Sharp County record., 1890-04-24
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
FIFTY.FIRST CONGRESS


In the Senate, on the 5th. a number OF bills
were taken from the calendar and passed,
among them one appropriatlng s5)O,O)D for
an additional fire.proof building for the Ma
tional Museum; one prohibiting the import
alton Of adulterated food and drink, and
one for an inspection OF meats for eKporta.
tion. After a short executive session, prl-
yate pension bills on the calendar were
taken up, and ll3 bills were passed in just
one hour. In the House number Of bills
relating to military affairs were passed,
among them one amending the Articles Of
War In reference to courts martial; author
izing the construction OF a hotel on the Gov
ernment Reservation at Fortress Monroe ;re-
organizing the artillery force OF the army, and
after which the House listened to eul oS les
OF the late Representative Newton W. Nut
ting, of New York, and adjourned as fur
ther mark OF respect to the deceased.
In the Senate, on the 7th, the House
amendment to the Joint resolution for the
removal Of the naval magazine from Ellis
Island, n. Y, was concurred in. The Mon
tana election case was then taken up, and
speeches in favor of both the majority and
minority reports were made, and the matter
was still pending when the Senate went into
executive sessiOn.,...,.1n the House mo-
tion to suspend the rules and pass the Sen.
ate bill granting pensions to soldiers and
sailors who are incapacitated for the per
formance of labor, and providing for pen
sions to widows and minor children and
dependent parents, was lost. A number of
public building and other bills were passed.
In the Senate, on the Sth, House bill to ad
NIT duty free articles from South American
Republics and from Canada, intended for
Senate then resumed consideration of the
Montana contested, election case, which
went over and the Anti-T ust bill was taken
up, which, after several proposed amend
ments had been voted down, was passed
| exactly as It came from the committee.
| In the House the bill to prevent the enlist
ment of aliens in the naval service of the
United States was amended and passed.
| The vote defeating the bill making an APP
preparation to supply the deficiency caused
| by the Scott defalcation was reconsidered
and the bill was passed. The House then
| went into committee of the whole on the
Naval Appropriation bill.
IN the Senate, on the 9th, the House bill
approprlating $4,000 to supply the def
| cheney Occasoned by the defalcatiOn in the
oflice of the late Sergeant-at Arms of the
| House was passed. The Montana contested
election case was further considered, after
which the Chinese Enumeration bill was
| discussed LIN the House the Senate
amendment to the House bill providing for
| town site entries of land in Oklahoma, was
non -concurred in, and the House went into
committee Of the whole on the Naval APP
preparation bill.
In the Senate, on the 10th, the Montana
election cases were trlen up and further
considered, but at the hour of adjournment
| had not yet been disposed off,. In the
| House, the Chaplain in his opening prayer
referred fcelIngly to the illness of Repre- :
| sentative Randall. The House went into
committee Of the whole on the Naval APP
| preparation bill, and as the result of a long
debate the paragraph providing for three
battle ships was stricken OUTS to 70-the
provision for an anchored cruiser being left
in the bill. Several other amendments were
offered and rejected and the bill was finally
ordered reported favorably to the House,
but the House without action adjourned