The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-27
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF,
FlFTY.FIRST CONGRESS

IN the Senate, on the 10th, the Deficiency
Appropriation bills for pensions and Gems us
were reported and passed. The House Sill
yer bill was TAX en- up, and after a long debate
on the bill, the Senators discussed at some
length the question of fixing the time for
taking a vote on the measure, but adjourned
without arriving at any conclusion. In the
House the conference report on the bill for
a public building at Beaver Falls, fixing the
limit of cost at $50 900, was agreed to, and
the House went into committee of the whole
on the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, con-
sideration of which occupied the remainder
of the day.
IN the Senate, on the Eth, debate on the
Silver bill was closed, and the bill was
passed by large majority. The Senate also
passed House bill constituting Irondequoit
bay, N. Y, a navigable water of the United
States, and House bill to amend the act for
the erection of an appraisers warehouse in
New York, and agreed to the conference re-
port on the Senate bill for public building
at Salina, Kas., the limit of cost to be S7S,-
o00. In the House the conference report
on the bill for the erection of a public
building at Alexandria, La, was agreed to :,
and Senate bill for the relief of the Michigan
Military Academy was passed The House
then went into committee of the whole on
the Suudry Civil Appropriation bill, which
was passed, and 1.-THE Indian Appropr alton
bill was taken up.
In the Senate, on the 18th, the Tarin bill
was reported with the statement that It was
not expected to be called up before the
soth. The River and Harbor bill was pro
sented with a written report on each item.
The conference report on the Antitrust
bill was presented and agreed to- The Leg
islative, Executive and Judicial bill was
then taken up, and seventy pages of it were
disposed off,. In the House, after spend
ing the day in committee of the whole on
the Indian Appropriation biIl the commit.
tee rose and the bill was passed,
IN the Senate, on the 18th, after routine
business the Legislative, Executive and Ju-
dicial Appropriations bill was taken up, and
during its consideration many omissions
and defects were found and corrected. At
four o'clock the bill was laid aside an d the
message of the President vetoing the bill to
change the boundaries of the Uncomphagre
Indian Reservation was presented, read and
referred to the committee on Indian affairs.
The remainder OF the session was given up
to eulogies of the late Representatives Nut
ting and Wilber... In the House the
ton of the Speaker In ordering the Senate
Silver bill referred to the committee on
coinage, weights and measures was antag-
onized by resolution offered by Mr. Mills,
which, after a hard fought battle lasting all
day, was passed by vote of 121 to III, sew
eral Republicans voting with the u mo-
Crats.
In the Senate, on the 2oth. the Post Office
and the Diplomatic and Consular Appro-
priation bills were reported. Consideration
of the Legislative, Executive and Judicial
Appropriations bill was resumed, and after
q discussion of various amendments, lasting
all day, the bin was passed. -. In the House
the fight over the reference by the Speaker
of the Senate Silver bill to the committee
on coinage, weights and measures was re-
Bumed on q motion for the approval OF the
journal, which was finally ordered. A mo-
tion by Mr.. Bland to proceed to the consid
Grafton of the Silver bill was declared out
of order by the Speaker, which ruling was,
on appeal, over ruled, and the House, at five
O'Clock, took a recess until s p. m There
was no quorum present at the evening ses-
sion, and no business was DONE