Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-04-24
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Work Of the Lawmakers in the
Senate and House.
Bills OF Importance Introduced and
Passed and Others Under Considera-
tiOn-A Complete Summary of
General Interest.



WASHINGTON. April l5.-In the Senate
yesterday resolutions Of respect to the
memory Of the late Samuel J. Randall
were adopted and adjournment was
ordered
WAsHINGToN. April ia pension
bill was introduced in the Senate yes
terday providing that all persons who
served in the late war shall receive a
service pension of S. month and their
widows Sl2 a month. The Montana
election case was further discussed.
WAsHINGroN, April I'm the Senate
yesterday Saunders and Powers tReps.)
were seated as Senators from Montana
House bills were passed for public
buildings at Galesburg, H., Ashland.
Wis, and Grand Rapids, Mich. mo-
ton to lay the Chinese enumeration
bill on the table on the ground that it
would do more harm than good was
adopted.
WASHINGTON, April 1s.-The bin for
the retirement OF John c. Fremont as a
Major-Gencral Of the United States
army was passed in the Senate yester-
day. A Joint resolution for the APP
pointment Of thirty medical examiners
for the bureau Of pensions without ref
erence TO the civil-seryice law was dis
cussed.
WAsHNGToS, April ~ i'm the Sen
ate yesterday bills were introduced pro
viding for a monument 70 Commodore
Perry at Putin Bay o., and for the adj
mission Of New Mexico as a State Of the
Union. II was decided to consider the
worlds fair bill on the 2lst.
WAsHINGToN, April 2l.-The anti
trust bin and the bill appropriating
500, 600 for an equestrian statue in
Washington TO General Grant were re-
ported favorably 20 the Senate on Satur-
day.
HOUSE
WAsHINGroN, April ID In the House
yesterday the death al samuel j. Ran
dali was announced and resolutions of
respect were adopted after which an adj
iournment was taken.
WASHINGTON. April 1e.-In the House
yesterday the naval appropriation bill
was passed. also bill 70 define and reg
ulate the jurisdiction OF the courts OF
the United States.
WAsniNGroy, April l7.-In the House
yesterday the Mckinley tariff bin was
reported and referred As finally agreed
upon the bin places hides and sugar on
the free list and provides for the pay
ment Of a bounty Of two cents a pound
on domestic sugars. The total reduction
OF the revenue is estimated az ST.. 264,-
sl4. In the contested election cases of
Posey vs.. Parrett from the First Indi-
ana district and Bowen vs.. Buchanan
from the Ninth district Of Virginia,
Messrs. parrett and Buchanan tDems
were declared elected The military
academy appropriation bin Mas passed.
WASHINGTON, April 1s.-In the
House yesterday, after the reading OF
the journal, Mir Butterworth (Ol arose
and said that it was seemly and proper
and just tribute of respect 70 the
memory of the distinguished man Mr..
Randall) whose funeral was about TO
take place that the House adjourn. A
motion to that effect was Immediately
adopted.
WAsuryGroN. April 10 In the House
yesterday the river and har5or bill (20,
600. O00l was reported. 4 bin to erect
public building in every town in the
United States in which the postal re-
ee!pts exceed $4,000 year was favora-
bly, reported. At the evening session
fifty private pension bills were consid-
cred. a long discussion took place on
the Southern war claims bill
WAsHiNGroN April "a. In the House
on Saturday tributes OF respect to the
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