Huntsville gazette., 1892-05-07
NEWS IN BRIEF.
COMPLIED from Various Sources,
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.


In the senate, on the 27th, the day was occu-
pied in discussing the relations of the Pacific
railroads to the United States in connection
with the army appropriation bill and the houss
provlso that no part of the appropriation for
the transportation Of troops or supplies should
be paid for services rendered by any of the non
bonded lines owned, controlled or operated by
the Union Pacific Railway Co. or by the South
ern Pacific Co. over lines embraced in the Pa
c1f1c system. The proviso was stricken out and
the army bill thus amended was passed -. In
the house the diplomatic and consular appro-
priation bill was further considered. After two
hours general debate it was considered by sec
tions, but little progress being made
IN the senate, on the 2sth. the resolution of
Mr.. Jones declaring that there was not suffi-
c1ent grounds to justify the president in with
holding the money appropriated to pay the
Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians for the land
taken for settlement, occupied the whole day
and was still unacted upon when the senate ad-
journed 49,. In the house the day was lost in
an attempt to proceed with the diplomatic and
consular bill. After repeated votes by tellers
with no quorum voting, call of the house was
ordered and several times repeated and the
house finally adjoured.
The senate was not in session on the 10Th.
In the house twelve members were brought be-
fore the bar of the house and compelled to give
consumed in personal explanations which were
ludicrous in many instances, and finally, all de
linquents were excused. The house then went
into committee of the whole on the private cal
endar, the pending bill being that for the re
lief Of Henry and Charlotte K. Sbley, which
has been pending for five weeks 1t was finally
referred to the court of claims for adjustment
and pending discu ssion of the bill for relief OF
Hiram X. johnson the committee arose and the
house took recess until s p m. the evening
session being for the consideration of private
pension bills.
THE senate was not in session on the 30th ...
In the house, in committee of the whole, the
diplomatic and consular appropriation bill was
further considered, occupying the entire ses-
sion. A quorum of demo rats appeared and
the pending amendment, to restore the mission
to Denmark (which the committee struck out),
was passed, after some discussion. Consider
able feeling was engendere1 over the amend
ment of Mr.. Chapman, making it impossible tc
| use any portion of the emergency fund in the
| payment of any claims submitted by foreign
| nations against the United States. and the
amendment was passed over Informally.
In the senate, on the I'd. Mr.. Vest handed w
for appropriate reference petition protesting
against the opening of the World s fair on Sun
day. After business of routine nature several
public building bills were passed, and shor tlJ
before O'Clock the senate went into secret ses-
sion on the Russian and French extradition
treaties. In the house among the measures
passed were: A bill to encourage American
ship building; granting pension of So month
to the survivors Of the Black Hawk, Creek
Cherokee and Seminole wars; to ratify and con
firm an agreement with the Indians residing or
the Colvi1le reservation in the state of Wash
ington; appropriating sl50,G00 to carry out the
stipulations regarding the Behring sea treaty
The house then continued the discussion of the
diplomatic and consular bill