The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-08-08
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
FIFTY-FIRsT CONGRESS.


IK the Senate, on the 2sth, an order wa.
agreed upon for meeting hereafter at IL a.
m, and ad1ournIng at p. m. The bill tc
transfer the revenue marine to the naya
service was discussed until two O'Clock
when the Tariff bill was taken up. After
discussion, a motion TO recommit was de-
feated-I9 TO 29--and the reading of the bill
was begun......In the House the regular
business (relating TO the District of Colum.
bIa) was laiI aside-l34 to 4s-and the Sun
dry Civil bin with Senate amendments was
taken up, but the Hou SO adjourned without
disDosng of the bill.
IN the Senate, on the 18th a resolution
was presented and laid over, providing that
the Senate meet hereafter ut ten o'clock.
Motions to reduce the rates on acetic and
bOracio acid were defeated by strict party
votes. General debate on the tariff quos-
zion ensued. The Senate passed a joint
resolution to extend current appropriations
90 August IA. In the House the joint res :
olution extending present appropriations to
August IL, was adopted. The consideration
of amendments to the Sundry Civil bill was
continued. Speaking to one OF them Mr..
AIr. strubIe attacked the course OF the
Speaker in regard to public building bills
All of the other amendments being dis
posed of, it was agreed that the irrigation
amendment should be considered on the
sOth, debate on it to be limited to four
hours.
to meet hereafter at 10 a. IN. was agreed to.
The Tariff bill was taken mp, and the duty
on chlorofOrm was reduced from forty cents
to twenty five cents, but a number of other
proposed reductions were rejected. The
conference report on the District Of CoIum-
bia Appropriation bill was discussed but
not disposed Of. In the House fifteen re
quests for leave of absence were passed
over. The conference report on the Dis
trict of Columbia Appropriation bill was
agreed to. The Senate irrigation amend
ment tp the Sundry Civil Ap preparation bill
was discussed without action. A commit
tee was appointed to investigate the PEN
Sion ONCE.
IS the senate, on the SIst, after some time
lost in waiting for IA quorum, the confer
ence report on the District of Columbia Ap-
propriatiOn bill was agreed TO. During
the afterno four pages OF tho Tariff bill
were finished, all Of the committee amend
ments being agreed to...-..In the House
resolution providing for an investigation of
the charge that money was spent in lobby
ing the Silver bill through Congress was
ruled out as not embodying a question OF
privilege. The Senate's irrigation amend
ment TO the sundry Civil Appropriations
bill was non-concurred in but without a
conference being ordered
IN the senate, on the Ist Mr.. Blair Of
fered resolution, which went over. to in
struct the committee on rules to provide
rule for ordering the previous question.
The Tariff bin was discussed further aud
sponges and sulphate of potash were put on
the free list, and the rate on sulphate OF
soda was made one-tenth of a cent per
pound. instead OF twenty per cent ad va
loren. In the House a resolution was
adopted calling on the Secret tary Of War for
the report OF the engineers on the Calves
ton harbor Improvement The Sundry Civil
Appropriations bin was taken up and dis.
cussed for some time when the previous
question was ordered. but the remainder of
the afternoon was wasted in efforts to se-
cure "A quorum. An evening session, de-
voted to private pension bills, was held