executive session thu Sanste
srsWss Sn 81 Soneaa5fs seTvics g s6ose WHO
have served in the United States Navy or
Marine Corps, who have lost their certif-
Gates OF discharge, was reported back from
the Committee on Naval Affairs, and pass ID
without amendments.
Mr. Ingalls introduced a bill for the erec-
ton of Il monument to Abraham Lincoln on
the G.ttys urg battlefield. Referred.
Mr.. Iugalls offered n long preamble and
resolution as to debts due by Southern Stntes
on liz ian trust funds and on the direct tax
OF 1861. The resolution directs the s cretarT
of thu Treasury t. furnish the Senate with
full information on the subj ct. Agreed to.
Mr.. Mitchell address 'd the Senate in favor
Of the bill for ths free coinage OF silver, ar
euing that it was tho only way to secure
National prosperity.
After n short executive session the Senate
ad djourned.
29rH DAY.-Mr. Hale reported from the
Committee on Census, bill appropriating
81, ,U0J, 100 to secure statistics OF farm owners,
reuters, mortgages, interests, etc. The bill
was passed.
The Silk Ribbon bill was slightly amended
and passed.
Mr.. Morrill,, from the Finance Committee,
reported back, with verbal amendments, the
: e2en ~ tNslnadafS sthes sExistaps tarif }ssSr,
y IS 5es.Sg2.S ss Mr. M,. ae%bt9fIs ~ re- 70.