The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-03-12
THE NATIONAL SOLONS.
SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRE-
SENTATIVES.

Our National Lawmakers and What They
Are Doing for the Good of the Country
Various Measures Proposed, Discussed,
and Acted Upon.
On the Sd, the conferrees on the post
Office appropriation bill reached final
agreement on the disputed points in the
BILL including the Senate appropriation for
carrying the postal subsidy into effect. The
House conferrees reCeded from their disa-
greement to the Senate amendment increas-
ing from S750,000 (the amount appropriated
by the House, TO S1,250.000 the appropria-
ton for carrying the foreign mails. The
postal subsidies are to come out Of this
sum. Mr. HoulI, of Tennessee, introduced
(by request) a bill to compel an adj
publication of all debts and to REQUIRE
a presentation of all bills or claims
against the United States In the Senate
all the amendments that had been agreed TO
in committee of the whole were agreed TO
in bulk, including the French spoliation
claims and the Pacific railroad claims. An
amendment by Mr.. Plumb, appropriating
$4,000 for the relief Of citizens of Okla
hOma who have been rendered destitute by
the drought of the past season, was agreed
to. The reserved amendments as to pay
ment of Pacific railroad claims were agreed
to. 1t is said that the President, in discuss
ing the Congressional outlook, said that
there did not appear to be any necessity for
al SAlEd SGSSlOn Oh congress-
On the morning of the 4th, both houses
rushed business. In the House the confer
ence report on the legislative appropria-
tion bill was agreed to. Senate bill was
passed authorizing Gen. Thomas f. Casey
to accept from the French republic the
decoration of the Legion of Honor; also
Senate bill to incorporate the National
Conservatory of Music of America; also
Senate bill for the erection of public
building at ClarIsville. Tenn. with an
amendment fixing the limit of cost at
$35, 900. The conference report on the
agricultural appropriation bill was pre-
sented and agreed to; also the conference
report on the bill for public building at
Saginaw, Mich. reducing the cost to $780,
900. Mr.. Burrows, of Michigan, hav-
ing taken the chair, Mr.. Mckinley
offered the following resolution: "That
the thanks of this House are presented to
Thomas B. Reed for the able impartial and
dignifed manner in which he has presided
over the deliberations and performed the
arduous and important duty of the Chair"
Mr., Mills demanded the yeas and nays.
The resolution was agreed to by strict
party vOte-yeas 152, nays 116. The House
adjourned promptly at II o'clock with a
wild burrah on the floor and in the galleries.
The Republican members sang: "Marching
Through Georgia, " the Democrats attempted
"Dixie" and the occupants of the reporters
gallery sang the long meter dOxOlogy. In
the Senate, the House amendment to the
bill for q public building at GAINESVILLE,
Tenn, reducing the amount from $50, 900 to
S35, 600, was cOnCurred in; also the confer
ence report on the general deficiency bill;
House bill for the protection of the lives of
miners in the Territories was passed. The
Senate adjourned at 1915, Father Bassett
having thrice performed his annual task of
turning back the hands of the clock