The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-10-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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CONGRESS.

! WHEY the Senate met on the ed bills on
| the calendar unobiected to were taken up
| and passed. senator Blairs resolution TO
! amend the Constitution in relation to the
/ manufacture, expectation, importation ana
| sale of Quors was reached but not voteo
! upon. After some time spent IN Committee
| Of the Whole the Senate went into execu-
| tive session and soon adjourned. The
House vainly attempted to secure quorum
to dispose OF the Langston- Venable contest
ed election case, and adjourned.
IN the Senate on the 23d Mr.. Hale intro
duced a joint resolution, which was re-
ferred, for the erection in the District OF
Columbia of memorial building which
shall be a suitable monument to the memory
of T. S. Grant, and which is to contain q
military museum. few unimportant bills
were passed, and after an executive session
the Sen ate adjourned. The House finally Sc
cured a quorum of publican members INA
decided two election cases, unseating VEN
able, from Virginia, and seating Langston
(colored), and unseating Elliott. OF South
Carolina and seating Miller (colored). The
contestants were sworn in and then the
House went into Committee of the Whole,
and soon adjourned.
AFTER disposing OF routine business the
Senate on the Path considered bills on the
calendar uno, jected to- Tn. conference re-
port on the Ht use bill to increase the num-
Der OF the board OF managers OF the
National Military Home Of Volunteer
Soldiers was agreed to- The Senate
bill to define and regulate the jurisdiction
of the courts of the United States was
passed. 1t establishes a Circuit Court OF
Appeals. The bill to establish q United
States Land Court was discussed until ad.
journ ment.. In the House Mr. Hit (Iil.) re-
ported a resolution calling on the President
for information as to the killing Of General
Raj nrdi
by Guatemalan authorities, which was
adopted. The resolution expunging from
the Record the late speech Of Mr.. kennedy
co., which criiicised the Senate severely,
was debated at length and finally passed
by $50 yeas to IS nays. The Senate bills
granting 5000 year pension to the widows
OF Generals Fremont, Mcclellan and Crook
passed The remainder CT the session was
spent in COmmi tee OF the Whole.
IN the Senate on the 25th a conference was
ordered on the Deficiency bill, and Mr.
Plumb reported a joint resolution authoriz-
ing an extension OF one year OF the time for
payment for land on presumption or home
stead where crops had failed. The House
bill to prevent the product of convict labor
from being used for any department was
passed. Anumber of local bills passed, and
pending consideration of the Land Court
bill the Senate adjourned. In the House
the conference report on the Land Forfeit
ure bill was adopted. MIR. Enloe (Tenn.),
on a question of privilege, offered
q resolution for the Investigation of a
charge that the postmaster of the House
was specializing upon his office. which was
amended to extend to the postmaster of the
last House and adopted. Several conference
reports ere adopted. The bill! defining the
duty OF the sergeant alarms was passed.
The bill is the outgrowth of tn silcott de-
falo alton. bill passed appropriating ST.
0o0,0J0 for the purchase of ore for the manu-
facture of nickel steel armor for the navy,
and the House adjourned.
AFTER disposing of minor business On the
26h the Senate took up the calendar and
passed a number of local bills, among them
q bill to authorize the construction of "a
bridge acrOs the NJ ssouri RIVER within one
mile above Wyandotte. Kan. The House bill
to amend the Alien Contract Labor law was
discussed and several amendments agreed,
bus no final action reached bill to au-
thorize the construction of a b idge across
the Missouri river in Boone County, No.,
passed and the Senate adjourned. la the
House Mr.. Euioe t1enn.), upon question of
offered a resolution making other
charges of speculatin. upon his Office ,.y
the postmaster OF the House and asking
for an invest cation, which led to a tilt be-
tween Mr.. Enloe and the Speaker, in which
MI Blount (Ga.) took part. The resolution
was fina ly adopted. number of local bills
passed, among them one for the sale of the
New York Indian lands in Kansas. At this
point Mr.. Mckinley entered with the con-
ference report on the Tariff bill and pend
ing its reading the House to k a recess, be-
fore which Mr.. Mckinley offered a resolu-
ton fer adjournment Tuesday. An evening
session was held for considering pension
bills.