Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-03-29
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
First Session.

Il
First Session.
WASHINGTON March 10 SENATE A num-
Der Of petitions were Tresonied. Mr.. voorhees,
delivered a speech on the resolution which ne
introduced on Monday. The fun text OF the
resolution reads as follows: BE 1t resolved,
That II is the duty OF Congress In the present
crisis TO lay aside oil discussion ard consldera-
tion oimerc party issues and 10 give prompt and
immediate attention 10 the preparation and
adoption OF such measures as arc required for
the relief ot TIE farmers ard others oyeriaxcd
and underpad ahorers Of the United States,
Tho Blair bill was taken up Pierce, OF Dakota;
Evarts and Call speaking. Mr.. Bate got the
floor. Al 5p. m. the Senate adjourned.
HoCsE-Mr. Gambler presented the report oil
the special committee on the Words Far
The report iayors Chicago rs the place and
April 70, lS9. as The timo OF orenng. The re-
port recommends an appropf.a ion OF $l,.OjOO
The contested election case OF Mudd VS.. Comp
ion, from the fitlh Maryland District, was con-
sidered until 40 p. m, when the House ad'
journcd.
WAsHISGToN March 20 Protests
were presented against the meat inspec ion
bill Senator Teller reported favorab'y bills
setting apart $50 acres OF land for a public park
at Pagosa Springs and 300 acres near Del
Nortc, Col, for public parks, the latter 10 be
known as Royal Arch Park. The Senate took
a vote on The third Tead-n -n5 and engrossment oil
he Blair Educational oil When the vote was
concluded and it was kaown that 1t had result
cd against the bill Mr. Blair changed his vote
from yea to nay, so as TO make motion 10 re-
consider. The result was then announced as
years 81 nays 81 Mr. Blair made motion to
ipr ~ a m entered.
and aft r an executive session the Senate ad-
iourncd.
HOUSE The Senate and House Committees
on Immigration met in !oiat session this morn
ing and heard protests against the passage OF
ny laws restricting foreign immigration Rep
rcsentatiee Wickham has introduced petition,
signed BY Huntington Brown and sixty four
other citizens Of Richland County praying for
the erection OF n monument to mark th1 burial
place ofthose who were killed in the battle OF
Lake Erie in 1913 Two public building bills
we're passed. Mr. Henderson, OF Iowa, pre-.
scnted a resolution Of the General Assembly OF
Iowa, urging legislation against the adultcra'
tion of lard Referred. The Mudd Compton
| contested election case was voted on. The rcs-
olutioa declaring Mudd elected was adopted
| yeas 1j9, nays rs Mudd was sworn in The
| pension appropriation bill was taken up, and at
| o'f0 y H. lut lOuSc dIgDlGUt J..
| WAsHINGToS, March 2l-SENATE- Numcr
Gus petitions and memorials were presented for
| law agairs the employment Of aliens on Gov
| crnmcEt work; sCmc for tho free and unlimited
| coinage OF silver; one from Nebraska against
| the extension of time for the payment OF the
! Pacific raj road debts to the Government, and
| from California for the removal Of duty on jute
and jutc hagg nc, Mr., Plumb from the Com.
init ,-t.,t nd hoc
| House Joint resolution authorizing the appoint
ment OF thirty medical examiners for the Bu'
rcau Of Pensions, and gave notice that he would
! ask the Senate 10 consider it tomorrow. The
! Sherman antitrust bill was considered until
| p. IN. After a short executive session, the Sen
! ate adjourned
| HtUSE.-Imm odiateIy after the reading Of
the journal, the House went into committee o
the whoe Mr.. Burrows, Of Michigan, in the
chGir) on the Pensioa Appropriation bill. The
measure was discu sed by NJ ssrs Chead.t
| (Ind.l Morrow lCalD, Breckenridge (kyJ
Bynum Ild) Buchanan N. -, McCutcheon
(MichJ, SpiEola ~ ", Enloe trcnn.), Allel
;. tMiss.j Grosyencr CO), Tarnsey CMo), aut
| others The committee rose and the bill wa
passed. The bill expends about s9N,jg000
The bill for the retirement OF General Fremont
with the rank Of Major General, was passed
a bill was passed aTpr0priltng S!5, 600 to ena
bic the Secretary Of War to purchase twenty
five hundred tents for the use OF the people
driven from Their homes by the floods now pre-
vlilng in Arkan as, Mississippi and Louis
lana. At lis evening session the House passe'
fifteen private pension bills, and at 0:3J ad
iourncd until tomorrow.
WAsnlHGToS. March 2,-SENATE, The cal
endar was taken up. A bill to appropriate
/ Iuil nj
caused considerable discussion, but was lna!l!
passed. Mr. Blair introduced another cduca
tional li!l. Fifty bills We're passed, most o
them pension measures. AT i:3J p. III, the Sen
ate adjourned
House Representative Breckiuridse 0
Kentucky introduced an act entitled: "T
lroyile for the industrial dcycomcnt OF TN
United States and to reduce the rcycnGc" Mr.
Breckenridge also introduced q bill TO regulate
the pay OF minors enlisted In the army. 1t pro
vides that minors under twenty years Of ag
enlisted in the army shall receive as pay propc
besides the contingent additions allowed al
non.commis ssioned officers and soldiers so pc
month as first grade apprentices 81 per monH
as second grade apprentices. sla per month u
tird grade apprentices, Sl3 per month as fourt
grade apprentices, and their number and grade
shall be determined under such regulations q
the Secretary OF War shall establish, Aftc
unimportant legislation, including the passag
of two public building bills, eulogics were dc
liyered on the late L. J. Gay, OF Louisiana.
WAsnINGTOY, March eL-SENATE. --ScvcrN
petitions against the ratification Of the extra
diton treaty with Russia having been pro
scned from Massachusetts and Missouri, Nj
IIoar said that he would once more raise III
question as to their presentation in open Sc,
Ft.-r =, 1gzn r,.,s NJ .ts1
drew his objections for the present Report
in favor Of the Republican Senators from Nor
tana were made. The Sherman bill 10 decar
trusts unlawful was discussed. After shor
executive session the Senate adjourned.
HoUSE,-'rhe Worlds Fair bill was made n
special order for tomorrow. Mr. Tenderso
tIa1, from the Committee on Appropriation.
reported back the urgent deficiency bill wit
Senate amendments thereto, with the recon
mcndation that certain Of those mondmCRts /
concurre1 in and certain non.conCurrcd in Nj
Henderson stated that the aggregate amour
carried by the Senate amendments was $3.50 OO
The amendments in which the commtte
recommended concurrence carried only $37, co
The amount appropriated by the bill was s2i
7lO)0 of which s2.Si400o was for the boncf
OF the old soldiers of the country, The recon
mondations of the committee were agreed /,
and a conference was ordered.
wAsuISGToS March 25, SENATE Anon
the bills introduced and referred was one hy NJ
Farwell, 10 give pension OF 81 O(0 year to N
widow OF General Crook. Also Joint rcsol,
ton by Mir George, to amend the constitutio
so as TO empower Congress TO make all law
that are neccssary and proper to suppress con
binations in restraint of trade or production
and TO prevent traISactions that create q m,
nopoly or increase or depress the prices Of con
moditics that are or may become subjects ,
commerce among tho States or with foreign nj
tons A bill was passed providing for u
employment of a special agent for Alaska, III
der the Treasury Department TO gather fu
information concerning the fur seal interest
The antitrust bill was considered until g. 10
m when the Senate adjourned
HOUSE The House adopted the Worlds Fa
bill, with an amendment postponing II uni
ls9S-yeas :0!, nays i7. An effort to take up u
Wyoming bill failed, and at 5i5 D. m a
journod
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