Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-02-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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CONGRESS,


AFTER the disposition of several resolu-
| tions, the Senate on the 9th reconsideTed
| the bill TO build bridge across the Missouri
| river in Douglas County, Neb.. amended 1t
| SO as to provide that the bridge shall not be
] constructed within one-third of a mile OF
any existing bridge, and again passed it
Senator Chandler's resolution calling for the
! report of the United States marshal OF the
Northern district of Mississippi concern
! ing recent alleged outrages in that State was
then debated until adjournment. After the
! introduction of bills in the House Mr.. Nc
Creary (Ky.) offered a resolution congratu-
lating the people of Brazil upon the peace
full establishing of Republic and recogniz-
ing the same, which was referred The bill
appropriating ST. 500 900 for the building of
three United States prisons for the imprison-
ment of United States prisoners was con-
sidered and finally passed. Pending a mo-
tion to reconsider the House adjourned.
AFTER the usual routine work the Senate
on the 18th took up the bill to credit and
pay to the several States and Territories and
District of Columbia all moneys collected
under the direct tax of 1861. which after some
debate was passed. (This is the Direct Tax
bill passed by the last Congress and
vetoed.) The Senate t5ea resumed con-
sideration of Senator CEandler's resolution
as to alleged outragea to citizen of
Indiana by certain parties in Abb
til adjournment. The House passed bill
providing that in cases of pension claims of
dependent parents it shall be necessary to
show to the pension office that the parents
are without other means of support than
manual labor. Mr.. Dorsey (Neb) reported
bill from the Banking Committee to provide
for the issue of circulating notes to National
banking associations, which was considered
at some length and went over. Mr.. Peters
Kan introduced bill setting apart certain
lands in No Mans s. Land for the propagation
of buffaloes, and the House adjourned
THE session of the Senate on the 18th was
brief and uneventfuL Senator Ingalls, offered
a long preamble and resolution as to debts
due by Southern States on Indian trust
funds and the direct tax of 1861 and calling
on the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish
information on the subject, which was
agreed to. Shenator Mitchell then ad-
dressed the Senate on the bill for the free
coinage of silver, and after an executive
session the Senate adjourned. When the
House met Mr.. DalZell (Pa) called up
the contested election case of Smith VS..
Jackson. from the Fourth West Virginia dis
trict, when Mr. Crisp (Ga } raised the ques-
tion Of consideration. Upon the question
the Democrats refrained from voting, and
no quorum having voted Speaker Reed di-
rected the clerk to record the Democrats not
voting as present. This led to a storm that
lasted during the sitting and the House ad
iourned without reaching any final result.
In the Senate on the 3Oth the bill instruct
ing the Census Superintendent to collect in
formation about farm mortgages was passed.
The House bill as to duty on silk ribbons was
passed. Senator Vance then addressed the
Senate on the bill to provide for colored en-
igration. Senator Hampton followed. at the
conclusion of whose speech the Senate ad
journed. The House continued in an up
roar all day on partisan wrangle and ac
complished nothing.
NOTHING was done in the Senate on the 31st
The session of the House was character
lied by the same disorderly proceedings of
the two previous days. the fight being par
tisan one over the Smith jackson contested
election case from West Virginia. After
long storm the case, through the rulings of
the Speaker, was finally got before the House
and Mr.. Dalzell, who reported it, spoke
until adjournment.