The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-09-05
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.

Ix the Senate, on the 25th, the House Dill
for a light house tower on Smiths Island
Va, was passed with a largo number OF
other light house appropriations incor-
porated as amendments. The Senate also
passed Senate bill to repeal certain laws re-
latlng to post-office bids and House Dill re-
lating to oaths in pension and other cases.
The afternoon was spent in discussion OF
the lead ore paragraph of tho Tariff bill-...
In the House the conference report on the
sundry Civil bill-which retainsthe Senate
amendments relative to irrigation and sur
Vey of public lands-was agreed to, but the
Senate amendments to the River and Har-
Dor bill were nonconcurrod In. The death
of Representative Watson, of Pennsylvania,
was announced, and the House, after
adopting the usual resolutions of regret,
adjourned
IN the Senate, on the 26th, the agreement
20 end general debate on the Tariff bill Sep
tember and to vote on 1t September was
adopted by unanimous consent. The con-
ference report on the Sundry Civil bill was
debated and agreed to. The Tariff bill was
taken up and some progress was made in its
consideration......In In the House there was a
controversy over consideration of the Lard
bill and the Anti-Option bilL The Speaker
ruled that the Lard bill had right of way,
and the enemies OF the bill nlibustered on
an appeal from tho Speakers decision, by
breaking quorum on roll calls and order
ing calls of the House. The House finally
adjourned without determining tho Ques-
tion of consideration.
IN the Senate, on the 27th, the resolution
offered by Mr.. Plumb to prohibit the sale of
liquor in the Senate wing of the Capitol was
discussed and finally referred to the COM
mttee on rules. The Tariff bill was then
taken up and some progress was made with
it.....In the House filibusterng against the
Lard bill was continued. There was q
scene occasioned by a remark made by
Mr.. Cannon which was Interpreted by the
House as vulgar, and in a personal con-
trOversy during its discussion, Dir. Book
with, of New Jersey, struck at Mr.. Wilson,
of Washington. Quiet was restored, and
Mt. Cannon disclaimed the vulgar con-
structlon put upon his remark. The House
adopted a resolution directing the sergeant
alarms to arrest absentees and revoking
leaves of absence except those granted for
illness.
IN the Senate. on the 2sth, House bills au-
thoriZing tho construction of several rail-
road bridges In Tennessee and Kentucky
were reported and placed on the calendar.
The conference report on the Railroad
Land Forfeiture bill was presented, but
won't over and the Senate resumed consider
alton of the Tariff bill, about sixty para
graphs of which were disposed Of In
the House tho decision OF the Speaker as to
the right of way OF the Lard bill was sus-
tained-l30 to 46-and the bill was passed
10 TO Sl-tne clerk counting n quorum.
After further personal explanations in re-
gard to the Cannon resolution directed
against 1libusters, the Eight Hour Law
Claim bill was taken up and discussed to
the end of the morning hour. The bill to
constitute eight hours days work for
laborerS and mechanics on Governments
work was amended and passed.
In the Senate, on the 29th, Mr.. Edmunds
offered a resolution (Which went over) for
Congress to take recess from September 10
to November 10 The Tariff bill was taken
up and the Senate (I5 to 3l) refused to ac-
cept the finance committee amendment to
the salt paragraph to strike out the pro-
viso giving drawback on salt used in ex-
ported meat The duties brandy,
liquors, wines, bay rum, ale, porter. beer,
cherry juice and prune Juice were increased,
and the duties on ginger ales, soda water,
etc, reduced The wool schedule was dis
cussed at some length, but not disposed of
......In the House Immediately after the
reading of the Journal, the private calendar
was taken up in committee of the whole,
the pending bill being the Omnibus South
ern War-ClaimS bill, which was amended
by a substitute and agreed to. several bills
o. minor Importance were passed, and an
evening session was held for the considera-
tlon of private pension bills.