The Globe-republican., 1890-02-05
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary OF the Daily News.
CONGRESSIONAL,

AFTER the disposition of several resolu
fions the Senate on the 9th reconsideret
the bill to build a bridge across the Missouri
river in Douglas County, Neb.. amended 4
30 as to provide that the bridge shall not b
constructed within one-third OF mile O
any existing bridge. and again passed it
Senator Chambers resolution calling for thu
report of the United States marshal Of thu
Northern district Of Mississippi concern
ing recent alleged outrages in that State wal
then debated until adjournment. After the
introduction of bills in the House Mr.. Nc
Creary (Ky.) offered a resolution congratu
lating the people OF Brazil upon the peace
full establishing of q Republic and recogniz
ing the same, which was referred The bill
appropriating s., 500 600 for the building OF
three United States prisons for the imprison.
ment of United States prisoners was con
sidered and finally passed. Pending a mo-
ton to reconsider the House adjourned.
AFTER the usual routine work the Senate
on the 18th, took up the bill to credit and pay
to the several States and Territories and
District of Columbia all moneys collected
nnder the direct tax of 1861, which after some
debate was passed. (This is the Direct TAI
bill Lpassed by the last Congress and
vetoed.) The Senate then resumed con-
sideration OF Senator Chambers resO-
luton as to alleged outrages to citi.
zen of Indiana by certain parties in Alb
I'll adjournment. %. The House passed a bill
providing that in cases of pension claims OF
dependent parents IL shall be necessary to
show to the pension Office that the parents
are without other means of support than
manual labor. Mr.. Dorsey (Neb.) reported q
bill from the Banking Committee to provide
for the issue of circulating notes to National
banking associations, which was considered
at some length and went over. Mr.. Peters
\ inf 10 rs rf. fa n
lands in o-Man's Land for the propagation
of buffaloes, and the House adjourned.
THE session of the Senate on the 18th was
brief and uneventful. Senator Ingalls, offered
a long preamble and resolution as to debts
due by Southern States on Indian trust
funds and the direct tax OF 1851 and calling
on the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish
information on the subject, which was
agreed to. Senator Mitchell then addressed
the Senate on the bill for the free coinage of
silver, and after an executive session
the Senate adjourned. When the House
met Mr.. Dalzell (Pa.) called up
the contested election case OF Smith VS..
jackson, from the Fourth West Virginia dis
trict, when Mr.. Crisp (Ga.) raised the ques-
tiOn of consideration. Upon the question
the Democrats refrained from voting and
no quorum having voted Speaker Reed d.
rected the clerk to record the Democrats not
voting as present. This led to a storm that
lasted during the sitting and the House ad-
5Ourned without reaching any final result.
In the S,nate on the 30th the bill instruct
ing the Census superintendent to collect in
formation about farm mortgages was passed.
The House bill as to duty on silk ribbons was
passed. Senator Vance then addressed the
Senate On the bill to provide for cOlored en-
isration. Senator Hampton followed, at the
conclusion of whose speech the Senate ad-
journed. The House continued in an up
roar all day on partisan wrangle and ac-
cOmplished nothing.
NOTHING was done in the Senate on the 3lst
THE session of the House was character
lied by the same disorderly proceedings of
the two previous days. the fight being a par
tisan one over the Smith jackson contested
election case from West Virginia. After a
long storm the case, through the rulings of
the Speaker, was finally got before the House
and Mr.. Dalzell, who reported it, spoke
until adjournment.