The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-07-17
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mall.
CONGRESS.


AFTER agreeing to the conference report
on the Dplom attic bill and the disposition OF
unimportant business, the Senate on the 7th
further considered the two shipping bills.
A conference report on the silver bill was
presented and the Senate adjourned. The
House had a spicy debate upon a resolution
offered by Mr.. Dorsey requesting the Presl-
dent to return the bill extending the time
for the payment for certain lands in Ne
braska, when the resolution was withdrawn
and the House, in Committee of the Whole,
considered the Senate bill for the forfeiture
OF certain railroad land grants until ad-
tournament
ference report on the silver bill was taken
up and Senators Vest and Coke spoke against
Il as not in harmony with the views OF the
Senate and tending to degrade silver. SEN
ator Sherman defended the report Senator
Voorhees, opposed the report because 1t
gave too much discretion to the Secretary
OF the Treasury who was opposed to free
coinage and therefore stood In tho
relation Of a packed jury" in enforc-
Ing the bill. At three o'clock the
bill went over and resolutions were
presented and eulogies delivered upon the
late Representative Cox and the Senate ad-
journed. The House concurred in the Sen
ate amendments to the bill admitting Wy
omlng The Senate bill passed to adopt reg
Committee on Rules attempted to bring up
the "OrlgInal Package" bill, but after a
squabble the House refused to consider the
resolution from the committee and ad
journed.
sooN after meeting on the 9th debate on
the conference report on the silver Dill was
resumed In the Senate. Senator Cockrell
argued strongly against agreeing to the re-
port, to adopt which, he declared, would be
a complete surrender on the part OF the ad-
vocates of free coinage when on the verge
of victory. Senator Daniel (Va.) also spoke
earnestly against the report without
reaching a vote the Senate adjourned.
In the House Mr.. Hit. ulL) from the
Foreign Affairs Committee, reported a
resolution requesting the President to
furnish the correspondence between the
United States and Great Britain touching
the subjects in dispute In the Behring sea
since March 4, 1889, which after some debate
was adopted. The conference report on the
Diplomatic bill was the occasion of a tilt be-
tween Mr.. McMlllin (Tenn) and McCreary
(Ky) on the Samoan question and recent
events in that country Upon call for the
previous question on agreeing to the report
Mr.. McMillIn raised the point Of no quorum.
The Speaker counted Slorum present,
which was challenged, and pending action
the House adjourned.
WHEN the Senate met on the 10th consld-
Grafton of the conference report on the sil-
yer bill was resumed and Senator Morgan
spoke against 1t. When debate closed
vote was taken and the report agreed to by
80 yeas to 20 nays. Adjourned. large
part of the time of the House was occupied
in attempts to approve the journal. the
Democrats making the point of no quorum
present The Journal was finally approved
and the conference reports on the Dip
lomatic bill and the Agricultural bill agreed
to. The Land Grant Forfeiture bill was
then considered In Committee of the Whole
until adjournment
In the Senate on the I1th Senator Teller
introduced joint resolution declaring 1t to
be the determined policy OF the United
States to use both gold and silver as full
legal tender and instructing the President
to invite the Governments of the Latin
Union countries and such other nations as
he may deem advisable to join the United
States in a conference to adopt common
ratio between gold and silver, etc, which
was referred. The Shipping bill was then
discussed until adjournment. 1he House
spent considerable time In counting
quorum on several questions, and finally
received the conference report on the silver
bill, which went over by agreement one
day When the House met at the evening
session no quorum was present and the
House adjourned.