Huntsville gazette., 1890-05-10
NEWS IN BRIEF,
Compiled from Various Sources.
CONGRESSIONAL PRoCEEDINGs.

IN the Senate, on the 30th, consideration of
the Customs Administration bill was re-.
sumed, several amendments being offered
and disposed of. A resolution was agreed
TO Tor correction of the Oklahoma bill by
substituting the word "east, for the word
west" brief executive session was then
held. La the House the bill for the classifi- :
cation of worsted cloths as wooden cloths
was passed The Senate Service Pension
bill was amended so as to reduce the age of
benefciares from sixty-two to sixty wears
and adopted. The Morrill, Service Pensio n
bin was passed as substitute for the Senate
bill, and the Senate bill, as amended by the
substitute, was then passed. The bill en-.
titles any honorably discharged soldier Of
the rebellion who served ninety days or more
and has or shall have arrived at the age OF
sixty years (or his widow at the same age
to service pension of eight dollars per
month.
In the Senate, on the 1st Mr.. Vest, from
the committee on meat products, made re-
port and accompanied it with an e1plana-
tion and four different bills for the consid
GRAFTON of the Senate. The Customs Admin
istration bill was taken up, the pending
question being on the amendment securing
to an aggrieved importer the right to bring
a common law suit against the collector. -.
In the House Senate bill to protect trade
and commerce against unlawful restrain IS
and monopolies was taken up. An amend
ment making unlawful any contract or
agreement to prevent competition in the
sale or purchase of any commodity trans
ported from one State to another was agreed
to- and the bill as amended was passed by a
viva voce vote with but single dissenting
vote.
IN the Senate, on the I'd, the concurrent
resolution requesting the President to enter
into negotiations with the governments of
Rrtt
securing treaty stipuiations for the preven-
tion of the entry of Chinese laborers into
the United States was agreed to. The Gus
toms Administration bill was taken up, all
of the committee amendments agreed to,
and the bill passed-yeas 50, nays IS-Mr.
Payne being the only Democrat voting in
the affirmative In the House a resolu-
tion was adopted setting apart Saturday,
June IA, for the delivery of eulogies upon
the late Samuel j. Randall, of Pennsylvania.
Consideration of the Copyright bill was
then resumed, and it was still under discus
sion when the House, at five O'Clock, took a
recess. At the night session seventeen pri-
vate pension bills were passed.
In the Senate, on the Sd, the resolution
calling on the Secre tary of the Treasury for
information as to the export and import OF
gold and silver during the calendar year
1889, was agreed to- The Senate then pro-
SSSNSN w ehO VI DiliS Oh CUo
calendar, and had passed two or three of no
general interest, when, at a quarter past
four O'Clock, a dispatch was read by the
presiding officer, in voice betraying deep
emotion, announcing the death of Senator
Beck, of Kentucky, in the Baltimore & Poto-
mac railway station, whereupon the Senate
Immediately adjourned......In the House
the Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation
bill was considered in committee OF the
whole and passed. The House also passed
the joint resolution appropriating $l7, 900, 900
for the Improvement of the Mississippi
river from the Passes to the mouth of the
Ohio.
In the Senate, on the 5th, as soon as the
journ al was read, Mr.. Blackburn rose and in
a few eloquent words announced the death
of his colleague Mr.. Beck, of Kentucky, and
offered resolutions looking to the participa-
ton of the Senate in the funeral observ-
ances of the deceased, which were adopted
and the Senate then Immediately adjourned
u In the House, Mr.. Milburn, the blind
chaplain, feelingly alluded to the sudden
death of Senator Beck. The Senate amend
ments to the Customs Administrative bill
were nonconcurred in and conference was
ordered. Tho rules were suspended ana a
number of unmportant bills were passed.
The House also agreed to the conference re-
port on the Oklahoma n-Site bill. The
formal announcement OF the death OF Sena-
tor Beck having been received, the House
took appropriate action and adjourned.