Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1892-03-10
FfFTY.SECOND CONGRESS-.
first Session.


man presented u protest from the Cincinnati
chamber Of commerce against the free coinage
OF silver; also petition from Buckeye Assem-
bly, X. OF L., Of Ohio, favorlng tho further re-
stfction OF foreign immigration, and also their
resolution for election OF senators by direct
popular vote Senator Turpe introduced a
number Of petitions TO day rs follows; I,y tho
jefferson Pomona Grange No q, Of Indiana;
for free delivery Of mails in country districts:
for legislation for the encouragement OF silk
culture; for passage OF pure lard bill; Tor pass
age OF anti.option bill; for prevention OF adul.
iteration OF food and drugs bill Tor the relict Of
AquIla Jones, late postmaster ut indiana polls,
In the sum OF s2,i's for funds stolen from the
money order department December ~, 1883 was
favorably reported by Senator Coquitr
Housr-Thc reports Of the majority aud mi
nority Of tho house committee on ways and
means, to accompany the Springer wool bill
have been prepared The majority report was
prepared by Mr. Springer, the minority report
by Nit Burrows The majority report argues
against the Mckinley ,arir. The minority RI.
port defends H. Representative rcndleton, OF
West Virginia, introduced the following bill:
THAT bridges heretofore or hereafter author
ized to he constructed under charter granted by
the states, over navigabc waters within or bora
dcring such states, shall. ii the location and
plans have been or shall be approved by the
secretary OF war, be lawful structures and mill.
tary and post roads" This act shall take effect
Immediately; Representative Storcr introduced
petition from the Reformed Presbyterian
church OF Cincinnati requesting that he support
bill In congress TO loan the Columbian cxpos.
ton S,OooOoo, provided they agree to close on
Sunday.
wAsHINGroS March i-srNATE No bust.
ness Of general Importance was transacted.
Iiorsn-Thc wheels OF tarin reform lcgisa.
ton will he fairly started in the house Of rep
resentaiivcs IN n few days The Indian appro
priation bill, which has occupied the house for
week, was passed this afternoon Immediately
the tarif bills were reported from tho commit
tee on ways and means. They relate to free
wool, free binding Irvine and free cotton tics
II Is probable that they will be- considered In
this order. II was the intention to have these
bills taken up rs soon az reported, but owing TO
the Illness OF Mr.. Springer, chairman OF the com.
mittce on ways and means, the consideration
has been postponed until next Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, March 2.-SESATE-Pc Petitions
presented: Urging the passage Of bill defining
lard and imposing tax thereon; praying for
the passage Of a law against the adulicration Of
food and drugs; also for law prohibiting gam
bling in farm products, and also Tor tho passage
Of an act making certain issues Of money full
legal tender: praying for the passage OF house
bill No ISL TO amend and enforce the eight hour
law, and also a similar petition from the trades
and labor assembly Of Toledo; providing for the
preference Of old soldiers and sailors in employ.
ment and retention on all public works and pub.
lie improvements under the control and super
vision Of the United States and to remove, by
general legislation all barriers and restrictions
now in the way Of their appointment and rcten-
ton In the civil service Of the United States.
House Representative Cultivate, chair.
man OF the committee on military affairs, re-
ported favoraby to the house resolution that
Gen. William ! Sewcll, Gen. Martin L. Nc
Mahon, Capt John l.. Mitchell and Naj George
Boncbralic be reappointcd managers Of tho
National homes for disabled volunteer soldiers
for the term Of olicc commencing on the 2lst
day OF April, 1892, to flll vacancies which viii
occur by expiration OF terms Of Office Judge
Ezra y. Taylor, of the Judiciary committee, re-
ported 10 the house u bill TO define the crimes Of
murder in the first and second degree and man.
slaughter, and providing punishment therefor.
WAsHINGToS, March -SEEATE--Thc SEN
ate decided the Idaho senatorial contest by de-
clarng Dubois entitled to the scat he occupies,
and rejecting the claims OF Claggett, contest.
ant: the house bill authorizing the pos master
general TO credit the late postmaster OF Indian
apolis. Aquilla Jones, with the sum Of Ssi3s,
was passed Thesenatc ratified the Protocols
and treaty making the United States party to
the convention Of Borne, relating to the protec,
ton OF patents In all Of the signatory countries.
The senate adopted resolution providing that
tho agreement is not TO be in dcrogation OF the
HoU2E-Thcse were among the petitions in
PRODUCED into the house to day: Petition Of
Washington Grange, No. 2056, of Indiana, for
legislation extending tho free delivery of mail
to rural districts: petition from the Fifteenth
district Of Ohio Of thu "omcn's Christian TEN.
perancc Union, for Gle .9r he Worlds { ~ IN
Sunday; petition frol f.r % .ilgy>' -t.sn,
No, 5, OF Cleveland. pr w ... Ii, .o~,.lt 4.
the house bill feT -aRe .-, 3r. a'rr,g2I EG
cight-hour law Scyera. .rilEi, mis- vrrc ~.
PRODUCED.
WASHINGTON March 4-SaSA.I Inc sen.
ate was delugcd with petitions urging action
upon all kinds OF propositions. Among the pri.
vate bills introduced in the senate to-day were
the following: by Mr.. Shcrman-Pcnsioning
Angelina Hyde, widow Of Alpheus ii. Hyde, late
First Lieutenant Company II, i52d O. " L. by
Mr. Voorhccs-To relieve A. G. Robb, late First
Lieutenant Company T., Twentysixth Ind V. l.;
granting an increase OF pension to Henry Rciter,
late private, Company II, Ninety-seventh Ind.
V. J., paying him $50 per month. The army and
navy appropriation bills were completed in COM
mittee to-day. The former appropriates s2i,-
2i5,6i9, the latter about S.i,OOO,OO0.
HoUsE-Mr. Stone, OF Kentucky, introduced
into the house to-day a bill for the relief of
Thomas Carman, OF Graves county KY, paying
him %, i55 for stores and supplies furnished the
U. 8. army during the war. The bill OF Mr.
Caruth, OF Kentucky. for the relief OF Mary
her at si2 per month, was fayorably reported by
the committee on invalid pensions. Also, the
bill OF Mr. Martin, OF Indiana, restoring Cynth-
ana E. Bruneman, formerly widow OF John Tate,
OF Montpelier. Ind, late private in Company
A. Forty-seventh Ind. v. l. Bills were passed
In committee OF the whole, with q favorable
recommendation to the house, for the relief OF
the Cumberland Female college, of McMinn-
vile Tenn: for the relief OF the First Meth
odist church in the city of jackson, Tenn.
WASHINGTON, March 6-SESATE-No bust
ness transacted.
HoCsE-Mr. Tucker, OF Virginia, from the
committee of election of president vice -pres-
dent etc, reported joint resolution proposing
q constitutional amendment changing the date
beginning and ending Of terms OF senators and
representatives from March to December 81:
providing that the annual sessions shall begin
on tho second Monday in January; and further
providing that the term of the president and
vice president shall commence and end on April
80 instead OF March I. House calendar. The
urgent deficiency appropriation bill was then
taken up and passed without amendment or de.
bate. Mr.. Hatch, OF Missouri, called up the bill
appropriating Gas deficiency $4,000 for car.
ryin2 on the work Of the bureau of animal in
dustry and $1,000 for experiments in the pro-
duction Of sugar.