Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-04-09
E pit0mo of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
CONGRESSIONAL.

CONGRESSIONAL.
TIM dependent pension bill was passed In tho
Senate on tho Slst ult by a vote OF ~ to u. A
petition was presented providing for measures
10 prevent the sending Of obscene literature and
pictures through tho mails. In the House the
army appropriation bill was passed; also reso
tuition for Information as to duties imposed by
foreign countries on breadstuffs. Bills were in
troduoed to give = military and pensionable
status to the officers. enlisted men, their wives
children 0nd dependent parents OF MI military
organizations Of the loyal States during the late
var; to prescribe proof Of naturalization to be
furnished with entries OF public land
THE committees ON pensions reported favora-
bly, in tho Senate on tho LIST the bill granting .
pension OF 800 month to tho widow Of the late
General Hartrantt. A bill was introduced reg.
ulating the manufacture, sale and importation
Of lagerbeor. >. In the House bills we're intro.
duced to establish National banking code;
providing that pensions granted to the depend.
ont relatives Of deceased soldiers shall take ei-
tect from the date OF the soldiers death. Bills
we're passed limiting to six years the time with.
In which suits may be brought against account.
Ing Officers and their bOndsmen; Senate bill
creating the ot1lces Of surveyors. general In
North and South Dakota; admitting free Of duty
articles from Mexico to the St. Louis exposition
In 1890. and the Notifications appropriation bill
q. SCI, 67s).
Mr.. EDMUNDS reported substitute in tho
Senate on the Sd for Mr.. Sherman's antitrust
bill. entitled "a bill to protect trade and com.
meroe against unlawful restraints and monopo-
lies" Tho rest OF the day was devoted to the
Montana Senatorial contest Mr.. Hoar pre-
scented the majority report favoring the 0dmis-
sion Of tho Republican claimants and Mr.. Gray
spoke for the minority, which recommended
the admission OF the Democratic contestants.
80. In the House the bill for the admission OF
Idaho as State was discussed bill was In.
troduced to repeal the act making fractional sill
ver coin a legal tender for only $l0 and increas
ing tho limit to $50.
MOST OF the session Of the Senate on the Sd
vas spent in debating tho Chinese enumeration
bill, which finally went over. The Montana
Senatorial contest was also discussed and Ibid
over without action. A bill was introduced to
regulate the compensation and per diem Of la.
oorers employed by the Government. Ad.
jOurned to the 9th. :. In the House concurrent
resolution was presented requesting the Presi-
dent to invite arbitration with foreign govern
ments to settle disputes or differences The
bill for the admission OF Idaho was passed by
vote and the Speaker counting quorum.
THE Senate was not In session on the 4th o..
I'm the House joint resolution was introduced
providing for the election Of Senators by the
qualified voters OF the States. Favorable re-.
ports were made on the bills to prevent the en-.
istment Of aliens in the navy; to investigate
the liquor traffic; granting pension OF 500 per
month to the widow Of General Fitzpatrick
providing that all publications purporting to he
issued periodically and to subscribers, but
which arc merely books, shall pay postage as
third.class matter. At the evening session thir.
ty private pension bills were passed