Huntsville gazette., 1893-02-11
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS


IN the senate. on thu 1st, Immediately upon
the completion of routine business, the forti-
cations bill was taken up and passed The
army appropriation bill was then passed, with
an amendment increasing the monthly pay of
sergeants The District of Columbia bill came
next, and all the amendments save one were
agreed to In the house the suEdry civil
bill was taken up in committee Of the whole,
and the entire day was devoted to discussion Of
its provisions
In the senate, on the 21, the Chandler Hawa-
nan resolution was referred to the committee
on foreign relations Mr.. Carlisle's resigna-
ton as senator from Kentucky was presented.
The District of Columbia appropriation bill
was then taken up and passed. The remainder
or the day was spent in executive session, con-
sidering the French and Swedish extradition
treaties and incidentally the Hawaiian ques-
ton. In the house Mr.. Hatch s motion for
conference on the anti-option bill developed
sharp and vigorous opposition to the measure.
The sundry civil appropriations bill was then
taken up and al amendment offered by Mr..
Fitch. which was regarded by Mr.. Boutelle as
an entering wedge to the repeal of all the laws
relative to federal supervision of elections. was
passed, Mr.. Fitch remarking that the demo-
Gratis made no secret of their purpose to repeal
the federal election laws.
In the senate, on the Sd, bill to pay the
award of the court Of claims in the French
spol1at1on cases WAS placed on the calendar
House bill to ratify an agreement with the
k1ckapoo Indians was passe1, as was house
bill to protect settlement rights wharo TWO or
three persons settle upon the same subdivision.
Some time was taken up in a discussion or the
repeal of the Sherman act, after which the SEN
ate proceeded to other business. In the
house the bill establishing court of appeals In
the District of Columbia was agreed to. The
deficiency appropriation bill was considered In
committee Of the whole, and when the CON-
mttee rose an amendm ent granting one
months extra pay to employees Of the senate
and house was adopted
In the senate, on the 4th, the president mes
sage was apportioned among several commit :
tees. A number OF house bills were passed.
The conferences report on the hill concerning
testimony In criminal cases under the inter-
state commerce laws was agreed to. The SEN
ate substitute for house bill to ratify an agree
ment with ths Cherokee nation was amended
and passed 49,. In the houss an unusual scene
was presented in the speeches. in committee OF
| the whole, in eulogy of Mr.. Blount chairman
| Of the committee on foreign affairs who ends
| service Of twenty years, to accept federal ap'
| pointment. The military academy bill was
| passed without division, and business was sus-
| pended to pay tribute to the memory OF the
| late j. W. Kendall of Kentucky.
| In the senate, on the sth, Mr.. Hill moved the
consideration of the bill to repeal the Sherman
silver purchase act, but the motion was de-
feated by nearly two thirds majority. The
quarantine bill was passed without division
and bill for the payment of local taxes on
lands held by Indians in severalty was also
passed In the house the day con-
sumed by flibusLering motions by Mr. Kilgore,
Of Texas.