The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-01-24
CURRENT TOPICS.
TEE NEWS IN BRIEF
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.

IN the Senate, on the 18th, q number OF pc
titions were presented and referred, among
them one praying for female representation
on the board of managers of the Exposition
of ls92 A bill was passed authorizing rail-
road bridge across the. Missouri river be-
tween the county of Douglass or Sarpy,
Nebraska, and the county OF Pattawa-
tonne in Iowa Mr.. Plumb addressed
the Senate on his resolution heretofore
offered repecting tho lease of the islands
OF ST. Paul and St George to the Alaska Com
mercial Company In the House majority
and two minority reports on the Silcott de-
falcation were submitted, all OF which were
ordered printed and recommitted. At the
close of tho call of States, the House went
into committee of the whole for the consid-
Grafton Of the bill to provide for town site
entry of lands in Oklahoma
IN the Senate, on the 18th, a number
of bills were reported FROM committees
and placed on the calendar. The Senate then
proceeded with the consideration of the
resolution, previously offered by Mr.. Call, in
relation to the claims of Florida under the
swamp land grant, which occupied the time
until four O'Clock, when the enate went into
executive session. In the House, after a
number OF bills had been introduced and re-
ferred, an effort was made by Mr.. Perkins
(Kas-) to have the House go into committee
OF the whole on the Oklahoma Town Site
Entry bill. This was defeated, and the re-
port on the Silcott defalcation, with bill
to reimburse members, was taken up.
In the Senate, on the 18th, after routine
business, Mr. Morgan's resolution recogniz-
ing the United States of Brazil as a free, in
dependent and sovereign state was taken up,
and Mr.. Turpie addressed the Senate in its
support. The resolution went over without
action, and after passing number of Senate
bills, among them one relating to homestead
entries In the Indian Territory, the Senate
went into secret session and soon after ad-
Cd In 10 n
the reports of the Silcott committee was re-
sumed, and the report of the majority, ap-
propriating SIS, 900 to reimburse members for
their lost salaries, and the Hemphill substi-
tute, permitting members to sue in the
Court of Claims were voted ON and defeated.
IN the Senate, on the 10th, after the dis
patch of routine business, the bill introduced
by Mr.. Butler to provide for the emigration
of persons of color from the Southern states
was taken up, and Mr.. Butler delivered a
long speech in favor of its adoption, being
followed by MessrS. Hoar and Blair in oppo-
sition to the measure. The bill went over
without action. In the House the day was
taken up by an extended and general discus
sion of the minority report of the committee
on rules, instructing the committee on for
eign affairs to report to the House method
of selecting the locality of the Worlds Fair,
which, upon vote, was declared defeated,
but on a recount was agreed to: Yeas, 1877
nays, lSi. The majority resolution as amend
ed was then rejected: Yeas, 1881 nays I5S.
THE Senate was not in session on the 18th.
...In the House the motion to reconsider
the vote by which the House had refused to
substitute the resolution reported by the
committee on rules (as amended by the
adoption of the Cannon resoluion) for the
original resolution referred to the commit
tee was agreed to. The question then re-
CURED on the original motion, that a select
committee of nine be appointed to be called
"the Worlds Fair committee" which was
adopted. Mr. Flower then introduced the
New York Worlds Fair bill, and 1t was re-
ferred to the special committee when ap-
pointed. The House then went into COM
mIttee of the whole on the Oklahoma Town
Site Entry bill