The Russellville Democrat., 1890-12-25
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary Of the Daily News
CONGRESS-.


 AFTER routine business the Senate on the 18th passed the bill enlafging the rights oi homesteaders. It proyitcs that settlers oI,. posite uhHnryeyed lands and unable, there. lore, to take mp less than lG0 acres may ex- tend their holdings not to exceed lf0 acresi After passing several public buildings bills the electiops biti eaiha isp and Mir Vance spoke Ut length in opposition. Pending debate on the amendment to strike out the "house to housee clause the Senate adjourned. In the House Mir. Mckinley reported rcsolu. ton, which was adopted, callIngon the secre- tary of the Treasury for the names of the several banks in which public money is de- posted. and other information in relation thereto. The bill for the adjustment of fn- dian depredations claims was passed The bill to appropriate sIO0,OO0 to erect monn- ment to the dead in the prison ship Brooklyn met with fierce opposition and was defeated. Adjourned.
 ONLY routine business occupied the atten- ton of the Senate during the morning hour on the l6th. Then the election bill came up in regular order and MT. kenna addressed the Senate in opposition. Before concluding his remarks the senate adjourned. In the House Mir. Mills (Tex) offered resolution Tor holiday recess. The apportionment bill was called mp by Mfr Dunnell (Minn.). A long discussion followed as to what time should be given for debate on the measure,
 
 posed amendments. This continued until 5 o'clock, when the previous question was dc. manded, but no quorum appeared and the House adjourned.
 AFTER the morning hour in the Senate on the l7th the elections bill came mp and de- bate continued until adjournment. The House debated at length and finally passed the apportionment bill by vote of 1s7 yeas to s2 nays. No other business was trans acted.
 IN the Senate on the 18th Mir. sherman re. ported bill against the contraction of the currency. The elections bil came up as the regular order and Senator Coke spoke at length in opposition and Senator Cullom in favor, who accepted the bill as the best that could be framed to meet the evilscomplained of, but he reserved the right to favor such amendments as he thought necessary. Sen ator Bate opposed the bill because he be- leyed it struck down the freedom of the bal lot. Pending his remarks the Senate ad- 1ourned... The House passed the Senate bill amending the Inter- State commerce act, and after squabble the Senate bill to place the American merchant marine on an equal foot ing with that of other nations (the subsidy bilD was debated in committee until adjourn ment
 IN the Senate on the 18th Mir Stanford, in lengthy speech advocated his bill issuing money based upon land values, which shall be loaned at two per cent The bill was re- ferreds The printing deficiency bill was passed Mir. Bate then resumed his argu. ment against the elections bill MT. Gibson opposed the bill as unreasonable, and Mir Stewart opposed 1t because It's enforcement in the South would be disastrous to both races. Adjourned. The House, after some debate, agreed to the conference report con ferring certain powers on the Baltimore & Potomac railroad in the District of Colum- bia; also the conference report as to the d. vision of certain Sioux Indian lands in Da- kota, and then adjourned.