The Brookhaven leader., 1890-05-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
o,osDed By Telegraph and Mail.
CONGRESS.

s.,.o on the 18th Senator Hoar,
' .,o Judiciary Committee, reported
HV' ,ho House amendment 20 the Sennte
paw Trust bill with an amendment Inc
An" I'm axinR the times and places TOT
ten, te,3 FEDERAL Courts in Kansas was re-
nOI.. nn.ad and passcI. The Silver bill was theh
pra, nm AMI Senator Jones, OF NeNhua'
u1nod uA,d The debate in favor OF his Dill Beiore
uIaonclu,ion Of his speech the senate au-
,a,-red The House had llVey session
pcn,,,ritt . Of the Whole on the Tarin Dlll'
which was still under coh9i"'i"' "''O' ~
time Of adjournment
"n,e ~ senate on the 18th n petition was
nntcd from Philadelphia business men
IIamonstrating against the increase OF duty
y, Irr.s goods made wholly or partly from
~ After reports of committees sena-
A., novis from the Pensions Committee,
'o' .,rd hack the House substitute for the
nandent Pension bill, and moved non
Dnonrrcnce and conference, which was
o,roed 10. The Senate then re-
snmcd consideration of the 81 yer Dill
onI senator Jones (Nev) continued MS
rts o"~ in favor of the bill, at the conclu =
zion NJ which senator Jones (Ark addressed
,bo senate in opposition. After the dis
oi,ion .no of routine business in the House
laha,o on the Tariff bill was resumed, and
NJ D,tterworth (Ohio) created somewhat OF
so,sation bv his peculiar remarks and
,fours an the tariff question But little pro
aress was made before the House adjourned.
WHEN the senate met on the 14th senat IT
Wison 1owa) reported bill rom the judi
c.orv Committee subjecting imported liquors
,o,ba nroyisions of the laws of the several
states The bill is intended to meet the late
decision Of the supreme Court After sew
oral ecnat rs had expressed their views on
the subject, the regular order was dem1nded,
and the silver bill was taken up and sen ator
Tpller smoke in its favor. several bills, OF
ccal or private nature, passed and the Sen
ste adjourned " hen the House met, on
motion of Mr. Morrill,, OF Kansas, the House
insisted on its amendments to the Depend
put Pension bill and asked for conference.
The Tarf bill then came up as unfinished
business and was debated until adjourn
meDt
AFTER the reporting of bills In the Sen
ate on the 18th the Silver bill again came
np as unfinished business and senator
Teller continued his remarks In favor
,f the free coinage Of silver. Senator
Coke also spoke in favor of the free
and unlimited coinage of silver and against
the bill as reported. The debate occu-
MED the entire ~ ssion. When the House
met Mr.. Mckinley, from the Committee on
Rules reported a resolution prov iding for
the cons dcrltion of the Tariff bill each day
until Wednesday noon, in Committee Of the
Whole, when the bill and all pending amend
ments shall be reported to the House. This
was antagonzcd by the minority but the
previous question was ordered and the
resolution adopted. Conference Com
mttee on the Dependent Pension bill was ap
pointed ard debate on the Tariff b II con-
tinued. Pens on bills were considered at
the evening session.
THE Senate on the 10th further considered
he Silver bill, the question being on Scna or
PumG's amendment that no funds available
Tor the payment of the public debt shall be
retained in the treasury in excess ofsllO, ,O00,-
no Senator Pl NIB in vigorous speech ad-
Socated the amendment, and Senator Sher
man opposed it. Af:cr a long discussion the
bill went over and the Senate Hdjourned....
After passing the Senate bill authorizing the
registration of census mail matter the Ill use
resumed the Tariff bill and a lively discus
sion was kept up during the entire sitting.
At the evening session seventy one private
PENSION bills passed.