The Forrest City times., 1894-06-08
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Proceedings of the Week Briefly
 Given.

Given.
 THE senate spent eight hours or the 2sth dis clssing the lumber schedule of the tarin bill Mir Walsh, the new senator from Georgia, spoke at length on the tarif and at 5:45 o'clock the senate went lAto executive session. The proceedings of the house were of no general in- terest it being District of Columbia day. The senate bill fixing the northern boundary line Of the Warm Springs Indian reservation in Ore gon was passed and at o'clock the house ad- journed.
 THE right of newspaper correspondents to refuse to give the sugar bribery Investigating committee the sources of their information was brought before the senate on the 2Sth In the shape of a report from that committee which brought out long debate. Two correspondents had declined to answer questions and they were reported to be in contempt The Hawai- ian resolution was then talked on for a short time and then the tartn debate was continued until 6:20 o'clock when the senate adjourned until Thursday. Wednesday being Decoration day The house debated the bill to repeal the state bank tax until o'clock and then ad- journed until Thursday.
 WHEN the senate met on the 3lst Senator Turpie presented a set of resolutions adopted by the Ohio legislature protesting against the Russian extraditon treaty, and he offered a joint resolution giving Russia notice of the in- tention of this country to abrogate the treaty. Senator Turpie also reported from the foreign affairs committee a resolution declaring it Q right belonging to the people of Hawaii to establish and maintain their own form of gov- ernment, it being substitute for other resolu- tions offered. The resolution was unanimously adopted. Senator Pefer offered a resolution instructing the judiciary committee to inquire whether the government could constitutionally take possession of the coal beds of the country, which went over. The tarif bill was then con- sidered until adjournment e. The house passed Q bill for an additional judge for the northern a resolution. which was adopted. instructing the secretary of war to do what is necessary for the preservation of the Gettysburg battlefield. The state bank tax bill was then discussed un- til the house adjourned.
 IN the senate on June MT. Hill attempted to bring up his resolution for open sessions of the bribery committee, but it went over, did Senator Dolph's resolution to bring the con- tumacious witness, Edwards. before the senate. The senate then tackled the sugar schedule of the tarih bill and sugar talk consumed the re- mainder of the session. during which Senators Pefer and Manderson strongly favored a bounty. The house continued it's labors on the state bank tax bill, the whole day being devoted to it's discussion. In the evening pen sion bills were considered.
 THE senate devoted three hours on the 2d to discussing MT. Hills resolution to throw open the doors of the sugar Investigating committee to the public, but reached no vote The sugar schedule of the tarif bill was then discussed until adjournment. After disposing of one or two private bills the house continued consider ation of the bank tax bill and pending discus- sion adjourned