The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-08-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Gathered from All Quarters.
coNoREssIoNAL.

In the senate on the 3Oth ult the conference
report on the agricultural appropriation bill
was presented and agreed to, but there was one
Ipoint on which no agreement had been reached
by the conferees. That was the senate amend
ment appropriating 100000 for the extirpa-
ton Of the Russian thistle. The senate In
sisted on that amendment and asked the house
for further conference. The house joint reso-
luton extending the appropriations up to and
including the 14th OF August was passed. In
the house after the morning hour, In which the
committee on military affairs succeeded in hav-
ing passed few bills Of comparative unimpor-
tance, the session was wasted in vain effort to
get consideration of tho bill to protect public
forest reservations A resolution recognizing
the new republic of Hawaii was offered by Mr.
Boutellea as matter Of privilege. Speaker Crisp
ruled that it was not privileged and 1t was re-
ferred to the committee on foreign affairs
THE question Of selecting site for q new
building for the government printing office was
discussed at length in the senate on the 3lSt ult
After rejecting two propositions the amend
ment reported by the committee on appropria-
t1ons for the purchase Of the Malone lot was
agreed to without division. The bill went over
without action. The conference report on the
Indian appropriation showing agreement on
some amendments and disagreement on others.
was presented and further conference was Or
dered. Some half dozen bills were taken from
the calendar and passed and the senate ad-
iourned.. The house transacted considerable
business in the three and half hours that 1t
was in session, but little Of 1t was important
Most of the bills passed were reported from
the committee on naval affairs.
MOST of the day in the senate on the list was
occupied in considering amendments to the
cun1rU civil hill ha rpnnrt the
agricultural appropriation bill was presented
and agreed to. The senate receded from its
Russian thistle millon-dollar amendment.
Final action was not'taken on the sundry civil
bill, and the senate adjourned. In the house
the contested election case Of Moore VS.. Fun
ston from the Second Kansas district, was
taken up. The committee on elections reported
in favor of Moore's claim to the seat, which Mr..
Funston has occupied since congress met The
resolutions offered by the minority that Moore
was not elected and that Funston was, were de-
feated by a party vote, and the house adjourned.
IN the senate on the I'd Senator Chandler, Of
New Hampshire, occupied an hour and half
in statement Of reasons why the senate should
adopt his resolution for investigation Of the
history of the Dominion Coal Company, OF Nova
Scotia. The resolution went to the calendar.
The sundry civil appropriation bill was taken
up ana passed, leaving tne general uenclency
bill as the only appropriation on which the SEN
ate has yet to act. A bill for the exclusion of
anarchists was reported e. In the house the
conference report on the District Of Columbia
appropriation bill was agreed to. The con-
tested election case of Moore VS.. Funston, from
the Second Kansas district, was called up and
by vote Of li6 to 81 Moore was declared en-
titled to the seat occupied by Funston. Mr..
Moore appeared at the bar and took the oath Of
office.
THE last Of the appropriation bills the gen.
eral defciency-passed the senate on the Sd
and will now go to conference, Seven out Of
the fourteen appropriation bills have already
become law through the signature Of the presi-
dent -. The house was In session five hours
and the net result was the passage Of bill d.
secting the payment of s1OOO to Representative
Heard, Of Missouri, for legal services to the
weste IN Cherokee Indians out Of their funds In
the treasury and bill providing for the pay
ment of about $4,000 OF s per cent. District Of
Columbia greenback certificates The confer.
ence report on the river and harbor bill was
agreed to and conference was ordered on the
sundry civil appropriation bill, also upon the
bill regulating the printing and publication o.
public documents.