The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-20
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
F,rY.FlRsT CONGRESS

IN the Senate, on the 9Th, number of ne.
eitions were presented and referred; and
further routine business having been Il ans
acted the Silver bill was taken up and dis
eussed. The House Silver bill was laid be-
fore the Senate and ordered printed and
laid on the table. Mr.. Vest called up the
bill "To Prevent Monopoly in the Trans
portation of Cattle to Foreign Countries
which was pending when the Senate ad-
tourned. In the House the title of the
Silver bill passed on the Tth was amended
so as to read Directing the Purchase OF
Silver Bullion and the Issue of Treasury
Notes Thereon, and for Other Purposes y
Business relating to the District of Colum
bia was then taken up, and several bills
were passed.
IN the Senate. the 10th, the Senate Sill
yer bill was taken up and discussed at
length, but finally went over. The Hous e
Silver bill was referred to the committee on
finance. Quite number of private and un :
important bills were passed. -. In the House
the Senate bill amending the Internal Rev
cnue laws was passed. Senate bill chang
ing the present system of drawbacks on ex-
ported beer and fermented liquors, and
several minor bills were passed, and the
House went into committee of the whole on
the Post-Office Appropriation bill which
was subsequently passed.
In the Senate, on the Ilth, Mr.. Morrill,,
from the committee on finance, reported
0ack 1aVOTaDly ana Win SunQry amend
ments the House Silver bill, and gave notice
that he would offer it as substitute for the
Senate bill. The Senate Silver bill was then
taken up, but went over without action.
number of bills were taken from the calen-
dar and passed. In the House the confer
ence report sn the Senate Dependent Pen
sion bill was presented, with the dependent
feature of the Senate bill and the service
feature of the House bill stricken out, and
the report was agreed to-I4S to S. The
conference report on the Antitrust bill was
presented and vent over.
IN the Senate, on the 18th, the Dependent
Pension bill was reported from conference
and ordered printed. The Silver bill was
then taken up, and Messrs. Evarts, Vance
and Morgan spoke in favor of it,. In the
House the conference report on the Anti
Trust bill was reported, and a further con-
ference, with instructions to the House con-
ferees to recede from the House amend
ment, was ordered. The conference report
on the Military bill was agreed to. The Ur-
gent Deficiency bill, appropriating 81, ,7Os, ,sos
for the payment of pensions and $3,O75, 600
for expenses of the eleventh census, was
passed. The conference report on the PEN
sion Appropriation bill was approved and a
further conference was ordered. The Agri.
cultural Appropriation bill was passed.
IL the Senate, on the 18th, after prelimf-
nary business, the Silver bill was taken up,
and was still under discussion at three
o'clock, when, under the agreement, gen
eral debate should have closed, but by
unanimous consent it was agreed that the
Senate Silver bill should be laid the
table, the House bill substituted for it and
general debate extended to three O'Clock on
the 18th, the 14th to be devoted to bills on
tho calendar, and the discussion was con-
tinued until adjournment. -. In the House
ths Sundry Civil Approprion bill was taken
up in committee of the whole and was still
pending when the committee rose for ad-
journment. A night session, unproductive
of results was held