Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-05-01
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.
FiFTY.FtRST CONGRESS

IN the Senate, on the 2Ist, the Worlds Fair
BILL which had already passed the House.
was, after a long discussion, participated IN
| by many Senators, passed, with an amend
| meut nroyidinp for 4 naval review in New
| York harbor. \ number of amendments 10
! the bill were proposed by opponents OF the
| measure intended to weaken or bring II
! into rdicuie. all of which were promptly
! voted down. and the bill passed by a vote OF
| AZ to H. $500. In the House the conference re
| port on the bill to provide Temporary gov
| eminent for the Territory OF Oklahoma, ana
/ changing the boundaries of the proposed
! Territory so as to eXciude what Is known as
the Cherokee Outlet. was submitted and
adopted The bill appropriating S3S3,5o0 to
provide necessary yaul Is ana safeguards tor
the security of public money in the custody
of the United States Treasurer, was reported
from the commit tee ana passed.
IN the Senate, on the 22d, the District of
Columbia Appropriation bill was passed
The House amendment to the Geological
Park bill requiring half the expenses to be
borne by the District of Columbia was
agreed to and the bill was passed In the
House the Senate amendments to the
Worlds Fair bill was agreed to- The House
then went into committee of the whole on
the Legislative, Executive and Judicial An
preparation bill, which was made the sub.
iect of a long debate, during which the
PRESIDENTS administration of the Civil Sery-
ice law was criticised and warmly defended
PENDING motion TO strike out the appropri-
alton of S2I,7 for clerks for Senators the
House ad journed-
In the Senate, on the 23d, nearly all the
session was taken up in the discussion of
of the Oklahoma Territorial bill, which
was passed. A bill to create a customs dis
trict in the Territory of Arizona. was
passed. The Senate bin for the appropria-
tion of $4,000 for the erection of a statue to
Major General Stark at Manchester, y. H.,
failed of passage for want of a quorum. The
Land Forfeiture bill WAS taken up and be-
came the unfinished business. 80. In the
House the day occupied in discussing
tile Legislative. Executive and judicial APP
preparation bill, the pending question being
on the motion to strike out the clause pro-
viding clerks for Senators.
IN the Senate, on the 24th, the bill appro-
priatinS $4,000 for an equestrian statue OF
General John Starke, at Manchester, \. H.,
passed The amendments to the House
bill to transfer the revenue-cutter service
from the Treasury Department to the Navy
Department, reported from the committee
on naval affairs, were agreed to- The Land
Forfeiture bill was taken up, and the amend
ments proposed by the Senate committee on
public lands were acquicsced in. In the
House in committee of the whole the Legis-
Iative, Executive and Judicial Appropria-
ton bill was considered at length, and the
Civil Service law was discussed.
IN the Senate. the 18th, House joint
resolution appEopriatius $l59,eo) to be used
by the Secretary OF War for the relief of
destitute persons in the districts overlooked
by the Mississippi river and its tributaries,
was passed, as were two or three other bills
of no general interest, and the remainder of
the session given up to eulogies of the
late Representative Edward j, Gay, of Lou
isiana, out of respect to whose memory the
Senate then adjourned. In the House the
Joint resolution to enable the ) ecretary of
War to distribute rationS to destitute people
in the districts oVcTflo wed by the Mississippi
river and its tributaries WAS passed. The
House then went into committee of the
whole ON the Legislative, Executive and
Judicial Appropriation bill. An evening
session held at which thirty private
pension bills were passed.