The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-02-24
FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS-.
Intho,Senate.


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Dequioa an3&Xo14}1Ite reservations In
California Tho. c4g Coupler, bill was
passed by vote Of thirty-nine TO ten---
The econterencsropor5 Oh the Fortiiications
bill was agrss to--Mr. Sherman then
movol to take up the Niclra qua Canl bill,
SO rs to make il til, "Jndni5hed business"
Tho motion was agreed to-ycas thirty
three. nays nineteen,
461H DAY.-The Senate refused t. take ur
tho bill to almit New Mexico into tho
Union-thirty to fourteen --MGssrs Frye
and Morgan urged tho passage OF tho Nj
cara2uan Canal bll.
4ITu DAY. The Niclraguai Canal bill
was bsloro the Senate for u couple OF hours.
AMI was then laid aside 50 that tho Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill might be proceedei
with.
4STn DAY.-Tho Hawaiian annexation
treaty was receive from tho President and
considered, but was not mn 10 puO!ic-Ihe
Appropriations Co nmitt9t oppose tho river
and harDor ite ns In the san Try Civil Dill
The Diplomutic al C)nsularpsAp Appro-
priation bill was piacsl on the cilcndar.
4yTH DAY. -Ths Hawaiian annexation
treaty ard correspondence were male puo-
lie The river an harbor itsms cut from
tho Sundry Civil bill by the committee were
restored.
5UTH DAY.-The Sunlry Civil Appropria.
tion bill having beon tuhoI UP tho vote was
taken on the amendment retaining tine iaws
for tho supervision OF Federal elections. ~
was agreed to. Yeas, twenty-sevcn; nays.
twenty-four. Mr.. Shernans amendment
auth oriziny the issue or three per cent.
bonds was discussed, but no action was
taken THE Senate, then on motion OF Mr..
Sherman. proceeded 10 executive business
In the House.
4STH DAY.-The House resumed, In COM
mittee OF the Whole, the consideration OF the
Invalid Pension Appropriation bill. Re-
publicans flibu stored against limiting the
pension dcbate--Fhe committee then rose,
and public business having been suspended,
the House paid its NEED of respect to the
memory of the late Il iward f. Mcdonald,
OF New Jersey. Eulogics were delivered by
Messrs. English, Geissenh himer, Bergen,
Campbell, Cummings, Covert. C.dmus and
Newberry, and then, as n marx or respect 10
the memory of the deceased. tho House ad'
journed.
49TH DAY.-The conference report on the
Fertilization Appropriation bill! was agreed
to-The District OF Columbia COMMITTEES
then took the floor. Half dozen measures
Of entirely local import were passed--ihe
House refused to prohibit tho use of wine
at the Inauguration ball on March 4.
5CTH DAY. The Invalid Pension Appro'
priation bill was taken up. After further
debate tho COMMITTEES rose, and the House.
without coming to any conclusion thereon,
uuJOuTueu.
5lsT DAY.-The House passed tho Senate
bill granting pension of $50 month to
tho widow OF General Abner Doubleday
The house resumed the consideration Of tho
Pension Appropriation bill, general debate
ON which was closed.
52i DAY.-A resolution was adopted ip
relation to the contested election casa Of
Reynolds versus Shonk, from the Twelfth
District Of Pennsylvania, confirming the
title of the contestee to his seat-The Pen
sion Appropriation bill was then discussed
The amendment for a transfer Of the Pen
sion Bureau from tho Interior to the Wal
Department was defeated by a vote OF fifty
three to ninety-fve. A similar action wa
taken on the other committee amendments
which were defeated withouta division. Mr.
Turpin, OF Alabama, and Mr.. Waugh, d
Indiana, came to blows before the Speaker
and the House had TO be Adjourned because
Of the row.
SD DAY.-The Pension Appropriation
bill was passed OF tn
Railroad Coupler bill was postponed--rh'
Postoffice Appropriation bill was taken up