The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-10-03
THE NATIONAL LEeIsLATueE.
What the soions Are Doing for the Good
of the Country.


what the solons Are Doing for the Good
of the Country.
WAsHIGG1cN CITY, Sept. lS.-The house
yesterday took mp the Langston-Venabls
| Virginia contested election case, but did
not finish it, Notice was given on tn,
| Republican side that the previous ques,
ton would be called at o'clock this aft
ernoon.
The house held an evening session at
| which a number of bills were passed.
chiefly railway rights-of-way. One of gen.
eral interest was the senate bill to trans
fer the weather bureau to the agricul.
tural department.
The senate worked on the calendar dur
ing the morning hour, passing number
of bills of little general interest. One OF
the measures passed appropriates $4,000
for statue in this city of John Ericsson.
The remainder of the days session was
devoted to the consideration of the bill to
establish court to settle private land
claims in the ives ern states and terrific.
ries, but without action on the bill it went
| over. Private pension bills were then
taken up, and eighty passed in thirty
minutes.
WASHINGTON CITY, Sept. 9-The house
spent yesterday trying to secure quo
rum, so as to take action on the Lang
ston-Venable Virginia contested election
case. The Democrats refraning from
voting succeeded in breaking the quo
rum and the house. without action on
the case at 3:05 p. m. adjourned. Daring
the session the doors were closed and
locked, and Kilgore of Texas kicked one
OF them open. Dingley of Maine was on
the other side of the door at the time, and
was struck in the face, making his nose
bleed.
The senate discussed and adopted res.
olution introduced by Plumb calling on
the secretary of the treasury for informa-
ton about the payment for silver bullion
purchased under the new silver law, and
after passing number of bills on the
calendar, listened to eulogies over the late
Representative Laird, of Nebraska.
Among the bills passed were the follow.
ing: To revive the grade of lieutenant
general of the army; giving n pension of
S12 per month to disabled army nurses:
WASHINGTON CITY, Sept. 2O-The senate
yesterday discussed for while Plumb's
resolution to recommit the bankruptcy
bill with instructions to amend it by max
ing it to apply to voluntary bankruptcy
only, and then left the whole matter on
the calendar, where it will probably stay
until next session. A number of unob-
jected bills on the calendar were taken up
and passed before adjournment, among
them the bill to discontinue coinage of So
and 81 gold pices and Scent nickels. Voor-
hees introduced joint resolution order
ing the immediate purchase and coinage
of 100000 900 in silver. A short secret SEES
sion was held.
In the house the Democratic minor
ity, by filibustering tactics, refusing to
vote, but responding to roll-calls, prevent
ed final action up to the time of adjourn-
ment on the Langston-Ven Virginia
contested election case The business was
advanced, however, by counting quo
rum of non-voting members. The previ-
Gus question was ordered, motion tore
commit, and resolutions declaring Lang
ston no. elected and Venable elected were
defeated, the pending question being on
the majority resolution declaring Vena-
BILE not elected.
At its evening session the house post
poned until Wednesday next the bills
granting pensions to the widows of Gems.
Mcclellan, Fremont, and Crook. Seventy
two private pension bills were passed.