Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-06-26
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.
FlFTY.FlRsT CONGRESS

Is the Senate, on the 18th, the Deficiency
Appropriation bills for pensions and census
were reported and passed. The House Sill
yer bill was taken up, and after long debate
on the bill, the Senators discussed at some
length the question of fixing the time for
taking vote on the measure, but adjourned
without arriving at any conclusion. In the
House the conference report on the oill Tor
a public building at Beaver Falls, fixing the
limit of cost at $50, 600, was agreed TO, ana
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 18th, debate on the
Silver bill was closed, and the bill was
passed by large ma jOrity. The Senate also
passed House bill constituting 1rondeQuoit
bay, y. y, a navigable water of the United
States, and blouse 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, Has, the limit of cost to be S75,-
900. In the House the conference report
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 sthe Indian Appropriate
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
50th- The River and Harbor bill was pre-
scented with written report on each lite m.
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 Of. In the House, after spend =
ing the day in committee of the whole on
the Indian Appropriation bill. the commit
tee rose and the bill was passed.
IN the Senate, on the 18th, after routine
business the Legisla Executive and Jul
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 and 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 WILDER. In the Hsuse the ac-
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 a vote of 121 to III, sew
eral Republicans voting with the u mo-
Gratis.
In the Senate, on the 20th, the Post-office
and the Diplomatic and Consular Appro-
pfiatlOn DiilS were reported CONSIDERATION
of the Legislative, Executive and Judicial
Apprsprat ions bill was resumed, and after
a discussion of various amen dments, lasting
all day, the bill was passed. go. 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-
sumed on a 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 recess until p. IN. There
was no quorum present at the evening ses.
sion, and no business was done.