The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-23
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events
FIFTy-FlRsT coNGREs

IN the Senate, on the 18th, number or pc titions were presented and referred, among them one praying for female representation on the board of managers of the Exposition of 1892 A bill was passed authorizing q rail- road bridge across the Missouri river be- tween the county of Douglass or sarpy, Nebraska. and the county of Pattawa tonic in Iowa Mfr. Plumb addressed the Senate on his resolution heretofore offered repecting the lease of the islands of St. Paul and St George to the Alaska Com meroial Company In the House majority and two minority reports on the Sileott de falcafion were submitted, all of which were ordered printed and recommitted. At the close of the call of States. tho House went Into committee of the whole for the consid- eration of the bill to provide for town site entry of lands in Oklahoma
 IN the senate, on the I4th, a number of bills were reported from committees and placed on the calendar. The Senate thcn proceeded with the consideration of tho resolution, previously offered by Mir Call, in relation to the claims of Florida under the swamp-land grant. which occupied the time until four o'clock when the S euatc went into executive session. In the House, after a number Of bills had been introduced and re. ferrcd, an effort was made by Mir. Perkins (kas.l to have the House go into committed of the whole on the Oklahoma Town-Site Entry bill. This was defeated, and the TO-
  to reimburse members, was taken up.
 IN the Senate, on the 18th, after routine business. Mir. Morgan's resolution recogniz- ing the United states of Brazil as a free, in dependent and sovereign state was taken up. and Mfr. Turpie addressed the Senate in it's support The resolution went over without action, and after passing number of Senate bills, among them one relating to homestead entries In the Indian Territory, the Senate went into secret session and soon after ad. journed. In the House consideration of the reports of the silcott committee was TO. sumcd, and the report of the majority, ap- pTopriatuig $75,0)o to reimburse members for their lost salaries, and the IIemphiii substi- tute, permitting members to sue in the Court of Claims were voted on and defeated,
 IN the Senate, on the 18th, after the dis patch of routine business, the bill introduced by sfr Butler to provide for the emigration of persons of color from the Southern States was taken mp. and Mir. Butler delivered a long speech in favor of it's adoption, being followed by Messrs. IIoar and Blair in oppo- sition to the measure. The bill went over without action. In the House the day WAS taken up by an extended and general discus- sion of the minority report of the committee on rules, instructing the committee on for eign affairs to report to the House method of selecting the locality of the Worlds Fair, which, upon vote, was declared defeated, but on recount was agreed to: Yeas lsT; nays, l5i. Tine majority resolution as amend cd was then rejected Yeas. 1s3; nays. iS8.
 TIE Senate was not in session on the I5tE. .... In the House the motion to reconsider tac vote by which the House had refused to substitute the resolution reported by the committee on rules Gas amended by the adoption of the Cannon resoluion) for the original resolution referred to the commit tee was agreed to. The question then re- cured on the original motion, that a select committee of nine be appointed to be called "the Worlds Fair committee" which was adopted. sir Flower then introduced the New York Worlds Fair bill, and it was re- fcrred to the special committee when ap- pointed. The House then went into com mittee of the whole on tho Oklahoma Town Ci1e Entry hill