The Brookhaven leader., 1890-09-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
CONGRESS.

THE Senate on the 18th disposed OF sixteen
bridge BILLS Among other bills passed was
the bill to create the Office of auditor OF
railroad accounts, which requires all sub
sldizcd roads TO send reports to that officer,
also the Senate bill fer the relief Of certain
officers and enlisted men Of the First Kansas
colored volunteers. Tho conference report
on the Railroad Forfeiture bill was then
considered until adjournment. When the
House met Mr.. Mckinley reported back
. the Tariff bill, with the Senate amend
ments. W ith the recomme ndation that the
amendments be non cOncurred in. Re-
ferrcd to the Committee OF the Whole. Mr.
Mckinley also reported a resolution for the
immediate consideration of the bill, which
was adopted. The resolution, however, was
the occasion of a long debate. The Senate
amendments were non .concurred In and a
conference appointed. Mr.. Enloe (Tenn.)
offered a resolution reprobating and con-
demning the utterances Of Mr. Kennedy
(Ohto) in his late speech in which the Sen
ate was severely criticised Pending action
the House adjourned.
AFTER passing several bills OF minor i'm.
portance on the 10th the Senate resumed
consideration of the conference report on
the Land Forfeiture bill. and after some do
bate it was agreed to. The House Anti Lot
terry bill was then taken up and passed with
out discussion. The bill to repeal the tim
Der culture laws was discussed at some
length, passed with several amend
ments and conference asked.
After passing several local bills the
House proceeded to consider the
Enloe resolution in regard to the speech of
Mr. Kennedy, of Ohio, in which he is charged
with using parliamentary language, the
question being on point of order raised
y Mfr. Grosvener against the resolution
The Speaker overruled the point of order,
and after a long talk the resolution was re
Al.
inc into the matter and report. After pass
ing several local bills and the appointment
of II conference on the Tariff bill the House
adjourned
AN hour was devoted 10 the passage of
bills in the Senate on the 18th, most of the
bills being of a local nature. Senator Blair
addressed the Senate on the joint resolution
giving the District of Columbia representa-
tion in Congress and the Electoral College
After dispnsing of unimportant business
eighty private pension bills were passed in
thirty minutes and the Senate adjourned
The House spent tho entire day on the Nir-
ginia contested election case of Langston
vs.. NenaGle and adjourned without final
action.
IN the Senate on the 18th Senator Plumb
offered a resolution calling for information
as to the rule of the Treasury Department
in paying checks for silver bullion, which
resulted in pay ing ont notes of large denomi-
nations instead of those intended for cir.
culation. and in his remarks criticised
the action OF tho Department in its
financial policy A number of bills
passed, among them one to revive
the rank of Lieutenant. General OF
tho army. Resolutions were presented
relative to the death of Representative
Laird, OF Nebraska, and the Senate ad-
journed. The House got into an uproar
over the Virginia Langston -Venable con
tested cl ction case and in the effort to hold
n quorum the Speaker ordered the doors
locked, whereupon Mcssrs. Ki'gore (Texas)
and others forced the doors open, and,
pending the rumpus, the House adjourned
for want of quorum.
In the Senate on the 10Th Senator Piumb's
resolution to rec mmit the Bankruptcy bill
to the judiciary Committee with instructions
to amend by making it apply to voluntary
bankruptcy, was taken up and after some
debate placed on the calendar. After a
brief ex, cutive session the Senate took up
the calendar and passed several bills to
which there were no objections Adjourned
.... The House spent the entire day in trying
TO secure "A quorum in orIer t. disro ose of
the Langston. Venable contested case, but
the quorum melted away as fast as it ap
peared and the House adjourned without
action.