Huntsville gazette., 1890-05-03
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

In the Senate, on the 23d, nearly all the
session was taken up in the discussion OF
| of the Oklahoma Territorial bill VIII ich
was passed. A bill to create customs dis
| trict in the Territory of Arizona, was
passed The Senate bill for the appropria-
| tion of $4,000 for the erection Of a statue to
Major General Stark at Manchester, n H.,
failed of passage for want Of quorum. The
Land Forfeit.fe bill was taken up and be-
came the unfinished business. In the
House the day was occupied in discussing
| the Legislative, Executive and Judicial APP
preparation bill, the pending question being
on the motion to strike out the clause pro-
viding clerks for Senator'S.
IN the Senate, on the 24th, the bill appro-
| priatng $4,000 for an equestrian statue of
General John Starke, at Manchester, n. H.,
| was passed. The amendments to the House
bill to transfer the revenue-cutter service
| from the Treasury Department to the Navy
Department, reported from the committee
on naval affairs, wore agreed to. The Land
Forfeiture bill was taken up, and the amend.
ments proposed by the Senate committee on
public lands were acquiesced in..... In the
House in committee of the whole the Legis-
lative, Executive and Judicial Appropria-
tion bill was considered at length, and the
Civil-Service law was discussed.
In the Senate, on the 2oth, House joint
resolution appropriating sl5o,OO) to be used
"
destitute persons in the districts overf1owed
by the Mississippi river and its tributaries,
was passed, as were two or three other bills
of no general interest and the remainder of
the session was given up to eulogies Of the
late Representative Edward j. Gay of Lou
isana, out of respect to whose memory the
Senate then adjourned 49,. In the House the
Joint resolution to enable the ecretary of
War to distribute rations to destitute people
in the districts overfowed by the Mississippi
river and its tributaries was passed. The
House then went into committee of the
whole on the Legislative, Executive and
Judicial Appropriation bill. An evening
session was held at which thirty private
pension bills were passed.
In the Senate, on the 26th, the day was
devoted to the calendar, Senate bill to carry
ont, in part, an agreement with the Sioux
Indians of Dakota for the sale of portion
of their reservation, and appropriating ST.
100000 for the purpose, and House bill to pay
A. Ii. Worry, OF Connecticut, for use of gun
patents by the Government, amended by in
creasing the amount from $4,000 to $125, 900,
were passed. -. In the House, in the alb
sence of Mr.. Speaker Reed, Mr. Burrows, of
Michigan, acted as Speaker pro tenn, and
the session of the entire day, lasting up to
eleven O'Clock at night, was passed in the
effort to secure quorum.
In the Senate. on the 28th, a discussion of
the relative value of the jetty and outlet
systems to prevent damage from floods in
the Mississippi river occupied much time,
but shed very little light upon the subject.
After the conclusion of the morning busi-
ness the Land Forfeiture bill was taken up,
but went over without action. Senate bill
to incorporate the Sons of the American
Revolution was taken up, and was pending
when the Senate adjourned. In the
House, Saturday, May 10, was fixed upon as
the time for paying tribute to the memory
of the late David Wilber of New York. The
bill to allow Ogden, Utah, to increase its
Indebtedness was returned from the Presi-
dent without his approval. The Legislative,
Executive and Judicial Ap preparation bill
was passed without division.