The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-06-20
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
s,F Tv.FlRsr CONGRESS

IL tae senate. on the dth. the House
amendment "a the senate hNl for a puhiic
huadlng az nrayer Fails. IA, Wa disagreed
a. and 4 conference asked a new confer
encc ~a- ordered on the p~vprndent Fen
sion blu. after whlcA tnc silver bill MS
takcn ~ and discussed al length. several
mino matters were acted upon aud the sen.
ATE aftrr 4 brief secret session. adjourned
In the Hca~e The -olc matter .ou~id-
cred dur. ng the day and = long night =ss.
sion VA tAc silver Dill
II he senate. on the -th. a large number
81 bili. were akr from the cAiendar ana
passed. The conference report on the Dill
appro,lng the fundlng act Of Arizona MAS
Agreed fo. Private pension bills 10 the num-
re- az lsu ~ere passed IL the House Mr..
ccnrer Ia Qn charge OF the bisl,. AZ the
suggestlnu Of Nj. Psyson tlii). modified MS
substitute 80 A. 90 provide that the treasury
notes Issued in pursuance 81 the bill shall
be an absolute legal tender Discussion OF
the iii. W As then resumed and occupied the
time until three O'Clock. when. the previous
question being considered a. ordered,a vote
- taken and TIE bll was ~passen-yeas rs.
NAYS e-cight Republicans voting with the
Democrats. and one Democrat voting Win
she Republicans
IN The senate. on the stn. a number o. pc
sitions were presented aud referred, and
further routine business having been tlsns'
acted. the silver bin was taken up and dis
cussed. The House silver bill sas laid be-
fore the senate and. ordered printed and
laid on the table. MI Vest called up the
bin sTu Prevent Monopoly ia tho Trans
portation of Cattle % Foreign Countries"
wllch ~as pending when the senate ad-
forrned.- In tnc House the title OF the
silver bill passed on the eth wa amended
80 as - read directing thg Purchase OF
silver Bulllon and the Issue OF Treasury
Notes Thereon. and Tor Other purposes
Business relating 70 the District Of toium.
bla Wa then taken up. ard several bills
we're passed
IL tbs senate. on the 10th. the senate >il-
YER bin WAS taken up and discussed AZ
length. but finally went over. The House
silver bill was referred 70 the committee ON
finance Quite a NUM- rr 90 private and un-
Important bills " ere p~asSed,.+.ln the House.
the senate bin amending the Internal Rev
cnue laws was passed. senate bill chang
Ing tie present system Of drawbacks on ex-
ported beer and iermented Liquors. and
several minor bills were passed. and tia
Mouse went into committee Of the whole on
tie Post-Oflce Appropriation bin which
vassub=cquently passed
In the senate. on the nth. Mr. Morrill,.
from the committee on finance. reported
back favorably and with sundry amend
ments the House silver bill. and gave notice
that he would offer Il a. a substitute for the
senate bill The senate silver bill was then
taken up but went over without action A
number u bills were taken from the ealen-
dar and passed In ths House the confer
ence report on rho Senate Dependent Pen
SION bill was presented. with the dependent
feature Of the senate bill and the service
feature OF the House bill strickcn out, and
the report was agreed te-i<5 10 56 The
conference report on the Antitrust bill wal
nre.eutet and vent Oy.c.