Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-12-25
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
FlFTY.FIRST CONGRESS.

IN the Senate, on the 18th, the bill giving
settlers opposite unsurveyed land the priv
ilege of taking up additional land to the total
amount of 100 acres was passed; also
House bill for building at Fargo, \. d.,
to cost $4,000; House bill for building
at Camden, Ark, to cost $4,000 ana
the bill appropriating $4,000 for repairs
to Fort Marion in Florida Mr.. Colquitt, Mr..
Wilson, OF Maryland, and Mr.. Vance, adj
dressed the Senate on the Federal Elections
bill -. In the House a resolution calling for
Information about National banks used as
Government depoSitaries was passed. Inc
bill to adjust and pay Indian depreciation
claims was passed. Other bills were dis
cusSed, but none received the two-thirds
vote necessary to suspend the rules and pass
them
In the Senate on the 18th, the Morgan
resolution calling for information about
moneys paid to John i. Davenport
rs supervisor of elections passed.
communication from Mr.. Davenport
asking that charges made against him
in the Senate be investigated was referred.
Mr. DOlph's resolution inQuiring whether the
right to vote has been abridged in any of the
states discussed without action.
Speeches on the Elections bill were made by
Messrs. Morgan, kenna and Dolph... In the
House a resolution for a holiday recess from
December ~ to January was offered by Mr..
Mills. The Apportionment bill was taken up
and discussed at length.
IN the Senate, on the lIth the Dill prOvid-
ing for the sale of the old custom house
building at Erie, Pa, was passed. The re-
mander of the session was devoted to the
discussion of the Federal Elections bill. Mr..
Hoar asked that a time be fixed for voting on
the BILL but Mr.. German said that the Senate
did not think that a time could be fixed now
LIN the House, after considerable debate
on the measure, the Apportionment bill was
passed by vote of 1S7 to 81.
In the senate, on the 18th, a resolution call
ing for a report from the Fish Commissioner
on the proposed fish hatchery in Northern
New York, was passed, as was a bill to ter
inmate the reduction in number of the Engi-
neer Corps of the navy. bill to define GER
tain treaty stipulations was debated and
then placed on the calendar. Speeches on
the Elections bill were made by Messrs. Coke
Cullom, Cockrell and Bate. A number of
building bills and private relief measures
were passed. In the House the following
Senate bills were passed: To bridge the
Green and Barren rivers, in kentucky; to
provide for taking dispositions in inter State
commerce hearings; authorizing Albany,
Ore, to bridge the Willamette river, and au-
thorizing Humphrey County Tenn, to bridge
the Duck river. The Shipping bill was de-
bated at length, but went over without
tion.
IN the Senate, on the 18th, Mr.. Stanford
made lengthy address in support of his
i<odn DILL, WHICH was
to the finance committee. The Printing De-
fciency bill was passed. Mr.. Blair made a
long humorous personal explanation to
show the falsity of published story that he
was not on good terms with the President.
Mr.. Bate, Mr.. Gibson and Mr.. Stewart Gre
publican) spoke in opposition to the Fed
eral Elections bill .... In the House the con-
ference report on the bill comforting powers
on the Baltimore & Potomac railroad in the
District of Columbia was agreed to, as was,
also, the conference report on the bill
amending the act to divide the Sioux Indians