Huntsville gazette., 1890-03-22
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

IN the Senate, on the 18th, the concurrent
1esolution for the investigation OF imm igra-
ton matters with House amendments was
submitted. The resolution to exclude from
the Record the interpretations made by Mr..
Call in the report of the discussion with Mr.
Chandler, was agreed to. The Blair Educa-
tional bill was taken up, and Thursday,
March 20, fixed upon for final action In
the House several bills If local interest were
passed, the Oklahoma bill was taken up.
and an amendment prohibiting the in tro-
duction of intoxicating liquors into the Ter
ritory, until after the adjournment of the
first session of the Territorial Legislature,
was adopted by vote of 70 to 81.
IN the Senate, on the 18th, two bridge and
large number of public building bills were
passed, after which the Educational bill was
taken up, and a speech thereon by Mr.. Blair
was followed by long discussion of the
laws of Southern Stat es relating to colored
people and the workings of the Fifteenth
Amendment at the South In the House
bills granting right of way to various rail-
roads through Indian reservations were
passed, and the Oklahoma bill was taken up
in committee of the whole. Several amend
ments were agreed to, when the committee
rose and the bill was passed: Yeas, 100;
nays, Is.
In the Senate, on the l4th, the time until
two O'Clock was devoted to matters pertain
Educational bill was taken up, and Mr.. Tel
Ter addressed the Senate in its support, the
kindness and temperatures of his speech
calling forth graceful acknowledgment from
Mr.. George. Eulogies of the late Represent
ative Townshend, of Illinois, were delivered
by Messrs. Cullom, Vest, Hall and Jones
(Ark )......In the House MI. Perkins cor
rected an erroneous impression that had
gone out by stating that it was the Public
Land Strip and not the Cherokee Outlet that
had been opened to settlement under the
Homestead law by the passage of the Okla
homa bill. The House went into committee
of the whole on the private calendar. A
night session was held at which a number
of pension bills were passed
THE Senate was not in session on the 18th
In the House resolutions were adopted
calling on the Secretary of War for informa-
tion as to whether there are sufficient money
and facilities at the command of the War
Department to guard the levees and other
works and plants of the Government from
destruction by the present flood in the Mis-
sissippi, and. if not, to report what may be
necessary; also, to inform the House if there
is reason to apprehend unusual danger to
human life, and what steamers can be used
by the department or the Mississippi River
Commission to rescue those in peril. Senate
amendments to a couple of House bridge
bills were concurred in, and the remainder
of the session was taken up in eulogies OF
the late Congressman William D. Kelley, Of
Pennsylvania.
IN the Senate, on the nth, several petitions
demonstrating against the ratification of an
extradition treaty between the United Sta. es
and Russia were presented. Mr.. voorhees,
offered resolution looking to the relief of
agricultural interests. Mr.. Call asked that
his resolution in reference to considering
the Florida nominations in open session be
laid before the Senate, which was refused by
the presiding officer, and the matter was
considered in secret session. When the
doors were re opened Mr.. Daniel made
strong speech in favor of the Educational
bill. Mr.. Morgan opposed the bill ... In
the House several bills were passed, the
most important of which was one authoriz-
ing the Superintendent of the Genus to
enumerate the Chinese population OF the
United States for purposes of identification.