The Brookhaven leader., 1891-02-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail.
CONGRESSIONAL.

CONGRESSIONAL.
IN the Senate on February 2 Mr.. Turpie In
| troducod a Joint resolution for an amend
| ment to the Constitution providing for the
| election of United states Senators by direct
vote Of the people. Referred. The fortifica-
| tions bill was then considered until adjourn
ment The House met in the afternoon and
| transacted little business. j. A Owenby,
| who had been arrested for contempt in re-
| fusing to testify before the silver pool inves-
| tigaton, was brought before the House and
purged himself of contempt by expressing
| his willingness to testify. The other proceed
/ ings were unimportant.
THE Senate on the Sd passed the House bill
| to amend the statutes in regard to temporary
| designations to fill vacancies occasioned by
death, etc of heads of departments, extend
| ing the time from ten to thirty days. The
Notifications bill was then considered at
| length but not finally disposed Of Several
bills of a local nature passed, the military
academy bill was reported and the Senate ad-
journed -. The House passed the Senate bill
to prohibit the sale of tobacco to children
under IS years of age in the District
| of Columbia. After disposing of several
| local bills the House, in Committee
| of the Whole, considered the diplomatic and
consular bill until adjournment. During the
debate the Barrundia killing was the subject
| of lively tilt between Messrs Mckenna
| (Cal), Dalzell (Pa.) and Hit Qll.), the two
| former defending Minister Miner and criti-
| csing the censure of Commander Reiter and
| the latter gentleman defending the action OF
the department.
AFTER routine business in the Senate on
| the 4,h and a colloquy between Senators
| Cockrell and Dawes as to the source from
| which petitions on the Cougar lard bill en-
anated, the fortifcations bill was considered
| at length and finally passed Pending con-
| sideration of the military academy bill,
| which was next taken up, the Senate ad-
iourned. Soon after the House met it went
| into Committee of the Whole on the sundry
| civil bill. When the Committe rose the
| diplomatic appropriation bill was passed.
| The conference report was adopted on a bill
| to provide an additional justice of the Su-
preme Court of Arizona and the House ad-
| journed.
WHEN the Senate met on the 5th Mr.. In
gals, rising to a question of privilege, said
that as his action of pairing with Senator
| Allison during the late contest in the Senate
and his attitude on the cloture rule and cleo
tions bill had been the subject of censure and
| animadversion, he wished to say that
| he was and ever had been opposed to
| the cloture rule; that he favored an Impair
tial elections bill, but not the bill before the
| Senate. unless it could be properly amended,
| and that he paired on the cloture rule, giving
| Mr.. Allison the right to vote to secure quo
| rum, but he had not given the!most remote
| idea or intention that his vote should be
counted against the passage OF tne eleCtlOHe
bill. The pension bill was then discussed at
| length and passed. 1t appropriates sl33, 49,
| 0S5 for pensions and for examining surgeons
| and clerk hire 81 ,S72, ,000 number of bills of
merely local interest, passed, and the bill for
adjustment OF accounts of mechanics, etc. to
| the eight hour law was taken up. The
House was occupied all day in considering
the sundry civil bill, to which MIR. Bland Of
fered an amendment providing for free coin
age and which was under debate at adjourn
ment.
IN the Senate on the 9th Mr.. Paddock pre-
sentcd the resolutions of the Nebraska
Legislature against the COnger lard bill. The
| naval appropriation bill was reported. Mr..
Morgan addressed the Senate in favor of the
bill to aid in construction of the Nicaragua
canal The bill to adjust the accounts of
mechanics and laborers to the eight hour
law was then taken up and considered at
length. The House amendments to the bill
forfeitng certain railroad lands were agreed
to. The House passed the Senate bill
amending the land-forfeiture act of Septem-
Der 10, 1890. The post office appropriation
bill was reported and the House proceeded
to the further consideration of the sundry
civil bill, the pending question being the
ruling on Mr.. Band's amendment tacking on
the free coinage bill. After a long debate
the chairman (Payson, of Illinois,) ruled
against the silver amendment and upon an
appeal the chair was sustained by vote of
l3i to 127 and free coinage was ruled out
Without completing the bill the House took
recess until evening when pension bills
were considered.