Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-09-11
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THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
FiFTY-FiRST CONGRESS-

IN the senate. on the ist Mr. uo.r,,,
blsif asked that labor bill. b. con .Ii-r.,t
appropriate 10 the Hay Labor nv h,....s
lection vas made. The Tariff htil ~.
enssed aud th. wooden and .Ilk .ch.st,-t--
ssteeu 70 substantially a. reported fro,,, ~.
' a1..''ee I'm In the House. under
suspension OF the rules, the bHi provi.ff,x
.S ~ i 1o'etn mont inspection OF coal mines in
the Territories. Senate bill exten,iip., -,
insl Jurisdiction of Federal court. !, ~.
great lakes: Senate btu IexaiIxiav h...t-.
across the Missouri rivcr at t..xfr,,,,. J.
Dill to ratify agreements With the So -,
Fox and Iowa 1ndian. in Oklahom, 80 !.
substitute for the Senate bin xran,I,. -,
OF way to the Hutchinson A south-r, -
road through the Indian Terrltorv ~.r.
passed
IN ths senate. on the ~, the sugar .~h.a
vie OF the fsrif bill being uassr tiseu.,,,,
NssHe gave notice early in the dav
that ne would propose an smen,tu,n, :,
strike out the entire .nxar l,y,t~ -.
graph Mr.. Hale brought up MS r-eip-,r,,.
amendment introduced last June ami mad,
iohx speech In support oft. The discus.
sion, mainly on reciprOcity lated through
the entire day and was continued throns,h
an evening session lasting until ten ofriors
---.in the House the Brecxinridre. Cj,v-
ton eontessed election case from Arkaa.a.
NFs tah httsE uTtrt sf1temarrs he
asssrs Cooper and Wilson. the cas-. -.
Laid asid. and Mr.. Cannon mad. I. 80
nent OF tbs probable surplus After All a.
preparations ars made for the nScal xr,r
is9l- He estimated a net surplus of 81 "a .
10. Mr.. ssycrs. for tn. Democrat. sl.o 80
mittsd an estimate in which no protBr.t
nsurss which he claimed would show . n.,
deneisncJ of sIi. 500 Ooo for 1891
IN the Senate. on tho 81, a resolution os
fered by Mr.. Call declaring the sIavtnr Of
General Barrundia an insult 20 th- Amer
ican nag was referred To committee. The
Tariff bill was taken up and the Sugar
schedule discussed. Extended .peeehe, on
the general subject Of protection were
made by Messrs. Evarts. voorhees, and
Gray An evening session was held de-
voted to speeches on the bill In the
House the bill TO regulate the granting Of
leases at Ho. Springs. Ark. and the bin for a
bridge across the Savannah river BY the
Georgia q Atlantic road were passed The
Clayton Breekinridxs case was taken IN and
discussed with some acrimony but without
action. adjournment being delayed until q
late hour.
In the Senate. on the 9TH. con si,Ierstlon O,
the Tariff bill v5s continued under the
Eve minute rule. The amendment Of Mr.
Davis to put binding tvine on the fre. list
wss agreed tn. "a To "a The senate dis
posed Of all the paragraph in the dutiabIe
llst except sugar In th- House. Mr.
Cummings. rising To a personal explanation
In connection with Mr. Csnnon's famau.
-blaekiiss" resolution. made a long speech
In criticism OF the Speaker and the ruia.
The Clarion nr=rk laTtts- el-cslu- e2s~ 80
debated further without acfiaa The iIouse
passed Senate bin 20 suth horixe the survey
Of th- seventh standard parallel between
North and south Dakota
IN the senate. on the sth. confederation ot
the Tariff bill under the i've minute rule
vas continued The free LIST vas con
sidercd. aad Mr.. Davis Amendment TO make
binding tSin~ free was agreed To-. Mica was
restored to the dusiable list The considrra-
ton OF the free list concluded before
sdiaurnment.----.Ia In the House the Ciaytoa-
Ereck lnridso election ease vas takea up.
and Mr.. Breckinridge made a speech in hi.
own behalf Mr. DaIxeli. of Pennsylvania.
closed the debate for the committee. and
after a motion 20 recommit had been de-
featet and the minority report rejected the
COMMITTEES report fHRsestins Mr. Breekin-
ridg-l Vas adopted The evening session
Of the House was devoted to the eon.id-ra-
lion OF urty ate peaSlnn bills