Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-04-17
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.
FlFTY.FlRST CONGRESS.

IN the Senate, on the 18th, the House
amendment to the joint resolution for the
removal of the naval magazine from Ellis
Island, y. Y, was concurred in. The Mon
tana election case was then taken up and
speeches in favor of both the majority and
minority reports were made, and the matter
was still pending when the Senate went into
executive session. In the House a mo-
ton to suspend the rules and pass the Sen
ate bill granting pensions to soldiers and
sailors who are incapacitated for the per-
formance OF labor, and providing for pen
sions to widows and minor children and
dependent parents, was lost A number of
public building and other bills were passed.
IN the Senate, the Sth, House bill to ad-
init duty free articles from South American
Republics and from Canada, intended for
the st. Louis Exposition, was passed The
Senate then resumed consideration of the
Montana contested election case, which
went over and the AntiTi ust bill was taken
up, which, after several proposed amend
ments had been voted down, was passed
exactly as it came from the committee.
In the House the bill to prevent the enlist
ment of aliens in the naval service of the
United States was amended and passed
The vote defeating the bill making an ap-
preparation to supply the deficiency caused
by the Silcott defalcation was reconsidered
and the bill was passed. The House then
went into committee of the whole on the
Naval Appropriation bill
IN the senate, on the Sth, the House bill
apprOprlating $4,000 to supply the def :
cheney occasioned by the defalcation in the
office OF the late Sergeant at Arms of the
House was passed. The Montana contested
election case was further considered, after
which the Chinese Enumeration bill was
discussed In the House the Senate
amendment to the House bill providing for
town-site entries of land in Oklahoma was
non concurred in, and the House went into
committee of the whole on the Naval APP
preparation bill.
IN the Senate, on the 10th, the Montana
election cases were taken up and further
considered, but at the hour of adjournment
had not yet been disposed of 80 In the
House, the Chaplain in his opening prayer
referred feelingly to the illness of Repre- =
sentative Randall The House went into
committee of the whole the Naval APP
preparation bill, and as the result of a long
debate the paragraph providing for three
battle ships was stricken OUTS to .0-the
provision for an anchored cruiser being left
in the bill Several other amendments were
offered and rejected, and the bill was finally
ordered reported fayorably to the House,
but the House without action adjourned.
IN the Senate, on the 18th, after the trans
action of routine business, consideration of
the Montana election case was resumed and
Mr.. EvartS spoke in favor of the Republican
claimants, followed by Messrs- Gray and
George, for the opposition. The House bill
for the Worlds Fair at Chicago was report
cd from the quadri- centennial committee,
and the Senate went into executive SeS-
sion. In the House the contested cleo
ton case of Waddell against Wise, from the
Richmond (Na.) district was taken up, and
led to discussion of the race question,
which occupied the time until the House
took a recess to 40 r. m, the night session
to be for the nsideratiou of private pen
sion bills. at which, however, no business
was done.