The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-22
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
FIFTY-FIRsT CONGRESS.


In the Senate. on the Ilth, consideration
OF the Tariff bill was continued, the discus.
sion turning on the question OF time wasted
on Individual items. Several proposed
amepdments to tho metal schedule were
voted down just before adjournment Mr.
Edmunds offered a resolution which wen
over. 10 put the fiVe minute rule into effect
on the discussion OF Individual Items In ths
bill. ia the House. after some 1IIbuster.
Ing over the approval OF the journal, a fur
ther conference on some disputed amend.
monts to the sundry Civil Appropriation
bill was ordered. The Atkinson bilL, reRu-
iating steam railroads In tho District OF
Columbia, was taken mp but nnal action on
at was prevented by dilatory motlonAr
In tho Senate, on the 18th, House bill 60
extend the census laws so as TO obtain In .
formation from unincorporated express
companies. was passed. Mr.. Edmunds again
offered his order to limit debate on the
Tariff bill. aud Me-. Blair offered a resolution
90 permit the previous question 60 De or
dered after two hours debate. Both were
laid on the table. The rest OF the day was
devoted to the discussion OF the tin plato
paragraph in the Tariff bill . In the House
a concurrent resolution extending current
appropriations to August 20 was passed A
motion to reconsider the vote by which the
bill to prevent collisions at sea was passed
was agreed to, and the bill was
amended slightly and again passed
During the vote n call of the ITouse
was ordered, and Mr.. Choadle offered
resolution TO call absent mem bers, which
was debated and finally laid on tho table.
The Senate bill requiring vessels In eoIIIs-
Ion at sea to stand by each other (with
,amendments) was passed; as were several
other bills of minor Importance.
IN the senate, on the 18Th, the House
amendments to thu Marine Conference bill
were agreed to. Resolutions relating to the
order OF business and limit OF debate wore
referred to the committee on rules, with an
amendment to include the Election bill.
The Joint resolution to extend current ap-
preparations to August %, was passed. Con-
sidsration of tho Tariff bill was resumed.
The conference report on the Indian Ap-
preparation bill was agreed to, and the bill
60 increase tho clerical force in the Pension
Ofiice was passed In tho House a bill
authorizing the bridging of the Missouri
river at St. Charles, Mo, was passed, and
the conference report on the Fortifications
bill was agreed TO. Further business was
prevented by want of a quorum
IN the Senate, on the 18th, the House bill
90 rRtify n boundary limo agreement be-
Senate joint resolution to relieve Oklahoma
sufferers were passed. The Tariff bill was
taken up, and the tin plate paragraph dis
cussed- Mr.. Vests Amendments to reduce
the rate one cent a pound was rejected-26
30 S0-Messrs Davis and Plumb voting in
the affirmative. Dir. Plumb offered an
amendment to reduce the rate to one cent
and to pay n bounty OF one cent a pound to
manufacturers in the United States. This
amendment was pending when the Senate
adjourned. ....-.In the House the day was
spent In discussing the Nat Mckay Relief
bill. but on vote on a motion to recommIt,
no quorum could be had.
IN the Senate, on the 18th. the Tariff bill
was laid aside and the River and HarboI
bill waGtak en- up. The committee amend
mentS were gone over and agreed to. and
the bill having been read through, the item
of So 900 for the Improvement OF the Mssis-
sippI river at Des Molnes tIa.) Rapids, that
had been enormously stricken out, WAS re-
stored ......In the House. the conferences
report on the Indian Appropriation bill was
agreed to. The Mckay-Rcllef bill was con-
sidcred and a vote ON its passage disclosed
the absence of a quorum Filibustering oc-
cupIed the remainder OF the afternoon. An
evening session was held at which l36 pri-
Vate pension bills were passed.