The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-03-21
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
EIFTY-EIRE CONGRESS

IL the Senate, on the 10th, a resolution was
agreed to instructing the committee on
rules to report a rule defining the extent to
which Senators shall be at liberty to revise
their remarks for publication in the Record
The bill appropriating $4,000 for a publ Ic
building at Salt Lake City, Utah, was passed,
after which the Educational bill was taken
up---...In the House, after the transaction
of unimportant business, a resolution for
hhe appointment Of a committee to go TO
Arkansas and make a full investigation of
Rhe Clayton Breckenridge contested election
case was agreed to. The House then, in
committee OF the whole, resumed considera-
zion of the Oklahoma Territory bill
: IN the Senate, on the Ilth, the credentials
OF Mr.. Allison, of Iowa, for his new term,
were presented and filed. A motion was
agreed to directing the Secretary OF the
Treasury to report any information In his
possession in regard to the authorization of
n lottery company by the Indian Ter
rltorial Government OF the Creek
Nation. The remainder of the ses-
sion was taken up In consideration of
she resolution of the committee on privi-
leges and elections to eliminate from the
Record sentences interpolated by Mr.. Call
In the report OF his remarks in debate with
Dir. Chandler some days ago, which finally
failed Of passage for want of a quorum.
In the House public building bills involving
an expenditure OF $l,s45,OOO were passed.
The bill for the admission of Wyoming was
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asked, which, however, was dsfeated by
dilatory motions.
IN tho Senate, on the 18th, the concurrent
resolution for the investigation of immigra-
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 mp, and Thursday
March 20, fixed upon for final action. In
the House several bills of local interest were
passed, the Oklahoma bill was taken up,
and an amendment prohibiting the intro
duction of Intoxicating liquors into the Ter
ritory, until after the adjournment of the
nrst session of the Territorial Legislature,
was adopted by vote of 20 to a..
IN the Senate, on the 18th, two bridge and
n 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 a long discussion of the
laws of Southern States 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-
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, 1901
nays, Is.
In the Senate, on the 18th, the time until
two O'Clock was devoted to matters pertain
ing to the District of Columbia. The Blair
Educational bill was taken up, and Mr.. Tel
ler addressed the Senate in its support, the
kindness and temperateness OF his speech
calling forth a graceful acknowledment from
Mr.. George. Eulogies of the late Represent
alive Townshend, of Illinois, were delivered
by Messrs. Cullom, Vest, Hall and Jones
(Ark. l...... In the House Mr.. Perkins cor
,rected an erroneous Impression that had
gone out by stating that IL 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.