The Brookhaven leader., 1890-02-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
CONGRESS.

| CONGRESS.
| PETITION was presented In the Senate on
| the 10th from the Indianapolis Board of
| Trade favoring the repeal of the Inter. State
Commerce law. Bills we're reported and
| placed on the calendar for various public
| buildings, the aggregate appropriations for
| which amount to over S2O00,O00. The Okla
homa bill was then taken up. Mr.. Plumb
| offered an amendment bringing No. Mans.
Land under the Jurisdiction of the proposed
Territory. Pending debate on the amend
| mcnt the bill was laid aside, and Senator
Blair resumed his remarks on the Educa-
| tional bill. Several bills local in their char
acter, passed and the Senate adjourned. ...
| The House agreed to the conference report
on the bill to remove snags from the Mis-
| souri, river, Ut approprlates So, ,OOO), and the
Committee on Rules reported. The rules
| were discussed until adjournment.
AFTER the introduction of bills on the 11th
| the Senate resumed cons sideration of the
| Oklahoma bill, the pending question being
| Mr.. Plumb's amendment, extending jurisdic
tion over No Mans Land. long debate
| followed, but no final vote was!reached Mr..
Hoar introduced a Congressional Election
| bill The Senate bill appropriating 100000
| for public building at Beatrice, Neb
| passed, and the Educational bill was debated
until adjournment....In the House the
journal was approved by the Speaker "see.
| ing" a quorum, and the new rules were
| again discussed. After a lengthy debate the
| demand of Mr.. Cannon Ull.) for the previous
question was refused and Mr.. Sprnger's
motion that final vote be taken Friday was
carried and the House adjourned.
WHEN the Senate met on the 18th the joint
resolution congratulating Brazil upon the
establishing of Republic was taken up and
| passed unanimously. resolution request
| ing the President to invite the King of the
Hawaiian Islands to select delegates to the
| Pan American congress also passed. After
n m a. al ha ia
THE House continued the debate on the
| new rules, no other business being in order
| until the rules are disposed of.
THE Senate on the 18th resumed considera-
| tion of the Oklahoma bill. After lengthy
| debate Mr.. Plumb's Amendment including
| No Mans Land within the Jurisdiction of the
| new Territory was finally adopted by a vote
| of 27 to 16. An amendment by Senator Plumb
| to attach the Cherokee Outlet to the new
| Territory for judicial purposes was rejected.
An amendment prohibiting the issuing of
| bonds to railroads was adopted and the bill
passed as amended. The House unani-
mously passed the Senate joint resolution
cOngratulating the people of the United
| States of Brazil upon the adoption of re-
| publican form of government. The rules
were then debated until adjournment.
AT the expiration of the morning hour
the Senate on the 18th proceeded to the
consideration of bills on the calendar
and passed sixty bills. Among the bills
passed was that for the relief of
| soldiers and sailors who enlisted un-
der assumed names, and the bill to prevent
the Introduction of contagious diseases from
one State to another Most of the bills
passed were local in their nature. After an
executive session the Senate adjourned.....
| The House continued the debate on the new
rules and at five o'clock the question was
ordered and the rules adopted by a strict
party vote, l6l to l45, and the House ad-
iournpl.