Connecticut western news., 1890-04-16
NFlFTY-FlRST CONGRESS.
Cendsn.ed Report of Proceeding i. th

Condensed Report of Proceeding in the
 Senate and House.
 WASHINGTON, April 1.-The senate passed house bill authorizing the Mississippi river commission to purchase or hire such boats a may be immediately necessary to rescue inhabitants of the overdowed districts, and to use the boats for that purpose. The nomination of Ensign M. Clark to be post master at Niagara Falls, N. F., was COZ 2rmed s.-s,tt
 Among the bills introduced was the fol. lowing: Ry Mir. Chandler 0oint resolution) Granting permission to the Bartholdt Statue association to improve all of Bedloe's Island, and provide for its use as public park, under the supervision of the secretary of war
 The senate committee on pensions have reported to the senate favorably the bill granting a pension of $l00 . month to the widow of the late Gen. Hartranft, of Penn sylvania-
 WASHINGTON, April 1. Mir. Walker Mass) has introduced in the house bill to establish a national banking code. The bill provides for the deposit of green backs, coin and coin certificates for cir cuiation to the amount of 10 per cent. of the then capital, by banks of capital of $2OO, 900 or less. In addition to the 10 per cent. that the banks are required to take from the government they have a right, by the bill, to issue currency notes to the amount of their coin and certificate reserve. Banks are relieved of all taxation and expenses, except the expense of the redemption of their notes. On the insolvency or expiration of . charter of bank, the notes are to be redeemed by the treasurer of the United States in coin. The banks are given author fty to issue notes not to exceed 50 per cent. of their total circulation.
 The house then went into committee ol the hole on the fortiacation bill. On mo ton of MT. Cheadle an amendment wal adopted providing that the board which in quires into facilities for producing stee forgin9s shall extend it's inquiries to the In aianapolis arsenal. The bill was then laid and~With . favorable recommendation Later it was passed. It appropriates $4, 621, ,o7S. The bill appropriating $92 900 fol improving the zoologiesl park in the Dis rict of Columbia was passed, with ar amendment providing that the district shal bear the expense.
 WASHINGTON, April 2.-n the senate MT Edmunds, from the judiciary committee reported back tho antitrust bill in the form of a substitute, and said that there was on, section in the bill as reported which h. thought went further than it ought to go Mir. Vest said that he thought the section alluded to tsection ? did not go far enough Hr. George thought the bill a good one & far as it went, but he said he would offe some amendments to it Mr. Coke said h. did not like the form of section 2. MT. Ed munds gave notice that the matter woult be taken up as soon as the election matte had been disposed of. The conference re port on the urgent deficiency bill was pre- sented and agreed to.
 The senate then proceeded to the consid majority report being in favor of Wilbu F. Sanders and Thomas Power, and tn minority being in favor of William 4 Clark and Martin Maginness
 WASHINGTON, April 2.-On motion of MI Mason Qli&) . bill was passed amending tn act to aid vessels wrecked or disabled i waters conterminous to the United State and the Dominion of Canada It grant authority to Canadian wrecking vessels aid Canadian vessels in distress, when sim lar authority shall have been given by th Canadian government to wrecking vessel of the United States in distress.
 MT. Baker (N. Y.), from the same con mfttee, called up bill authorizing the COT struction of sbridge and approachesat Ne, York city across the Hudson river, to res ulate commerce in and over such bridge bt tween the states of New York and Ne, Jersey, and to establish such bridge as military and post road. The bill was passed
 The house then proceeded to the consider ation of the Idaho admission bill Mir. Dol ssy (Neb.) in charge of the bill, opened th debate with a speech in it's favor. The onl opposition to the admission of the ne state, he said, came from the Mormon They protested against the provision of tt
 
 and poly ygamists, and persons who ars men bers of any association which encourag hlgamy. MT. Mansur (Mo.) said the reaso for disfranchising Mormons was that the voted the Democratic ticket Mir. Dubo Qdaho) made a strong appeal for the passat of the bill Give Idaho statehood und Dor couatitstion, he said, and the Morme Question would soon be an issue of the pas fsnding further debate the bill went owe
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