The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-30
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.



n the senate. on the 10th. after the ais,
po~al 81 several nnlmportsnt matters The
silver bill was taken np and lead 10 an ia
tcrc>tlrg discussion of the question al
Treasury reserve and developed consider
able opposition 20 the hll IN the Republican
ranks The delivery ~ culogics ~ the late
representative Kelley. ~ Pennsylvania
WAS postponed 20 the 9th. and. after Il brleI
executive session. the senate adjourned
In the House. petitions for and against The
Mckinley bill and certain provisions thereof
were presented and referred, senate bill
VAS passed authorizing the registration oi
census mail matter. ana the House then
went into committee OF the whole and r..
sumed consideration Of the Tarin bill
~ tile senate, on the nth. after the trans
action ~ minor business the calendar WAS
taken M. and aiarge number 81 bills were
considered and passed. those Of most gen.
erai interest being To pay 70 the a~signces
OF John Roche $3.50 Cor extra work on the
monitor Puritan and <2o.27t for the care 81
the monitor Roanoke. senate bin 10 pay
So. 200 to the daughters OF Joseph Henry,
secretary OF the Smithsonian Institution. In
compensation " his public services. and
Senate bin lamendedl 10 appropriate <ioo.-
90 for tho erection Of 4 bronze statue 10
General Grant ia the city OF Washington.
In the House. IN committee Of the whole on
the Tariff bill. Mr.. Bynum. OF Indiana.
speaking TO \ question OF personal privi-
lege. used grossly supplementary Ian.
guags and was after the passage OF a reso-
luton 20 that eject taken before the bar %
the House. IN custody Of the sergeant-as.
arms, and ccnsured by the Speaker.
- the senate. on the 18th. consideration
Of the silver biz was resumed. Mr.. polph
speaking az great length against the bill,
and MosSrs Teller and Mitchell speaking IN
is fKvor In the House conclll.iory
speeches closed up the breach whicn the
Eynum episode had created. and good feel
ing MAS restored The Tariff bill was then
taken M, aud several amendments offered
by 10 opponents were rejected. and several
offered by Mr. Mckinley were adopted.
II The senate. on the 10Th. after routine
business. the bin reported from the ill.,
dietary cointnlttee suhjecting imported
liquors 60 the provisions Of the laws OF the
several states. was taken up. and Messrs.
wilson, ingalls,. Hoar and Edmunds spoke
Ia favor Of. and MeS-Is, Vest. Gray, Reagan
and Others against H. Remarks Ia culog
Of the character and public services 81 Mr..
Kelley were made by Senators Cameron.
Morrill,, Reagan, sherman. Hampton. Haw-
leg and Daniel. after which. As a further
mark Uf respect. tho Senate adjourned. ...
In the House the Tariff biz MAS taken M in
Of the whole, and occupied the
time Of the entire session. many amend
mcnts offered by the opponents OF the bin
being rejected. and several offered by Mr.
Mckinley adopted.
II the Senate. ON the 2lst. after the trans
action Of unimportant matters. an effort
made 70 resume consideration OF the
bill, but it failed and Mr.. stewart
proceeded to speak on the silver bill.
OF several amendments to be offered
given. The Silver bill was then laid
informally and the Liquor bill was
taken NJ and briefly discussed but without
action In the House the discussion Of the
Tarin bill ended by limitation. and MIR. Me-
hlnicy demanded the previous question and
moved the third reading and egrossment Of
The bill. 4 resolution offered by Mr.. Car
instructing the ways and means com
n'ttce to submit a substitute for the bill
gas voted down and the bill was then
passed: Yeas. le4; nays, Ia.