The Russellville Democrat., 1890-01-16
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.
FlFTY-FIRsT CONGRESS.

| IN the Senate, on the 9th, numb bills | and resolutions were introduced. solu. | ton was greed to, directing the tag l CTS of National Soldiers Homes to Tel yrt on | the advisability of establishing hospital at | Hot Springs Ark, for disabled Union sol. l diers The bill increasing the pay of census l supervisors from $500 to Si 900 was passed, ns | was the bil increasing the pension of sol : diers and sailors totally helpless to S2 a month In the House, tho chief feat ure of the days business was the intro | duction of bills under the call of States. The chaplain invoked Divine protection for Mir. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, who is serious ly III, and the Speaker was authorized to ad- minister the oath of office to MT. Randall at his homo.
 IN the Senate, on the 7th, Mir. Faulkner in. reduced q bill to provide for the holding of the Worlds Fair in iss2 at Washington. After the introduction of few bills and res olutions, Mir. Morgan addressed the Senate on the bill for the emigration of colored peo- pie from the South. advocating their return to Africa and settlement in the Congo coun- try as a mutual benefit to the emgrant and the country. In the House, tho Speaker an nounced that in accordance with vested au- thority he had administered the oath of office to Representative Randall, of Pennsylvania, at the latter's Washington residence. Several bills and resolutions were introduced and referred, when Mir. McComas moved that the House go Into committee of the whole on the District of Columbia Appropriation bill, the committed to proceed under the rules of the last House. MT Breckinridgc (Ky.l raised the question of consideration, which the Speaker decided was out of order, and dis cussion of the Speakers ruling occupied the
 remainder of the session.
 IN the Senate, on the Sth, Mr. Voorhees, called up his resolution for the investigation Of the "Blocks. of Five" scandal, and pro | dad fp nat O 10 a length. MT. Edmunds offered a substitute for the resolution, and controverted tho ar guments of Mir. Voorhees,. At the close of the discussion, Mr. Edmunds' amendment was agreed to by party vote Of 3l to 2i, and after dsposng of some routine matters the Senate went into secret session....In the House the day was almost wholly devoted to cons ideration of the District of Columbia Ap- propriation bill, which was passed, and the
 House adjourned until the 10th.
 1S the senate, on the 9th, the Vice F resi-.
 dent presented a communication from the
 Attorney General in response to the Senate
 resolution, in which he stated that no in-
 structions, oral or written had been sent by
 the Department of Justice to District Attor
 ney Chambers, of Indiana, in reference to the arrest of wv Dudley, and that no com
 munication upon the subject had been re-
 ceived from District Attorney Chambers
 The communication was ordered printed
  ciary. A joint resolution was passed ap-
 propriating s25o000 for the removal of ob-
 struetious from the Missouri river be-
 tween St. Joseph, Mo., and its mouth. A resolution was adopted directing the com
 mi ttee on the District of Columbia to in- quire into tho expediency of purchasing the
 works and property of the Washington Gas
 Light Company, etc. After short executive session the Senate adjourned until the 18th.
 ~ The House was not in session on the 9th. TnE Senate was not in session on the l0th In the House the chaplain in his prayer made n feeling allusion to the death of the Father Of the House." and immediately after the reading of the journal, Mir. o'Neil (pa.) addressed the Chair in voice trem.
 bling with emotion, reciting tho fact of the
 death of Judge Kelley, his long and intimate friendship with the deceased, and his dis tingushed services to his district and and the country ut large for so many
 years Mir. O'Ncil offered a series of resoln-
 tions (which were adopted) expressive of the grief of the House over the sad event; {;
 Appointing the lith, at noon, as the time, and
 the House of Representatives as the place
 for holding an ppropriatc service in honor
 of the dcceased that a committee of the
 House and Senate be appointed to attend
 the funeral In Philadelphia and that the
 House adjourn as a further mark of respect
 to the memory of it's oldest member. The
 Hpnge then ut i1 IS n. auiOnrnpu.