Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-02-11
NUMBER u.
FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS.


| option bill was called up Tuesday afternoon
Various amendments we're offered and rejected
| and the bill was then passcd-yeas 40 nays 20
Pairs we're announced between Messrs Carlisle
and Paddock. Aldrich and Quay, Bate and AL
| len, Jones Nevada and Saunders, Pasco AMI
Casey, Vance and Warren, Brice and Co.quitt
The bill is one passed by tho house OF repro
| 8entatlvcs Jrne 0, 1892, with various senate
| amendments thereto. Mr.. Washburp moved
| that conference be asked. Mr.. Hoar novel
to let the motion go over. Agreed To-
HousE-Little business was transacted Tues
ddy. There Sas an exciting scene on the floor
| OF the house and one which many though
would result in pesonal encounter. but which
turned out all right, and no one WAS ir1used MOI
was anyone's eye blackened Mr. Blanchard
OF Louisiana, was arguing o point Of order II
connection with an appropriation conecrnins
rivers and harbors This roint Of order had
been made by Buffer. Of Iowa Just IS hegno..
| finishing his argument agai1s$ thc pofnf Y
j, ..s.ts hg<iT ,yoais Isavc rdt Uut some e4otef
millions for contracted work on rivers and har
| bors Mr.. Blancha d said that everyone knew
whence the making Of the point Of order BY
Mr.. Butler had been instigated, and he looked
from Butler TO Holman. Butler flushed ant
said something TO the effect that no gentleman
would say such thing blanchard was "A
cool as cucumber, while the house was breath
less, and he replied that that was not the place
10 resent the insult, but there was time and
place TO see to t. Subsequently Mr. Butler
withdrew the remark.
WASHINGTON, Feb 2-SEYArH Senator
Sherman presented q number OF petitions FROM
various parts OF Ohio in reference TO immigra.
ton and quarantine, also aTti-option and
Worlds fair memorials. Mr. Brice also IRE
| senteda number OF petitions upon the sams
cub C,,a ~ ~ a,.{x o.
suspension OF immigration for one year and pas
sage OF a national quarantine bill was signed By
over 800 citizens Of Ohio
HoUsB-The proposition for O survey Of Min
and Crawtsh creeks, at Cincinnati for an Ice
harbor, was defeated to-day The committee
on the eleventh census, TO whom was referred
resolution instructing them to inquire int
the expediency Of establishing q permanent
census bureau, to-day reported During the
early part OF the session the committees heard
number Of persons, and Its report is most
voluminoas The committee recon mends the
passage OF bill which provides for a supern.
tendcnt OF census, chief clerk, disbursing ON
Ger, five experts, q chief Of division, together
with an Office force, tho aggregate cost o.
which, it IA estimated, will not exceed s2oo,t0
annually. The bill places the entire force under
the civil service rules.
WARRINGTON, Feb. 3.-SENATE-The senate
was in executive session Thursday afternoon
upward OF two hours, and during tAat time rat
Hed inc french treaty, ous the raflncatoE was
not made public This is the treaty tina. was
brought 10 this country by Mr. Reid late minis
ter 10 France, and which was acted upon by the
senate some months ago and rejected. The
matter was referred to the committee on for
cnmroi,,oo rn.,ar,.ra;n,, o.,, -, -
treaty small crimcs ard r,isbeme,nors 1'hs
e,nh,,,Icmen, clause {, 10 rndcrs.ood hoe han,
ncrn,itted 10 e,ard Tbo sena,e a,so devoted
,,,rI of g.. -, 80 a., r., '.r 500, ~ 80
nrsod ou,nd,rcrts bnire rcad ~ low, ~
ACTION VOC taI,cr u,,yoii,n a,,i-s co,rc n 10,
discussion Srna,or Morran making a snccch in
| favor ~ anroyation
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| Washington has been abrogated, and there is
no law in force to execute It; that the law au
thorzing the sealing OF cars in Canada, contain
ing foreign merchandise imported by our own
people from countries not ntiguous (Chinn
Aud Japan, and carried through Canada for de-
livery to such owners: that the law did not con-
template the passing Of sealed cars to any place
rot port" nor the delivery OF such cars TO tho
owner or consignee TO be opened by him wi,hou,
he supervision Of revenue officer and tina:
such practice IS inconsistent with the safety Of
the revenue
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uh.r,r.r w.. -, ;n,oa,.ad IA, t,.;'a.
prohibiting the building Of bridges across
ely Of the nayigabe streams in this govern.
ment with piers in the rivers, and that hereafter
bridges shall be tu;lt single span. Also tina,
bridges now constructed with piers must be re,
moved on demand At3p m the business oil
the senate was SUSPENDED in order that i,tine
tributes might be made 10 the memory OF tn
iate senator Barbour. OF Virginia Eulosics c,
the dead senator we're pronounced by Messrs.
Daniel Henderson, Faulkner, Gallinger. Plat,
Hin Hiscock and Hunton-Mr. Barbours sue.
cessor in the senate. The resolutions wcr,
agreed 10, and The senate las fur her mark n
| respect TO the memory OF Mr.. Barbour nc.
| iourned.
| Horsr-Tbe Srearor laid hefor. tho tJorso
tho anti-o,,ion buI Win senate amerdmcn,s
| heroic and nroceedcd IN deliver HE dor,slor