The Forrest City times., 1890-05-31
WASHINGTON.

me otu post 0ttice nt St Iouis ls to be
 repaired by the department The Senate discussed and passed the naval appropriation bill Three good army positions are soon fo be
 given out by tho President In the House of Representatives District of Columbia matters were considered FIX Speaker Carlisle took the oath as Sen ator and was warmly congratulated The army canieens established al various posts are n complete success from every standpoint The movement in Congress to supply
 clerks to senators aud rerrs septatives Is growing in favor Congressmaa Mansur has puhli ,hed d | communication ou the sublect Of foreign discounts on manufactured articles ln the House, the river and harbof bill has been under consideration Congressman Morrill, of Kansas will no,
 be a candidate for re election.
 kemmlcr's case may come before the United States Supreme Court again. Announcement of the Republican con,
 gressional campaign committee has been made. The anti trust bin conference report has fallen through and more discussion or ihc matter will be had First Assistant Postmaster General clarkson is trying to buy ,he Chicago
 Times to make Republican paper of 1t Tue executive board of the Interstate
 Mississippi Improvement and Levec As sociation is hard at work at the national capital
 
 The Senate listened 10 speech by
 Senator Stanford on his farm mortgage bill.
 Congressman Butterworth and Coleman have explained their tarin bill votes kemmler's plea for writ of error was deuied by the United States Supreme Court Hon, q. R Brecknridgc's seat Is likely
 to be declared vacant by the Republican
 majority. Senator Plumb introduced resolution calling for the tabulation and comparison ef all proposed tariff charges Mir Blaine is declared by his friends to be entirely out of the Presidential race The Senate will prepare substitute for the House tarif bill
 River and harbor matters were discussed by the House of Representatives Members of the conference Of charities
 and corrections called on the President ln tho Senate the silver bill was dis
 eassed by many Senators, who spoke a,
 length A bill has been reported to tho House making IL a misiemeanor to use the United States flag for advertising purposes Senator Carlisle took his seat in tho
 upper house Friday Further evidence in the Breckinridgc-
 Clayton contest was taken by the elections committee The Mckinley bIll passed the house, only two Republicans, Coleman of Louisiana and Feathcrstonc of Arkansas. voting against | it
 The original package bill was discussed 1 in the Senate. Congrcssman Mansur made statement of Missourl's increase in wealth. Argument was had in tho Supreme Court ] in the kemmler electrocution case Many House Republica IS talked again. |
 certain taria bill clauses, but voted for the | bill rs 6 whole Attorney General Miller had a slight | relapse
 An addition to section ! Of tho inter.
 state commerce act is contained in II bill l introduced by Senator Dawes which per.
 mits pooling for tho purpose of enabling
 competing iines 10 carry . reasonable snare of competitive traftis. The President has approved the act directing tho sale of certain property be
 longing the United states in Pittsburr. Pa. J $. Blake of Missouri has been ap l pointed an assistant superintendent of the
 railway mail service by promotion from l Inc postal car service l Tho House Judiciary Committee will re, port formally upon the submission to the
 states of an amendment providing for woman suffrage