The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-08-03
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
FiFTY-TAiRD CONGRESS.

THE senate ~as not IA session on the -l>t ...,
In the house. for the second time, loint rc>o-
luton providing FOR the election " United
statc~ senators oy the people was passed by
Vol. ~ more than two-thirls ~ the members
preSent The rest ~ the session was occupied
Ii discussing the tin directing the restoration.
a. fast a. vacancies occur, ~ railway postal
clerks who were dismissed from the service
between March ~ and May I. isSg. No cuutll-
si,e action was taken on the c.-i
IN the senate. on the sd the event ~ prn-
cipal interest Was Mr. Germans speech taxi
inc up the gauntlet thrown down by the rre>l-
dent Ia his letter 70 Chairman Wilson ~ ihe
house ways and means committee. HE spoke
three hours In advocacy ~ the senate ball. aud
declared that both the secretary of the treas
ury and the president had given their assent
10 the conference bill a. prepared by Senators
Jones and Vest In this he was corrOhoraicl
by both the senators named. senator White
favored the motion 70 insist on the senate
amendments and 10 arr.e To further confer
ence. No action was taken on any 81 the pend
ing motions. In the house, II being impo>-
sible Ia secure "A quorum on account OF the at
traction in the senate chamber no business
was transacted
Is the senate on the ssth. Mr. Hin spoke two
hours In defense ~ President Cleveland and
his letter 70 Chairman Wilson. and in tsnun-
citation of the senators who had spoken against
the pre>iden Mr.. Carcry u.a-l submitted a
notion for the restoration OF sugar bounty
for 1881 and declared explicitly for himself
and hi> colleague that they would not vote for
the tariff bill II il put sugar on the free list
...... IN the house. fourteen bills reported from
the committee on public lands we're pa>sei.
The bill rcin~tatinr discharged postal clerks
a. fast a. vacancies occur was passed An I'M
ayaillng EFFORT was made 10 consider the hin
for the repayment 81 the direct tax collected
III
the government against that state.
Is the senate on the ssth. during the morn
Ing hour ten bills ~er, taken from the calendar
and passed; the conference report on the lcg's-
lative executive ana judicial appropriation bin
was agreed 70. The remainder Of the session
was taken up in debate ~ the request ~ the
house for further conference on the tar = bill
which went over without action -.-.- IL the
house three bills Of a general nature reported
from the committee on invalid pensions. We're
passed senate bill 10 pension Frames Cnr~e
widow OF Gen John NJ corse. AZ the rate ~ SIG
per month was also passed. The confsrence
report on the legislative. executive and judicial
appropriation bill vas agreed TO-
Is the senate. on the 18th. about twenty bills
we're taken from the calendar during the morn
ing hour. cons idered by unanimous consent and
passed. None az them were 81 much public
Importance The house message asking for =
further conference was taken up and its dis
cu>>ion without reaching a conclu>ionl occu-
pied the remainder ~ the session In IN,
hou>. the DAY session was devoted largely q
the consideration II business reported from
the committee on Interstate and foreign COM
merce ana eighteen hills were passed Tn.
conference report on the Qualifications appro-
priation bill WAS agreed To- IL now carries a
total Of :. AZ .ooo an increase over that ~ the
bill for the year ended June -. i-.s. 81 --Id.is